Oh, Yes, We Should Trust These People To Run A No-Jury Court System

Disabled people are being failed by a “fundamentally unfair” and secretive fast-track court system which needs to be investigated by Parliament, a new report has found. The Single Justice Procedure (SJP) was invented a decade ago in a Conservative Party-led cost-cutting drive, allowing magistrates to dish out fines for low-level crimes in private hearings instead of open court.

The SJP system now deals with more than half of all criminal cases - around 800,000-a year - and has recently been mired in controversy thanks to a long-running investigation by The Standard into its deep flaws

And despite the emphasis, it'd not just disabled people at risk.

“The most disturbing aspect of this story is that in ten years, the system has been subject to so little official scrutiny”, the report concluded.“No parliamentary committee has looked in detail at the SJP, the government has published no social research and very little data.”

Well, of coutse not. You don't peek under the carpet when you know damn well what you've brushed under there! 

Last year, the Chief Magistrate had to overturn more than 59,000 criminal convictions for rail fare evasion after it emerged that train companies had spent years bringing unlawful prosecutions through SJP.

It seems that the main cause of this is that our judges and magistrates are not bright enough to understand the system they've preusably been trained to use: 

Teenagers have been unlawfully prosecuted using the SJP system, with magistrates and legally-trained court officials apparently not noticing that defendants under the age of 18 cannot be dealt with in the fast-track courts.

 Anothet good reason to never agree to the removal of the jury system. These people cannot be trusted. And nor can the politicians pushing this.

If He’d Worn A Dress And High Heels, Or A Burkha, They Wouldn’t Have Dared Say Anything

Another day, another school embarassing themself:

A father who wore a gorilla costume for his daughter on her last day of term was left stunned to be told by her 'woke' school his actions were 'a serious safeguarding concern'.

What? It seems they objectted to a face covering as they couldn't tell who was picking up the child! One wonders how they'd deal with a tranny. Or someone in a burkha. I suspect those would be treated rather differently.

It was seven-year-old Addie's last day of Year 2 when Mr Napthine decided to don the gorilla suit as a bit of fun. The dad-of-two, a self-employed horse dentist and farmer, said: 'It's a little village school and I live just opposite it.'The other day I put a horse's head on, so on the last day of school I put on a gorilla outfit.

'Then, I got this snotty text off the school, saying it's a "serious safeguarding issue".' The text, shared by Mr Napthine, read: 'Please do not come into school in a costume or mask. 'This is a serious safeguarding issue. It has also upset some of the children & caused concern for adults.'

The school is unrepentant: 

....the school argued that staff need to be aware of who is on premises at all times and a costume would not allow them to be sure who was walking in....

So there you go, Mr Napthine - you know what to dress as next time.

Says It All, Doesn't It?

 

And no one says it more succinctly than Matt...

Oh, 'Guardian'....

 

...not you too? Thought you aspited to be better than the 'Daily Mail'? A cougar is not a big cat!

H/T: Angry Exile via Twitter

Sunday Funnies....

 They really don't make 'em like that anymore...

What Happenred To Journalism..?

 Yes, this is the BBC, the organisation that will refer unashamedly to a woman (without qualification that they are actually a man larping in womanface), putting inverted commas around the words terror charge, as if that wasn't exactly what it is....

No longer content to report the news, now they openly seek to manipulate it.

H/T : TrailerSwift via Twitter

Get Ready For Starmer’s Next U-Turn

 

What will Keir Starmer and his colleagues learn from the disaster of their attempt to cut benefits?

Nothing! They never learn - every setback is because 'big boys did it and ran away', never because what they were trying to do was wrong in the first instance. 

One policy area in particular is about to return the political conversation to the subject that defined last week’s fiasco: disability. Once again, Labour MPs from all wings of the party are feeling anxious and restless. Campaign groups and charities – not to mention the huge numbers of people who will be directly affected – fear the worst.

Of course they do! It’s how they stay relevant! If they can’t win people to their cause by terrifying them, they will fade into obscurity and who will pay the bills then? 

The education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, wants to reform England’s system of provision for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, or Send.

And it needs it - the growth in special measures for children attending school has been a meteoric rise; either we really are breeding more and more defective children, or there's a perk to the diagnosis of 'special needs' that parents are latching onto. Whichever it is, the sitaution can't be tolerated for much longer. 

A new education white paper will be published in the autumn. Phillipson says the government needs to “think very differently”. She wants to reverse a trend that took root in the Tory years and prioritise the inclusion of Send kids in mainstream schools.

So everyone's education is affected! Just the sort of thing you'd ecxpect from a Labour government, the one's that cannot let go of the failed concept of comprehensive education (except when it comes to their own offspring, of course!)

One of the big teaching unions has already said that without a commensurate increase in day-to-day schools spending, the plans could put “extreme pressure” on teachers.

How totally unexpected! 

There are whispers about families who currently have EHCPs being allowed to keep them, while in the future, kids with similar needs would be waved away, something that threatens a stereotypical two-tier model, another element with worrying echoes of the benefits disaster.

Why not? We already have a two-tier justice system, what better testament to Starmer's (hopefully short) rreign to have an educational sysyem similarly blighted..? Of course, the likelihood is he'll back down when faced with opposition as he's already done so many times.

Look Who's Back InThe News....

I knew we hadn't heard the last of Jonty Bravery:

A man who threw a six-year-old boy from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern art gallery has been charged over an alleged attack of two women at Broadmoor Hospital.

It's not known whther they are fellow patients or staff, but why is a madman who cannot control himself ever in the same location as any other people without being restrained, whoever they are? It's not like they aren't fully aware of the risk he poses, is it? If a zoo was run so dangerously and with so many incidents, it'd be closed down by the HSE!

Bravery has been accused of beating Linda McKinlay and Kate Mastalerz at the maximum security hospital in Berkshire on September 30 last year. He is due to stand trial at Westminster Magistrates' Court on November 10, but prosecutor Tina Flannery said Bravery was 'not going to engage' with legal proceedings at today's preliminary hearing.

She said: 'He sends messages via the team at Broadmoor to say it is going to affect his therapy if he attends court.' Defending, Sukh Khalon said he had not been able to meet with Bravery following two thwarted attempts to arrange a legal visit in May and June this year.

As can be expected when dealing with a madman. The judge, for once, isn't going along with it: 

District Judge Paul Goldspring said his scheduled trial will go ahead even if he chooses not to engage in the proceedings.

One to watch in November. 

This Is Ridiculous!

Why is it left to the owner? It's a recipe for disaster!

Simone Ray, 32, has been ordered to pay a surcharge £26 for not complying with a dog destruction order. She pleaded guilty to the offence.

Yes, you read that right - she was expected to comply with the destruction order on her own recognisance - and we laugh at other country's lax laws! An even bigger surprise is that her non-compliance was actually noted and acted on.

It had been imposed by Worcester Magistrates' Court after she was accused of having a dangerously out of control American bulldog.

