Making the news today....

[MattyF]

I've been trying to place it for the last couple of days.  First thought was French, then the trigger guard made me wonder if it was some mad bullpup Galil I don't know about, then the magwell looked like it was indeed for pistol rounds and I thought it could be a .22 of some sort, or even just a toy. No idea basically. Would be interested to know though.
 
Given its obscurity, I concur with your statement, Alec. I've no idea how it ended up in your river.

I recon it's an early SA 80 with missing front hand guard and iron sights instead of susat, they had shite brittle plastics so could of broken or a Enfield prototype of some weapon as it's not quite an EM2 either .. maybe a design team member took one home , then later chucked it or family member did ...

[AHPP]

I thought EM2 family from the curvy bits but discounted it as just too unlikely. On reflection, only as unlikely as anything else.

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

74% of London children held in prisons awaiting trial are black, LBC investigation finds

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As many as three-quarters of children from London held on remand in prison are black, LBC can reveal. 

A fault / reflection of “institutional racism” or a reflection of who is committing crime?

Edited June 30, 2021 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[Will C]

I would like to see the stats on the conviction rates as well before answering the question, how ever I’m leaning towards the latter answer

8 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

74% of London children held in prisons awaiting trial are black, LBC investigation finds

WWW.GOOGLE.CO.UK

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As many as three-quarters of children from London held on remand in prison are black, LBC can reveal. 

A fault / reflection of “institutional racism” or a reflection of who is committing crime?

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

3 minutes ago, Will C said:

I would like to see the stats on the conviction rates as well before answering the question, how ever I’m leaning towards the latter answer

 

Good point....

[Mark J]

37 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

74% of London children held in prisons awaiting trial are black, LBC investigation finds

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As many as three-quarters of children from London held on remand in prison are black, LBC can reveal. 

A fault / reflection of “institutional racism” or a reflection of who is committing crime?

A fault/reflection of chronic underfunding in the most deprived areas by successive governments, perhaps?
A direct result of the culling of vital youth services by successive governments. 
It's sad to see so many children in jail.

 

Edited June 30, 2021 by Mark J

[sime42]

The pertinent question.here is not who is committing crime, but why are they committing crime?

[sime42]

Meanwhile, here's some good news finally;-

Right to repair rules will extend lifespan of products, government says

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Appliances will be cheaper to own, the government says, under plans that will extend the lifespan of household goods.

[Khriss]

Always do ☺️  K

[openspaceman]

3 hours ago, sime42 said:

Meanwhile, here's some good news finally;-
 

Right to repair rules will extend lifespan of products, government says

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Appliances will be cheaper to own, the government says, under plans that will extend the lifespan of household goods.

 

 

It looks like this is little more than a requirement to keep spares for a number of years  and I've not found a problem with that. It falls down with stuff with fancy electronics which cannot be reprogrammed. Even with cars and their OBD2 ports there is much on a modern car that isn't covered.