Making the news today....

[peds]

15 minutes ago, sime42 said:

 

Speaking of Tate, something I find particularly funny at the moment is the angriest and shoutiest of the right wingnuts currently questioning Tate's gender at birth... saying that his sloping shoulders suggest that he was in fact born a woman...

 

And Tate himself is currently angry and shouty about the raciest of racists saying that he is too black to be British... 

 

Tricky to feel sorry for him, to be honest.

[Steven P]

4 minutes ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

Oh come on, James O'Brien is a total p.o.s, manipulative, twisted little critter. Not a clever description but doesn't deserve one.

 

maybe, however, where in the 11 minute clip is James OBrien telling a load of rubbish here

[Whoppa Choppa]

You couldn't make this 💩 up.

 

Shame those Rotherham Muslim Rapists couldn't have been convicted and incarcerated so fantastically quickly. Two Tier Law and Order? Absolutely.

 

Islamic terror is always "mental health problems". Must feel sorry for them and be kind and lenient. Can't say boo to a goose for them.

Edited August 8 by Whoppa Choppa

[peds]

1 minute ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

You couldn't make this 💩 up..

 

...are you just quietly skipping over Stevie P's very specific question there?

[Whoppa Choppa]

1 minute ago, peds said:

 

...are you just quietly skipping over Stevie P's very specific question there?

I can't watch it as I have to maintain silence at this moment in time 

[peds]

Understood skipper 👍

[Johnsond]

Second officer under criminal investigation after Manchester Airport incident

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A second officer is under criminal investigation for assault after an incident at Manchester Airport...

What a joke 

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Big J said:

The riots have been a depressing reaffirmation that the extreme right wing is alive and well in the UK.

 

In recent years (and particularly since Brexit), there has been a certain smugness amongst right leaning polical commentators that the rest of Europe is drifting right but here in the UK, we remain centrist and sensible. 

I am not sure that that particular narrative sticks anymore.

 

The whole timeline of events is tragic from start to finish. Starting with the truly evil attack in Southport, and the brutal murder of those three little girls. I have two daughters myself, and for any parent, such a crime is the stuff of nightmares.

 

What folowed though, with Farage and his ilk provoking racist extremism through mob mentality is unforgivable. I listened to an interview with him on LBC (amongst several hours of other commentary and analysis) and his rhetoric is one that is deliberately designed to inflame. He shrouds it in the defense of "I'm just asking the questions", but he doesn't ask the questions of the people that could provide him with an answer. He is a serving member of Parliament now, and has a platform from which he could legitimately ask sensible questions of the right people. Instead, he chooses to go onto X/Twitter/Social media and insinuate and suggest, and whether he accepts it or not, is a major factor in the instigation of these riots.

 

And the reprobates involved in the riots are, for want of no other word, scum. They seem to be out there just to have a fight, loot and vandalise stuff. They are opportunistically using the savage murder of three little girls to exercise their violent fantasies and inflict terror on minority communities, as well as (let's be honest) attempt murder (the burning of the hotel housing asylum seekers). 

 

I'm pleased to see that the first of the rioters have been convicted and sentenced. I do not want to see the UK return the overtly racist society of 50 years ago, but I'm disappointed that that sentiment still exists.

 

Can we not make good on our investment in Rwanda and send the rioters there? 🤪

Good to see the Labour councillor has just been arrested by the Met for  his throat cutting suggestions. You have missed out all the major points as usual J. Do you think you can ever give a truly impartial view J, I don’t, you are very left of centre, you despise brexit, Farage the tories etc and have made that clear for years. 
 

Just watched the Labour councillors video a few times and part of me is not entirely comfortable with the way the law is being enforced, was he a twat definitely was he genuinely wanting throats  cut 🤷‍♂️. We seem to be heading down a very authoritarian path. 

Edited August 8 by Johnsond

[Johnsond]

1 hour ago, Steven P said:

 

Farage has a massive following in the UK and when he quotes that well adjusted 'influencer'.. err rapist (allegedly) Andrew Tate that the murderer in Southport was a Muslim (incorrectly), named him (incorrectly), a recent arrival in the UK (incorrectly) and an asylum seeker (incorrect too) you have to wonder how much of his words were taken as truth - especially coming from an MP (allegedly.... turned up in Parliament... once). I will lay part of the blame for inflaming things at his door, likewise to Twitter, and the press who are advertising ahead of time "riots are expected to occur here, here and here".. so we all know where to go throw bricks at the police. The press are not the ones inflaming things for months before now... that was Farage...

 

 

 

Edit here:

Just catching the afternoon news:

From the Telegraph:

Tory leadership contender accuses Farage of ‘fuelling conspiracy theories’

Well we know you love an accusation involving conspiracy theories 🤷‍♂️😂just saying 

[Steven P]

47 minutes ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

Shame those Rotherham Muslim Rapists couldn't have been convicted and incarcerated so fantastically quickly. Two Tier Law and Order? Absolutely.

 

 

As mentioned above a couple of times, if "The Accused" admits guilt, holds their hands up, it was me, it is les onerous on the police to provide enough evidence in court to secure a conviction. Often all is needed is a confession, judge will make a judgement. If the police have to gather the evidence then they have to do a thorough job, cover all avenues of the defendants arguments to secure a conviction else the accused will walk. This takes more time.

 

It is not rocket science, spend 10 minutes in an interview room "Was it you?" "Yes"... off to court job done . Compared to full house searches, DNA evidence, lab work, CCTV records, multiple witness statements - and each piece of evidence has to match and be water tight to avoid a defence lawyer exploiting it. I reckon the 2nd option takes more time. If the Rotherham (child) rapists had held their hands up "Was it you?" "Yes" then they too would have been banged up years ago also.

 

No 2 tier law and order, but a diligent police force who are up against idiots this week who think it is OK to throw rocks at them and slate them on social media.