Then the police should have seuized it and arranged its destruction.  

Ray, of Suffolk Lane in Abberley, has also been given a period of conditional discharge of six months.

The current 'justice system' is simply not fit for purpose! 

Why Don’t They Try Offering Exciting And Absorbing Games Instead?

 

On Tuesday, I spoke to many coders, artists and studio heads who have had games cancelled, staff axed and deals obliterated; several senior developers predicted that the recent savage cuts to staff numbers and game projects will lead to a gaping black hole in the release schedules of many triple-A publishers in late 2026 and 2027. Grand Theft Auto VI was always going to be huge; now it’s looking like the only game in town.

Not for me - that's going to be 'Jurassic World Evolution 3', out on 21st October, and for which I've treated myself to a new gaming laptop! 'Spared no expense' you might say. 😏

An excellent panel discussion entitled Why Cultural Recognition is Crucial to the Future of the Games Industry saw Nick Poole, CEO of the trade body Ukie, welcoming a more positive view of the industry among politicians and policymakers in Westminster. “Three years ago, understanding of games was scant, but just recently there’s been a massive amount of recognition,” he said.

Is this an unqualified good thing? Reader, I say no: 

“Suddenly, politicians are talking to us about the educational reach of games; the power of games for young people as a channel of self-expression; we’ve seen the first games being prescribed on the NHS as a treatment for anxiety and depression – there’s a recognition that the cultural echo of games is far greater than the economic proposition.”

The insidious tentacles of propaganda and wokeism must spread everywhere to bring about the Ptogressives' idea of  future Utopia, and so they set their sights on games: 

On the fears surrounding the use of AI, especially large language models, in game development, Cassia Curran, founder of consulting firm Curran Games Agency, had some positive advice: “The development of AI will mean there’s an abundance of content out there,” she said. “But the way that you can achieve success as a developer will be to lean into the authentic human experience you’ve lived. AI cannot reproduce your feelings or your culture, and these can be reflected in your games. In the era of AI slop, players will be looking for experiences that feel new and deeply human.”

I don’t even want to know the  human experience that the developers of a video game have lived! Why should that matter, anyway? What I’m looking for in a game is; does it work well with few or no bugs? Are the graphics good? Is the subject matter interesting and absorbing?

Lydia Cooke, a PhD researcher specialising in queer game studies, chaired a heartening roundtable discussion entitled Representation in Games: Beyond the Surface. Cooke talked of barriers to representation in mainstream games, where atypical characters are often seen as a commercial risk.

Oh god, make it stop! 

This is not just an industry controlled by CEOs and shareholders, it is a culture and an art form, and it will continue.

It won't continue to sell if games developers keep hiring bloody 'specialists in queer games studies' that's for sure... 

Alexa, Give Me An Example Of Suicidal Empathy…

'Here's simething I found in the media':

Auchingarrich owner Alexa Reid said she could “not under any circumstances condone” his past actions, but said she wanted to give him a second chance. In a statement, she said: “Liam has expressed genuine remorse for his previous actions and a heartfelt desire to change.

What did he do? Well, something that should have disqualified him from working for a wildlife park that's for sure!

But smug middle class white women are the absolute worst in our society:

“He understands the importance of responsible care for animals. 

“We see this as a valuable opportunity for him to give back to the community and the animals, and we fully support his efforts.

“Our team will provide thorough training and supervision at all times as he learns about proper animal care and welfare.

“We recognise the negativity surrounding Liam due to his past actions, but we firmly believe that everyone deserves a second chance.

“Our goal is to assist him in making positive choices moving forward.”

No matter the understandable backlash, she's so convinced of the correctness of her actions she will not back down. Rather like the HR creatutes persecuting nurse Peggie for refusing to change in front of a man in womanface. What is it up there, something in the water? 

Should I only drink bottled on my next visit? 

Not Now They’ve Realised What The Cost To Them Will Be

There’s not much that unites our fractured House of Commons at the moment. But on one issue, politicians from all parties seem to agree: the great British public don’t really want ambitious action to meet net zero goals. They may concur on this – but they are wrong.

Yers, here comes a Guardian columnist to tell us what's reality - in her world.

It was Theresa May who signed the target into law in 2019, with cross-party support. Council elections this spring saw victories for Reform UK, which opposes most net zero policies outright, and argues for an economy based on fossil fuels. Meanwhile, the Labour government has net zero as one of its five missions, yet it, too, seems reluctant to make a positive case for action to tackle the climate crisis. It worries there won’t be enough support for policies such as replacing gas boilers or managing demand for flying, and it has been further cowed by unhelpful voices off from (sic) the former prime minister Tony Blair.

But now the plans are starting to bite and hit voters in the pocket, they are no longer keen to be the guinea pigs for pie-in-the-sky eco-nonsense. 

Sounds plausible to some, but there’s a catch: this isn’t actually what people want at all. Our research with politicians and citizens shows that politicians consistently underestimate public support for climate action.

Because you've carefully selected those politicians andd citizen to ensure you get exactly the response you need.... 

There is a fundamental disconnect between what politicians believe the country thinks, and what evidence shows is the reality on the ground.

I don't doubt that, but if you think people are willing to swallow the Net Zero nonsense, you've got another think coming. 

Why is it that politicians get this so wrong? The answer lies in who they are hearing from. Think of public opinion on climate and some caricatures are likely to pop into your head. The climate protesters and campaigners, some so committed that they are willing to risk a prison sentence. And at the other end of the spectrum, an equally noisy minority who question climate science, or express deep scepticism about the solutions, whether windfarms, heat pumps or electric vehicles.

Because they've experienced them!  

It’s far from inevitable that climate issues will be dragged down by polarised politics. That’s not what people want. But unless politicians stop assuming and start listening, that’s what may happen.

Sadly, the cheap, green energy promise turns out so often to be just another politician's promise - and we all know how those turn out by now! 

Remember When You Read The Newspaper To Be Better Informed?

Who is the woman? On which side is she protesting? Who attacked her? No 'journalist' seems to want to find out. Probably in case they find out she's rentamob who the cops escorted to the hotel to mount a counterprotest...

“Disappointingly we have seen yet another protest, which had begun peacefully, escalate into mindless thuggery with individuals again hurting one of our officers and damaging a police vehicle,” Ch Spt Simon Anslow said in a statement.

 

The cops aren't talking about their mindless thuggery, oh dear me, no! They aren't counting their officer knocking out a protesters teeth with a riot shield, or their police van driver putting his foot down and running over a protester which, following the Chris Kaba case, should be classed as assault with a deadly weapon, shouldn't it?

In an apparent response to allegations that the police had taken a “two-tier” approach that favoured the counter-demonstration, Ch Supt Simon Anslow said: “Unfortunately, across social media we are seeing inflammatory comments which suggest we were supporting and enabling certain protesters.

