Making the news today....

[eggsarascal]

11 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

But he's white, born to wealthy middle class parentage, Eton / Oxford educated, a career in journalism, 2 very successful terms as the Mayor of London, an MP, a SoS, and a leading advocate in the Vote Leave campaign.

 

I doubt there are many (any) here that, when the time comes, will match his epitaph (assuming, and I know we don't, measure a meaningful life by any common scale of achievements.)

 

But still people love to hate him, like I said before, lucky he's white or there'd be all kinds of accusations flying around!

 

 

2 successful terms as Mayor of London!?

 

He spent the best part of £40million of tax payers money on the Garden bridge project before any work was started!

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

12 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

2 successful terms as Mayor of London!?

 

He spent the best part of £40million of tax payers money on the Garden bridge project before any work was started!

It's all about scale Mr E....

 

What's 40mil as a % of 16.7bil - not like the numbers we're playing with 

 

Was it Boris' fault that the bridge project didn't have legs?  I don't know.

 

 

[Mull]

Hey-up Mull!  Haven't heard from you for AGES, I was wondering if your tinterweb connection had gone down.  All well in the Islands I hope?
 
"...White supremacy documentary..."  What, you mean that popular, mainstream TV comedy series that ran for +/- 4 years, over 7 series and > 50 episodes??  Hell's teeth!  I wonder what the audience count was?  That'd be a frightening thought if watching that equates to KKK membership!
 
I'd suggest it's an interesting barometer of how 'accepted' attitudes have changed over the past 40-50 years.  
 
Mid 70's it was socially acceptable, nay enthusiastically consumed, centrally disseminated, popular propaganda piped direct into the heart of middle England for Saturday evening family TV consumption.
 
Roll the clock forward 40-50 years and we have Dianne Abbot and the Loony Left Momentmob baying for corporate crucifixion over a f*cking fancy dress costume!
 
Consider the mind boggling change of what might be considered 'acceptable', over such a mind bogglingly insignificant (in evolutionary terms) time frame and then ask, has anything really changed as a consequence of having this PC BS imposed upon us?
 
Just my view, but can't see it really.
 
On a separate note, I was wondering where you'd got to of late (missed ya!)  I thought the Scottish income tax comment might have tickled your fancy?? 
 
PS - can't believe they've actually rolled out the incompetent, sanctimonious baboon on the AM show....  Can't be any chance of Labour thinking there'll be an election anytime soon, they'll have to put her back into a soundproof bunker at least 1 year before any election campaign starts.   

Sort of got out the “habit” of posting when website was updated Kev, only ever used phone app, it took a little longer to be updated. Always kept looking in now and then though.

Obviously I was being silly with the “white supremacy” comment, tv then was “of its time” as you say, world is much smaller place now I guess, we have less excuses to be ignorant. I appreciate more than ever that I live in a wee safe bubble out here in the islands!!
Wouldn’t change it for anything[emoji106]

[Mark J]

9 hours ago, felixthelogchopper said:

I've always thought of you as an intelligent man. Pull the other one.

He's similar to Matelot.  He might as well be Matelot: Civil Engineering, Navy background, Middle East exposure, racist.

[Vespasian]

6 hours ago, Mull said:

 

Sort of got out the “habit” of posting when website was updated Kev, only ever used phone app, it took a little longer to be updated. Always kept looking in now and then though.

Obviously I was being silly with the “white supremacy” comment, tv then was “of its time” as you say, world is much smaller place now I guess, we have less excuses to be ignorant. I appreciate more than ever that I live in a wee safe bubble out here in the islands!!
Wouldn’t change it for anything

 

Hows that wee lamb of yours Mull?..  and the mother?,hope your treatin em right

[matelot]

Lol, this made me chuckle a bit.

 

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

45 minutes ago, matelot said:

Lol, this made me chuckle a bit.

 

 

Ladies and gentlemen....

 

Our Shadow Home Secretary - Thick as mince!

[spudulike]

On ‎17‎/‎12‎/‎2017 at 16:39, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

I can't remember what the edit was, but, if it was to add incompetent and sanctimonious, I'd stand by it!  

 

Tomato / Tomarto....  OK, fair one, excuse me if I don't shed a tear for the most racially biased politician in living memory though.

 

 

 

 

Well that is about as embarrassing as it can get and the excuse means that if we cut a tree down each day of the week, by the last one, we haven't a clue how we got there, what to cut it down with, what kit we may need and what to do with it if we actually manage to cut it down safely!!!

Farcical joke is being polite! 

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Tricky:  Can I really believe there is 'institutional racism' within the Public sector?  

 

I'm not sure I can.  Actually, I'm sure I don't.  

 

Bristol City council for example, a Labour Mayor and Labour controlled council in a UK city with a long and strong cultural history and diverse population.  Seriously?  

 

The Public sector is super paranoid and ultra averse to even the slightest hint of racism - it would send the panic merchants into over-drive.

 

The INDIVIDUAL (rest his soul) was murdered by a *(1) thug, but were the actions of the police and council actually institutionally racist or did they simply get it wrong and the race of the perp and victim are irrelevant (other than the perp's apparent motivation.)  

 

Is it a pure coincidence that the victim was of foreign origin and that ANY victim that had made persistent, repeat, apparently unsubstantiated demands upon the civil authorities might be subject to the procedures of the Register of vexatious complainants?  Or are we to believe this victim was abandoned BECAUSE he was Iranian?   

 

Interesting how it's reported differently:

 

The Guardian - "Bristol refugee murder review accuses police of institutional racism"

Mail Online - "Police force and a council deemed 'institutionally racist'"

 

Both parties have acknowledged and accepted the finding of the report.  

 

Bristol City council statement - "We accept all of the findings of the Safer Bristol-commissioned independent review, including “evidence of both discriminatory behaviour and institutional racism on the part of Bristol City Council”.

 

Avon & Somerset Constabulary statement - We recognise and fully accept the findings of the Safer Bristol Partnership report into the murder of Bijan Ebrahimi. 

 

Apart from the apparent undeniable evidence that the perp had diminished 'inhibitors'  due to alcohol *(2) how would this be viewed if the victim had been of UK origin?  

 

Would it just be incompetence (or a mistake, or under resourcing) rather than institutional racism?  Are the institutions too afraid to deny the institutional racism claim? 

 

Para's 9.10 -9.11 read to me like the victim was a PITA and was treated as such because he was a PITA not because he was foreign.  

 

(Postscript - surprised to learn that the author of the report is an ex-copper)

 

https://www.bristol.gov.uk/documents/20182/35136/Multi-agency+learning+review+following+the+murder+of+Bijan+Ebrahimi/c2b17b97-c9ec-a5f4-70e4-fc82d1ccb119

 

 

Edited December 19, 2017 by kevinjohnsonmbe
After having read the report more fully, (1) & (2) to delete and amend references to the perp from being racist to being influenced by alcohol consumption and to add the link which didn't work previously

[Mull]

Hows that wee lamb of yours Mull?..  and the mother?,hope your treatin em right:thumbup1:

Both doing well, mother expecting again[emoji849], these damn single mothers!