Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Quote Of The Month
Nick Drew on Ukraine's veteran problem:
"If Zelensky has dropped any balls at all, the biggest has been his failure to crack on with a proper conscription plan: so Ukraine has been fighting the war with men (and women) predominantly of age 30+, some a lot older still, when everyone knows that (infantry) warfare is a business for 18+. Those 30+'s have fought magnificently - much, much better than the Russian rabble** they have faced - but there is a limit. Meanwhile, back on the home front, a large percentage of the remaining male population has been (a) bribing the local commissar to keep themselves out of the recruiting office, and/or (b) skipping abroad. There is only so much that can be delegated to a fleet of drones, across a battlefield as large as Ukraine's."
Post Of The Month
A twofer this month.
I don't usually recommend petitions, but this one really is important, and Thomas Fairfax at Samizdata has the right idea.
Meanwhile, David Thompson on the insainty of the Swiss.
If You Want People To ‘Rethink Their Stereotypes Of Blackness’
When Dr Deborah Willis was an undergrad student at the Philadelphia College of Art, she asked the question that informed her work for years to follow: “Where are all the Black photographers?”
*sigh* If a photograph is good, what does it matter the colour, creed or sex of the person who clicked the shutter release?
She hopes Reflections in Black allows people to rethink their stereotypes of Blackness. “I want people to see that this work that the artists are making is about freedom, freedom to express that voice that James Baldwin always talked about,” she says. “Freedom to think of progress and to see the new narratives that are not based on others who only see Black people as othered and demeaning … and see it as an intervention.”
Ah, 'stereotypes' - maybe rather than demand more black photographers to erase 'black stereotypes', demand that black people stop acting out those sterotypes constantly. Stop public defecation, stop chimping out in public spaces, stop stealing, stop blaming everything and everyone else for your bad behaviour or failures.
Maybe stop murdering each other?
After winning the MacArthur award that year, her 27-year-old nephew was killed during an altercation at a nightclub in Philadelphia when he was on his way to help her install an art exhibit she curated in DC.
I notice the 'Guardian' doesn't tell us who killed him...
Monday, 29 September 2025
Of Course It's Up To Them....
...they don't want a fire onboard their planes, you moron!
Darongkamas, who is unable to walk for long due to chronic sesamoiditis, argues it shouldn’t be up to Qantas to decide which aid someone with a disability can use. “Other ones are too heavy for me. I don’t need to tell [that] to Qantas. It is my choice,” she said.
And it's their airplane. If TfL think these type of batteries are too dangerous to have on the Tube, which travels along the ground, then they are certainly too much of a risk to have 30,000 feet in the bloody air! It's hardly Quatas' fault you chose to buy a cheap Chinese mobility aid - surely you could afford an airtravel-compliant one on your salary?
Many airlines have tightened their restrictions on flying with lithium-ion batteries, often found in mobility devices, to try to avoid any possibility of a fire breaking out onboard. Qantas’s policy says mobility aids are permitted with lithium batteries of up to 300Wh, as long as the batteries can be removed from the devices and taken into the cabin, which Darongkamas says she always does.
However, they were suspicious of the manufacturer's claims and rightly chose to err on the side of caution - as I'm sure we all hope an airline would.
A Topmate spokesperson told Guardian Australia the ES33 “is indeed designed and intended for use as a mobility aid” and that the battery was “certified and safe for air travel when handled in accordance with relevant regulations”. An Iata spokesperson said airlines have to “consider and balance the needs of the passenger travelling with the mobility aid and the safety of the aircraft and its passengers when deciding whether or not it can accept a mobility aid for transport.”
They have got the balance right here, but of vcourtse, the disability lobby weighs in with their usual entitlement.
In July, before it closed Darongkamas’s case, Qantas apologised for giving her conflicting advice but said the information available still did not satisfy that the ES33 had been “manufactured as a mobility aid” to the required safety standards. Qantas said even though it “repeatedly liaised” with Topmate in China the manufacturer was unable to supply the required information about the battery’s test standards. Guardian Australia put this claim to Topmate, but the company did not directly respond to the question.
Gosh, I wonder why?
I Can Think Of A Better Term, 'Mail'...
The 16-year-old, who cannot be named due to legal reasons, hurled the 15kg blue chair 50 feet downwards towards punters at the busy mall in Stratford, east London, in March. He and his friend, then 14, were arrested when a video of the incident bearing the caption 'No way bro almost killed someone' went viral on social media.
The 16-year-old boy claimed that he and his friend regularly threw objects off bridges and trains as 'pranks'. He later admitted recklessly causing a public nuisance and criminal damage. Wearing a black Nike t-shirt, the 16-year-old boy appeared in the dock at Stratford Youth Court today accompanied by a Somali interpreter.
Presumably he knows enough English to make videos on social media, so why should the taxpayer fork out for an interpreter?
Mark Tooley, representing the 16-year-old, said he had been 'showing off'
'Perhaps he may well have sought to make friends in the wrong kind of way - it was called showing off when I was a kid.
I doubt this was the sort of thing kids routinely did when you were a kid. No-one had social media then. Nor Somali immigrants.
'It still applies here doing something criminally stupid and reckless, but happily causing no harm
'He is an immature young man yet to come anywhere close to full maturity and understanding - rehabilitation is the key.'
I can think of a more appropriate word beginning with ‘R’ - repatriation!
District Judge Shanta Deonarine said the two offences were 'so serious that no other sentence is appropriate other than a custodial sentence'.
For a paltry 8 months, in a youth offender centre holiday camp?
The judge said the offending was mitigated by the fact he was 'intellectually a low functioning individual with impaired intellectual ability'.
The description ‘Somali’ covered that, and why is it mitigation?
His 15-year-old friend denies both charges and will stand trial on December 2.
Wasting yet more taxpayer money. This one hits hard, because I have the misfortune to walk through this mall every office day.
Sunday, 28 September 2025
Oh, How I Longed To Be A Hotel Receptionist In The Week...
...so I could apologise. and ask housekeping to remove them and replace them with a complementary fruit basket.
Full of bananas and watermelon!
Sunday Funnies...
No 20 is good, but still not quite as good as this classic:
“Transported to a surreal landscape, a young girl kills the first person she meets and then teams up with three strangers to kill again.”
Saturday, 27 September 2025
As If I Needed Any More Reasons To Hate Kier Starmer....
...now the bastard has put me on the same side as these two cretins!