“This is categorically not true. We police without fear or favour, remaining impartial at all times and have legal responsibilities to ensure peaceful protest is facilitated.”

And less than a day later, Anslow was exposed as a liar in the MSM. I would say 'typical of country bumpkins like Essex Police'  but actually, I think it's now merely typical of the entire country's police farces.

Oh, This Won't End Well....

A new scheme to detect people who are obsessed with violence before they kill, such as the Southport attacker Axel Rudakubana, should be considered by the government, an official report will say.

Why? It'll merely prove to be as useless (and caputed by the 'welcome all refugees' crowd) as all the others.... 

The report into Prevent, the controversial programme intended to stop people from becoming terrorists, will also find repeated “failings” in the case of the man who went on to assassinate the MP Sir David Amess, the Guardian understands.

How surprising, eh? Bet you didn't see THAT coming, eh, Reader? 

The findings are likely to intensify the campaign by the family of the murdered veteran Tory MP that there should be a public inquiry into what the authorities knew about the dangers posed by Amess’s killer, and whether he could have been stopped. The government has so far resisted that call.

Keep pushing. Starmer will crack in the end! 

The Amess family want an inquiry similar to that into the Southport atrocity, which started hearings this week.

One has to ask why the establishment wouldn’t want one, when it concerns the murder of one of their own? 

As well as those driven to violence by such an ideology, police and the government are concerned about young men consuming a “pick and mix” of horror online and showing levels of interest in violence considered to be worrying.Any new anti-violence scheme would be in addition to Prevent and possibly even include it as a specific element to deal with those where ideology, such as Islamist or far right, is present. Multiple sources told the Guardian that while a new anti-violence scheme may be needed, a lack of money may thwart its setting-up.

Well, maybe they should have thought about this before splashing out on a superinjunction and the importation of thousands of Afghans. 

30 months? Consecutive, or Cumulative?

Last summer, a woman was arrested at Gatwick Airport after she arrived from Nigeria with a very young baby girl. The woman had been living in West Yorkshire with her husband and children, and before leaving the UK for Africa had told her GP she was pregnant. That was not true.

A Nigerian lying? Surely not? What's she doing here, anyway? Turns out she's 'a careworker with leave to remain in Britain'. 

When the woman returned about a month later with the baby, she was arrested on suspicion of trafficking. The case, the second the BBC has followed through the Family Court in recent months, reveals what experts say is a worrying trend of babies possibly being brought to the UK unlawfully - some from so-called "baby factories" in Nigeria.

And what everyone else says is a worrying trend exacerbated by the employment of foreign nationals like 'Susan' in the UK.

She also claimed she'd been pregnant for up to 30 months with her other children.

I hope she means cumulatively...if not., perhaps she should be in London Zoo. 

Arriving back in the UK with the baby girl - who we're calling Eleanor - Susan was stopped and arrested by Sussex Police.

Miracles do happen. 

Ms Coker, who provides expert reports to family courts in cases like this, has nearly 30 years experience as a social worker. She trained in Britain, and worked in front-line child protection in London, before moving to Africa.

Job holder goes where the job is. 

The barrister for the local authority told the court that the baby is "very settled" with her foster carer, taking part in activities in her community and getting medical treatment. When Eleanor is adopted she will have a new identity and British nationality - but she may never know who her real parents are.

Why are we not sending the child straight back on the next plane? 

Ms Coker believes it is likely that more children have been brought unlawfully to the UK from West Africa. She told the BBC she has worked on around a dozen similar cases since the pandemic. In her experience, baby trafficking is commonplace.

Because it works - even when the police catch the importers, the child then gets to stay st British taxpayer's expense! This is invasion on a small scale.

She's Incapable Of Learning...

In a wide-ranging interview with James Naughtie for BBC Radio 4's Reflections, the veteran Labour MP was asked about a letter she sent to the Observer in April 2023 in which she suggested people of colour experienced racism in a different way to Jewish people, Irish people and Travellers. Although she withdrew her comments at the time and apologised, saying "errors" arose in a draft that was sent, she was suspended from the party and only re-admitted just before last year's general election.

A more cynical move by Starmer it’s hard to envisage….

Asked by the BBC's James Naughtie if she looked back on the incident with regret, she said: "No, not at all." She added: "Clearly, there must be a difference between racism which is about colour and other types of racism because you can see a Traveller or a Jewish person walking down the street, you don't know. "You don't know unless you stop to speak to them or you're in a meeting with them. "But if you see a black person walking down the street, you see straight away that they're black. They are different types of racism."

No, they are still racism - the fact one grouping easier to identify than another doesn’t make a difference to that.only an imbecile would think so!

Oh, right, Abbott is exactly that! 

Asked if she believed she had done anything wrong or had said something in her Observer letter that she did not believe in, she said: "I just think that it's silly to try and claim that racism which is about skin colour is the same as other types of racism. "I just... I don't know why people would say that."

Because it’s the truth, though I can understand why that’s a concept you’re unfamiliar with… 

Abbott was quick to withdraw the remarks, which were heavily criticised by Jewish and Traveller groups, and apologised "for any anguish caused". But she was suspended by the Labour Party pending the outcome of an investigation, with leader Sir Keir Starmer saying her letter "was antisemitic" and should be condemned. Abbott was readmitted to the Labour Party in May 2024, just in time for her stand as a Labour candidate in the general election, even though an internal inquiry into her conduct had concluded four months earlier.

So your initial apology was false? And you're dumb enough to admit to that on air?

"I got tremendous support locally. We had a big rally on the steps of Hackney Town Hall. And in the end Keir Starmer and the people around him had to back off because of the support I had from the community."

If this isn’t racial superiority threats to bring people out on the street, what is?  Maybe Special Branch should be investigating?

And so, she's propmtly been suspended again! If only she’d kept her thick racist mouth shut, eh?

Great News! Now Stop Them Dancing At The Notting Hill Carnival Too...

 The forces of woke are in full rout as chickens finally come home to roost:

On Wednesday, the High Court ruled that Northumbria Police, one of Britain’s largest forces, breached impartiality by marching at an LGBT+ event.

 And the news is slowly filtering out as risk-averse Chief Cons fight to throw the lanyard class within their forces under the bus.

On Friday Police Scotland Deputy Chief Constable Alan Speirs said no uniformed officers would march at Pride in Glasgow today - in contrast with the situation last year, when dozens of officers were paid to take part. It is understood that a decision had been taken not to participate prior to the court ruling - but plans for minor ‘engagement’ were dropped after the High Court judgment.

They could see the way the wind was blowing - never let them tell you they didn’t! And now the alphabet mob are being shoe’s out of police stations everywhere, how about the Met Police looking to next month  and considering if having a police officer pictured standing there while some dusky maiden gyrates around him clad only in feathers really says ‘We are impartial’?

Yes, It's All Fun And Games Until...

