This Is Not Justice!

Zoe Graham, 38, broke down in court as she told a judge she was sorry after smashing her Range Rover into mum-of-three Samantha Keen on August 9, 2023. Graham said she was late to pick up her own kids from school when she overtook a line of cars, illegally crossing a double white line.

The video of the crash is horrific and the perpetrator’s description as ‘the wife of a singer’ set my teeth on edge, I knew straight away, before I googled, we wouldn’t be talking about opera, here. 

Mrs Keen was turning right, crossing the carriageway in front of Graham, who crashed into her at at least 50mph near Ringmer.

After the crash, summer plans were cancelled and the family had to move in with Mrs Keen’s mother.

It's only through modern car design for safety that she isn’t dead, along with her children! 

I have permanent physical and mental difficulties," she said. She suffers from anxiety caused by 'ugly scars on my face' and will need medication for the foreseeable future. Mrs Keen also had to give up kickboxing and experiences increased anxiety in cars.

But this isn’t a court of law, apparently, it’s a circus of competing victim statuses. You’d imagine there’s only one victim here, but no…

Crying in the dock, she said: "I’m so sorry. "My children and I went through nine years of domestic violence."My ex used to make me really late or wouldn’t let me pick them up which made them really anxious. 

"I have an autistic child. 

"When I saw the double white lines. 

"I thought there was a break in the lines. 

"I was a little bit late to pick my boys up. 

"They suffer with anxiety and I felt the need to get there.

I would have thought their ‘anxiety’ would only be heightened by being in a car with someone who drives like this.  But, Reader, it worked:

Lewes Crown Court in Hove heard Graham was originally charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving. The Crown accepted her guilty plea to the lesser charge of causing serious injury by careless driving

.Once again, the lazy bastards in the CPS dropped the ball!

His Honour Judge David Rennie told Graham: "The pre-sentence report has given me a wealth of information about you, your family and your background. 

"I’ve read references from people who know you very well and they speak very highly of you. 

"I’ve read and considered the report from the consultant psychiatrist. 

"I regard what you did on this occasion as wholly out of character. 

"I have no doubt you are deeply, deeply sorry for what you did to - as you say - another mum."

She was spared jail after admitting causing serious injury by careless driving.

Graham was sentenced to 12 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months and banned from driving for a year.

Not even banned for life! So much for keeping death off the roads!

Yes, I Think It Will Be Necessary...

 The travellers who the police described as 'generally good, if left alone' have moved on.

"They were instructed to clear up any mess and were provided with bin liners.A clean-up of the site will be scheduled if necessary."

Travellers clean up? It is to laugh...

A new padlock and chain have been fastened to the gate at Maise's Meadow.

Won't take them long to break it.  

H/T: Dave Ward via email

Is It OK If They Aren't Fresh Off A Dinghy, Then?

Seven Afghan refugees are to stand trial next year accused of 32 offences of raping two girls in Norwich, after appearing in court amid heightened security and tense scenes.

The defendants - who appeared in the dock and spoke through interpreters - all denied 38 offences against the girls, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, said to have taken place between August 2023 and May 2025.

That thing they tell us never happens appears to have happened again! 

Judge Katharine Moore (Ed: oh )said the trial, due to start on January 11, would be in front of a High Court Judge.

Hopefully not a female member drawn from the lanyard classes! 

The court heard from prosecutor Felicia Davy KC that an eighth suspect is currently in the Republic of Ireland awaiting extradition to the UK when it is likely he will also be charged with related offences.

Appearing in court on Friday were: 

Jamil Khalil, 20, of High Street, Dumbarton, Scotland, represented by Will Carter, charged with seven counts of rape and one count of human trafficking. He is also jointly charged with one offence of conspiracy to rape. 

Ahmadin Ahmadzai, 21, of Pottergate, Norwich, represented by Andrew Oliver, charged with nine counts of rape, one count of human trafficking, two counts of conspiracy to rape, and one count of doing an act to pervert the course of justice. 

Qais Kaker, 20, of Black Horse Opening, Norwich, represented by Ed Renvoize, charged with four counts of rape, one count of conspiracy to rape and one count of human trafficking. 