Truly, he is the very worst PM we've ever had the misfortune to have:
At minus 47, he has the lowest personal approval ratings of any incoming PM on record. The latest 'mega-poll' suggests that if an election were held tomorrow, Labour would lose 267 seats and Reform UK would sweep to power. It's hard to know where to start in listing Sir Keir's failings over the past year, but the two which have caused most despair are the lunacy of his tax, borrow and spend economic policies and his abject failure to tackle migration.
And now we can add to that proposing something so stupid almost the entire voting population can see it..
Even King Canute Knew A Losing Proposal When He Saw It
When Charis Duthie moved to Johnshaven with her husband in 1984, she could cycle along the coastal path out of the village. Now, she meets a dead end where the sea has snatched the land and is instead greeted with a big red warning sign of what is to come: Danger Coastal Erosion.
Which would have been predicted at the time. And yet they still bought a house there?
“You can see gardens that were there and now they’re gone,” she says. The north-east coast of Scotland is experiencing a rapidly worsening erosion problem that will only be exacerbated by recurrent patterns of extreme weather and rising sea levels.
And rather than moving a little further inland, there are people working to try to halt this!
Finding a solution to the problem has taken on an urgency like never before. Three years ago came the announcement of the Platinum Jubilee Path, named in honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years on the throne. The aim is for it to start in St Cyrus, four miles south of Johnshaven, and end about 90 miles further north in Cullen, a village with close associations to Robert the Bruce.With the markets that have traditionally fuelled its economy – fishing and oil and gas – dwindling, Johnshaven wants to attract more visitors through the coastal path plans. The aim is to be part of Scotland’s Great Trails, which offers a map of named, walkable trails around Scotland. Currently, there is a gap in the map along the north-east coast between Aberdeen and Dundee, and Johnshaven sits in the middle of it.
Awkward!
For Duthie, 71, helping to fill this gap is an increasingly daunting task. She is part of a small team called the Mearns Coastal Heritage Trail (Merchat) who work to restore and create coastal paths in Aberdeenshire. But as they work in one area, the sea snatches land away in another.
Is the penny ever going to drop?
To complete areas of the trail, Merchat has had to gain funding through grant applications. The food ingredients firm Macphie has donated £30,000, and a further £40,000 has come from Aberdeenshire council’s allocation of crown estate Scotland cash from the Coastal Communities Fund, money allocated by the government to help coastal communities “flourish and strengthen their appeal as places to live, work and visit”. Caspar Lampkin, project officer for the Aberdeenshire coastal paths on Benholm and Johnshaven community council, says further help from Aberdeenshire council is likely to be minimal. “They’ve told us that they don’t have the resources to do anything,” he says.
Learn your lesson!
Friday, 26 September 2025
Become Ungovernable...
I had our annual sstaff survey at work recently, and after all of the usual business related questions comes the pink 'n fluffy shit - do you believe you are of 'lower socio economic status',do you consider yourself disabled and of course, genderwoo bollocks: do you identify with ther same gender as your sex at birth.
I usiually tick 'yes' but this time I noticed the option of 'other' followed by a text box for the mentals to put whatever made up status they want. So this year, I ticked that box, and wrote in it: 'I refuse to play this ridiculouis game'!
We should all do this when faced with these nonsense questions. Because people like Tony have wormed their way into every organisation and no-one can now winkle them all out, so simply refuse to co-operate.
And don't get me started on this nonsense..!
Useless Pieces Of Paper...
Savannah Bentham was by herself in the static caravan where she lived with her parents in the village of East Heslerton, in North Yorkshire, when she was set upon by the six year old family pet, Biggie, a police officer informed a coroner on Tuesday.
'Biggie' not being a collie, Labrador or cocker spaniel, but a breed created from fighting dog stock - an XL Bully. And it ripped out her throat.
Mr Wilkinson informed the court that there was no indication the dog had ever behaved aggressively previously, and the family had adhered to everything that was required in relation to its exemption certificate under the recent dangerous dogs legislation.
Which was just a piece of paper - nothing that changed reality and magically made this mutt a safe family pet, anymore than a 'Gender Recognition Certificate' magically makes Arthur into Martha.
Asked by the coroner, the officer confirmed that there were no witnesses to the attack in the caravan. He said a post-mortem examination on the dog found no "physical or pathological alterations" that would have caused a "burst of aggression".
Pointless looking for those - they were in its DNA and breeding, not in its body. Pointless believing that a government issued piece of paper has magical powers. Yet people do believe that.
Thursday, 25 September 2025
The Left Are Responsible For It No Longer Being A ‘Guilty Pleasure’, Adita
Aditya Chakrabortty on the Unite The Kingdom March, which reminds him of the racism of the Seventies:
Back then, racism was a furtive, guilty pleasure: deep down, even bigots knew their bigotry was ugly. No more.
Who is responsible for so misusing the term 'racist' that it's lost it's power, Aditya?
What was striking about last weekend’s march wasn’t the turnout, easily matched by some of the protests about Gaza. It’s the lack of shame, the brazen insistence on an Englishman’s right to make others feel small.
Aren't you 'an Englishman', then Aditya? Aren't you Lefties always telling us that if you're born here, no matter your background, you're English? Is that yet another Left lie?
It’s the normalisation of what was until recently considered malicious extremism. And a big driver isn’t the crowds down in the street, but the suits in our supposedly progressive government.Whenever confronted with violent prejudice, Keir Starmer coughs, splutters and takes the coward’s way out. He either pretends not to see racism or panders to it.
A Tim points out, some immigration can be positive, but the scale of it has changed a tad since the 70s.
But Aditya believes it's all Starmer's fault. See you do have something in common with those marchers after all!
Just over a couple of months ago, in small towns across Northern Ireland, migrants were burned out of their homes and a mosque was petrol bombed. The prime minister’s response? First and foremost, he deplored attacks on the police. Muslims deluged with hate and fearing for their lives got only a promise of “every step possible to keep you safe”. Stripped of rhetorical flourish, this is the bare minimum any citizen might expect from a state.
The bare minimum one can expect from a state is surely secure boarders and control over who comes in.
At the end of last month, Nigel Farage promised mass deportation of practically anyone seeking asylum in this country, even if it meant handing Afghan women over to the Taliban and sending Iranian dissidents to their deaths. To the press, No 10 didn’t so much as raise an eyebrow at the Reform UK leader referring to other humans as a “scourge” or an “invasion”. For the great unwashed, it posted the most extraordinary advert. “Whilst Nigel Farage moans from the sidelines, Labour is getting on with the job,” it read, showing an image of Starmer stamped with “removed over 35,000 people from the UK”. Why vote for the full-fat hatemongers when diet racists will do the job just fine?
I think referring to Labour's pitifully ineffective measures as 'racist' is a fine example of my initial point.