TOKYO, July 19 — Dozens of bags of mildly radioactive soil collected from near the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant were delivered today to the Japanese prime minister’s office, in an effort to show it is safe for reuse.

...a 20ft tall ambulatory hydrangea is eating the mailman. 

Konichiwa!

Hopefully, It's Not A Happy Ending...

 

But eho knows, really? Not even Matt.

Sunday Funnies...

 And none of them can hold a candle to Joan Collins and Leoanard Rossiter for 'Cinzano'...

IF He’s 18, I’m A Chinawoman

 …and I don’t think I’ll need to change my name to Ms Wong yet!

Perhaps they mistakenly printed his wright, instead of his age?

Just So Long As That Scent Doesn’t Emanate From A Black Child, Eh?

Britain's top police chiefs today urge their officers to crack down on cannabis. The country’s longest-serving chief constable admits the smell of the drug is a ‘sign of crime and disorder’ which makes even him ‘feel unsafe’.

Why should they do their job when this is what happens when they do?

Sir Andy Marsh, who leads the College of Policing, said frontline officers should ‘do something about it’.He is backed by Greater Manchester Police Chief Sir Stephen Watson and Merseyside Chief Constable Serena Kennedy.

Strsnge that the Metropolitan Police didn't also weigh in, isn't it? 

Sir Andy, who is the officer in charge of police standards, said: ‘In my community, my kids are too frightened to use the bus stop because it always stinks of cannabis.’ He told the Mail ‘policing is about creating an environment that people feel safe in’ and said: ‘I’m speaking from personal experience and people I talk to, if I walk through a town, city, or even village centre and I smell cannabis, it does actually have an impact on how safe I feel.

So, there seems to be at least three sensible coppers in the College of Policing, but I fear they won't get the backing for this that they need. Certainly not in London: 

Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has called for the decriminalisation of possession when it involves small amounts of the drug.

Madness. 

Oh, Robert, Demanding Again That 'Someone' Do The Job You Failed To Do When You Had The Chance...

A prison officer will be killed if the Government does not “get a grip” of “spiralling” violence by prisoners, Robert Jenrick has warned. 18-year-old Rudakubana allegedly used a kettle in his cell to heat the water before the attack at HMP Belmarsh on Thursday 8 May.

Why does a prisoner - any prisoner, let alone a killer - get a kettle in their cell? Is our prison service so utterly fallen to that long march through the institutions that the comfort of killers, rapists and terrorists is allowed to override the safety of those guarding them? 

I know, rhetorical question…

“I have spoken to officers who say attacks with boiling water are not uncommon. Will he commit today to order the removal of every kettle from high-risk prisoners? Not in June, but now, today. This goes deeper than one review, men like Rudakubana and Abedi glorify violence, they dream of martyrdom, and, still, governors pander to them. “I couldn’t care less if Rudakubana never had a hot drink again, nor would the British public. This culture of appeasement, of protecting the rights of convicted terrorists and criminals over the safety of our officers must end, and it must end now. “

Well, the Tories were in power for how long, Robert? Eleven years, wasn’t it?  Why didn’t they do something about it then ? Is it because they are just as beholden to the progressive outlook as Labour? Or was it in case any of the Afghans they were secretly foisting on us (and keeping it secret) turned out to be vicious criminals, per chance?

Only An ‘Alleged’ Attack?

 I often use the tag 'puzzling news items' as a sarcastic one, but this seems a genuine story for it.

Members of a Dundee community have gathered in a pub close to where a scientist was allegedly fatally attacked to raise money for her grieving family and “honour her name and her life”. Dr Fortune Gomo, 39, died after suffering injuries near her home in the city on the afternoon of Saturday, July 5.

Asked about the reasons for the level of support from the community, Mr Crawford explained that people had been “shocked” by the news of the alleged attack, and had wanted to show Dundee is “full of love”.

There's no quote from local police - is this even being investigated?  I had to Google, and yes, they've got someone for it - but it's not mentioned in this article, and despite being in the BBC News site, thete isn't even a link to it in this story:

A 20-year-old man accused of murdering a scientist by stabbing her on a street in Dundee has appeared in court for the second time. Dr Fortune Gomo, 39, was treated by paramedics but died in South Road, in the city's Lochee area on 5 July. 

Kyler Rattray, from Dundee, made no plea and was remanded in custody when he appeared via videolink at Dundee Sheriff Court.Mr Rattray was fully committed for trial and the case will call again at a later date.

What could be the reason for the BBC's desire to conceal details of a potential murderer? 

What ‘National Security’ Do We Really Have Anymore?

A “serious blunder” led to missed opportunities to disrupt a plot by Islamic State extremists to murder an imam in Greater Manchester, a public inquiry has found. Jalal Uddin, 71, was bludgeoned to death with a hammer in a public park in Rochdale by Mohammed Kadir, then aged 24, because he practised a form of Islamic healing known as ruqyah that the terrorist group regarded as blasphemous and “black magic”.

It's not the first time the bloodthisty savages have turned on each other, and I'm pretty sure it won't be the last. 

The public inquiry, chaired by Thomas Teague KC, involved both public and private “closed” hearings, to protect national security.

What’s the point? Do we even have any worth protecting anymore? The State is ruthless in acting against the national interest, even if it has to muzzle the press to do so.

The public report, released before parliament on Thursday, found all three men had previously come to the attention of the police. It highlighted that Kadir was known to counter-terrorism police at the time of Uddin’s murder and had been identified as a person of high risk.

Ah, that most modern of phrases, ‘known to counter-terrorism police’- are you as sick and tired of reading it as I am, Reader? 

Although the need for a targeted police investigation into Kadir’s activities had been recognised by December 2015, the necessary steps including the appointment of a senior investigating officer (SIO) were not implemented. A potential SIO was identified within the north-west counter-terrorism unit (NWCTU) but was not put in a position to take up duties for reasons beyond the control of that officer and the NWCTU, the report found.

Such as? Acts of god?  

The former detective inspector Frank Morris, who retired from Greater Manchester police (GMP) in 2021, told the inquiry an investigation into Hussain had been closed down prematurely two years before the murder. The report said the failure to appoint an SIO led to two “missed opportunities”. The first was that Kadir’s Facebook posts of September 2015 might have been scrutinised by police; he had described imams like Uddin as “dirty kufr people” and vowed to “take this on” to “paralyse them”. The report said the second missed opportunity was that other police investigative actions concerning Kadir might have detected and thwarted the murder plot.

They are almost never just terrorists, they are usually common criminals as well, so it should be no surprise other branches were interested in him. 

Oh, Do Fuck Off, There's A Good Chap!

 

I won't link to the article, because it's payewalled, but you know what you'll get if you search it out. Yet another fun-sponge mounting his hobby horse and galloping the beast to exhaustion. Just like all the ones bemoaning the hot summer due to the dangers of sunburn, children drowning and grass fires. Some people just cannot bear seeing others enjoying themselves.