Fazal Auryakhel, 20, of Eleanor Road, Norwich, represented by John Morgans, charged with one count of rape. 

Mohammed Farooq Sinwary, 20, of St Benedicts Street, Norwich, represented by Stephen Spence, charged with two counts of rape. 

Ali Ahamad, 21, of Barnards Yard, Norwich, represented by Oliver Haswell, charged with one count of rape and three counts of human trafficking. 

Sayed Wahid Daviodzai, 20, of St Benedicts Street, Norwich, represented by Ian James, charged with four counts of rape and one count of conspiracy to rape.

 That’s a lot of men with no English who’ve spent a long time in this country. Why?

The press bench in Court One was also packed with two journalists from the BBC's Pashto service, Al Hussaini and Nadeem Ashraf, joining local BBC colleagues as well as ITV reporters.

 Of course we should expect it…

Norfolk Constabulary has confirmed that none of the suspects had lived in asylum hotels in the county and that none of the alleged offences took place at those locations.They have been in the country for between three and six years and the alleged offences are said to have occurred between August 2023 and May 2025.

And that makes it better does it? 

H/T: Dave Ward via email

Sounds About Right For Essex Police…

The incident has been reported to Essex Police, who are investigating the attack. Mr Ahmed said: "I think the group was from another city - they don't have expensive things like computers and phone so they try to steal.

"Dealing with underage people is especially hard for us because the police told us they could not punish them as they are still minors.

There’s a picture of the miscreants at the news report trying to batter their way into the shop, and if you had an image of cheeky schoolboys in short trousers, catapult sticking out of a back pocket, thanks to the description of ‘minors’ it will soon disabuse you, and might in fact have you humming ' Men of Harlech' instead.

Tweet Of The Month

 

Post Title Of The Month

 The inimitable David Thompson, on how every silver lining holds a cloud for someone....

Quote Of The Month

Longrider on the former Prince Harry's petulant whinging:

"This ridiculous man-child has a total lack of self awareness. He quit the job. He chose to spend the last few years trashing not only his family but the country. He and his harridan of a wife accused us of being racists. So, damn right we shouldn’t have to foot the bill for his security. We owe him nothing. If that makes him distraught, then in the fine words of BSM Williams, oh dear, how sad, never mind."

Post Of The Month

Fahrenheit211 on what he'd like to see on emigrating to the US, and what those mistaken souls who move here should see.

What's Most 'Concerning' Is The Very Presence Of These Men In Our Neighbourhoods

.. and the left-wingers who encourage them in with their placards have more blood on their hands.

A man has been charged with murder following the discovery of the body of a two-year-old girl at an address in Chertsey.

Kerjean was described by police as a French national who was born in the Central African Republic.

Det Ch Supt Jon Groenen said: "This is a tragic incident, and our thoughts are with the child's family, as well as all those who knew her. "Our teams are working hard to build a picture of what happened, and a significant police presence will remain in Pyrcroft Road over the coming days," he added.

"We appreciate that the incident itself, as well as the significant police presence, will be concerning for residents," said Groenen.

Much more events like this, in this unseasonal weather, and we might see lynch mobs forming. 

It's No Myth..

..officers prove that on an almost daily basis.

Policing in Britain has “adopted the language of activism” and official guidance has “over-corrected” to combat accusations of racism, one of the UK’s most senior officers has said. Sir Stephen Watson, the chief constable of Greater Manchester police, said he did not believe that “two-tier policing” existed or that forces were biased against white people.

As a famous movie lawyer once said,  it doesn’t matter what he believes what matters is what he can prove, and the evidence is all against him. 

Police had, however, allowed that perception to take hold in part as a result of anti-racism guidance that advised officers to treat suspects differently depending on their ethnicity.

“Particularly in the light of the tragic murder of Henry Nowak, I do understand that this idea that two-tier policing takes place is now widespread,” he said. “I don’t think it’s justified, but I can understand where it’s coming from.”

