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- Comment on Activists Who Spray-Painted Barclays Set to Be Sentenced As Terrorists 2 days ago:
“We have not been charged with, nor convicted of, any terrorism offence,” said Malik. “At no point during our trial did the prosecution seek to pursue anything to do with terrorism, and the jury were kept completely in the dark and were not told that if convicted, we could be sentenced as terrorists.”
It seems like this an add- on too.
- Comment on Activists Who Spray-Painted Barclays Set to Be Sentenced As Terrorists 2 days ago:
In fac, the judges might be true, but believe they have no alternative to following corrupt rules set by politicians.
- Comment on Activists Who Spray-Painted Barclays Set to Be Sentenced As Terrorists 2 days ago:
Different government, possibly different rules for prosecutors, or maybe even laws?
- Comment on Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests 2 days ago:
I wonder which government’s Home Office did this: Sunak or Starmer? Both big AI fans, it seemed.
- Comment on Activists Who Spray-Painted Barclays Set to Be Sentenced As Terrorists 4 days ago:
Barclays is bad at negotiating with repairers, or is taking a cut.
- Comment on Can darknet fill in for NHS? 4 days ago:
Wow. Have you tried the other legal routes first, such as getting a second opinion, asking for a referral to specialist care for the back, hip or the pain, switching doctors if you don’t get on with your current ones, and/or seeking a private consultation with any likely-looking workplace, trade union or commercial doctor near you? Going private wouldn’t be cheap, but might be cheaper than getting caught with controlled meds in some sort of sting.
The NHS is a wonderful thing, but sometimes people don’t seem to realise that the GP you are currently registered with is not the only option. They go ask the GP, get turned away, then just take matters into their own hands.
- Comment on Thames Water announces hosepipe ban 1 week ago:
It’s a bit of the case that they don’t have many ways to restrict use and this is one of the few that they do, PM it gets used.
But I agree that the private owners of water supply companies don’t seem to have spent enough on maintenance or supply storage.
- Comment on Hundreds left unpaid after festival firm goes bust 2 weeks ago:
AT least that one seems to have sorted out refunds now:
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/26280959.fans-refunded-heritagelive-festival-sandringham/?ref=rss
- Comment on Hundreds left unpaid after festival firm goes bust 2 weeks ago:
And this is different to the problems with GCE Live (aka Heritage Live):
- Comment on MPs call for ban on fast food outlets opening near schools to tackle obesity 2 weeks ago:
Walk? They’ll drive if old enough or get lifts if not. MPs have totally failed to make most schools safe for walking and cycling, plus “parental choice” leads to people sending their children to non-local schools and then pleading they have to drive to drop kids off before work. Maybe they should fix that too?
- Comment on "It's just a waste of time": inside Palantir's £330m NHS failure 2 weeks ago:
Not a waste of time. They got your nose. And data.
- Comment on Road closed to cars for six years will be reopened 2 weeks ago:
So RUK & Labour combine to champion motoring and harm walking & cycling. Evil, eh?
- Comment on 'Millionaires tell me every day that they want a wealth tax' 3 weeks ago:
Nah, they leave the lobbying to their employees or front organisations.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Not that recent, but yes. Early reports suggested an unregistered vape shop caught fire in Glasgow. The fires in that city are thought to be symptoms of various ttings, summarised in Why do Glasgow’s historic buildings keep catching fire? - BBC News
Edinburgh has some similar features, but maybe it just got unlucky with this fire. We’ll see.
- Comment on Gary Stevenson: 'Tax wealth or we'll return to the feudal age' 3 weeks ago:
What do you feel is “a decent minority” that could prevent it? I think I’d say that Farage’s recent poll numbers are easily sufficient, but if his latest alleged corruption is found to be real and it halves them, then I’d say that wasn’t enough to prevent class consciousness.
In other words: I really disagree with your generalisation being permanent. Things change in politics and sometimes it’s even for the better.
- Comment on Virgin Media fined after hanging up on customers trying to cancel contracts 3 weeks ago:
Understood. Filed under “insufficient deterrents”.
- Comment on Gary Stevenson: 'Tax wealth or we'll return to the feudal age' 3 weeks ago:
Right or wrong, it’s bizarre to make an overgeneralised statement accusing others of bigotry.
- Comment on Political rivals vow to boycott byelection after Farage quits as MP 3 weeks ago:
Reform UK Ltd MPs are already trotting that line out in morning TV interviews.
- Comment on Political rivals vow to boycott byelection after Farage quits as MP 3 weeks ago:
Nothing is guaranteed in UK politics. Imagine if he loses to the Count!
- Comment on Political rivals vow to boycott byelection after Farage quits as MP 3 weeks ago:
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- Comment on UK abuse scandal ‘ignored because victims were working-class boys from north’, minister says 3 weeks ago:
Not more likely ignored because many abuse victims are still ignored?
- Comment on ‘I felt my spine and body split’: the woman who was hit by a child on a Lime bike – and denied compensation 3 weeks ago:
Well the streets are pretty safe!
The “how did they steal it” is probably by copying someone they saw. There’s enough hire bikes being ridden around with the locks clicking away or alarms beeping after being forced that it’s probably not much of a secret any more.
- Comment on Tony Blair think tank warns Burnham’s tax plans send ‘wrong signal’ 3 weeks ago:
“undermine investment”? Undermine investment in so-called advice from former Prime Minsters, perhaps? I understand rich people have invested a lot in that.
- Comment on 3 weeks ago:
Yes, Palantir already have their hooks into the NHS. The data is very attractive to them.
- Comment on Whitehaven's absentee landlords urged to 'invest or sell up' 4 weeks ago:
Why would they? They think it’s more profitable to sit on the inflating empty shop assets until they get compulsory purchased or auctioned. No government dares scare the speculator owners by even slightly devaluing empty property directly.
- Comment on Lloyds Bank Blocks Account of Leftwing News Outlet the Canary 4 weeks ago:
SIlly place to bank if you are politically active and not extremely conservative. Short-sighted to have most of the money in any one bank. Still seems wrong the bank stole their money and aren’t talking, though.
- Comment on Nearly a third of adults in England live with obesity – Obesity is now more common than high blood pressure in the UK, and nearly 3 times as common as smoking 4 weeks ago:
What’s in it? Engineered food, owned by the companies that used to market tobacco. See
- Comment on Nearly a third of adults in England live with obesity – Obesity is now more common than high blood pressure in the UK, and nearly 3 times as common as smoking 4 weeks ago:
I thought ranting against cycle lanes was the national pastime? It’s no longer legal to discriminate against people for their skin colour, but you can hate them for trying to get some exercise as they travel.
- Comment on Andy Burnham picks former Blair minister James Purnell as chief of staff 5 weeks ago:
SCG?
And I suspect many would still rank Blair’s government above any since, despite the Iraq scandal and it including Mandelson. Even now, some still listen to him, despite his funders.
I doubt anyone serious expects Burnham to be far left. Not even the tabloid headline writers believe what they’re writing.