They Will Never Stop Until They Are Made To Stop...By Parents

Primary school children aged just four are being taught about surrogacy when they learn where babies come from for the first time. Reception classes are told that children can have a ‘tummy mummy’ as well as a ‘mummy and/or daddy who will be their parents’ when learning about the basics of reproduction.

 They are four. At four, most children have a hard time learning more important concepts, like not sticking everything they are offered up their nose!

Among ‘key vocabulary’ four and five-year-olds must learn are ‘surrogacy’ and ‘donated sperm or eggs’ in a module titled: ‘Where do babies come from?’

That seems a bit harsh, until you remember that one four year old in class who could pronounce all those dinosaur names correctly. And that had more value to their future life than this nonsense!  

Parents and campaigners say it is ‘highly inappropriate’ to teach these topics to such young children, saying it is only likely to confuse them. They add that the concepts should be introduced only to much older children ‘as part of lessons on thorny ethical issues such as euthanasia and abortion’.

Ball's in your court, parents - take an interest in what's being taught and pull your children from school if you find it's something you don't agree with. 

Helen Gibson, founder of Surrogacy Concern, said she is ‘appalled’ to see surrogacy being taught to such young children and has written to the Department for Education (DfE) to raise concerns.

A letter they will throw straight in the bin. 

The DfE said the teaching material was developed by a private relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) provider and is not compulsory in all primary schools, adding: ‘The RSHE guidance is clear that where schools choose to do so they must make sure they teach age-appropriate topics.’

A very modern response - 'it's not our fault, big boys did it and ran away'. 

The Emergency Services Need The Ability To Blacklist People...

A drunk mother-of-five scratched the inside of a police officer's mouth causing blood to drip down her cheek.

Not just on the one occasion - this fragile flower of femininity makes a career out of it: 

She became aggressive with officers again on January 1, while she was still on bail. She spat at them and hit at least one in the face and another in the chest.

Brooks, of Medway Road in Sheerness, now has 13 convictions for attacks on emergency workers.She also admitted eight other offences in January this year in relation to the incident on New Year’s Day. They were three counts of assault by beating of an emergency worker, three counts of criminal damage, common assault on an emergency worker and one count of threatening behaviour.

So, if you were a visitor to this planet fresh out of the UFO and about to say ‘Take me to your leader’ you’d assume the justice system would crack down hard on this scofflaw this time. But no…. 

Magistrates also heard from a probation officer who interviewed Brooks who said the offences in 2023 happened after she’d been drinking a lot at the party and that she’d been upset as an ex-partner had tried to kill himself.

She also said Brooks had five children and two grandchildren and had borderline personality disorder and depression. She also had a disabled child to look after.

None of those things should be prompting leniency- in fact, rather than mitigation, they should all be classed as aggravating aspects. 

The Chairman of the bench said: “Ms Brooks, you have a shocking record. Thirteen assaults on an emergency workers? Shocking is an understatement and we feel the offences do pass the custody threshold, but can be suspended.

Why? And just because it can, why should it? 

"If you come before the courts again in that time, you will probably go to prison. Spitting at police is just absolutely awful.”

Why would she believe those, when nothing she’s done so far has resulted in jail time? The magistrate’s not fooling her, or me! 

H/T: InspGadget via Twitter

Did Prison Service HR Screw Up Again?

A female jail worker in Georgia has been fired and hit with a string of criminal charges after she was allegedly caught half-naked in her office with an inmate last month - but she insists she's the victim.

Oh oh! Did the US prison service fail to do due diligence on her Social media and miss glamour shots, as so many of ours have in the UK?

Oooh! Guess not!  

Frantz waived her first court appearance on Tuesday, and her bond was set at $30,000. Despite the accusations, Frantz's lawyer claims her client is the one who has been wronged. She was under duress, and she was threatened with her life actually to comply with the demand by the complaining witness,' assistant public defender Jae Kim said in court Tuesday, according to WSB-TV.'My client is the victim of the whole situation and yet she is falsely accused of those charges.'

Good luck with that defence! 

Yes, Because Nothing Urges Children To Read Better Than A ‘Worthy’ Book With A Mission

This year’s Carnegie medals for children’s writing, awarded on Thursday, brought to light an unexpected trend. At a time of widespread public anxiety about the decline in boys’ reading habits and the rise of the toxic influencers of the online “manosphere”, male friendship and masculinity were front and centre on the shortlist.

Well, if preachy literature can’t solve this, what can? We clearly can’t rely on proper parenting, can we? 

The winner, Margaret McDonald’s superb debut, Glasgow Boys, tells the story of the relationship between two looked-after children on the threshold of adulthood who process trauma in different ways. Banjo’s aggression and Finlay’s avoidance could be seen as two models of dysfunctional masculinity. Luke Palmer’s Play, also on the shortlist, tells a story of male friendship which touches on rape culture and county lines drug gangs, while teenage gang membership is the focus of Brian Conaghan’s Treacle Town.

Ah, remember when children’s literature was full of adventures in far-off lands or fantasy worlds, rather than avoiding getting stabbed by the local imported hoodlums? 

Nathanael Lessore won the Shadower’s Choice medal (voted for by young readers). King of Nothing tells the story of Anton, a pre-GCSE hardman for whom reputation is everything. Anton hangs out with a thuggish crowd whose worldview is shaped by gang culture and Tate-like influencers. The arc of the plot – boisterously comic at first, but increasingly moving – shows how Anton’s developing friendship with the uncoolest boy in the school changes his priorities.

Ugh!  

Though the books were judged for their individual qualities, the panel’s chair, Ros Harding, observes a pendulum-swing in publishing. “We’ve gone from children’s adventure books, where it was always the boy as the hero, then there was a backlash against that, making sure that girls could be the heroes as well, which then maybe led to some boys feeling that things weren’t being written for them.” Now, she says, “another wave of books” is addressing that.

The people they broke something being the best ones to fix it?  

The explosion in so-called toxic masculinity is taking place at the same time as statistics tell us that reading for pleasure, especially among boys, is on the decline.

I wonder why? 

Novels are empathy machines: they invite you to imagine what it might be like to be somebody else. So they are, at least potentially, an antidote to the misogynistic influence of the manosphere and gaming culture.

if they ever perform that function, it’s usually as a side effect, rather than a main plot objective. Children aren’t stupid, and are really good at sensing when they are being patronised and preached to. 

Not A Tough One For The Jury...

Hope Rowe, 33, from Aldgate, launched the deadly attack on Charlotte Lawlor, 31, at 1am at a property in Stepney Green, east London, September 15 with a knife used to cut a cake. Mother-of-two Rowe hid the blade in her handbag before knifing Ms Lawlor in the chest and she continued to stab at her as she lay dying in a pool of blood.

Rowe denied but was convicted of murder by a jury at Inner London Crown Court and Judge Freya Newberry sentenced her to 22 years in prison.

No pussy pass for you. Hope! Probably due to the nature of the attack. 

