Tweet Of The Month - Special Supreme Court Edition

The Supreme Court ruling in the For Women Scotland case brought a similarly bumper crop of tweets, so I've decided to put them in a seperate category from the normal Tweet of the Month:

Tweet Of The Month

April proved to be a bumper month:

 

Post Title Of The Month

 Longrider has a pithy response for the concept of 'sensitivity readers'

Quote Of The Month

Bill Sticker ponders woke hysterics while battening down the hatches for a storm in the Emerald Isle...

Funny how it’s mostly the womenfolk who feel this way. Like that stupid Episcopalian who chose to turn a church service into an emotional rant about ‘trans kids’ and suchlike. Frankly all her expressed fears (On behalf of people she’s never met) about them being ‘frightened’ was an exercise in rank hyperbole. Team Trump want free and open debate on these matters. And perhaps that’s what all these silly wokeists are afraid of, free and rational debate, because that means they can’t force the rest of humanity to believe what is palpably arrant nonsense.

Post Of The Month

Flaxen Saxon destroys the myth of the 'noble savage' in prtehistoty, wjhile Bucko wonders just what that all female 'spaceflight' achieved...

Bloody Thatcher Again, She's Responsible For Everything!

One area which has suffered some of the of the most high profile dog attacks in recent years is Gwent.

Yes indeed, Wales is a hotbed of dangerous dog breeding, but why? 

Although at first glance you would not know the tragedies had taken place at all as grannies piled into the community centre to enjoy some day time bingo while the local chippy was still doing a roaring trade with happy school children. But ask about dangerous dogs on the streets of Penyrhoel and the memories of Jack and Shirley are never far from the surface and everyone is united in their determination to crack down on dangerous dogs in the area.

Well, maybe not everyone.... 

“In all honesty I will say there is very high percentage of people doing this who are unemployed, and not because they are lazy but because they have no opportunities there is no work for them and the pits have closed down so they turn to things like this.

Damn you, Thatcher! All those poor miners thrown out of work, and having to breed dangerous dogs just to keep body and soul together... 

“Unemployment has played an awfully big role in people breeding these dogs, not just Bullies, because it is not regulated like it should be anybody can breed a dog so maybe it should licenced (sic) if that was possible.”

It is possible, but I don't see why the elderly chap down the road who walks his retired greyhound should be put to more trouble and expense so some chav can own a thing that looks like it's just been decanted from Henry Wu's vats. 

My, Doesn't Time Fly When You're Having Fun?

 

It's my blogiversary​, I've been going 17 years today, so your landlady is taking the day off! Over to you!

Just Don't Hire Them In Future

Asking a black person 'what are you smoking?' is racist, an employment tribunal has ruled.

I wonder sometimes what the tribunel panel must be smoking... 

Employment judge Rachel Wedderspoon said any 'reasonable person' would be offended by the remark due to the 'stereotypical view' of 'a black person with dreadlocks smoking drugs'.

I guess I'm not a reasonable person. Oh well... 

Her ruling came in the case of Gemma Spencer, a black administrator who sued her employers for race discrimination and harassment after she was sacked. Ms Spencer said she had her hair in braids when director Mark Kelly asked her line manager if she had been 'smoking something' after they perceived she had made an error at work. After she accused him of racism, Mr Kelly said there was no racial element to it and he in 'no way meant to make some remark about her being a Rastafarian'.

But of course, our crazy laws state that it's down to you to take offence, and not the other person to give it. 

Bosses said Ms Spencer was 'hyper-sensitive' and had 'warped' the impact the phrase had on her.

QED. 

But this assertion was rejected by Judge Wedderspoon, who said the comment was 'unwanted conduct' which 'violated the dignity' of Ms Spencer, who was awarded £35,109 compensation.

So, employers, please consider if the tick in the diversity box is worth all the potential trouble! 

OK, I'm Sure It's A Chance Worth Taking...

The amendments have been criticised by some cyclists. Chris Boardman, the former Olympic cyclist and national active travel commissioner for England, said the new laws could prevent people from cycling.

Really? What new laws are these? 

The offence of causing death by dangerous cycling would be brought into line with driving laws under amendments tabled on Thursday, the Department for Transport said.

Well, Chris, I guess asking lycra louts and MAMILs to obey the basics and not put pedestrians at risk is just too much for some. Is that really the message you wanted to send? 

A DfT spokesperson said: “Dangerous cycling is completely unacceptable, and the safety of our roads is a key priority for this government. “The government is proposing new offences and penalties for dangerous cycling, updating legislation that is over 160 years old, to ensure that the tiny minority who recklessly disregard others face the full force of the law.

Chris seems to think it's more than a tiny minority. Maybe Chris is wrong? 

“These are being brought forward as part of the crime and policing bill and will be debated in due course.”

I can't wait for Chris to announce his participation in the debate!  

Won't It Be A Bit Cramped On Set?

I mean, they are big lorries, but you've got to get the camera crew in as well...

The Right Words, Just Not In The Right Order...

Or maybe she's an alien?

Sunday Funnies...

And yet, somehow, they still get through...

“Give Us More Money So We Can…Make Efficiency Savings!”

Some universities will need financial support to deliver the efficiencies that the government wants them to make, a report on higher education reform is expected to say.

Ha ha ha ha ha! You have GOT to be kidding!  

The recommendations are expected in an upcoming report on major higher education reform, set up after the Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson called for “real change from the sector” last year, and that will be shared with the government once finished. Sir Nigel Carrington, who was appointed to lead a task force focusing on university efficiency by Universities UK, told PoliticsHome that there would likely be proposals in the report around a “transformation fund or other financial assistance”.

No, I don't think even Labour are going to be daft enough to fall for that one! 

"Probably there will be some proposals in our report around which some sort of Transformation Fund or other financial assistance in a very targeted way would be helpful," Carrington said. He told PoliticsHome: “It’s pretty self-evident that if institutions are running deficits and have pretty much exhausted their borrowing lines, then significant structural change is not deliverable because they don’t have the resources to deliver it.”

Funny, they always seem to have plenty of resources to squander on other things... 

Was It Just A Busman's Holiday?

A twisted NHS anaesthetist who injected a record shop owner with a deadly drug in a 'motiveless' attack has been jailed for 15 years. Gary Lewis, 65, collapsed to the floor in Northallerton, North Yorkshire, on July 2 last year after Darren Harris, 58, plunged a a syringe loaded with a muscle-paralysing drug into his thigh.

