There's Too Many Of Them Here, And They Don't Belong!

But does that mean we should allow members of the public to take the law into their own hands. No, of course not, but it will happen anyway, if the government fails to act. 

I am of course not talking about illegal immigrants - they are well protected - but about invasive parakeets. Apparently, the London catapult yobs find them an easy target, and at least this spares our native wildlife.

A wildlife charity said 43 ring-necked parakeets were found in Priory Gardens in Orpington, south-east London, in just three weeks.

Dead, from likely catapult wielding youths. Well, saves them using native species for targets, I guess...  

The charity is now calling for tighter controls on the sale of catapults to under-18s and for wildlife crime to be given greater priority by police.

Of course they are. 

Gareth Bacon, the Conservative MP for Orpington, has previously called for catapult sales to be licensed.

Od course he has. 

'National Emergencies' Aren't What They Used To Be...

Deepfake nudes and “revenge porn” must be removed from the internet within 48 hours or technology firms risk being blocked in the UK, Keir Starmer has said, calling it a “national emergency” that the government must confront.

Really? Pictures are a 'national emergency'? Even admittedly fake ones, or ones supplied by the 'victim' themselves? Don't we have real life things to worry about? 

Of course, they have to get this through the Commons, and then the Lords, first: 

Companies could be fined millions or even blocked altogether if they allow the images to spread or be reposted after victims give notice.Amendments will be made to the crime and policing bill to also regulate AI chatbots such as X’s Grok, which generated nonconsensual images of women in bikinis or in compromising positions until the government threatened action against Elon Musk’s company.

WE all know the real reason why thin-sknned Starmer has it in for social media, don't we Reader?  

The prime minister said that institutional misogyny being “woven into the fabric of our institutions” meant the problem had not been taken seriously enough. “Too often, misogyny is excused, minimised or ignored. The arguments of women are dismissed as exaggerated or ‘one-offs’. That culture creates permission,” Starmer wrote.

So, Starmer, what are you planning to do about Hampshire Police?  Or would the answer be 'Nothing, because it's not linked to social media'? 

What About The Harms Done To Them By Parents Like You?

Esther Ghey has called on MPs to vote for an age restriction on social media in the coming weeks, as she accused the government of “kicking the can down the road” with its planned consultation.

Who she? How quickly one forgets, eh, Reader? 

She has previously detailed how she believes her daughter’s social media addiction contributed to her mental health issues, leading her to take risks with her personal safety.

Except she didn’t have a daughter, she had a son. A mentally ill son who believed he was a girl, and who she supported and encouraged in that belief, instead of getting him the help he needed. And now she has the gall to believe anyone should listen to her on this subject:

“Brianna wasn’t alone. We know that there are each day, in England alone, 500 mental health referrals for children and we need to really think what is impacting this, why is there such an increase in mental health issues, why is there an increase in peer and peer violence in schools, why is there a difficulty retaining teachers in schools. 

“We need to move now because as we’re waiting, more and more children are being harmed.”

They are. But not all of them by social media. 

Sympathy Evaporating....

A grieving mother says action should be taken to tackle Britain's e-scooter 'scourge', as she shared photos following her 14-year-old son's death in a crash. Carly Calland posted pictures, including some of paramedics treating her son Jacob, in an effort to 'bring home the reality and seriousness of what happened'.

Well, she's not wrong, these things are indeed a total menace. 

Campaign calls have been backed by Ms Calland, whose son Jacob died in an e-scooter accident in March last year - and she has now shared photos of the clothes he was wearing at the time, after finally having them returned last week. She wrote: 'After a lot of thought, I feel it is right that I share these photos with the public. As is normal in this day and age, members of the public started taking photographs of the scene and started posting on social media straight away.'

Well, you're in good company, because this is the subject of yet another demand for legislation to regulated human nature. So what happenerd to the illegal rider who mowed down your young son while he was walking innocently on the pavement? I mean, that was what happened, right?

Jacob was riding on the back of an e-scooter without a helmet through a busy junction in Wythenshawe, Manchester, on March 19 2025, when the crash happened.

Oh... 