Starmer might observe how much of the UK would simply fall apart without migrants and their children – from your local hospital to the school to the care home. How universities are facing collapse without foreigns students and their bumper fees. He might even point out – imagine! – that migrants are human too, with their own lives and dreams for themselves and their families. We could get on to the legacy of empire, and about how the climate crisis and poverty force other populations to move.
Why do they move here? There are plenty of other countries, aren't there?
The Overton window is shifting further and further to the right. The ultimate price for that will not be paid by a politician, but by people far from power: an Ethiopian boy, perhaps, with no family, or an Asian kid looking out the window one evening.
This isn't Ethiopia so why should we care? And of course, by 'Asian' you don't mean Chinese or Thai, do you Aditya? You mean Pakistani.
The True Face Of An Eco-Tycoon...
An eco-tycoon and his wife who were filmed destroying a community flowerbed amid a bitter row with his green-fingered neighbours over plans to build a gym at his home has finally settled the case and left the country.
Oh dear, how sad. But what sort of 'eco-tycoon' destroys nature?
Oh, silly me, the ones that build the bird-choppers do. I suppose, Maybe this isn't as bizarre a story as I first thought when the headline caught my eye...
Michael Hodgson, 55, of Gwaenysgor, near Prestatyn, North Wales, was charged with criminal damage listed at a value of £178 over the incident in the village of around 230 residents in August last year. He and his wife Shirin Pootschi, 57, were caught on camera in a furious rage pulling up a bed of wildflowers outside his house just 24 hours after they were planted.
Insane!
At the time locals said it was the culmination of a 10-year planning row between Hodgson and his neighbours, ongoing since he first moved to the village 11 years ago. Hodgson had put in three separate planning applications to build a home gym and office adjoined to his £500,000 home - but each time it faced fierce opposition from neighbours.
And he lost the argument:
Hodgson has since donated an unspecified amount of money to a local church as part of an out of court community settlement order. Prosecutor Mrs Jackson told the court Hodgson has since moved out of the UK, although still maintains a property in the village. It is unclear where he and his wife are now living.
Beware if you've recently acquired neighbours!
Defence lawyer Selina Woodward said: 'The community resolution was to pay a sum of money to the local church. That was paid.' She added: 'This gentleman and his wife have been through an absolute nightmare.'
No, they caused one, they aren't the victims here, though I'm sure that's what they are paying you to say.
The lawyer said a PC in the case had stopped responding and she sought an adjournment. District judge Gwyn Jones adjourned the case until next month for North Wales police to liaise with Hodgson about the outstanding aspects of the community resolution.
Meaning they skipped town before fully complying? What lovely people...
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Inconvenient Facts
Transport for London (TfL) suppressed taxpayer-funded research that showed low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) do not reduce car use, it has been reported. TfL, which is under Mayor of London Sadiq Khan's control, chose not to publish a University of Westminster study after it found the controversial traffic relocation schemes helped to increase cycling but failed to encourage people to drive less or walk more, according to the Times.Who's surprised? Not me!
Emails between Transport for London and the university show that officials were concerned about the report’s results coming out, the newspaper reported. The correspondence discussed how they might present the findings in the most positive light before a decision was made not to publish, the Times said.
An official is said to have reminded others in one email that “all of this stuff is FoI-able” (available under freedom of information laws) before reassuring them that no one outside TfL yet knew about the study.
And now everyone knows about it and also know that TfL are liars by omission and nothing they claim can be trusted!
Dilemma For The Progressives...
Yay, Diversity!
Fundi embodies the growing involvement of black Kenyans in horse racing, changing perceptions of a sport that has been synonymous with the country’s white minority since the British colonial era. “Growing up, that was a sport for other people, not me,” said Muturi Mutuota, who, like many other children in Nairobi in the 80s and 90s, was taken to the racetrack by his parents at weekends. Now, Mutuota, who is in his 40s, is a director at the Jockey Club of Kenya, which operates and regulates the sport. At this year’s Day of Champions, three of the seven trainers were black, as were 10 of the 13 jockeys.Booo, cruelty to animals:
The deaths of three horses in less than an hour at Cheltenham on Sunday, including Abuffalosoldier, who collapsed as ITV Racing’s reporter in the pull-up area was concluding a post-victory interview with his jockey, brought the track’s November meeting to a miserable conclusion after two days that were full of positivity and promise for the winter campaign ahead.After viewers had seen replays of the incidents in which Bangers And Cash and Napper Tandy died, as well as a freeze-frame of the instant before Abuffalosoldier’s collapse, Patterson said: “Public support is decreasing for horse racing and we have seen welfare improvements come in after our disruption of the Grand National last year which obviously is better for horses in the short term, but yeah, we need to be thinking of phasing this out completely and having a complete ban.”
Gosh, which will win?
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
I Thought The Aussies Were Blunt By Nature?
An Australian doctor who raised the alarm about Erin Patterson has been sanctioned by the medical regulator over disparaging comments made about the triple murderer.
Can you actually 'disparage' a convicted triple murderer?
Chris Webster was a key witness in Patterson's trial, at which a jury found her guilty of killing three relatives and attempting to kill another with a deadly mushroom lunch in 2023. After the verdicts, Dr Webster told BBC that Patterson - now serving a life sentence - was a "heinous individual" and called her a "disturbed sociopathic nut-bag" in an interview with the Herald Sun.
And what's wrong with that? Aren't Aussies famous for calling a spade a spade?
The Medical Board of Australia found his actions were inappropriate and ordered that the general practitioner undergo ethics, privacy and social media training.
Apparently, they received complaints from members of the public! Australia, what happenred to you?
Dr Webster told the BBC on Friday that he understood and accepted the decision from regulators - who have not publicly commented on his case but listed the conditions on a public register. "As far as my comments go, I stand by them," said Dr Webster, who still works as a GP in Patterson's home town of Leongatha, in regional Victoria. He said that regulators did not find any breach of patient confidentiality, as he was talking about matters that had been openly discussed in the murder trial. "I was found to be inappropriate in my professionalism," he said, "and that has to do with the use of salty language and my use of social media."
If he'd killed a few patients by incompetence, he'd probablv have got off lightly. After all, they don't seem to care as much about having living patients as they do about having unoffended patients.
The Aphra investigation concluded that Dr Webster must do at least eight hours of training in topics including professionalism and ethics, professional communication, privacy and confidentiality, and social media. He must also be mentored by another doctor for five hours a month for a period of one year, Dr Webster says. He called it an "onerous condition", which might require him to take one day off each week to travel to Melbourne, and could mean he has less time with patients. "Ultimately, the community is getting punished as well, and that's disappointing," he said."There's never been any question about my competency and skills as a doctor. It's all about my attitude and presentation, and maybe in this modern world, that kind of thinking might be a bit archaic. Doctors are human beings."