Yes, it's this story.

Judge Simon Phillips KC described the attack by Harris, who was 'seeking to play God', as 'motiveless' and 'totally indiscriminate'.

'With that hypodermic syringe in your hand, you had the power to take a life and that is the outcome that inexplicably you wanted to achieve.'

If he’d only had a bit of patience, the NHS would have granted his wish legally, I’m sure…

Sean Smith, defending, said: 'Mr Harris, of hitherto good character, having reached the age of 57 years had contributed substantially to the hospital at which he worked. 'He has made valuable contributions to hospital care and patients over a number of years. 'This act has essentially robbed him of that good character and most importantly robbed his wife and his family of his support in the future.'

But more importantly, Sean, it very nearly robbed his victim of all those things... 

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said Harris' employment was terminated in August 2024. It said a review into the storage of medications, including controlled drugs, in cardiac theatres and general theatres was carried out in light of the incident.

And what did they find? Strangely, it's not reported. I wonder why.

If So, He Was A Fallen One...

 

Terry Cassidy, 45, who worked on TV adverts and music videos before suffering life-changing injuries, died at Queen’s Hospital, Romford, on April 9. He had suffered brain damage during an interaction with the Metropolitan Police Service.

How? 

The force has suggested he died after swallowing drugs when confronted by officers in a car park off Ivyhouse Lane, Dagenham.

Ah. Yes, that'll do it. And in a glaring example of how local newspapers often aren't these days, there is no 'Ivyhouse Lane'. There's an Ivyhouse Road. A genuinely local journalist would have known this.

But two witnesses told Newsquest he had injuries to his head and neck when they saw him moments after the confrontation. “His neck was red raw with scratches on it,” said one friend, who arrived on the scene as they were due to meet for coffee. Mr Cassidy’s death was referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), but it declined to investigate and suggested the Met investigate itself instead.

Well, when you swallow drugs in the presence of the police, for some reason they have to try to stop you, so yes, you will have bruises. 

“No one is going to get charged for this. No one ever does,” said Mr Cassidy’s partner of six years, who asked not to be named. “This is why they keep doing it. Because they keep getting away with it.”

She described Mr Cassidy as “a kind man” and “a joker” who had never been in trouble, besides a single court appearance for an alleged driving offence.

“He was always late,” she chuckled. “But apart from that, he was an angel. He would do anything for anyone. He was always thinking of other people.

“He treated me like a queen. He taught me how to be loved. I’ve never been loved like this before. And now he’s gone… He didn’t deserve to die in vain like this.”

So, he wasn't the sort to have, or to swallow, drugs? 

On the day of his death, she said, he had agreed to hold a small quantity of drugs for a friend “like an idiot”. She last spoke to him roughly five minutes before the fatal incident, when he telephoned her and said he was being followed by four unmarked police cars.

“They’ve been following me since Becontree,” she remembered him telling her.

And pulling over, stopping and saying 'OK, it's a fair cop!' wasn't an option?

The Metropolitan Police said: “Officers on patrol in Dagenham stopped a car close to Ivyhouse Lane at around 4.50pm on Sunday, March 30, following concerns around drug use.

“When approached by officers, it’s believed that the man inside the car ingested something and then became unwell. “Officers gave immediate first aid and called the London Ambulance Service. The man, in his 40s, was taken to hospital.

“Sadly, he died on Wednesday, April 9. His family are aware and being supported by specialist officers.”

A job I couldn't do, because I'm sure part of it isn't educating the newly bereaved on what a fucking moron their loved one was... 

Animals Owning Animals

A man has been banned from owning animals for three years after being caught on camera mistreating his bulldog.

And for those who believed Englishmen were all dog lovers, this case should do nothing to change your mind: 

Ceetal Mattoo, of Woodhouse Close, Hayes, was filmed by a doorbell camera dragging and kicking his dog, Poppy, along Pinkwell Lane. The 42-year-old pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the needs of the female bulldog were met, contrary to the Animal Welfare Act 2006. He was sentenced on March 20 at Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court.

As well as the disqualification, Mattoo was handed a 12-month community order under which he has to complete 80 hours of unpaid work.He also has to pay £400 court costs and a victim surcharge of £114.

No, despite the name, the £114 doesn't go to the actual victim, but into a pot. 

In mitigation, it was said that Mattoo, who signed the dog’s ownership over to the RSPCA, had been experiencing mental health issues.

That old chestnut... 

“No! You Can’t Leave The ‘Tribe’!"

Felicity Hayward, a model and activist, thinks 2023 was a turning point. “Ozempic arrived into our industry, and there was a definite change,” she says. Hayward, who has modelled for Mac and appeared on the cover of i-D magazine, monitors the number of designers using curve models across the fashion weeks in London, Paris, New York and Milan for her report Inside the Curve. At first the drop was slow, but this season, she says, “we’ve started to see a huge decline. New York, which had 70 plus-size models in 2023, had 23 earlier this year. At the September 2024 London fashion week, 80 plus-size models were on the runway, but just 26 this year.”

And why is this an issue? Because she doesn't want anyone to leave the reservation, like all progressives! 

Many models have lost weight, says Hayward. “The girls who used to be a size 16 or 18 are now size 12. It’s really difficult because, on one hand, I don’t want to speak about women’s bodies, but if the only plus-size representation we have are also losing weight, it does feel like the whole industry is turning their back on us.”

Gosh, the fashion industry is fickle? Who knew? 

Even when brands appeared to embrace size inclusivity, Nicholas-Williams says she was pessimistic that they would stick to it. “I was, like, this is going to be something that’s for a short period, and then we’re going to go back to how it was. I didn’t think it would be this soon, and so overtly.”

Oh, well, I'm sure you'll find some way to confort yourself, Felicity...

 

Give Them A Bus Service, They STILL Complain...

Oh, poor you! Surely it's not too much trouble, after all, foldability is presumably what you bought that type for, and at least if you put your back out, it'll stop you interfering in what you think we should all see in the way of adverts on public transport?

Why I'll Never Give Up Twitter...

Because it provides swift retribution for liars in office. 

I Guess Sanatogen Just Wasn't Cutting It Any More...

The street is mostly elderly people's bungalows for retirees and also contains a middle school.

Well, sounds like the perfect place to send a scofflaw recidivist with 23 previous convictions for 53 offences, who strips naked and sets fire to his home while off his tits on monkey dust, dousn't it?