Ms Lawlor, who 'just wanted to go home' during the confrontation, was leaving the property to get a taxi home when Rowe leaned around her 'MMA-expert' boyfriend Leigh Holder, 37, and stabbed her in the chest - footage of which was played in court. Jurors saw doorbell camera footage and CCTV from a bus showing Rowe's movements after she fled the party.

She admitted manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility due to her mental health condition and loss of control.

But for once the CPS wasn't buying that. 

Her boyfriend, who has a distinct rose tattoo on his neck, was convicted of perverting the course of justice by driving Ms Rowe away from the scene and helping get rid of the knife which has never been recovered.

Lovely! 

In a statement, the victim's parents said: 'We are happy with the verdict.. We would like to thank the jury for their attention during the trial.'

Better do it fast, then, because if Labour get there way, we might not have them much longer. 

You Know They Would, Too....

 

....Matt always knows what's what!

Sunday Funnies...

 If they do one for TV it'll just have one entry: Game of Thrones final episode of season seven!

I Think The Concept Of 'Treating Yourself' Needs Some Revision...

Pret a Manger has unveiled a new range of 'premium' lunch offerings targeted at hybrid workers looking to treat themselves on office days - including a salmon salad that starts from £12.95.

Salad! Even in this heatwave, that doesn't really meet my definition of 'treating myself'! 

The coffee shop chain, which has almost 500 stores across the UK, says its new range of salmon, chicken and butternut squash dishes have been concocted with its in-house nutritionist to meet growing demand for bigger, healthy lunches.

No demand here from me, vcertainly not for butternut squash, the most tasteless vegetable since avocado. 

But the range of leafy greens and beans 'starts from' £9.95 - rising to £12.95 for the top-of-the-range miso salmon salad. And prices will be even higher depending on location, with airport and train station branches charging more and 20 per cent VAT slapped on if customers want to eat it in-store.

Anyone paying that for a salad they could whip up themselves for a third of the price before they head off to work must be mad. 

Was This Really A Prosecution In The Public Interest?

A burglary victim accused of causing the death of teenager who was fleeing on his stolen bike did what any 'reasonably minded' homeowner would do in the circumstances, a jury has been told.

What did he do? He went after the thieves! 

Dean Barnes, 16, was killed in the early hours of January 24, 2023, when the bike he was riding as a pillion passenger on crashed into a car.

Callum Duncan, 28, was woken around 6.30am on on January 24, 2024, by the noise of a gang of burglars breaking into the shed at his home in Stockport, Greater Manchester.The burglars, Barnes, alongside Alexander Riley, 21, and Adam Norman, 36, fled on his three off-road bikes and he immediately gave chase - reaching speeds of 36mph in his Golf GTi.

 I don't really know what to think about this. Oh, wait, yes I do!

                    

In the chaos that followed, Barnes was forced to abandon the Yamaha PW50 he was riding - commonly known as a 'Pee Wee'. He then got on the back of Norman's, a black a white Husqvarna, which then crashed into another car, causing the pair to be thrown off.

And incredibly, the CPS decided to charge not just the thief drving, but also the theft victim. 

Duncan and Norman are both on trial at Manchester's Minshull Street Crown Court charged with causing death by dangerous driving, which they deny. Norman, who denies two further charges of causing death by driving while uninsured and causing death by driving while disqualified, and Riley, both of Brinnington, Stockport, have both admitted burglary.

So the CPS could have wrapped this up without the expense of trying two men for the actions of one. 

'He does what any reasonable right minded home owner does in the those circumstances,' Mr Harman said. 'He goes to investigate. 'His motivations are different entirely from those of the burglars.' He said Duncan, 'an ongoing victim of crime' with 'his property at stake', was motivated by two things. 'Firstly, to spook the burglars enough to abandon their activity, allowing him to recover his property,' said Mr Harman.'Second, to get a good enough view of where the bikes are going and have a better idea of those involved and where they are taking the bikes.'

Not his fault at all they proved to be as incompetent at a getaway as they did, is it? 

Mr Harman said it was Norman's 'stupidity and dangerous and reckless actions' that caused the collision and Dean's death - and Duncan was not to blame. But the prosecution maintain that Duncan's 'dangerous' driving also contributed to the fatal crash.

And the jury said 'You're having a laugh, mate!' No wonder Labour want to abolish them.

This Sums Up The NHS, Doesn’t It?

 Private healthcare service: ‘A surgeon with a poor history? Let’s investigate and dispense with his services if we find he’s not up to snuff. We have to protect our fee paying customers’

NHS Trust:’We’re keeping him on, because the real customer is the government, and no matter what, there will never be any adverse consequences for us.’

QED

This'll Be A Quick One For The IOPC!

A man shot and seriously injured by armed police outside a rural village pub was wielding a chainsaw and holding what officers believed was a homemade bomb, a watchdog has said.

cant wait for the release of the body worn video!  

The man, described as being in his 30s, was initially visited by unarmed police at a property opposite the pub at approximately 7.15pm due to an 'outstanding warrant' against him - but refused to come out.

No, Reader, it wasn’t for a parking offence- it was for assault. 

The man then ignored two warning baton rounds and refused to put down the chainsaw, at which point he was shot by an armed officer with a conventional firearm.

What else were they supposed to use, harsh language? 

Despite the presence of an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team, complete with a remote-controlled robot, Kent Police said that the case 'was not related to any terrorism offences'.

eEven though no doubt the bystanders would have been pretty terrified!  

Eddie Powell, chairman of Harrietsham Parish Council, said locals has been stunned by the incident which was 'completely out of character' for the village.'This is completely out of character for around here.

It's the sort of thing you'd expect to happen in Oxford Street or Pall Mall.'

Or any other square on the Monopoly Board? 

His half-brother Liam O'Meara told The Telegraph he believes officers used unnecessary force and O'Meara has "mental health problems". 

The 44-year-old added: "The police could have shot him in his leg. They could have Tasered him, couldn't they? The bullet's gone straight in and out, so it has not caused many problems."

Liam told The Telegraph: 'When he was shot, most of the damage was when he dropped the chainsaw and it fell on him.

If he thinks the police should take chances in these situations, mental illness ()or fatal stupidity) clearly runs in the family!  

If He'd Run Her Over, There'd Be Outrage That His Driving License Wasn't Suspended...

...but because he was able to own potentially-lethal animals he'd be unable to control at his age under the DDA licensing scheme, no-one will ponder the double standards or ask why a licensing scheme is so lax:

A woman has been airlifted to hospital after being attacked by two XL Bullies and another dog in a horror attack in Scotland. The victim, 69, was reportedly left with 'serious' injuries after being mauled by the dogs in Shindale, Invershin, at around 1.40pm on Tuesday. She was taken by air ambulance to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness and her condition is unknown.