Well, let me help; it's coming from incidents like this one (now seemingly removed since I first saw it, but it’s an incident where a black guy attacked a white man and the police rolled up and arrested the victim, again. I’ll leave it in in case the poster appeals and it returns):

This is disgusting, @metpoliceuk. The black guy was the aggressor, but it's the white man who the police go after & restrain. pic.twitter.com/8imFKezC4k

— David Atherton (@daveatherton) June 22, 2026

And this one:

This was declared a terror attack right away, even though no one died

Southport was not declared a terror attack when 3 children were executed

See how it works https://t.co/u3waPaq5TC

— Dux (@DuxVul) June 21, 2026

And this one:

I've seen widespread criticism of how this interaction between police and these teenage girls was handled.

For me, one officer appears to escalate the situation by pushing and then drawing his baton. From there, everything spirals out of control.

Watching police officers using…

— Ben Graham (@BenGrahamUK) June 22, 2026

Especially when compared to this one:  

Police had their hands full in WOLVERHAMPTON by a group of youths as they attempted to make an arrest.

But there were no batons or tasers as we saw used on the white teen girls recently.

Two-Tier policing as per usual. pic.twitter.com/Yhyg0GbnTF

— Kiera Diss (@KieraDiss) June 24, 2026

We can all see how police in this country now police 'without fear or favour' and its not at all!

Watson, who is tipped as the potential successor to Sir Mark Rowley as the head of the Metropolitan police, said forces must be “a little less timid about making sure we emphasise our impartiality”.

Practicing some would be a good start! 

“I think we have some lessons to learn … Perhaps we have been uncritical in adopting certain elements of language. We’ve adopted the language of activism,” he said. “We’ve sometimes taken on board what are challenged concepts and we’ve written those into policy and intent – all with the best of reasons – but these issues then get held up almost as exhibit X, as the proof that we do not treat people equally.”

And this man is being tipped as a successor to the head of the Met, when Rowley's gaffes get too numerous to tolerate! 

Watson has been called Britain’s “anti-woke” police chief after he instructed officers not to take the knee during Black Lives Matters protests in 2021 because it would undermine impartiality. He said he would “probably kneel before the queen, God and Mrs Watson, that’s it”.

That won't last, not when he gets a sniff of the top job. 

Do They Just Not Understand The English Language?

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car hit with several people (Ed: maybe the BBC could use some English lessons too) on a busy shopping street in West London.

The Metropolitan Police said a 34-year-old Somali-born driver fled the scene but was stopped in nearby Grange Park a short time later, where he was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and attempted murder.

Earlier reports insisted he was 'a Britsh born man of Somali background'...

While counter-terrorism police were involved in the initial investigation, it is not being treated as terror-related. The Met said it was "keeping an open mind as to any potential motive".

Then it's not that open at all, if you have rejected the inconvenient possibility straight away.

What A Pity Sir David Attenborough Doesn't Read The News...

 ...bevause he would stop you from embarassing yourself with this headline.

Kevin Murphy, who runs Norfolk Wildlife Rescue, told the BBC he would attempt to capture the feline, believed to be a Savannah cat, first spotted on Tuesday night in the Bramerton area, near Norwich.A Savannah cat is a hybrid breed created by crossing a serval, which is native to sub-Saharan Africa, with a domesticated cat breed.

Even if it turned out to be a serval, it wouldn't be classed as a 'big cat'. Yes, it's large, but the term doesn't relate to size. 

Geography According To The 'Mail'....

 

I always thought Greece was in the Med. Not the Caribbean! 

Sunday Funnies...

 I'm not sure any endorsement would have helped No 4...

A Law Designed For Two-Tier Justice From The Start.

Parents risk prosecution for trying to stop their children having gender treatment under a new Labour law, MPs and campaigners fear. The conversion therapy ban means those convicted of trying to change someone's sexual orientation or gender identity could be jailed for five years.

But won’t somehow also apply to the psychiatrists and doctors pushing trangenderism? That's some sloppily written law, then.

It has prompted concerns that the law will criminalise parents for trying to talk to children about their desire to identify as the opposite sex or undergo gender treatment, such as taking puberty blockers and having surgery. Counsellors and priests could also fall foul of the legislation, it is feared.

 Working as intended, I suspect. But even the nutter’s support groups are raising concerns:

The Bayswater Support Group, for parents of trans or non-binary children, said: 'Accusations of psychological or emotional abuse are rife when it comes to transgender identity. ' 

If this bill becomes effective, parents will fear accusations could escalate into a threat of criminal offence.'

everyhing this wretched government touches it somehow makes worse. That’s quite a talent! 