Sentencing Harrison, Judge Trevor Meegan said: 'There’s around £100,000 worth of damage - that is a loss for the community, a loss of houses for elderly people, which are in need.'

Maybe the local council should have a bit of a think about who they place there in future, then. 

Activist Judges Again

An activist known as Stop Brexit Man has been cleared of flouting a police ban after playing anti-Conservative and anti-Brexit edits of The Muppet Show and Darth Vader’s theme outside parliament.

On Monday, Bray was found not guilty of failing without reasonable excuse to comply with a direction given under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 “re prohibited activities in Parliament Square” at Westminster magistrates court.

Why? It appears he did indeed breach the direction. 

Police approached Bray on the traffic island at about 11.20am, minutes before Sunak arrived ahead of prime minister’s questions, and handed him a map and a notice that warned he was prohibited from playing the speakers in the controlled area under a bylaw, the court heard.

So how was he acquitted? 

Handing down his judgment, the deputy district judge Anthony Woodcock said of Bray: “He admitted that he is ‘anti-Tory’, which is his words. He believes his is an important message to disseminate. He needs the volume that he uses to get the message across from Parliament Street to the Palace of Westminster.”

Of the issues Bray protests about, the judge continued: “He is described, virtually accused of being ‘fixated’ – he’s entitled to be. How he chooses to express those views is a matter for him.” He added: “Lampooning the government through satire is a long tradition in this country.”

It seems to have been the judge's whim, that he didn't agree with the lawful direction being imposed in the first place.  

Several witnesses described to the court the negative impact of Bray’s music, heard as high as the sixth floor in nearby buildings, after which the defendant apologised.

I guess they don't count.  

It's Not Just The Sex Of The People They Are Looking For....

...it seems they are fully prepared to gaslight the public about the age now too. If he's really 16, he must have had a very tough paper round...in Afghanistan!

And All It Proves Is Union Members Aren’t Special

...they often have the same outlooks and interests as anyone else - and the same fears for what the country is becoming.

Trade unions are becoming increasingly concerned by a rise in “racist and bigoted” comments online from their own members and officials, the new leader of the Fire Brigades Union has told the Guardian. Steve Wright, the general secretary of the FBU, said internal inquiries into allegations of racism have uncovered dozens of cases where members have been found to use racist slurs or stereotypes, often regarding asylum seekers.

Gosh, so everything in the union garden isn't rosy after all? 

Other unions have had similar incidents, he said. Together, a group of unions plan to launch a campaign warning that online populists and far-right organisations are distorting the truth about immigration and race.

Why the assumption that they are distorting it? Maybe they are accurately reporting what their members are telling them? 

“On social media, some of our members and sometimes our reps have openly made comments which are racist and bigoted. In my time in the fire service, that has gone up. You’d like to think we’re getting better, and we’re not.

“So we have been talking to other unions and they have seen exactly the same problems. We are pushing for new policies within our union which will recognise that this is happening and address issues of racism and bigotry within the union. We also want the TUC to address this too.”

Not address the cause of this discontent with progressive left wing dogma, dear me, no! Just shove it down people's throats even harder. That'll do the trick! 

“It feels like an itch that we’ve got to scratch,” he said. “I think it’s born out of last year’s riots, because our members are representative of society. We have seen the rise of Trump and the politics of Farage and it is hugely damaging. But it has resonated with some of our members.”

And that mustn't be allowed to happen! Who do they think they are, having their own opinion that isn't shared by the union leadership? 

In Reality, There Should Only Be Two....

...the rest can all be filed under 'mental illness': 

Terrorists and paedophiles can select from 51 different gender identities in a Home Office database of Britain’s most dangerous criminals.

WTAF? 

Police chiefs have admitted that ‘no formal risk assessment’ was carried out before recording extremists and rapists as ‘androgyne’ and ‘pangender’. The list of obscure gender identities has been labelled ‘madness’ and the Home Secretary has been warned that failure to properly record criminals’ sex poses a risk to the public.

Last night Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick said it showed police chiefs are ‘more interested in woke nonsense than arresting criminals’.

Clearly, this isn't just hyperbole, there's so much evidence... 

The list of gender identities includes ‘pangender’, ‘transgender person’ and terms like ‘androgyne’ and ‘neutrois’. The database has a number of gender categories with the same meaning - such as ‘cis male’ and ‘cis man’ - as offenders have provided different answers or officials have recorded them in inconsistent ways.

If someone provides a clearly wrong answer, why accept it? 

Dr Kath Murray, from policy analysts Murray Blackburn Mackenzie which obtained the data, said the list of gender identities shows that the Home Secretary needs to make recording data on sex mandatory. ‘At the risk of stating the obvious, it is hard to understand what possible operational value there is in knowing that a registered sex offender or a person convicted of terrorism may think of themselves as neutrois, pangender, or other such obscure terms more commonly found on Reddit discussion boards or Tumblr,’ she said.

When was this system brought into operation? 

A Home Office spokesman said: ‘The ViSOR system was developed twenty-five years ago, in an effort to maximise the information collected and shared about known offenders and thereby help the police keep track of them.

 Right, now, I know a thing or two about government IT systems, and there’s no way that a 25 year old database was designed with more than 2 options on a pick list. Twenty five years ago, we were relatively free of all the genderbollocks. 

So either someone decided to to throw vast sums of money to update the pick lists (if that was actually possible, given how some government databases were built) or it was an open text field, and not a picklist at all. 

And yes, it’s entirely possible that a government body wouldn’t see the pitfall herein, or would hire someone to build it who’d do what they asked without pointing out the problems that would arise…

‘Many aspects of the system are now outdated, and the Home Office is currently developing a brand new system, which will reflect modern requirements and reporting standards, and give the police the tools they need to manage the risk from the most dangerous offenders.’

Anyone want to bet against the new system having 52 gender identities for people to pick from? 

Happy Easter Sunday...

...however you choose to celebrate it. Normal Bank Holiday service will resume tomorrow.

Any Sympathy I Have Is For The Poor Donkey…

Another in the never-ending story of the 'Guardian' taking out a hankie for refugees:

They were huddled together on the bare floor of an abandoned house – four orphans who had travelled nearly 1,000 miles after having to flee from their home in the city when Sudan’s brutal civil war erupted.Having escaped ferocious fighting around Omdurman, twin city of the capital, Khartoum, they had arrived in Darfur...“But we couldn’t stay, it was too deadly,” says Asrar, 13, sitting beside three of her siblings, twins Mustafa and Mujtaba, nine, and seven-year-old Fatima.