It seems Australia is even further down the road of progressive nonsese than even the US and UK....
One For My US Readers:Be Honest....
Did you vote for liberals getting tossed around like rag dolls? 😁
— Mr. Star Spangled MAGA (@4thOfJuly365) September 19, 2025
Be honest. pic.twitter.com/fnZd8xaLCH
Because who wouldn't?
Some context here - whereas we in the UK have left wing politicians who welcome illegal immigration or speak against attempts to remove illegal immigtrants, across the pond they have politicians who actively seek to impede those federal agents attempting to remove illegal immigrants.
The other difference is that President Trump isn't going to put up with this. And so they take steps to prevent them doing so. And it's glorious to see.
Monday, 22 September 2025
Red Flag Phrases
Another day, another attempt to whip up sympathy for a wrong 'un.
The father of a Cardiff man who has spent 20 years in prison after stealing a mobile phone has said his son has served a "life sentence" behind bars.Not yet. But we can hope.
Leroy Douglas, 44, was handed a minimum term of two-and-a-half years in 2005 for robbery, but remains in custody as he is subject to an indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP). The controversial measure was scrapped in 2012, but campaigners are calling for those currently serving an IPP to be resentenced and have filed a case against the UK before the United Nations.
Hmmm, I'll bet he lets slip a few clues about just why his son is still behind bars in the course of this interview....
Anthony Douglas, 63, said his son was a "normal kid" growing up who was "easily led" to make bad decisions.
Translation: 'es a good boy, it's everyone else's fault!
Mr Douglas admitted his son had struggled with poor behaviour while in custody, but said being in a prison environment from a young age had created the "product that he is today".
Translation: Unable to follow instructions and ptone to fits of temper.
"He started to act out because he doesn't think it's fair that he's been kept in there that long, so that's had an impact on his behaviour."
Translation: the apple doesn't fall far from the tree - like his father, everything bad that happend to him is doen to someone else, never his own actions.
So once again, they've found someone who actially belongs behind bars indefinitely. Strange how that keeps happening, eh?
HIghly Trained Professionals
That's what we are always told armed police are. And yet...
A police officer has been shot in the leg by a police firearm while trying to detain a man with a machete. The Gloucestershire Constabulary officer was taken to hospital with a non life-threatening leg injury after the incident in Silverstone Walk, Gloucester, on Wednesday.Oh, Gloucestershire... well, they have form. Perhap Mr Mickelthwaite's found a new job?
"My thoughts are with the officer who's been injured and his colleague following this incident," said temporary chief constable Maggie Blyth. "I am grateful for the bravery they have shown in detaining someone suspected of carrying out a robbery and possessing a machete and who was believed to have been a real danger to the public."
Sounds to me like he’s not the only one! And if you send armed officers, shouldn’t they stand well away and use the threat of their guns as a deterrent, rather than get close and start wrestling with the prisoner?
A spokesperson for the South Western Ambulance Service confirmed an ambulance, critical care car, a rapid response vehicle and the hazardous area response team attended the incident.
Why a ‘hazardous area response team’? Did he bleed acid like a xenomorph?
A cordon has been put in place and police officers will remain in the area to provide reassurance to the public.
Very reassuring, I’m sure!
Sunday, 21 September 2025
How Will They Get The Cork Out With Their Little Paws?
I mean, sometimes even I struggle, and I've got the benefit of opposable thumbs!
Saturday, 20 September 2025
Does No-one Read For Pleasure Anymore...?
Or do they just read to see their own desires and worldview reflected in the pages?
Yes, it's Reactormag again.
For me, reading was always an escape from my world, and a chance to see another, either real or invented. How sad for today's generation, unable to appreciate anything that doesn't 'reflect their reality'.
I’m Shocked, Shocked To Find Fraud Going On
The head organiser of the LGBTQ Pride parade in London is under internal investigation over claims he abused his position, including by buying luxury perfumes with food and drink vouchers donated by a sponsor.
Christopher Joell-Deshields, who has been chief executive of Pride in London since 2021, is facing a series of allegations from volunteer directors and others.
Yes Reader, he's black...
Sources said that Joell-Deshields had been suspended by a newly constituted board of London LGBT Community Pride, the community interest company behind the parade.
Oh, well, that's that, then, I guess. But wait, maybe not:
Joell-Deshields declined to comment on the allegations but appeared to reject the new board’s authority to suspend him.
What?
He said: “I remain in my role as CEO of Pride in London and as a director of London LGBT Community Pride CIC. “The current legal and governance matters relate to the organisation itself. These matters are being addressed through the appropriate channels, and it would be inappropriate to litigate them in the press. “
You mean it would be 'inconvenient' - for you...
Nothing in this statement should be interpreted as an admission of any allegation, nor does it comment on any other individual. For that reason, I will not be making any further comment at this time.”
I really think you've already made enough.
Friday, 19 September 2025
Here’s Another Theory – They Don’t Reciprocate
After all, if I take a vegetarian friend out to dinner, every single restaurant has a vegetarian option, but when did a vegetarian restaurant ever serve steak for non-vegetarian diners?
Ask anyone who frequents plant-based establishments – whether they are vegan, vegetarian or simply trying to cut down on meat – and it is likely that they will have seen a favourite spot go under in recent years. Many of my London favourites, such as Rudy’s Vegan Diner, Halo Burger and Neat Burger, have closed, while friends across the country have lamented their own losses: The Glasvegan in Glasgow, Veggie Republic in Liverpool, Jungle Bird in Birmingham.
And why is this?
There seem to be two popular theories as to why so many apparently successful plant-based restaurants are closing. Some argue that the hospitality industry as a whole is struggling; others say that the never-ending, oversimplified discourse about protein and ultra-processed foods has driven people away from veganism.
The elephant in the room that they are avoiding is surely the lack of choice - if you want to take a group of friends out for a meal, where do you go? Somewhere everyone can get what they like, or somewhere only vegetarians can?
But, despite the negativity, interest in veganism is still on the rise, with environmental and health concerns now considered more significant contributing factors to giving up animal products than animal welfare.
But there are people for whom the penny has dropped:
Then there was the news last month that the New York-based Eleven Madison Park (EMP), the only plant-based establishment in the world with three Michelin stars, would be putting meat back on its menu this autumn. The head chef, Daniel Humm, explained: “The best way to continue to champion plant-based cooking is to let everyone participate around the table.”
