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But at least we have got our country back and are in a stronger position to make much more beneficial financial decisions. 🫤

You’re another one. Again, Evans was found guilty of rape and served his sentence for it. After several attempts at an appeal which were all turned down, he eventually achieved his appeal which he won thanks to “new evidence” which appeared thanks to his father in law putting a reward up for “new evidence.” The CPS argued that the “new evidence” should not be allowed as it didn’t relate to this case. The judge allowed it anyway. The CPS believe that the two new witnesses were coached by the Evans camp at to the ‘new evidence’ they gave. I’ll remind you again. His mate picked up a young woman who was clearly the worse for alcohol, drugs or both. This was made clear by video evidence of her barely being able to walk. Also it was corroborated by the owner of the kebab shop in which Evan’s mate found her. The law states that intoxicated women cannot consent to sex. She was clearly intoxicated. Evans by his own admission, walked into the hotel room his mate and her were in, performed a sex act on the intoxicated women and lady immediately without even speaking to her. The prosecution team believe that he was guilty of rape. They believe his mate was guilty of rape. One jury cleared his mate but found him guilty. Another jury found him not guilty with evidence the prosecution believed to be tainted. Make of the whole sorry episode what you will, but it went through the judicial system none the less. Many complaints against the police go through an internal review process which is probably why there is little public confidence in them. If the police, especially the Met, didn’t have such a poor issue over racist behaviour, perhaps the colour of the deceased skin wouldn’t have become an issue. The reason the race card gets played against our police force so often is purely down to their appalling record of racism. Still, absolutely no surprise to see the same people who rejoice in the killing of innocent Muslims (one of whom is happy to see them “under rubble”) getting exited about the shooting of a black man. The “poor man” who put a bullet through the victims brain still gets to live his life. The guy he shot had not, at that point, been found guilty of any crime. I should also remind you that even if he had been found guilty, we no longer have capital punishment in this country.

Thanks for reminding me that you think it is ok to have sex with incapacitated women.

Remind me of the time when your heroine Thatcher stood on stage and told an anecdote about George Best’s dick. Engage your brain for a change. We are not talking about a bunch of pissed up blokes talking crap in a pub. We are talking about a previous and maybe soon to be President again of the most powerful nation in earth. Clearly you have very low expectations of the type of people you would give your vote to but given your devotion to Farage that is no great surprise. Tell me, do your wear your MAGA baseball cap down at the local ale house? Or perhaps you wear the MFRS version (Make Farage Richer Still)? Here’s one that will make ‘em laugh down at your ale house - Donald Trump, a big cock talking about a big cock.

What are you talking about? He didn’t know he was a core gang member of the time and he wasn’t charged with shooting a “random innocent black man.” He was charged with unlawful killing. The colour of the man’s skin had nothing to do with it. No police officer is above the law and we can’t have officers shooting people to death with impunity. The CPS believed that there was just cause to bring this charge. These matters need to be dealt with in a thorough and transparent manner. He has been found not guilty and justice has not only been done but it has seen to have been done. The only issue is whether the officer’s name should have been released. I don’t know why the judge felt it was okay to make that decision.

Trump, again, demonstrates why he should be nowhere near the White House. https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/10/20/donald-trump-makes-crude-joke-about-arnold-palmer-at-pennsylvania-rally/ I know that we have at least one person on here (hi nic) who believes the candidates are all the same, but you don’t see any other candidates standing up on stage and talking about the genetalia of a famous sportsman.

There will always be issues and debates around the basic criteria of the issues of assisted dying. As has been said countless times, it doesn’t mean that we should not help those terminally ill to end their suffering. Dying with dignity under our own terms should be a basic human right. I certainly would expect that right and don’t want anybody who isn’t facing the same circumstances telling me otherwise. All this “slippery slope” stuff is nonsense. The basic premise makes perfect humane sense and it is down to us, the voting public, to ensure that our decision makers and legislature keep a strict control of the basis in which assisted dying is applied. The discussion should not be around whether we allow assisted dying or not. It should be around under what circumstances we allow assisted dying to occur.