It's As Effective As Attempts To Halt Any Other Crime, Then...

Two young men convicted over the cyber-attack that crippled Transport for London (TfL) in 2024 had long histories of cyber-offending and were both known to law enforcement bodies, the BBC has learnt.

What a shocker. 

Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, and Thalha Jubair, 20, from east London, pleaded guilty on Monday to carrying out the attack. The breach disrupted TfL services for months, affected the personal data of millions of people and left all 28,000 TfL employees needing to reset their passwords in person.

It left me unable to top up my Oyster card online for a fortnight, it could only ne done at the machines in Tube stations, and I was unable to check the balance.

The BBC has discovered the authorities made frequent attempts to curb Flowers and Jubair's offending - raising questions over the effectiveness of such interventions with young cyber-criminals.

Locking the little shits up where they had no access to computers should have been the first option. not the last, 

Experts have told the BBC the case also indicates that perpetrators of cyber-attacks often do not appear to understand the real world consequences of their actions.

Or could it be that they just don't care, like all criminals? 

The National Crime Agency (NCA) says it highlights the need for its officers to be given additional powers.

Of course they do.  

... the BBC has learned Flowers initially came to the attention of police shortly after he turned 16 years old. In October 2023 he was caught carrying out low-level cyber-crime and visited by West Midland's Regional Cyber Crime Unit prevent officers. Police say that during the visit Flowers did not engage with officers and was given a cease and desist order to deter him from further offending.

Why the soft touch?  

During the investigation, NCA officers uncovered evidence that computer systems belonging to two US healthcare organisations, SSM Health and Sutter Health, had also been infiltrated and damaged. Flowers later pleaded guilty to offences relating to those hacks. He is still wanted in the US. After being charged, Flowers was released on bail under strict conditions. He breached those conditions twice, in March 2025 and May 2025.

Jubair has 22 previous convictions in total and began offending at 14 years old. He is also wanted in the US in connection with cyber-crimes that allegedly stole and extorted $87m (£66.1m) from victims.

They should just let the Americans have them both, they have no patience with this sort of thing and sentences are far more realistic. 

Both Jubair and Flowers have been diagnosed with autism and the court heard that Jubair has depression and a severe mood disorder.

How convenient. 

And It's Not Because Of The Furniture!

A migrant from Afghanistan who stabbed a man to death in central London lost control because he is a 'traumatised refugee', a court heard.

Oh, bless… 

Farmanullah Sherzad, 26, was found with multiple knife wounds in Abbey Orchard Street in Westminster on March 27 this year before being pronounced dead in hospital. Today, Sulaiman Tajzai, 18, denied murder and knife possession in a public place.

Sums up modern Britain - invader killing invader, defended by invader, of course: 

Tajzai appeared at the Old Bailey via videolink from HMP Belmarsh wearing a white T-shirt and spoke only to confirm his name, aided by a Pashto language interpreter. Defending Tajzai, Haroon Khattak said: 'A psychiatrist's report was obtained to deal with whether he is fit to plead.'

And so the majesty of the Great British justice system was set in motion: 

The judge said: 'Firstly, any psychiatric or psychology reports relied upon by the defence have to be served no later than July 21 on the prosecution and the court. 

'By the same date, July 21, the full post-mortem report and the download relied upon by the prosecution must be served. 

'There will be a further case management hearing on July 24 - this is not a direction, more of an indication for the prosecution, because there is a degree of uncertainty about the date now. 

'If the trial date stands on September 2, then trial documents should be served by August 14.'

All that work and taxpayer money going into resolving this, followed by another reminder someone up their is laughing at us all… 

At this point one of the court's desks suddenly collapsed, making a loud bang that startled the usher, who frantically tried to piece it back together. Judge Dennis added: 'I think that brings to an end the hearing, the court is falling to pieces!'

Yes it is, your honour, and the bloody furniture is the least part of it! 

But You Have Such Awful Values And Standards..