Hurrah! Yes? Apparenetly not, Reader:
Unsurprisingly, this announcement did not go down well with EMP’s nearly half a million followers.
Why? It seems they are less concerned with going to a restaurant that serves the food they like, and more concerned with going to a restaurant that doesn't serve the food they don't like. Bizarre behaviour.
Just Throw The Damn Life Ring!
Narrator: It can always get more stupid...
Thursday, 18 September 2025
Hang The Cost, Full Steam Ahead
Peak rail fares have been scrapped on ScotRail trains, meaning passengers will no longer pay higher prices for travelling on busy weekday trains.
Making people pay the same price for something that's in greater demand? Adam Smith must be rolling in his grave.
The Scottish government-owned operator said its aim was to get more commuters out of cars and onto trains.
Ah, I see. It's for Gaia so any economic nonsense can be excused. They've already rejected it once:
A pilot scheme scrapping peak-time fares, a policy championed by the Scottish Greens, was introduced in 2023 but ended in September 2024 after ministers said the costs of the subsidy could not be justified. However, in his programme for government speech in May, First Minister John Swinney announced that peak fares would again be scrapped.
Who said Scotland wasn't a deeply unserious country?
Speaking at the launch of the scheme in Edinburgh on Monday, he said it would help people to move "from their cars onto trains", which would provide environmental benefits. He added: "This is financially sustainable because it's an investment in the rail network and it's an investment in the people of Scotland. "People in Scotland simply travelling from Edinburgh to Glasgow on a daily basis will see their travel costs fall by almost 50%. That's a massive saving when people are struggling financially."
But how are you going to pay for it. John?
Why Should They Co-operate?
Victoria Police believe people are helping harbour alleged Porepunkah gunman Dezi Freeman, saying some residents know where the fugitive is.
Maybe Aussuies are as fed up with their police service as we are here in the UK?
Speaking to media on Monday afternoon, Supt Brett Kahan said Freeman’s network was “wide” and asked those who know where he is to come forward. “You are committing an extremely serious crime by harbouring or assisting in the escape of Dezi Freeman,” Kahan said. “People know the whereabouts of the person who’s allegedly killed two cops. People have chosen, for whatever reason, not to come forward, and I’m taking this time to appeal to you to come forward in that respect.”
Good luck with that. There's a long history of fugitives in Convict Land. And not so very far away. either.
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Crushing All Joy Out Of Life…
They have been a familiar sight at takeaway sushi shops around the world for decades but it could be the beginning of the end for fish-shaped soy sauce dispensers. South Australia will be the first place in the world to ban them under a wider ban on single-use plastics that comes into force on 1 September.
Why? I mean, they are tiny and useful and make you smile when you see one (or maybe that's just me?). What possible reason could there be to ban them?
The device known as shoyu-tai (or soy-sauce snapper in Japanese) was invented in 1954 by Teruo Watanabe, the founder of Osaka-based company Asahi Sogyo, according to a report from Japan’s Radio Kansai. It was then common for glass and ceramic containers to be used but the advent of cheap industrial plastics allowed the creation of a small polyethylene container in the shape of a fish, officially named the “Lunch Charm”.
And charming they certainly are. But they must go. Because eco-loons are soulless people.
Under South Australia’s new law, only pre-filled soy sauce containers with a lid, cap or stopper and containing less than 30ml of soy sauce will be banned. Plastic sachets will be allowed but the government hopes bulk bottles or dispensers will be used in sushi shops instead. The South Australian environment minister, Dr Susan Close, said each plastic fish container was used for just seconds but “their small size means they’re easily dropped, blown away, or washed into drains, making them a frequent component of beach and street litter”.
Must be a peculiarly Aussie thing, I've never seen one over here.
Other single-use plastic items included in the ban are plastic cutlery and expanded polystyrene food packaging, such as pre-packed instant bowl noodles.
So we'll cut down more trees to make wooden takeaway cutlery instead? Make it make sense!
Dr Nina Wootton, a marine ecologist at the University of Adelaide, said plastic sushi fish are more damaging because they could be mistaken for food by marine life. “If it hasn’t already been broken down into microplastics yet and it’s floating around in its whole form, then other organisms that eat fish that size could think it is a fish and then eat it,” Wootton said.
Amy proof this has ever happened? Surely if there was, you'd show it?
Maybe 'Watchlist' Is The Wrong Term?
A man who brandished a knife outside one of the country's most prestigious prep schools is reportedly on the counter-terror watchlist.
And he was arrested before he could do anything by the people supposedly watching him? Well, no, Reader, he was reported by the public.
He was arrested shortly after pupils and parents gathered near the gates of the school, which counts Lady Gabriella Windsor as a former student.
At least this time, the police took their concerns seriously:
The suspect, from High Wycombe, tried to run away after police officers challenged him. Officers threatened him with Tasers and were able to disarm and detain him before armed units were deployed.
Shame, if only they hadn't been so diligent...
It is not yet being treated as a foiled terror attack, but the suspect is thought to have appeared on a counter-terror watchlist for showing interest in Islamist ideology, according to The Telegraph. The man has also reportedly been convicted of a child sex offence, and it remains unclear if he is on a MI5 watchlist.
It 'remains unclear' just why anyone uses that term without bursting out laughing, since no-one is actively watching these people.
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Yeah, OK, Now Do 'Gender Reassignment' Surgery...
Aparrently, a new film with the ubiquitous Pedro Pascal has cast a light on the popularity of leg lengthening surgery, and the NHS is worried.
...amid a wave of interest in the cosmetic procedure and clinics in Turkey offering discounts, the NHS in England has issued a stark warning, urging people against it. The surgery involves breaking the bones in the legs before pulling them apart to lengthen them over weeks or months.
Which sounds pretty extreme but is nothing compared to the horrors of trying to make a man into a facsimile of a woman, or even worse, vice versa. So why isn't the NHS similarly warning against this too?
Prof Tim Briggs, an orthopaedic surgeon and NHS England’s national director for clinical improvement and elective recovery, said leg lengthening surgery was “not a quick fix”.
Neither is 'gender reassignment' surgery. We can tell by the number of victims who go on to kill themselves.
“It is a serious, invasive procedure that can be beneficial for patients when there is a genuine clinical need but carries significant risks and requires informed discussions between patient and surgeon.
Yup, just like the modern day practice of hacking away a lump of flesh from a girl's arm or leg to fashion into a non-working penis so she can pretend to be male.
“Patients face months of treatment, which can be extremely painful, with the possibility of infection, nerve damage, blood clots and even permanent disability.
Also no different.