I find I immediately flash on to this comment from one of Tim's regulars. 

 

Outside the house, located in the devastated West Darfur city of El Geneina, another two of Asrar’s siblings were trying to make money for them all to eat: Haroun, 21, working at a mechanic’s workshop, while Abdallah, 15, pounded the streets with a donkey selling water all day.

Poor bloody donkey. There's a recurring advert for a horse and donkey charity on tv, continually begging for money to treat these poor beasts. The day they announce they will use it to hire mercenaries to shoot the owners who mistreat them is the day I'll give them some.  

Asrar and her siblings have been alone since July last year, when their mother, Aisha, died from dysentery at their home in Omdurman. “There was nowhere to go to treat her. She got sick and was gone in two days,” says Asrar. Haroun, arriving back at the house after his workshop shift, adds: “We were devastated when she died.” Their father disappeared before the war started, leaving the house one day and never returning.

Such a familiar story. He's probably tucked up in a hotel in Kent.

Another brother who lives in Libya sent them money by phone to pay a driver to take them to El Geneina, where their parents were from and an elder sister, Israa, 30, still lived.

They paid a driver in advance but he abandoned them along the way. “He left us there with nothing,” Haroun says. “We had already paid him, and we had run out of money, so we had to sell our mother’s perfumes and clothes and survive on beans.”

It's called the Third World for a good reason. 

On arriving in the Darfur city last month, their elder sister could not be found, most likely having fled across the border to Chad. They found her house in ruins and moved into a nearby derelict house that had been left completely bare after being looted. A threadbare carpet serves as their bed. Despite escaping Omdurman, life in El Geneina is also fraught with risk. The city has witnessed myriad war crimes, including one of the worst atrocities of the war – a frenzied episode of violence, rape and looting by the RSF in 2023, in which almost 15,000 people were killed.

Clearly, the thrust of the 'Guardian' article is to drum up sympathy for refugees. Does it work? Not on me. 

Play Silly Games, Win Silly Prizes

Chad Allford, 23, died on October 27, 2021 after police – who believed he was “involved in the supply of drugs” – raided his girlfriend’s Alfreton home.

Whereupon he confirmed their belief pretty conclusively. 

A police constable who tried to detain Chad in the kitchen of the Morewood Drive property described seeing a “white powder substance exploding” from his head. Moments after swallowing the drug – Mr Allford became “very unwell” and was shown in bodyworn camera footage at the front of the address “convulsing” on the floor as officers asked him to spit out the drugs.

Chesterfield Coroners Court heard Chad eventually coughed up a “60ml by 10ml piece of white substance” however his condition deteriorated to the point that he stopped breathing and could not be revived during the arrest.

Oh dear, how sad, never mind... 

Describing the scene as he entered the rear of the property alone, PC Ball said: “He was standing still at the time, looking at me with a very shocked expression on his face. I asked Chad to give me his hands with the intention of placing him in handcuffs.” The court heard, however, PC Ball failed to state the reason for Chad’s arrest.

Pretty sure he'd figured it out! 

Chad's inquest - expected to last four to five days - continues. It will examine whether police involvement contributed to his death, said Coroner Ms Evans.

Four or five days worth of taxpayer money wasted.  

I’m Sure The US Treasury Would Be Delighted If You Cut Them A Cheque, Abigail

The sub-heading reads:

"She is one of the heirs to the Walt Disney fortune – and has long argued for rich people like her to pay more tax. Now she is working out how best to meet the challenge of Trump, Musk and the politics of chaos"

She being Abigail Disney... 

“I spend a lot of time trying to think of reasons to be optimistic, because I don’t know how to function without that. And I want to find the energy and the grit for a really long fight. This isn’t just four years … you know, there’s a whole civilisation-level reset to be done. I mean, I heard the other night when Trump spoke, he mentioned that we would get Greenland one way or another. And then there was laughter. Laughter! I just thought, ‘Oh, we have sunk so low.’”

What did you expect, applause? 

The film-maker (and the grand-niece of Walt Disney) is speaking to me on video call from her home in Manhattan. She talks with a mixture of speed, eloquence and certainty – partly because her view of Donald Trump and his allies is all about something with which she is well acquainted: wealth, and what it does to people.

She doesn't appear to believe it's done anything bad to her. Only other people. People she disagrees with politically. 

I then mention something she well knows: that Trump’s sidekick Elon Musk is also from a very wealthy background, having started his first business ventures with money provided by his father, and then becoming rich beyond the dreams of avarice. This, she tells me, partly explains the frazzled morals of someone who has just imposed all those cuts to overseas aid, with apparently no regard for the consequences.

Well, those 'consequnces' aren't falling on the people who elected his boss: 

Among the schemes Musk has frozen, Disney points out, was the Pepfar programme, AKA the President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief, which is estimated to have saved 25 million lives by supplying medicine to people with HIV and Aids around the world. “There are people suffering and dying today because of that cut,” she says. “There are children who have HIV who shouldn’t because of Elon Musk. Now. As we sit here and talk.” She exhales.

And how do the American people feel now their taxes aren't going to people halfway around the world that they have no connection to or responsibility for, or didn't you think to ask them? 

“That natural human proclivity to say, ‘Hmm, that doesn’t feel right’ – he doesn’t have it. Trump doesn’t have it.

Actually, they do, they just think that robbing the US taxpayer to pay for things like this isn't right.  

They’re spending no time in shame, and shame is a righteous emotion. It’s not an emotion you want to live in, but it’s an emotion you want as a motivator sometimes. And where is it? Where’s the shame?”

We got rid of it because you progressives wanted to, remember? 

And by the way, how much tax have you voluntarily paid to the US Treasury, or are you just like all those others who whine that people like you should 'pay more tax' yet never actually do? 

Here, We Appear To Have Schrödinger's XL Bully....

A girl taken to hospital with puncture wounds from a dog bite was attacked by a "potential XL bully type dog," police have said.

Only a 'potential' one? Why haven't the police determined if it was or not? 

She was bitten outside a shop in the Trebanog area of Rhondda Cynon Taf on 7 April, according to South Wales Police, who added her wounds were not life-changing.

Wales! Again! What is it with the Welsh and vicious dogs? But back to that 'potential' report...

