@OldblueAyeAyes @vivamjm So what’s your take as to our current decline then ?
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Have to say again 'what the fuck was the UK thinking of'? I'm 63 from a working class (East Leeds/Seacroft background). In the 1970s UK was the Sick Man of Europe. It joined the EEC. My adult life co-incided with ever greater reciprocal freedoms & trade with our neighbours.. 1/2
Michael M. 🇨🇭🇳🇴🇮🇸🇱🇮🇬🇧/🇨🇾@vivamjm
I feel @DavidHenigUK 's frustration: seems UK is destined to continue withering away in "special relationship" or resurrected British empire delusions, behind its descending Gammon Curtain. All the good work in my lifetime of renewing itself as a leading player in the EU, trashed
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@Armantamzerian @SmilerGroganMad @peterrhague He’s American. So feels uniquely qualified to opine on everything, based on his extensive experience of driving to all venues that he needs to fulfill his existence within a ten mile radius. Gladly he’s never had a passport but “knows everything”.
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@SmilerGroganMad @peterrhague Just how stupid and ignorant does someone have to be to post something this stupid and ignorant? You cannot possibly believe that this is true?
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The emperor of electrical sockets laughs at your inferiority
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Say what you want about Europe but our electrical outlets are far superior and that is a fact
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@Mr___Ree @theiaincameron Well get into an accident and be prosecuted for careless driving and see how far you get with that argument …
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@theiaincameron How do you know? The word should does not make it obligatory.
There’s a clear difference between “should” and “must” in the Highway Code.
I suggest it is you who is ignorant.
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Once again on this morning's run I found out that the level of ignorance on rule 170 (H2) of the Highway Code is widespread. Despite the HC changing in 2022, many drivers in the UK remain unaware that they should yield when pedestrians are either waiting to cross or have
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I hope everyone is prepared for a return to 10-15% inflation.
You’ll not be able to afford butter.
But at least Israel gets to keep committing genocide!
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@mrmarksteel Nothing looking indiscriminate pal. Targeted to decapitate a vile regime, heavy ordnance for people who have happily used it on their own population for decades.
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I would like to join in demanding that the country that is being bombed indiscriminately, doesn’t engage in the unforgivable practice of bombing indiscriminately, which is never justified which is why we must stand by our allies as they bomb indiscriminately.
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@UjuAnya @fifthpastor Accountability has at its root blame, you can’t be accountable for something over which you have no control. The premise of your argument is illogical and nonsense as he had no control over his actions.
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@fifthpastor So they do indeed have the capacity to see “sorry” in this way, but are still willfully arguing that an apology would mean he was admitting fault. And this absurd. Everyone knows his condition is not his fault. We want accountability for the harm it caused, not to accept blame.
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Western language limitations are so clear in this BAFTA discourse, because you can 100% say “sorry” to acknowledge harm and show empathy for someone’s pain EVEN IF IT WASN’T YOUR FAULT.
Africans do it all the time using sorry-translated words like ndo, pele, ashia, pole, etc.
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@mjhdestroy @markhoorocks Didn’t get the top, got the tracky. I’ve got Fila and Ellesse ones too. I’m 54 and white and a senior professional. Idgaf what anyone thinks about me wearing them.
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@markhoorocks I’ve got one and I’m 54 and I couldn’t give a fuck what people think
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I love that Stone Roses gear from United, but I'm not buying any, I'm a 45 year old white man, I'd look a proper tit. 🤣 #MUFC
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@whydontyoutube It wasn’t funny then and still isn’t funny now
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For Jim Moir/Vic Reeves' birthday, a reminder it's thirty years this year since this advert.
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@amerxmirza @LBC @IainDale And yet Iranian civilians are dying in huge numbers. Your answer suggests you value some lives as more valuable than others.
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Ian Dale: a sterling example of disingenuousness.
Here’s your answer, you spineless puppet:
Gaza was an actual exercise in ethnic cleansing with daily live-streamed deaths in which political leaders were too afraid of criticising Israel.
Iran is a regime change operation which is rife with propaganda and is no different to what the CIA did in 1953 with Mossadegh.