“Anyone considering this surgery for cosmetic reasons abroad, should think very carefully about the long recovery and the risks, and I would urge against it unless well informed about where they are seeking treatment.
Why aren't the mentally ill men and women who believe they are the opposite sex similarly urged to consider if it's the right course?
“Don’t gamble with your health or your life for a few extra inches without fully understanding the risks.”
But if you think you're really Arthur inside and not Martha, hop up on this table and we'll crack on!
Ignore H&S At Your Peril
A puzzling accident when first reported now sees some clarity:
Yasir Ali and Muhammad Zafar - pictured here for the first time - died suddenly on Saturday afternoon while removing cargo from an HGV in an overflow car park at Hitchin Football Club in Hertfordshire. A third man who was working with the pair was also seriously injured and is now in hospital where it's understood doctors are contemplating having to amputate one of his arms.
How on earth did such an accident happen?
Mr Ali, 34, from Luton, and Mr Zafar, 33, from Dunstable, were friends and were both attending the University of Hertfordshire as international students originally from Pakistan.
Ah, it becomes a lot clearer now… I wonder what they were studying?
Monday, 15 September 2025
Maybe Give Them ALL Support Then?
The main screening tool used to decide which domestic abuse victims get urgent support "doesn't work", Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips has admitted to the BBC. Police, social services and healthcare workers across the UK have largely relied on the Dash questionnaire to assess risk since 2009. But there are now mounting concerns from academics and those working in the sector that the checklist does not correctly identify victims at the highest risk of further harm.
Does anything work properly in the UK? Sometimes it just doesn't feel like it...
The Dash (Domestic, Abuse, Stalking, Harassment and Honour-Based Violence) assessment is a list of 27 questions put to victims, to 24 of which they answer yes, no or don't know. The questions include things like: "Has the current incident resulted in injury?" and "is the abuse getting worse?" The resulting score typically determines what happens next. If a victim is classified as "high" risk, they are referred on for specialist, intensive support.And perhaps scrap the idea that there's some sort of hierarchy of domestic abuse, and that some are more worthy of support than others?
Ministers are introducing a clearer legal definition of “honour”-based abuse in an attempt to catch more perpetrators and protect women and girls from violence and coercion.Teachers, police officers, social workers and healthcare workers will receive training to spot the signs of “honour”-based abuse and better support victims, while an awareness-raising campaign will encourage victims to come forward.
Maybe treat all domestic violence as serious from the get-go? It's a theory...
He Should Be Given A Commendation
A police officer that followed two teenagers in a van shortly before they died in an e-bike crash could be sacked, despite the vehicle being half a mile away at the time of the fatal collision.
What?!
The van was approximately half a mile away from the e-bike, on a different road, when the fatal crash occurred, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), has said.
So was he charged with anything ..I mean, anything other than doing his job and trying to prevent a larger accident happening to innocent road users?
However, in April, the Crown Prosecution Service said it would not bring criminal charges against the South Wales Police officer.
Then that should surely be the end of it. Unless police farces are worse than I feared…
Now, the IOPC has announced that the unnamed officer, of South Wales, is set to face gross misconduct proceedings related to his actions both before and after the crash.
Those actions being?
Particular concerns have been raised regarding the accuracy of the accounts he provided to colleagues after the collision incident, which potentially breach police standards of honesty and integrity.
OK, well , that’s not good. Police officers shouldn’t take it on themselves to lie about things, that’s just for the Prime Minister to order them to do.
He also has a misconduct case to answer over his driving and language he used in relation to the boys at the collision scene.
Was he insufficiently respectful of the irresponsible little scrotes? No wonder we're in a pickle if that gets you booted from the force these days.
Sunday, 14 September 2025
'Why it was manoeuvring at low level over West Yorkshire was a mystery,'
Doubt the firm will be happy with this publicity for their range....
'I'm not a "flying-saucer", or "alien visitation" freak, but whatever it was deserves the term UFO.' Mr Tunnah, originally from Scotland, then showed the perplexing snap to some of his friends 'just out of interest'. 'They all tended to agree that it was "real", "solid" and appeared to be travelling at speed from the dissipating "arch" on the horizon,' he said.Well, there goes Yorkshire folk's legendary reputation for hard-headed down to earth common sense!
Saturday, 13 September 2025
The Unemployment Lines In The US Are Getting Longer...
...not due to economic issues, just down to the emotional incontinence pd so many progressives in their reactions to the hideous muder of Charlie Kirk:
Let the sounds of fired libtards lull you to sleep. pic.twitter.com/reybGIdRhS
— David Santa Carla 🦇 (@TheOnlyDSC) September 12, 2025
Their mouths (and mostly social media fingers) writing checks their employers, once brought to their attention, declined to cash.
And it's not just Twitter of coutse, over on Bluesky, where so many of the 'be kind' left went because they found Twitter 'too toxic':
Noe is it just the US, sad to say, mant washed up UK failed tv 'personalities' decided to get in on the act, despite the fact Charlie Kirk was relatively unknown here:
What posesses people to see a man shot for his opinions, and immediately rush to show the world how some opinons simply aren't worth listening to? Trawling through Twitter has been like wading through a swerer, or, as the inimitable David Thompson put it:
Some people, even now, are asking if people should lose their jobs for what they have said on social media, and I have to say 'Yes, yes, they should, because this isn't a freedom of speech issue, it's an issue of basic humanity and self control' And the people who cannot display any have been tolerated too long. Now is not a time fot 'unity' and singing Kumbahya', it is, as my fellow blogger James notes, a time for anger and refusal to tolerate the status quo the progressives have enjoyed up to now.
Don't Worry Danielle, We Can All Read Between The Lines Here...
A British law student who “made a very stupid mistake” has been jailed for life in Dubai, her family claimed in a now deleted post. Mia O’Brien’s mother Danielle McKenna, 46, launched a heartfelt plea on a fundraising site for help with travel and legal fees, according to reports.
That ‘stupid mistake’ being what, exactly? You don’t need to worry about that little detail, just give us the money!
O’Brien, 23, from Huyton, Liverpool, got “mixed up” with the wrong so-called friends and “is now paying the price”, Mrs McKenna said without specific details.
I think we can guess!
It is understood GoFundMe removed the page because it violates its ban on the raising of funds for the legal defence of certain alleged crimes.
A clue! A verifiable clue! As if ‘young and dumb strumpet from Liverpool alone in Dubai’ wasn’t enough of one.
Mrs McKenna reportedly told the Daily Mail: “She’s going through it at the minute. She’s just been transferred to another prison after getting a life sentence. “It’s been a massive shock.”
