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[Mark J]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

So , the bus driver who chased after the bloke that stole a necklace from one of the the passengers , caught him then defended himdelf when the thief puched him by punching him back and laying him spark out got the sack . Both men were arrested but the driver was subsequntly relieced with out charge . The bus company said he left the bus with the doors open but on the bus camera you can see that he locked the doors . He said that he dosn't want his job back now as he is pissed that the company took that attitude . You just can't friggin win . 

Nope, he did what anyone with a pair of balls would. Hero who should have his job back.

They have raised close to £27k for him though: 

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[Squaredy]

12 hours ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

He's just quit eh 

A little bit of time inside for Mandy perhaps?  Passing confidential and valuable government information on to a financier presumably with the intention of enabling insider trading whilst a senior government minister could be seen as rather serious.

[Mark J]

32 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

A little bit of time inside for Mandy perhaps?  Passing confidential and valuable government information on to a financier presumably with the intention of enabling insider trading whilst a senior government minister could be seen as rather serious.

Him and anyone else associated should be thrown under the jail.

[PeteB]

I could never understand how or why he was put on a pedestal- he was and always will be a self serving sort, the same goes for a lot of them. The current lot included! The times politicians have treated the voting public with such disregard beggars belief,  whether it be expenses fraud or any such law breaking!

[Johnsond]

19 minutes ago, PeteB said:

could never understand how or why he was put on a pedestal- he was and always will be a self serving sort

The view of most people I would imagine, what is more concerning is the fact the current PM whom is a highly educated individual saw fit to appoint him ( despite advice to the contrary) to one of the top posts the UK has to offer. A dire judgement call to say the least. 

[Oldfeller]

1 hour ago, PeteB said:

I could never understand how or why he was put on a pedestal- he was and always will be a self serving sort, the same goes for a lot of them. The current lot included! The times politicians have treated the voting public with such disregard beggars belief,  whether it be expenses fraud or any such law breaking!

you just never know what the scheming feckers have on each other,used as  a bit of leverage here and there, I dare say mandelson will drop a few names or incriminating comments  as time passes.  feckin' rats the lot of 'em.

[daveatdave]

MSN

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[sime42]

That brings a whole new meaning to the term "dirty bomb". 

 

There's nowt so queer as folk. 

 

 

 

 

[Mark Bolam]

Easily done.

[Squaredy]

On 28/01/2026 at 23:05, sime42 said:

Go on then, what do you suggest is driving political division? I'd say the media, traditional and social. Wealth inequality. Smart phones. The Internet. Folk conflating opinion with fact. Narcissistic politicians. Tech Bros. Random people on forums always seeking to stoke division rather than cultivate common ground. And the new kid on the block, AI. In no particular order.

Well I agree with some of your analysis.  Some of the above are just catalists, not causes. 

 

I would add to your list human nature (greed, envy, ego, inability to think critically and analytically and plain old selfishness) and 'The Establishment'.  Especially the educational establishment, especially universities.  Since when is education supposed to be political?  And lastly the general unwillingness to engage in discussion and debate (which I think starts at school). 

 

By the way I have particular beef with schools as my boy was reported to the anti-terror radicalisation program (Prevent) by his school because his beliefs were not left enough.  And our lovely government are going to roll out training for teachers specifically to help them spot non-left views!  Of course they say they will train teachers to spot extreme right views, but if you are interested I can tell you what views my boy was reported for.

 

In case you don't know, around 8000 referrals are made to Prevent each year, the majority of them schoolchildren.  And the largest type of referral is for far right ideaology.  And just to top off my winge about the education system; of those Prevent referrals 83% are deemed not to warrant any actual intervention - which of course sort of confirms that schools are seeing extreme radicalisation even when it doesn't exist.  Or to put it another way, they are guilty of viewing everyone who doesn't see the world the way they do as a Nazi.