I agree nic, there are a lot of conspiracy theorists to be found in school playgrounds. The difference is most of us grow out of it when we leave school and become mature adults with the ability to make well rounded, reasoned judgements.

Would that be the same Met police who have been found to be institutionally racist? You do know that one firearms officer was charged, not the whole unit?

David Mitchell was born to play this part.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlvwdk04gwo.amp Democrats taking the fight into Trump territory.

It is interesting to see some definitions of “British values” and how some of our politicians seem not to have many of them who claim to be fighting for British values. https://www.hsdc.ac.uk/british-values/

There is nothing like prejudging when you are a conspiracy theorist, eh Nic?

Some 42,000 people killed before they finally kill him, and then just by chance. Will this be the end of it now? Not a chance.

More illegal occupation? https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241016-israel-leaders-to-hold-conference-to-encourage-resettlement-in-gaza-report/amp/

A Tory councillor’s wife https://news.sky.com/story/amp/wife-of-tory-councillor-jailed-for-31-months-over-social-media-post-stirring-up-racial-hatred-13234756

It has become a pointless exercise to post about the strikes against civilians in Gaza, now we have the same daily reports from Lebanon. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-air-strike-kills-mayor-nabatieh-official-meeting Over a year now and the killing of innocent civilians crosses more borders. We get the same old rhetoric about how, if you criticise the Israeli actions, you are antisemitic. The same blind eye is turned to the death of innocent Muslims from the same quarters. The Israeli government accuse the UN of being antisemitic and use the same card to ignore the countless sanctions against them for the many alleged contraventions of international law. A cease fire and peace talks are farther away than ever. It has be said many times but you don’t have to be Einstein to work out that the more women, children, journalists, aid workers, totally innocent civilians you kill and maime, the more your claim that you are acting in self defence looks hollow and the more you are sowing the seeds of more aggressive towards you and the people you represent in the future.

The constant need by the right wing supporting media and right blowhards to find a stick to beat Starmer/Labour with seems to be becoming more desperate every day. Taylor Swift? Seriously? We have seen a PM lie through his teeth daily, huge contracts for PPE given to Tory MP mates, the worse PM and budget ever etc etc but did they didn’t even raise an eyebrow. Now the PM goes to a concert with his wife and the biggest global star gets some extra security after a very real threat elsewhere and you would think that none of the last 14 years had happened and this, according to Jenrick, is already a catastrophe of a government. If we hadn’t lived through 14 years of the most inept, corrupt, feckless, self serving, tone deaf governments I would say that it was unbelievable. Sadly it is all too believable. We haven’t even had Labour’s first budget yet, and we all know how that will be received given the financial circumstances. Had the Tory Party won, whatever is about to happen would be a lot worse. More of the same but with even more cuts to public services to pay for unwarranted tax cuts. The successive Tory Governments were heavily criticised from some quarters for very good reasons. No doubt there will be good reasons to heavily criticise Labour and Starmer over the next five years but those who pick on scraps just to criticise for the sake of it ought to keep their powder dry for the occasions it is warranted if they want to be taken seriously. Having a pop at the PM for not breaking rules doesn’t really cut it after the litany of rule breaking we have witnessed under the Tory Party.

Nic mate, you were doing so well until you claimed that you had made a “sensible comment.” 🐸

“Mates of SOG?” I left school 52 years ago but when I read Whelk’s posts it’s like being back in the playground again.

The IDF have a very long history of not worrying about collateral damage. They even take out their own if needs be and were responsible for the death of a number Israelis on 7th October according to the Israeli police report. I’ve mentioned this policy before. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Directive#:~:text=A report by a UN,of carrying kidnapped Israeli soldiers.

I wonder if those getting their panties in a bunch over Keir Starmer’s glasses will be equally outraged about this? https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/kemi-badenoch-tory-leadership-jenrick-b2627675.html

No, I mean the few Tories who are half decent human beings. As for “Kemi,” she really needs to join Reform with the other deeply unpleasant, self serving extremists.

The natives are already restless. https://amp.theguardian.com/politics/2024/oct/10/centrist-conservatives-refuse-back-badenoch-jenrick-tory-reform-group-leadership-candidates-party-right

Are they all shape shifting reptilians Nic?