She must not have paid a lot of attention during her law lectures then?
The family has not disclosed the crime Mia has been convicted of, but the country generally hands down life sentences for the following offences: drug trafficking and possession; murder or attempted murder; human trafficking and terrorism-related activities. A life sentence in the UAE typically means 25 years of imprisonment.
Whereas over here, she’d probably have been out in 25 weeks. If she ever saw any jail time at all. Oh well…
Friday, 12 September 2025
Well, They Are Women, But Are They Really ‘UK Women’
Prominent women including cultural figures, politicians and campaigners have signed a letter criticising rightwing attempts to link sexual violence in Britain to asylum seekers. Signatories include the musicians Paloma Faith, Charlotte Church and Anoushka Shankar as well as Labour, Green and independent MPs including Kim Johnson, Ellie Chowns, Diane Abbott and Zarah Sultana. “We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division,” the letter says.
Something that these women can only say from the comfortable middle class positions they find themselves in, or in the case of half of them, the position their culture demarnds they adopt.
The letter, which has been coordinated by Stand up to Racism, adds: “Violence against women and girls is a serious and urgent issue. But it will never be solved by the likes of Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick targeting refugees, Muslims and migrants. “There is no evidence that people seeking refuge are more likely to commit acts of sexual violence. Many are themselves survivors of violence, war, and persecution. Blaming them distracts from tackling the deep-rooted causes of abuse and from holding those truly responsible to account.”
If there's 'no evidence' what explains the high number of cases in our courts?
If Anyone's Wondering Why We Don't Trust The Authorities Anymore......
This was the story on Monday:
Heathrow Airport Terminal 4 has reopened after emergency services said they responded to an incident. London Fire Brigade has stood down its response after earlier saying it had been called to a "possible hazardous materials incident". Pictures began to filter through of crowds of travellers stuck outside with their luggage. Heathrow Airport closed and evacuated the terminal's check in. The Metropolitan Police said in a statement that "no trace of any adverse substance was found". They added that that some 20 people had "reported an injury" and were assessed by paramedics - none were found to have life-threatening or life-changing injuries.
How strange. What are ther authorities putting this down to, then?
BBC News understands the incident at Heathrow Airport is believed to be a "mass hysteria" type eventBut then, come Wednesday, all change!
A man has been arrested on suspicion of bringing what is thought to be tear gas into Heathrow Airport, causing Terminal 4's check-in area to shut down. The man, aged 57, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm (CS spray) and causing a public nuisance on Tuesday.The Met Police said he remains in police custody at this time, and that the incident is not being treated as terrorism related.
Guess it wasn't mass hysteria after all. Were you just hopeless at finding the cause, or were you lying, as we've come to expect?
A spokesperson for the Met Police said: 'On Monday, 8 September at 16:56hrs police were called to a potential hazardous materials incident at Heathrow Airport, Terminal Four. 'Specialist officers attended the scene alongside the London Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service and conducted a thorough search of the area.
Clearly, you didn't.
'Following the search, Met officers located a cannister of what is believed to be CS spray. It is thought that this substance caused a reaction to those within the airport.
That's not what you told us you were thinking at the time, is it?
Thursday, 11 September 2025
Never Forget...
I can't believe it's almost a quarter of a century ago. But rather than dwell as usual on the evils that religious fanatics do, time to look at what can be accomplished by ordinary people:
If you want to see the show itself, you can catch it touring, or on Apple TV.
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
Cover Me! 'I Don't Want To Talk About It'
The incompable vocal talents of Rod Stewart (now Sir Rod Stewart) which until now I always thought was an original, but no, the original was recorded by Crazy Horse in the Seventies (surely the best decade for music)...
Another Woman Owner, Another Disaster
And bloody Wales again!
The incident happened when a landlord arrived at a remote property in Gwynedd to collect rent from his tenants. Upon hearing the landlord's car horn, the tenants' dog became aggressive and attacked the landlord, the dog owner, and her husband
Lisa Grant, 56, pleaded guilty to owning a dog dangerously out of control causing serious injury to her landlord, Gwilym Wyn Roberts, in Rhoshirwaun near Pwllheli on November 17, 2023.
Did she get an appropriate sentence? No Reader, of course not....
A judge at Caernarfon Crown Court, upon hearing that Grant herself was bitten and suffered life-altering injuries, handed her an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for 12 months.
So what? Those are consequences, not mitigation!
The court also heard how a Wales Air Ambulance landed at the scene. The helicopter pilot, Captain Jon Earp, in consultation with a police inspector, borrowed a shotgun and shot the animal four times, as the first shot apparently had no effect.
Everyone who has commented on this story has wondered why the farmer didn't do it himself. I'd like to know too...
Mrs Grant suffered an "awful" injury to her hand which required reconstruction, the court heard. Amy Edwards, defending Mrs Grant, now of Llys Perlysiau, Criccieth, said the dog tore Mr Roberts' trousers and "did nothing more than cut his skin". Ms Edwards said Mrs Grant sustained a significant injury as she tried to regain control of the dog which had never shown signs of aggression before. She was "screaming" as she "attempted to intervene" as the dog attacked her husband.
Ah, the old 'he's never done that before'. Well, thanks to that pilot, he certainl won't do it again.
Mrs Grant is now awaiting her fourth surgery on her arm. Ms Edwards said Mrs Grant could not return to the scene "mentally". She has since been rehoused by Adra housing association and her remaining dogs have been rehomed by the RSPCA.
She has a lifetime ban, so they didn't have much option. The number of other dogs? 37 of them! Speculsatiom on Facebook is that this was a puppy farm.
Captain Earp, the pilot, was officially commended for his actions: "He and the crew and all the emergency services were all put at risk because this dog was dangerously out of control.The judge noted that the dog, named Ricoh, had been "relentless", and Cpt Earp made the "difficult" decision to euthanise him as armed police were too distant at the time.
Yes, as we all know, when seconds count, the police are minutes away.
And So What If They Aren’t, If All They Do Is Uncritically Regurgitate Propaganda?
All the Left wing news outlets were carrying this or some version of it last week:
I've lost count of the images posted by Pallywood that have been uncritically reposted by so-called journalists on Twitter. If you're going to take sides, don't complain when you're treated as the enemy.
Tuesday, 9 September 2025
You're Asking The Wrong (Albeit Much Safer) Question!
A rather vicious little hit piece on Graham Linehan in the 'Evening Standard' at the weekend:
Oh how things have changed: now, he’s double billed as an Irish comedy writer “and anti-transgender activist.” Not only has his career has collapsed, but his marriage has failed — outcomes which Linehan himself has admitted were due to his obsessive anti-trans activism.