And no, these beasts weren't, for once, owned by one of the usual suspects: 

It is understood, two of the dogs are XL Bullies and both are registered and legally owned. The third dog was not a banned breed. A 76-year-old man has been arrested and charged over the mauling.

Most young fit men who own these things are unable to control them when they turn, never mind a 76 year old pensioner - so what value a licensing system that allows this nonsense..?

It is not known what has happened to the dogs at this stage.

Probably safely tucked up in kennels eating their way through taxpayer's cash, since the cops are too scared to do what they need to do in these cases due to the hounding they get on social media from the smoothbrains who revere these bloodsport mutts. 

If only the Tories had had the balls to order a cull.....

Infiltration Intensifies!

 Once more, I dive into ‘Reactor’ magazine to get an idea of what is coming up in the world of science fiction, and once more, find that fantasy worlds and imagined alien societies for daring heroes and heroines to negotiate takes a back seat to …. this:

Even in the earliest stages of editing the anthology Amplitudes: Stories of Queer and Trans Futurity, I knew the book would open with an epigraph from the late queer theorist José Esteban Muñoz’s Cruising Utopia—where he argues that “the future is queerness’s domain.” Or, put another way: something about queerness is always “not yet here.”

Really? It seems to be omnipresent, these days! Gone are the days I’d make a trip up to ‘Forbidden Planet’ in London to peruse the latest imports, mostly selecting titles by the quality of the artwork on the front cover (a dragon or alien big cat on the cover being a sure clue I’d like it!), secure in the knowledge that they were mostly written to enthrall the reader and sell copies, rather than push some personal sexual agenda. 

Speculative fiction, too, is grounded in thinking about what has been, what is not, and what could be. In sf, we imagine our way into other worlds and other futures! Given that, I think there’s a natural connection between queer/trans life and culture and speculative fiction itself—it’s in those horizons of possibility.

Relentless propaganda is what it is - I'm old enough to remember when sci-fi was a beacon of hope, written by people whose desire was to entertain, not proselytise. 

Cover Me! 'Summer In The City'

I'm scheduling this in freezing January, so I hope by the time it goes up, we have some summer! Joe Cocker's version has always been my preference over the original by the Lovin' Spoonful.

But No-One Will Be Sacked Or Face Any Consequences....

Failings by a Labour-run council contributed to the death of a foster mother who was killed by a 12-year-old boy she was caring for. 

The boy said to police: 'Is she dead?' and 'looks like I got my first kill?' before insisting: 'It was an accident, I swear.' When he was arrested after trying to run away from police, the balaclava-clad youngster told a policewoman: 'I'm going to f***ing kill your family, you b****, and I don't give a f***.'

All he got was two years for manslaughter, and is probably out roaming the streets by now. The coroner is pointing finges: 

She said the circumstances which led to the fatal incident 'were contributed to by the failings of the Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to have appropriate systems and processes in place when placing foster children, including but not limited to the lack of accurate and complete documentation, failure to communicate risks and concerns appropriately, failure to conduct appropriate risk assessments and failing to safeguard those in their care'. Ms Whittle said she would be writing a 'prevention of future deaths' report addressing issues including the council's lack of documentation and failure to complete forms; and a shortage of placements, although she said this was a 'national issue' and not just to be directed at Rotherham.

No doubt, but what consequences will there ever be for people who failed their duties, when they work for the State? People who rely on those with this sort of suicidal empathy?

The inquest heard how Mr and Mrs Grant volunteered to take him, despite them being categorised as only able to take in one child at a time, largely because of the complexities Child Y presented to them.

The complexities, or the colour of the child's skin? The foster parents were black, and although his idenntity has not been revealed, I'll bet you dollars to doughnuts the kid is too... 

Ms Whittle said that Child X had a youth caution for possessing a knife and had at times talked about wanting to be part of gang culture, but this information was not included on the initial placement referral form, making it 'deficient'. She said Mrs Grant's decision that she could provide Child X with a short term placement 'was made without her full knowledge of Child X's risks' because of 'the failings of Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council to have in place systems and processes to ensure full details are included and up to date forms were used'.

She's dead, and cannot speak to her knowledge, which is handy for the coroner, I guess! 

Low-Hanging Fruit

That's all our modern police farces want to deal with these days:

The incredible footage includes the man, wearing a beanie, being handcuffed and being pushed against a police car door as three officers surround him. A large bag of birdseed can be seen next to him on the kerbside.Footage later shows the distressed man hunched over and being led into the back of the police van where the door is shut and an officer can be heard saying he is 'under arrest'.

A pervert? A burglar? A shoplifter?No, Reader, just a man feeding the birds. 

Tony Gath who witnessed the incident said he was 'disturbed' by what he had seen. Tony said: 'It was disgusting behaviour, all they had to do was educate the man on where he can and can't feed the birds, then send him on his way.

'I'm disturbed that they felt that level of intimidation and power was acceptable at all, not just in public.'

 It's the only target they can display that level of intimidation against these days. Not really surprising they go balls-to-the-wall when they get the chance.

According to Wirral Council's official website there are 'no laws' that the council can effectively use to stop people feeding wild birds. But Environmental Health may be able to 'take action in significant and excessive cases' where rotten food waste is accumulating or the bird feeding can be shown to be the cause of an infestation of rats or mice. Cheshire Police said the council had previously reported to the police that feeding of the birds in the area was causing an 'increase in vermin'.

And the police, understanding that the balance of power these days has swung from the man in the street to a whole host of petty officialdom at the town hall, swung into action with a 'arrest first, release later when the spotlight's off and before solicitors can mobilise' protocol. Thereby marking themselves out, once again, as enemies of the people. I'm sure that won't come back to bite them in the arse in the future....

Don’t Listen To The Misanthropes

It is cheap, often poorly made, and usually ends up in the bin or buried among the other knick-knacks, takeaway menus and birthday candles in the kitchen drawer. Known as “fast-tech”, these low-cost electronics are increasingly common – from mini-fans and electric toothbrushes, to portable chargers and LED toilet seats, often bought for just a few pounds online.

Yees, Reader, the misantropes at the 'Guardian' are at it again - how very dare you get a moment's pleasure from something they don't think you should have? 

But behind the bargain price is a growing problem: many of these items are difficult to repair, not recycled and quickly discarded. Electronic waste is one of the world’s fastest-growing waste streams, and experts say fast tech is playing an increasingly significant role.

Oh. 'experts'. Well. they are never wrong, I suppose? 

In the UK, it is estimated that more than 1.14bn of these small electronic gadgets (including vapes) are bought a year and about half (589m) are disposed of in that same time, which is equivalent to 19 a second, according to Material Focus, the organisation behind the Recycle Your Electricals campaign.

“We’ve had fast food, we’ve had fast fashion, and we’re now in the age of fast tech,” says Scott Butler, the executive director of Material Focus. “We’re not moralist against technology, but what we are concerned about is the volume of low-quality, cheap, flimsy products that are flooding the market, which end up binned or unused.”