She told the Daily Mail how she wants e-scooters to be legalised, as a step towards better regulating their use - as well as mandatory wearing of helmets and a ban on carrying people as passengers.

Not quite as breathtakingly awful as killing your parents and having the audacity to then plead clemency on the grounds you're an orphan, but certainly in the ballpark. 

Ms Calland added: 'I'm not going to stop campaigning. The government say they'll make changes - I won't allow them not to. It won't be worth their while ignoring me.'

They'll file you in the same box they file all demands from people who want governmemt to save them from the consequences of their own failures, unless they think there are votes in it for them. And I really don't think there are.. 

What’s Wrong With The Existing Law Then?

A woman who was filmed giving CPR to a man fatally injured in a road crash is calling for photographs and videos of crash sites to be made illegal.

Oh, presumably because the grieving relatives saw it on social media before being formally advised? Well, actually, no: 

I've since spoken to Dominic's family and they learned from the police initially," Ms Ferris said. "But very soon afterwards they received a message saying, 'I'm so sorry to hear about your cousin' and the video attached - of him lying in the street, in the dark, in the rain. "How that must have felt? I can't even imagine."

Once again, 'feelings' are prioritised by the emotionally incontinent and legislation is demanded to soothe them, with no thought for how such legislation is supposed to work.... 

The mother-of-two is calling for legislation to make it a criminal offence to record at such scenes. "Having been in a video in such tragic circumstances, it beggars belief why people want to do that," she said.

I agree, bur what beggars MY belief far more is why you think you have the right to demand new legislation when there's existing legislation, and it works:

There is already a law in place which makes it an offence to improperly use the public electronic communications network. Last month, a woman was arrested over the alleged sharing of images of a pedestrian who was knocked down and killed in Newry city centre.

See?  

Fledgling Karen Is Paraded As Mouthpiece By Cynical Pressure Group...

A 17-year-old girl who says she was exposed to horrific images and videos including porn, a shooting and a beheading on a smartphones during the school day has joined a legal action against the education secretary.

Did she come into her school and show them to her then? No, Reader, she's simply failed to ban them, preferring to let heads take the decision they think fit.

Flossie McShea, from Devon, says she also received threatening messages while at school, as she put her name to a judicial review in an attempt to get smartphones banned in schools in England.

Did she do this entirely off her own bat, I wonder, or was she coerced into it? Sounds a bit like grooming to me. 

Will Orr-Ewing and Pete Montgomery first notified the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, in July that they would pursue legal action, arguing that current guidance, which allows headteachers to decide how smartphones are used, is unlawful and unsafe for children.

Mainly because of the children themselves: 

“Videos were going around all the time,” McShea recalls of her time at secondary school from year 7 onwards. “My parents were strict at home but at school people can airdrop you videos or show you their screen without invitation, to see your reaction. “My school had a ‘see it, hear it, lose it’ policy, but in reality we just used them under the desk, in the toilets, during lunch break, in the playground, on the bus, even in the corridors. It was impossible for the teachers to stop us.

Just as it'll be impossible for this legislation to ever stop them - they'll just do it outside of school. After all, if they have someone's phone number, they can reach them from anywhere in the world.

“The thing that affected me the most was a video of two young children playing with a gun. One shot the other accidentally and she died. We were getting off the bus and a friend came over to me with it on her phone. I had to go home early that day. I was so shocked I couldn’t sleep. I still think about that video three years later.”

Sounds to me as if your main beef is with your so-called friend. Maybe choose better friends?  

James Gardner of Conrathe Gardner LLP, acting for the claimants, said: “The government is well aware of the serious harms caused to children as a result of smartphones in school settings. They had a golden opportunity to put it right with a national ban when they issued safeguarding guidance this autumn – but they decided to ignore the problem once again. Bridget Phillipson is putting the nation’s children in harm’s way.”

Translation: 'Money and fame, give it to me!' 

This Is Rightly Not The Role Of The Police

"We are still going through such a horrendous traumatic time and loss, and we're left alone to navigate it, and it's not OK." Mimi Conder is calling for mandatory police support for families whose loved ones take their own lives.