The dog was destroyed before officers were able to confirm if it was an XL bully, the force explained.

By whom? The owner? Well, surely the vet can be questioned and the corpse seized? 

Why Are Your Thoughts With A Drug Dealer's Family...

...and not with the innocent taxi driver who now has a big cleaning job to do?

Detective Sergeant Brett Hagen, who led Scotland Yard's investigation, said: 'Anselam Senaj was killed in a brutal cold-blooded assault which lasted seconds, but was so severe he died at the scene.

'Our team conducted a thorough and detailed investigation which led to the arrest of three of the suspects within two weeks of the attack.

'We'd like to thank our partner agencies who helped us ensure the arrest of the final suspect, and bring the case to trial to secure justice for Anselam.

'Our thoughts remain as always with Anselam's friends and family as they move forward with their life, safe in the knowledge his attackers are behind bars where they belong.'

What a modern, politically correct copper, eh? Maybe if Anselam had been behind bars where he belonged, being a drug dealer, the streets of London wouldn't be running with blood again and he'd have been safer too?

Judge Judy Khan KC said it was 'a callous and shocking attack' in a public street, which was 'pre-meditated and planned'.

Drug dealer Khan was found guilty of murder and having a blade and was jailed for life with a minimum term of 26 years for his leading role.

Miah was found guilty of murder and admitted having a blade and was detained for life a minimum term of 25 years. The sentence reflected Miah's separate conviction for a brutal rape a 15-year-old girl in a north London park in March 2023.

Ali and Naim, both from East Ham in east London, were cleared of murder but convicted of the lesser offence of manslaughter. Ali, who was responsible for taking the victim's phone, was jailed for 14 years and Naim was detained for 10 years and six months.

Just another day in the enriched capital.... 

Perhaps We Should Hope For Women Scotland (FWS) Stand For Election...

They seem to be capable of planning ahead, after all:

Tearful hugs were exchanged and a bottle of champagne was cracked open.The fact someone had thought to bring one along underlines that it was potentially on the cards, but For Women Scotland (FWS) still seemed shocked by the scale of their victory.

The Scottish government's argument - that sex can be changed via the gender recognition process, and that someone with a gender recognition certificate should have the protections of that sex - were dismissed.

So what does it all mean?

BBC News was making a lot of noise about how guidelines would need to change, and how legislators would have a lot of work to do over the next few months: 

The Equality and Human Rights Commission - which oversees the application of the Equality Act - is to issue new guidance to help service providers.

Why don't they issue it now? Is it possible they didn't think ahead, and prepare two versions, ready to rush out when whichever side won? 

Can We UK Law Abiding Citizens Get One Of These Too?

More than 100 relatives of people who have died after contact with the police in the UK since 1971 have joined plans for a class action lawsuit in pursuit of compensation and justice. The plan for group legal action was announced at the People’s Tribunal on Police Killings, a two-day event in which bereaved families presented evidence to a panel of international experts on how their relatives died and the long-term impact this has had on them.

Great idea, can we, the law abiding section of society, take one of these out against all the BLM-type fakecharities and activists out there arguing that ethnic monoritires shouldn't be held accountable for their actions? 

The findings and conclusions of the event will form the basis of a first-of-its-kind legal action directed at police officers, police chiefs and government departments involved in the deaths. Activist and film-maker Ken Fero, who is helping to lead the action, said: “I think it’s quite revolutionary what we’re trying to do. There has never been a class action of this kind done in the UK before, there hasn’t been a call-up like this one before.

 Ken Fero, as expected, is whiter than I am...

Samantha Patterson, whose brother Jason McPherson died in 2007 after being stopped and searched by police, said: “We’ve explored all avenues. We’ve done campaigns. We’ve written letters. We’ve met with prime ministers, Home Office secretaries, everybody that you would think. Something needs to change.

Indeed! Families whose family member has concealed drugs from a police search then swallowed them while in custody shouldn't be able to whinge and whine that the inevitable death from such action is somehow the fault of the police. 

The tribunal was organised by a collective of campaign groups, including United Families and Friends Campaign, Migrant Media and 4WardEverUK, with the aim of “exposing the extent of the injustice” and placing it on the international stage. It also aimed to highlight the disproportionate impact of police killings on black people, and key themes explored included torture, terror, state cover-ups and black resistance.

'Resistance' to what, exactly? 

Should We Have To Take Him Back?

Of course, we probably will...

A Cornell University student who participated in pro-Palestinian protests and was asked to surrender by United States immigration officials has said he is leaving the US, citing fear of detention and threats to his personal safety. Momodou Taal, a doctoral candidate in Africana studies and dual citizen of the UK and the Gambia, has participated in pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s war in Gaza after the October 2023 Hamas attack. His attorneys said last month that he was asked to turn himself in and that his student visa was being revoked.

Say what you like about Trump, you can't deny he does what he promised.  

Last year, Taal was in a group of activists who disrupted a career fair on campus that featured weapons manufacturers and the university thereafter ordered him to study remotely. He previously posted online that “colonised peoples have the right to resist by any means necessary”. Taal filed a lawsuit in mid-March to block deportations of protesters, a bid that was denied by a judge last week.

Want to bet he opts to come to the UK rather than Gambia? And that we'll let him in? 

Look, Just Give In And Let Them All In!

More than 130 refugee and human rights organisations have called on Keir Starmer to stop using language that demonises migrants, after he made controversial remarks before an international people-smuggling summit.

What sort of people feel that what he said is in anyway controversial? 

The criticisms are contained in a letter to the UK prime minister, coordinated by Together With Refugees, a campaign coalition of more than 600 organisations. It has been sent to the prime minister in response to comments he made before the Organised Immigration Crime Summit on 31 March, where more than 40 countries came together in London to focus on tackling organised immigration crime including people-smuggling gangs. Starmer said: “But we all pay the price for insecure borders – from the cost of accommodating migrants to the strain on our public services. It is a basic question of fairness.”

It's not often I can agree with anything this idiot says, but he's spot on here. Although why are they worrying, when did his actions ever match his words anyway? 

In an open letter to the prime minister, the organisations say: “Now is not the time to play into the hands of those seeking to build them-and-us division between local communities and refugees. It is the time to move away from the hostile politics, racist rhetoric and demonising language of the past and unite our communities for a different way forward.”

As soom as someone starts squawking about 'communities' you can usually tell how the rest is going to go, can't you, Reader? 