The British people are not stupid (bar the far right goons) and can see the farce at play here.
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Prove to me you’re an old gamer in one sentence. I’ll drop a like if I’m convinced.
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@Mo_corp @misspaulalondon It's always the 4 follower bots 🥱
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Ok Kay, why don’t you walk down the length of Edgware road in an outfit that you would wear on tv and go live on Twitter whilst you do it?
Kay Burley@KayBurley
Yup
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@royalliedetectr @starmoose You’ve never been to Westminster Abbey have you ? Otherwise you’d know that they don’t let crowds at that entrance to the Abbey. You can see the police bike doing this at the back.
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@starmoose Nah. Not too early. You think I was born yesterday? People used to line up for hours before the royals arrive to get a good spot.
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People are just walking going on about their businesses. Everyone knows she was going there. She stood there long enough to get photos so the ROTA can lie about the crowd. 😂
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Ah yes, the great ‘Brown Indian colonisation’, marrying to blonde women. Cry harder, white wignats.😹
World of Statistics@stats_feed
👱🏻♀️ Blonde Hair Percentage: 🇫🇮 Finland — 80% 🇸🇪 Sweden — 78% 🇳🇴 Norway — 75% 🇪🇪 Estonia — 70% 🇮🇸 Iceland — 70% 🇩🇰 Denmark — 68% 🇩🇪 Germany — 66% 🇳🇱 Netherlands — 66% 🇱🇻 Latvia — 66% 🇱🇹 Lithuania — 57% 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — 56% 🇨🇿 Czechia — 56% 🇧🇾 Belarus — 55% 🇦🇹 Austria — 54% 🇷🇺 Russia — 47% 🇵🇱 Poland — 46% 🇨🇭 Switzerland — 46% 🇺🇦 Ukraine — 45% 🇸🇰 Slovakia — 45% 🇮🇪 Ireland — 38% 🇫🇷 France — 37% 🇸🇮 Slovenia — 27% 🇭🇷 Croatia — 25% 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina — 19% 🇮🇹 Italy — 15% 🇷🇴 Romania — 15% 🇪🇸 Spain — 12% 🇧🇬 Bulgaria — 10% 🇷🇸 Serbia — 10% 🇵🇹 Portugal — 9% 🇦🇱 Albania — 8% 🇬🇪 Georgia — 6% 🇹🇷 Turkey — 4% 🇬🇷 Greece — 4% 🇦🇲 Armenia — 3% Source: World Population Review
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@_BrettHogan @Aintnopartylik1 @BarristerSecret Well lay magistrates aren’t and the conviction rates of district judges are just as high but we’ll park that even though it proves my point. The safeguards are there for indictable only offences. I.e. the most serious.
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@tunder71 @Aintnopartylik1 @BarristerSecret The difference is by design. A magistrate is not legally qualified and for most offences (either way) the defendant gets to choose to be tried by a mag or by jury in the crown. Rape will always be tried by the crown. The crown offers many safeguards the mags don’t.
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Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
The Times and The Sunday Times@thetimes
🔺BREAKING: Jury trials to be scrapped except for alleged rapists and killers David Lammy is proposing that judges hear cases alone for crimes that could result in a sentence of up to five years to tackle court backlog #Echobox=1764077938" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/uk/law/article…
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@chilinator @CHKFLA_if @D162Michele They taste nothing like baby food and contain a mix of pulp and some more whole peas. It’s quite delicious with plenty of salt and vinegar.
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@CHKFLA_if @D162Michele Personal preference dude. If you like them, no judgement here. I just chose no more pablum after 2 months. 🤷
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@_BrettHogan @Aintnopartylik1 @BarristerSecret Judges deciding civil law cases usually have competing parties that are different in every case. The danger of confirmation bias when the outcome can be deprivation of liberty is too great a risk. Look at the difference in conviction rates between magistrates and crown.
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@Aintnopartylik1 @BarristerSecret I think jurors are more susceptible to believing their are more false allegations of rape then actually are, and other unconscious biases. Judges sit alone in family and immigration so having them sit as finders of fact and law would be no negative here.
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