What!? Why? Well, Reader, because she found it all a bit difficult to cope at the time, and so SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS… 

She has started a petition calling for the introduction of Jason's Law, named after her late husband, so that bereaved families in cases similar to her own can benefit from the guidance of a family support officer (FLO). "I just feel like I couldn't grieve because I was so overwhelmed trying to understand what the processes were," she tells the BBC. Thames Valley Police currently employs FLOs to help explain criminal investigation processes to bereaved families, but this is not applicable in cases of suicide.

Because suicide is no longer a crime. It used to be, but our modern, enlightened society thought that was an outdated view. 

Mimi says she did not expect an FLO to be a "shoulder to cry on". Instead, the family's petition calls for trained officers to "ensure consistent support, communication, and guidance during investigations, inquests, and the immediate aftermath". "If I had someone there... then 100% I feel like I would have been able to process it a lot quicker than I did, or am still doing," she explains.

The police are a law enforcement agency, if a role like this is needed for people who are incapable of navigating the systems and organisations they need to deal with after a loved one commits suicide, it should be filled by another organisation, or charity. 

The government responds to all petitions that get more than 10,000 signatures.

But not always as you'd hope, so bear that in mind, Mimi... 

Is Nothing Ever Solely Down To People’s Stupidity & Vanity Then?

The enormous popularity of beauty treatments, including dermatological fillers and Botox injections, is not solely an issue for health regulators.

Really? 

Wes Streeting’s announcement of new licence requirements for UK businesses, and tighter regulation of higher-risk treatments, is probably overdue. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute recently warned that untrained people have given cosmetic injections in public toilets and hotels.

Look, if you’re stupid enough to let people do this to you, and judging by the results (I saw a woman on the Tube last week with such a pronounced trout pout I was worried if the train braked sharply and she fell face first against the window, she’d have to be pried off by firemen), you are, then I’m not sure why we should be doing any more than regulating it. Apart from the drain on the NHS, of course…

Altering the law in order to exclude such “rogue operators” ought to make high streets and the internet – where many clinics advertise – safer. But councils will need resources if they are to be expected to enforce new rules by issuing licences, checking premises and so on. As in many other areas of economic activity, the law on its own is unlikely to be enough. Mechanisms are needed to ensure that businesses comply.

That’s the case for all legislation, of course, and usually why it fails. But why are people doing this in the first place?

Changing norms and aspirations about appearances, and the way that these are marketed mainly to women and girls, are a cultural and economic phenomenon that requires wider consideration.

Ah, of course, the internet and social media are making them do it. Strange how it’s always something the government and progressives are desperate to control, eh, Reader? 

The Dangerous Wild Animals Act Is A Misnomer

Father, 38, dies after 'being bitten by venomous spider' he bought online just weeks before

Yes, Reader, he bought it *removes sunglasses*....on the web! Ahem!

Paying tribute to the dad-of-two, Kayleigh said: 'He was funny, caring, outgoing and such a people person. He was a brilliant dad to our two children and was always the life and soul of the party. 'He had bought five spiders online two or three weeks before and was obsessed with them. 'I think he bought them because he lived alone but he was always terrified of insects (Ed:Spiders are arachnids Kayleigh, so unlikely to have helped there, unless he planned to let them loose to eat any insects bothering him) when we were together. Even though we had split up, we were best friends. He put our children first.'

There's no news item covering this that mentions what species these spiders were, or even whether medical staff have confirmed a bite was the cause of death. But nevertheless, dim Kayleigh is demanding SOMETHING MUST BE DONE! 

She added that owning the spiders should require licenses.

Well, tough. It's an oddity that the Dangerous Wild Animals Act of 1976, that regulated the keeping of dangeous animals in the UK, and inadvertantly sparked years of 'British big cat' loons theorising that this was the cause of fortean reports of pumas and panthers prowling the countryside, doesn't regulate the keeping of any invertebrates. Despite some of them being far more potentially harmful, and to far more people (looking at you, palytoxic corals!) than any venomous snake or lizard.

And I can’t see anyone looking to change that, when they’ve proven unable to stop idiots buying dogs that eat them!