The 136 signatories are from a range of organisations across the UK including City of Sanctuary UK, Choose Love, Freedom from Torture, One Strong Voice, Rainbow Migration, Refugee Action, Refugee Council, Safe Passage International, Scottish Refugee Council, Welsh Refugee Council and the Public and Commercial Services Union.

All the usual suspects, but why is the PCS spending resources on this issue? They are, after all, squandering their members' subs. 

The letter states: “You told us this week that immigration ‘is a basic question of fairness’. We agree. But the searing experiences of last summer, when hate-filled mobs tried to burn down hotels hosting asylum seekers, make it clear that the path to fairness is not to be found in those pitting local communities against refugees seeking safety from persecution and war.”

By fleeing France..? I didn't think it was that bad there!  

The letter also responds to the summit’s focus on targeting smuggling gangs, saying: “Rather than the border security summit’s focus on expensive new ways to disrupt people smugglers, often making the journey more dangerous for refugees, the government should be looking at safe routes for refugees to get here without risking their lives.”

Aha! The hidden agenda, just let them all in! 

“Binbags, Sir! Fahsends Of ‘Em!”

The council had already appealed to neighbouring authorities for assistance but the government has now asked for help from the British army in tackling the crisis.

But no, It doesn't mean what you think... 

This will involve some of the military’s office-based planners being called in to provide logistical and administrative assistance for a short period. It will not involve deployed soldiers collecting bins.

Why does the council need this assistance? Are their own 'logical and administative' staff on strike as well? 

The dispute is over plans to scrap the higher-paid waste recycling and collection officer role from council fleets, which the council claims risks creating a “huge future equal-pay liability”.

Yes, this is another crazy 'equality' chicken coming home to roost, this one the size of an azhdarchid pterosaur. 

The Ones I Have To Sit Through Could Do With These...

From confronting violent attackers to dealing with drug-related crime, police officers face any number of life-threatening situations. But it seems Scotland Yard has identified one more – PowerPoint presentations.

Eh? 

The force has issued guidance banning loud noises during presentations, in case they trigger a heart attack. It says that 'loud noises can cause an unsuspecting reader with heart problems to suffer an attack', adding: 'Images that spin or flash, or animations, can increase the possibility of sufferers of epilepsy having an attack and must not be used.'

I've endured some PowerPoint shows that could have done with both, it might have kept me awake! 

Toby Young, founder of the Free Speech Union, said: 'You'd think someone with such a weak heart that a loud noise can trigger cardiac arrest would avoid Scotland Yard altogether.'

Well, quite! But they have a ready-to-hand rebuttal: 

Perhaps chiefs are anxious to avoid further accidents. A Freedom of Information request revealed the Met reported nearly 6,000 accidents at work in a year, one of which was from 'exposure to noise'.

Maybe it's time they trained their human cops like they train their police horses? 

Actually, It's An Example Of How Prison Can Be Effective At Dealing With Persistent Offenders, Charlie...

Yikes! Looks like the mugshot operator needs a lesson in lighting...

Mohamed Awaleh of Mayesbrook Road, Dagenham, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for his crimes. A Criminal Behaviour Order was secured against Awaleh as a result of his "persistent anti-social behaviour and constant criminal activity". As part of the order, he was prevented from entering a number of high street supermarkets.

Who thinks that would be effective? 

Acting Chief Inspector Charlie Routley said: "This is another example of how effective the use of CBO's can be at dealing with persistent offenders."

Well, no. It's not. It's that old fashioned 'bang 'em up so they can't trouble the citizens no more' policy.

Journalists In Glass Houses...

...really shouldn't be throwing stones at dim Yanks who can't recongise a model elephant when they see one:

Especially not when, just a short scroll up the page, you've printed this.

Sunday Funnies...

Modern life ruins everything really, doesn't it?

The Same Old Sob Stories To Excuse Savagery...

Mitigating for Miles, Brenda Campbell KC, said Mr Fowler was an entirely innocent victim and the defendant was 'profoundly sorry' for his actions. He had a background of abuse and trauma in his home life, had problems with his mental health from the age of 10 and reported hearing voices at the age of 12.

Which is offered as a reason why he gouged out the eye of a complete stranger to him, a pensioner, then beat that pensioner 19 times over the head with his own walking stick and stamped on his head 8 times.  

Later, his mother had raised concern that he was having 'delusions about religion' but that he had stopped smoking cannabis, Ms Campbell said. The barrister suggested there were 'missed opportunities' for medical professionals to spot the warning signs that Miles was unwell.

Ya think?!? 

Judge Judy Khan KC sentenced Miles to a hospital order with restrictions after hearing he needed ongoing treatment at Broadmoor secure psychiatric hospital. The judge said she would outline her reason for the decision later.

I think we can all guess... 

The court was told Miles was likely to spend years in hospital before he is well enough to be released back into the community.

Maybe he should be released into some other country's community instead of ours, how about that? 

“As scientists our job is to not intervene,” says Stefan.

Well, how about you act as human beings, if that's possibe..?

It didn’t take long for the mice to start feeding on the albatross chick. “The bird was a complete fluffball,” says Janine. “So, they just climbed up its back and started nibbling at its head. We could see their teeth going into its flesh.” The bird, too young to walk let alone fly, could only shake its head in irritation. “As scientists our job is to not intervene,” says Stefan. “But we really wanted to help that bird.

Did they? Sadly, Reader, no... 

”The next morning, they returned to the site to find that the chick had been joined by one of its parents – but the adult bird could also do nothing. “It was such a hopeless situation,” says Janine. A few days later, the chick succumbed to its injuries and was eaten by giant petrels.

Thankfully, the decisions haven't been left to scientists, but to those less squeamish about eradicating out-of-place vermin.

Assuming the project achieves its funding targets, these tests will culminate in the winter of 2028 when five or six helicopters (brought to the island by ship) will distribute poisoned bait across the entire island, in an attempt to eliminate the pests that were unintentionally introduced to the island by 19th-century sailors. If successful, it will be the largest ever eradication of mice in a single operation.

Though eradicating other menaces may prove harder: 

The efforts to start improving the fortunes of the island’s birds could not have come at a better time. Last week, the South African goverment announced that bird flu had been confirmed as present on the island for the first time.

The decision to eradicate the mice was not taken lightly, says MFM project manager Anton Wolfaardt: “I’m a biologist,” he says. “I don’t like killing things.”

How did you manage a biology degree without dissection, then? 

