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[Johnsond]

Labour floats plan to boost HMRC headcount by 5,000

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Rachel Reeves says crackdown on tax gap will raise £5bn a year for NHS and schools

A sign of things to come 👍

[peds]

On 08/04/2024 at 14:02, Mark J said:

The Solar Eclipse Is the Super Bowl for Conspiracists | WIRED

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Far-right conspiracy theorists are claiming that “elites” will use the eclipse to control humanity, sway the presidential election, and everything else under the sun.

 

 

 

 

[Mark J]

UK position on Israel arms sales remains 'unchanged', says Lord Cameron

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The foreign secretary says the UK continues to have "grave concerns" around the access to humanitarian aid in Gaza as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says a date for a ground...

 

[Johnsond]

Shoplifting crackdown to include £55m for facial recognition tools in England and Wales

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Mobile units will be deployed on high streets to identify wanted people – including repeat offenders

Im not sure if I buy the whole shoplifting excuse. 

[sime42]

On 07/04/2024 at 19:30, Johnsond said:

Police issue pictures of man wanted for murder after stabbing mum with pram in Bradford

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Police have issued pictures of a murder suspect being hunted over the death of woman after she was...

No doubt the elephant in the room will be invisible. With a bit of luck he will resist arrest and put up enough of a fight for the police to administer value for money justice, few pounds for a couple of well placed rounds as opposed to a small fortune too lock him up. 

 

What elephant? It's too invisible.

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, sime42 said:

 

What elephant? It's too invisible.

Muslim honour attacks,killings and subsequent assistance from within the same community 🤷‍♂️oops is that a hate crime nowadays. 

[sime42]

Ah, right. I thought honour killing was more of a Sikh thing, but maybe it's a cultural practice.

The guy has been caught now so the true motivation should come out in due course.

 

 

[sime42]

On 07/12/2023 at 14:36, Dan said:

What a shame, a lovely guy and very talented. He came into my English class in about 1990 to give a talk. He made me realise that you can express your

self in different ways and don't have to confirm to the man!

 

BBC Sounds - The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah - Available Episodes

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Listen to the latest episodes of The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah on BBC Sounds

 

 

Edited April 10 by sime42
That could've gone in Poetry Corner

[Johnsond]

2 hours ago, sime42 said:

Ah, right. I thought honour killing was more of a Sikh thing, but maybe it's a cultural practice.

The guy has been caught now so the true motivation should come out in due course.

 

 

‘Honour-based’ abuse in England increases 60% in two years | Society | The Guardian

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Global political influence may make assault and forced marriage more frequent and severe, say experts

If something like this was in  any way attributable to  the mysterious so called far right I keep hearing about in the UK it would be headline news 

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[Johnsond]

Explosives-filled shipwreck has safety work delayed as objects found

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The SS Richard Montgomery's explosive cargo has been lying on the Thames Estuary bed for...

A job and a half to sort this out. I’d say it’s literally impossible to put a price on what it would cost to get that to an ALARP  level that would satisfy all stakeholders and signed off.