It start in this 'more in sorrow than in anger' vein, but you can almost feel the disbelief that someone wouldn't be only too happy to swallow the trans cult kool aid practically radiating off the page...
And yet, he persists. This Tuesday, Linehan was arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of inciting violence against the trans community through his posts on X. One of his posts from April of this year claimed that trans women who choose to use women-only facilities are violent criminals. He also advocated punching them “in the balls” if calling police failed to stop them from using such facilities.
In a post to his Substack, Linehan defended these posts, saying: “I explained that the 'punch' tweet was a serious point made with a joke”, and that it was about “the height difference between men and women... and certainly not a call to violence.”
The violence is never far away from one side of this though...
Linehan plans to sue the Met over his arrest, with the writer claiming he was “treated like a terrorist for speaking his mind on social media”. His arrest has been criticised by J. K. Rowling, Elon Musk and British politicians such as Robert Jenrick and Jonathan Hinder.
If you separate Linehan, Musk and Rowling from their more recent decisions and ideologies, one thing is clear. They are all very smart individuals. Certain segments of the population might even call them geniuses. So why do they seem so obsessed with being anti-trans?
Maybe because being geniuses, they don’t take kindly to being told that hulking stevedore-framed gentleman over there in the dress is a woman. Maybe they know full well that he isn’t, and never will be? After all, surely only dumb people would ever believe that?
Let’s add some context: Trans people make up around 0.55 per cent of England’s population.
Then why are they always on BBC tv shows, no matter how unwholesome the subject, and forever in the pages of the progressive press ? Why are your fellow journalists writing stuff that makes no sense?
Don’t you find it as strange as we all do?
His only supporters are anti-trans campaigners, who recently raised £100,000 for his defamation case against actor and LGBT campaigner David Paisley. But wouldn’t his life have been much easier, much more successful, had he not chosen to die on this very particular hill?
No doubt it would. I’m sure Rosa Parks would have had an easier life if she’d just given up her seat too..
These are people whose creativity was so expansive, whose humour was so infectious, that they became not only famous, but respected, adored cultural figures. How can a mind so open swing shut with such force and speed?
A much better question would surely be ‘How can this insane cult have captured so many institutions so very quickly?’ but that’s a question that won’t advance a journalist’s career these days…
This Was Inevitable, And Police, You Only Have Yourselves To Blame....
Police are investigating after a dog died following a park attack in Cardiff.
Oh? That makes a change, usually the lazy bastards are all 'nah mate, dog on dog, nothing to do with us!'. Even when the uncontrolled mutt is a serial killer:
Bur wait! This isn't as you might imagine:
The dog is believed to have been injured by a "sharp implement" in the incident, which happened at playing fields near the St Mellons Tesco on Saturday evening (August 30).
Not a dog killing another dog then. It didn't get the chance, the owner came prepared to defend his pet, as I and others have said is going to happen sooner or later...
A Staffordshire bull terrier was being walked sometime between 9pm and 10pm when it became involved in a fight with another dog who was being walked by an unknown man. During the incident, the Staffordshire bull terrier suffered a head injury, which police said was possibly caused by a sharp implement.The dog was taken to the vet but was put to sleep due to the severity of the injuries.
Which if the Staffie owner had control over his mutt wouldn't have happened, but now the police who have failed to deal with dog on dog crime in the past are outraged that someone's done the job for them, and are huntimg this man down with the fervour they usually show for people who tweet that trans women are men...
South Wales Police and the RSPCA are investigating the full circumstances of the incident, and are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. Officers are also asking for the owner of the other dog to come forward
I hope he takes the time to lawyer up, and if arrested, goes 'no comment'.
Monday, 8 September 2025
Don’t You Mean David Paulden‘s Greens, George?
After all, if it's good enough for Tommy Robinson, why should he be treated any differently?
There’s an obvious way to destroy Nigel Farage’s political momentum. A poll by the research group Persuasion UK, testing various messages, found that by far the most effective line of attack is highlighting his complicity with corporate interests. The message that hit hardest was that Farage’s real loyalties lie with “the rich, the powerful, his mates in big business”, and his “party” (actually a business called Reform 2025 Ltd) “has taken over £2m from fossil fuel lobbyists, polluters, and climate change deniers … He’s not smashing the system. He and his rich friends basically are the system.”
Anyone who accepts this 'argument' must be considered to be someone who hasn't really given any serious thought to the matter. Wouldn't Labour be using it as an attack, would be the first question?
But this is a string Labour cannot yank, as it would pull its own roof down. If there is a defining mark of Keir Starmer’s administration, it is immediate capitulation to powerful lobby groups, especially corporations and billionaires.
Ah, silly me. I forgot this missive came from the man in thrall to the Red Wing of the Labour movement.
It cannot tell us that the role of the hard right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful on to powerless people who have only just arrived here. This would mean mentioning capital, wealth and power: topics it avoids like the plague. In other words, the government has flunked the simplest test for a Labour administration: how to respond to an insurgent hard right.
Are this 'hard right' in the room with you right now, George?
People who approve of Farage will vote for him, emboldened by a Labour party that has told them, in effect, that he is right. People who hate Farage will vote not only against him, but also against a government seen to be handing the country on a plate to him. Unless its MPs rebel and defenestrate Starmer and Rachel Reeves, it is hard to see any trajectory for Labour now, other than electoral wipeout.
Well, give them time, they are surely working their way up to it...
Why Send Them And Not Use Them?
Armed police scrambled to Beveridge Lane, Bardon Hill, in Leicestershire, on Thursday morning after receiving two separate calls about attacks. The first call came in at 6.30am, reporting a man being savaged by two dogs. When officers arrived no animals were found, but a victim was identified.
How hard did they look? The mutts responsible are pretty distinctive, after all.
Hours later, three more people were reported bitten at the same spot and firearms officers, backed by a police dog and handler, were sent in and eventually cornered the pair of huge dogs. The Caucasian Shepherds were seized and taken to secure kennels while inquiries continue.
Why not despatch them at the scene? Was it because they weren't as easy a target this time, not being tied to a telegraph pole?
A teenage girl, 17, and 47-year-old man were arrested on suspicion of being in charge of dangerously out-of-control dogs.
The Leicestershire force said it made a referral to the Independent Office for Police Conduct because of a prior report made about the dogs.
Translation: these mutts were a known nuisance in the area and as usual the police pooh-poohed any report that might have meant they had to seize them, because they are scared of critiscism by the 'aww, doggies!' loons. Or perhaps they had seized them before?
Are there any police farces in the country capable of doing their jobs competently?
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