But Stella, What About J K Rowling's 'Independence Of Mind'..?

Oh, really, Stella? Do tell us more...

I think MPs must all have some sort of Altzheimers, because they seem to be incapable of proving themselves utter hypocrites every time they speak...or maybe they are just thick?

Are You Sure You Mean That, Two-Tier?

People-smugglers should be treated like terrorists, Keir Starmer will say on Monday, as he hosts an international summit on organised migration crime in London.

Does he mean we should be employing them to advise the government? Or letting them intern in our spy HQ? 

The summit is the latest initiative in the government’s attempts to cut irregular migration by targeting organised crime.

Ah, a new euphemism. Just what we need!  

Ministers will mark the opening of the summit with a range of new policy measures, including £30m to tackle global trafficking routes and the flows of illicit money which fund them.

Until you do something to reverse the perverse pull factor that keeps them coming, you're just pissing taxpayers' money down the drain. Stop putting them up in hotels and supplying them with free food and medical treatment.  

Instead Of Questioning What Went Wrong With The Finances, Why Not Question What’s Going Wrong With Biology?

The financial threat hanging over English councils, as a result of the last government’s decision to mask special needs overspending with an accounting ruse, is made plain in a Guardian investigation that used freedom of information requests to dig into their accounts. How ministers plan to deal with the £5.2bn debt that will reappear on balance sheets in a year – having been temporarily hidden by the Conservatives – is unknown. But doing nothing is not an option.

Clearly, trying to find out the cause of this increased spending is also not an option. Since no-one appears to be asking the question.  

The alarming mismatch between the steeply rising need for special education and the budgets allocated to pay for it is one of the biggest challenges facing the government – with at least 18 councils at risk of insolvency.

They've known the bill will come due for seven years. Maybe if they'd cut back on DEI nonsense and activist pandering, they'd have a few more pennies in the kitty to pay for it? 

There is no short answer to the question of what went wrong.

As this is the 'Guardian', I'm sure the blame can be laid at the feet of the previous government, can't it? 

But reforms brought in under David Cameron are responsible for pitting families against councils in the struggle for additional support – while central government sits on the sidelines.

Thought so!  

Between 2015-16 and 2024-25, high‑needs funding in England rose by 59% or £4bn to nearly £11bn.

Why? For the love of god, doesn't anyone ask WHY?! 

But Maybe It Isn't, Maybe You Actually Are..?

A poster spotted on Upminster Station. What do you notice about it? 

No, not that, that's only to be expected in modern advertising these days. No, I meant the automatic assumption that there's a hidden reality behind the claim, and that it's always a lie. But is it? And does it help to try to persuade people of that, when it might simply be accurate, and the person is overqualified? 

It's being pushed by a Lottery Money-funded fakecharity, of course, so you'll see it popping up everywhere, no doubt.

Cover Me! 'She'

The immediately recognisable vocals of Elvis Costello breathing new life into this Gallic classic by Charles Aznavour.

It’s Never Been About ‘Representation’…

...it's been about rubbing everyone's nose in it.

Criticisms that Doctor Who has become too “woke” prove the series is doing the right thing by being inclusive, its new star Varada Sethu has said. Sethu plays the Doctor’s latest travelling companion, Belinda Chandra, in new episodes airing this month. With Ncuti Gatwa returning as the Doctor, the pairing marks the first time a Tardis team will comprise solely people of colour.

And as Tim points out, this is something people not having to face market pressures can say with impunity. Those facing commercial pressures learn the hard way.  

Speaking about the milestone, Sethu told the Radio Times: “Ncuti was like, ‘Look at us. We get to be in the Tardis. We’re going to piss off so many people.’”

“Woke just means inclusive, progressive and that you care about people. And, as far as I know, the core of Doctor Who is kindness, love and doing the right thing.”

And nothing says 'kindness' more than gloating that your presence will upset and annoy people you don't like, I'm sure we can all agree. 

But this is a trend in entertainment now - it's no longer sufficient to make a classic, beloved book or story if you aren't also using it to stick your thumb in the eye of the people you despise. 

I suppose we should be greatful for small mercies, and that the sex of Lewis's main character is the only thing they are changing...

Meet the new Aslan! 

 

If It Took You A Decade To Realise What Was Going On…

...then your general intelligence level should be of more concern than your sexuality.

Ben says his ordeal started in his early 20s, after he was invited to attend Bible studies with an elder from his church. These started off as innocuous religious seminars, but Ben says things quickly changed and the elder started exerting control over what clothes he wore and how he styled his hair - encouraging him to wear what was seen as traditional masculine styles. He says he stopped the sessions after the elder started forcing him to make himself sick by tasting a bitter liquid whenever he had sexual thoughts or urges about other men. Ben told BBC News it took more than a decade to realise he'd been subjected to conversion practices, despite living with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), as he struggled to confront what had happened to him.

This is a result of a Stonewall survey aiming to throw light on conversion tactics. Because, of course,  you-know-who are kicking up a fuss about them:

Both surveys suggested that trans and non-binary respondents were more likely to say they had experienced some form of conversion therapy. Results from Stonewall's research suggest that 38% of trans and non-binary respondents had experienced physical assault in an attempt to alter their gender identity.

Makes a nice change from them receiving fawning acceptance and encouragement from the medical and psychological professions... 

In February, the then-women and equalities minister, Anneliese Dodds, told the Women and Equalities Committee that draft legislation outlawing conversion practices would be brought forward before the end of the parliamentary session this summer. Some campaigners and politicians have shared concerns that a ban could criminalise parents, therapists or teachers for questioning a young person's gender identity.

Does anyone ever do that these days? Certainly doesn't appear they are allowed to already!  

The Piper Always Has To Be Paid Eventually…

The staggering cost of England’s special educational needs and disability (Send) crisis shows no sign of easing. A Guardian investigation has revealed councils will overspend on Send services by nearly £2bn over the next year, pushing their accumulated deficits to at least £5.2bn by 31 March 2026. The date is crucial because that is when the £5.2bn debt, hidden away off local authority books using an accounting fix for seven years, is due to come back on to the balance sheets, threatening to instantly bankrupt scores of town halls.

They've had seven years of knowing this axe was going to fall, and what have they done, except spend like drunken sailors on DEI nonsense and pandering to every crazy activist in the area? 

The government faces a massive headache: not just what to do about the rapidly increasing billions of historic Send debt, but how to keep a lid on future Send spending, which shows no sign of abating.