Not moralist? Methinks he doth protest too much... 

Butler highlights “fad” fast tech as a key issue – cheap items that are bought at certain times of year or for particular occasions, such as mini-fans as the UK warms up or light-up Christmas jumpers. About 7.1m mini-fans were bought in the UK last year and more than 3.5m have already been discarded or forgotten in drawers in that same period.

*glances at cute, useful minifan standing on computer desk* From my cold, dead hands, Butler! 

Laura Young, an environmental scientist and campaigner, says fast tech represents a new kind of environmental threat – not just because of the potentially toxic chemicals many contain, but because of the sheer volume and disposability.

These people won't be content until the entite population lives in tiny grey identical boxes, owning nothing, eating and drinking only what the 'experts' say is good for us. 

Who Are These Witnesses?

Ms Freemantle was arrested at the scene and investigated by police. But prosecutors decided not to bring any criminal charges in June 2024 after Ms Freemantle said she had suffered an epileptic seizure.

In October, the Mail revealed Met Police had decided to reopen the probe after a serious case review uncovered significant flaws in the way officers conducted the initial inquiry, including consideration of medical evidence which led to the case being dropped.

 But it wasn't the police who opted to drop the case, was it? Surely that decision rests with the notoriously hesitant CPS? Is nothing ever just an unfortunate accident anymore?

The case was subsequently reopened and handed to a top detective superintendent from Specialist Crime Command. Police then made a successful appeal for people who witnessed the crash to come forward to help officers understand whether the driver's behaviour was consistent with her diagnosis.

So they are going to try to challenge medical evidence with layman's observations of the scene? Well, God loves a trier, they say!

Why So Coy?

 What animal was it? We aren't told! 

A spokesperson for Queensland ambulance said the woman suffered a “significant arm injury”.In a statement on Facebook on Sunday afternoon, the Darling Downs Zoo said the woman was watching keepers working in the carnivore precinct when the attack happened.“This is something that she has done many, many times over the past 20 years. She is well versed in safety protocols around potentially dangerous animals. “Inexplicably, at this stage, one animal grabbed her by one arm and caused severe damage to it. At no stage did this animal leave [its] enclosure and there was no risk at all to staff members or members of the public.”

Quitre bizarre! Clearly, there's only one explanation, taking our clues from human crime journalism - it must have been a black panther! 

Update: they’ve now admitted it was a lion. But why not say that to start with?

The Labour Party Always Show Their True Colours At Some Point

 As a party full of rabid authoritarians desperate to control every aspect of human behaviour. while simultaneously taxing the populstion until the pips squeak. Will their voters never learn?

'Hey, Editor, Should I Remove This Standard Text On The Photo Archive Selecrtion?'

 

'Nah., who's going to notice..?'

H/T: Bucko via email

Someone Needs To Explain Cockney Rhyming Slang To The Yanks...

 

Because it's pretty accurate here...

Sunday Funnies...

A bit of a follow up to last week's post, I expect they mostly felt it would be an honour.

Nothing? Really, Sir?

The BBC is at it yet again:

Nothing about me is a man, but we're going to force me into male regs just so I can walk across the stage with my peers," she said in the hours leading up to the ceremony. "It's not my choice to cut my hair. I'm doing it because I have to."

Absolutely  everything about you is a man, and what’s more, always will be. You’ve been lied to by people who do not have your mental health welfare at heart if they have told you anything different. 

And cutting hair is something everyone male, female, and those who think they are the wrong one, has to put up with in the military, or Hollywood has been lying to me yet again! 

Judges Like Mark Watson Are The Reason We Have A Dangerous Dog Problem In This Country

An XL Bully owner whose dog attacked a child and left her with permanent scarring has walked free from court.

Typical, but at least the mutt got the needle, right? Right?

Despite causing injuries so severe that the child had to take time off school, the dog has now been returned home to its owner, Elizabeth Boot.

If the cops had done their job right, the useless judge at least wouldn't have been able to do this!

Handing her a 16-month jail term, suspended for 18 months, Judge Mark Watson said: 'This was a frightening and scary incident, it must have been, and was made worse by your response to it. 'Rather than show concern for the girl, you were more concerned about Rocky and the impact on you and your family. 'It was selfish behaviour and behaviour you should be ashamed of.

It's typical behaviour from the women who fawn over these ugly mutts - shouldn't someone like a judge be educated on this bizarre phenomenon, like they have supposedly been educated on who beaten women plead for the release of the man eho beat them up? Sadkly, the only 'expert evidence' the idiot judge appeards to have relioed on conbcerned the mutt.

But it was a quick bite and I am satisfied it was snapping rather than the dog taking hold and mauling.

How about throwing in some victim blaming too, judge? You mifght as wel go for broke! 

'And (having heard the expert evidence) I am satisfied that Rocky does not pose a danger to the public. This was not an incident out of the blue without explanation and (concerns) the behaviour of children around dogs.'

Charming! What did she do to set the vicious mutt off, 'your honour'? Breathe? 

As part of the suspended sentence order, the judge ordered the defendant to attend 15 rehabilitation sessions and contribute £1,000 towards the £12,000 kenneling costs which have already been incurred.

Kennelling cost that also wouldn't have neen incurred if cops took the view that an ARV turning up to these jobs should be SOP. 

No, It's Not Always Airhead Slebs Pandering To A Fanbase...

Azealia Banks has pulled out of two festivals in the UK after claiming organisers tried to pressure her to support Palestine.

 

The 212 rapper has sparked controversy with her outspoken views throughout her career, having been accused of homophobia, transphobia and xenophobia in the past.

I know nothing about this lass's music, but being accused of all those things makes her worthy of a listen, I feel! 

H/T: CJ Nerd via email

By The Time They Are Being Arrested, They Are Surely Already ‘Criminalised’

Black children detained by police are 15% more likely to be “criminalised”, that is charged and put into the criminal justice system, than white children detained for similar types of offences, a study has found.

Who says so? Well, Reader, I bet you can’t guess it’s yet another activist group, can you? 

The report by the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF), which tackles youth violence, found that black children were 14.8% less likely to be offered diversion, which can include mentoring or counselling, that usually results in them avoiding getting a criminal record at an early age.

aAns is this down to their own actions when confronted? Gosh no, it’s gotta be because the majority white society just has it in for them, eh?  

The authors of the study say they have taken into account the seriousness and prior offending record, and are thus comparing like with like. The racial gap pointed to “systemic inequities”, the report said. The study examined almost 265,000 records of children aged 10 to 17 who were arrested by the Metropolitan police in London, or where a decision was made to take further action after a stop and search.

Well, they won’t be doing tpo much of that in future, I’m sure!  

There is some anecdotal evidence that as black young people mistrust police more, they are less likely to admit their guilt, which is a prerequisite for being accepted for some diversion schemes.

Oh, so the answer is within their own hands, yet they don't take it up? How surprising.