And is anyone asking why this is? Why are a growing number of children requiring SEND assistance? Wouldn't that be a sensible thing to do?  

City of York council, the only authority surveyed by the Guardian that is projecting its accumulated Send budget deficit to move into surplus next year, was sceptical about keeping its head above water in future. “Unless the system is changed, we will go back into deficit quite quickly,” said Bob Webb, York council’s executive member for children, young people and education.

Bob doesn't seem too surprised or even concerned at anything about this, except the bottom line for his funding. He's not the only one. 

Mike Cox, the deputy leader of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council, whose forecast deficit will hit £168m by 31 March 2026, up £60m in a year, predicts: “[Government] is going to keep kicking the can down the road. The only thing that will change is that the can will get bigger and harder to kick.”

Maybe you should be shouting about where the can came from in the first place instead? 

The Weather Might Be, But The Population Is Starting To Resemble Them More

Although we are trying to replicate Uganda and Kenya we are actually in Cheshire so the weather is slightly different,” admits Chester zoo boss, Jamie Christon, on a fresh and very grey Monday morning.

This is what they were building when I visited Chester for a long weekend last year. It's a breathtaking undertaking, huge in scope, and the zoo itself was already massive. Also absolutely the best zoo in the UK. 

But ignore the chilliness and screw your eyes and you could well be transported to a sweeping African savannah where, one day, there will be giraffes, zebras, antelopes and ostriches roaming majestically side by side. Christon is speaking at the launch of the UK’s biggest ever such zoo development – a £28m facility called Heart of Africa. It covers just over 9 hectares (22.5 acres) and is home to 57 African species including vultures, rhinos, a colony of naked mole rats and 15,000 locusts.

Chester was a lovely town, but already beginning to show signs that the diversity is heading its way... 

Defence Barristers Don't Have Qualifications In Psychiatry Now Do They?

He suggested the only logical conclusion jurors should draw was that “something has gone seriously wrong in his mind”.

Surely the normal way of trying to get your immigrant sex pest off on insanity is to get an actual qualified expert to testify that he's nuts? Well, whatever, it certainly worked: 

Jurors found Frexit innocent of all charges by reason of insanity.

Perhaps someone should be looking to see how sane they are?

However he remains in custody until a hearing next month, when the judge must decide whether to impose a hospital order, a supervision order or an absolute discharge.

How about a one-way ticket back to Romania? 

H/T: IanJ via email

I’m Shocked, Shocked..!

And I know you will be too, Reader:

Recruitment agents who scam foreign nationals applying to work in the UK care sector have been exposed by BBC secret filming. One of the rogue agents is a Nigerian doctor who has worked for the NHS in the field of psychiatry.

At least the BBC are doing something worthwhile with the licence fee, you may think. But of course, as I read on, it becomes apparents that they are doing it not to sympathise with the ripped off Brits, but the Third Worlders cruelly deprived of a ticket to the UK gravy train. 

Reports of immigration scams have increased since a government visa scheme - originally designed to let foreign medical professionals work in the UK - was broadened in 2022 to include care workers.

Because no-one wants to work for the low wages the care companies pay, of course. 

The BBC began investigating him following a series of online complaints about his relocation services.

Complaints from people with relatives in care homes? No. Don't be silly.  

Praise - from south-east Nigeria and in his mid 30s - was one of those who complained, claiming he paid Dr Alaneme more than £10,000 ($13,000) for a job in the UK. He says he was told he was going to be working with a care company called Efficiency for Care, based in Clacton-on-Sea. It was only when he arrived that he realised the job didn't exist.

"If I had known there was no job, I would have not come here," he says. "At least back home in Nigeria, if you go broke, I can find my sister or my parents and go and eat free food. It's not the same here. You will go hungry."

Or you'll shoplift from Greggs, which seems far more likely.  

Efficiency for Care's sponsorship licence was revoked in July 2023. The care company can no longer recruit from abroad, but continues to operate. It told the BBC it strongly refutes the allegation it colluded with Dr Alaneme. It said it believed it lawfully recruited staff from Nigeria and other countries. It has challenged the Home Office's revocation of its sponsorship licence, it said, and the matter is now in court.

Costing us - the taxpayer - yet more money.  

Potential Consequences, Donald...

Ouch! Nice one, Matt....

Sunday Funnies...

Unaccountably, they appear to have missed off 'socialism'...

Police Shouldn't Need To Explain By Now....

...we should all be only too sadly aware why they need to deal with these wretched things this way: 

But, if you're wondering why they'd need to explain, it's because it was apparently 'an incident which sparked anger in parts of the community.'. Let's hear what 'the community' is saying, shall we?

One man on social media claimed: "Little men with big guns just shot a dog by Bluebells Wood, I nearly had it on lead until they turned up."

Another contributor asked why: "Don't the police just use tranquiliser guns instead of killing these poor dogs. Breaks my heart."

And finally: "It’s disgusting… shooting two innocent dogs for escaping and having a run round makes my blood boil."

The owner of these mutts is of course raging on Facebook that his dogs 'dindu nuffin' to deserve shooting, but there are clues in his diatribe:

A police spokesperson said they had responded after complaints that horses had been chased and then attacked.

"At 1.25pm today (Monday 31 March), we responded to reports of two dogs, believed to be an XL Bully and a large mixed breed, being dangerously out of control on woodland near Cramfit Road, with no owner at the scene.

"We received reports that the dogs were chasing two horses and one of the horses had been bitten.

"A number of members of the public were in the immediate area, including children who were playing nearby.

"Due to the ongoing risk posed by the dogs to the public, other animals, and our officers, it was necessary to shoot the dogs."

No doubt the owners of those horses will concur, as will anyone who has seen what these things can do when their blood is up - just ask the neighbours of the late Ian Price. Or the people of Basildon who watched two of them fight to the death, while police scrambled to get children to safety in their cars. Or the owners in Newtonards who had their bully dog turn on them, prompting PSNI to turn up and shoot it. Or closer to Rotherham, even, where cops responding to reports of an illegal firearm were confronted by one of these living weapons, resulting in a wounded one escaping. 

And, reader, those last three incidents were all just yesterday's reports!  

The spokesperson said they had launched an investigation into "how the dogs became loose. Anyone with information is asked to get in touch online or by calling 101, quoting incident number 429 of 31 March 2025."

Well, get onto Facebook then, since the idiot's identified himself for you.