The BBC has said it has "no plans" to broadcast a BBC Three documentary series hosted by Ashley Cain after he was accused of using explicit sexist and misogynistic language in historic social media posts. A second series of Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone was commissioned and filmed earlier this year, but had not yet been scheduled for broadcast. The BBC said it has "no future projects" with Cain planned.

Ah, well, it's only licencepayer's money, plenty more where that came from, eh? 

In a statement issued on Thursday night, a BBC spokesperson said: "The posts by Ashley Cain, albeit from many years ago, are completely unacceptable. 

"The BBC has clear requirements around vetting and social media checks, which are undertaken by the production company. In this instance, the process clearly failed and we are investigating why. We are continuing to strengthen our processes to ensure everyone working for, and on behalf of, the BBC meets our values and standards.

Your values and standards?  But they are far worse than anything this bloke is accused of! Tolerating smut on the radio if it pulls in listeners, employees playing Miss Marple on the clock, the slavish focus on progressive hobby-horses, and don't get me started on the nonce issue....

It's Not Just Babies!

A couple beat and starved a vulnerable man to death after he was sent to live with them by social workers, a court heard. Rubin Blount, 28, resembled a 'walking skeleton' in the weeks before his death and was seen scavenging for food in bins, it is claimed. When he died he weighed just seven stones and had suffered multiple rib fractures, a fractured spine and cigarette burns, jurors were told.

How did he end up with them? Well, Reader, of course it's social services, who are giving Nazi camp guard and train signalling staff a run for their money in the 'sending people to their death' stakes. The only different thing here was they did it to an adult. 

She told jurors that Newton was a 'sort of step-brother' to the victim, having been raised by Mr Blount's father. But she said the defendants - who were described in court as 'recovering drug addicts' - kept Mr Blount in their council house 'for their own financial benefit' and abused him 'for their own fun and kicks'.

because everyone knows that recovering drug addicts are just as responsible as gay men! 

The court was told Mr Blount, who had a low IQ and learning disabilities, spent the first 20 years of his life living with his parents Eric and Jeanette Blount, until there were 'some concerns' in 2015 which led to him moving in with the defendants.

out of the frying pan and into the fires. Did they do any due diligence at all? 

Miss Josephs said : 'It was agreed with all including social services that he would move in with the defendants.The court heard James managed his finances and bank card, receiving £1,100 in benefits for all three of them into Mr Blount's account. The walls of their 'disgusting' house, which had no heating, were covered in mould and stank of urine, Miss Josephs said.

Guess that’s ‘no’ then! 

 Miss Josephs told jurors: 'You may have questions or concerns about how it is he was left to live with these people…without any ongoing support. 

'These may be valid questions, but they are for another day.

And don't bother asking them, they've probably already written their statement, with promises to 'learn lessons'. they have form, after all.

Trash Hire Fired For Trash Theft

A woman caught on video emptying a public trash can on the street then stealing it during New York City’s Knicks championship parade was a director at JPMorgan Chase who was fired Tuesday over the incident, The Post has learned.

Which is a surprise, because to look at her she didn’t appear to be the sort of person who would be holding down a responsible and respectable job!

Angie Báez, 40, was promoted to Executive Director of Community and Industry Engagement for Card and Connected Commerce at JPMorgan Chase more than a year ago, according to her LinkedIn profile.She previously served as Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at New York-based review website The Infatuation, which Chase acquired as part of its broader push into lifestyle and experiential content.

Ah, now the penny drops! 

Sources say the bank looked into the incident after the video surfaced and a JPMorgan Chase spokesperson told The Post, “This employee is no longer with the company.”

 Maybe reconsider the desire for DEI brownie points that drove her hire in the first place?

Baez also appears to have co-founded a queer and Black, Indigenous and People of Color-owned talent agency, Same Page Co. which is “focused on increasing representation and equity in media and industry. It works with artists/talent on creative projects, photoshoots, strategy, and business affairs.”

Well, at least she has something to fall back on! 

Shorter Jason Okundaye: 'Stop Noticing! '

Yes, of course it’s the modern way, blame technology so you don’t have to concentrate on the people using it anf what they are using it for... 

That quandary has been sharpened by something that has quietly become a regular fixture of social media: members of the public are now consistently fed a stream of exceptional images and videos that once might have only been seen by investigators or from the inside of a courtroom. It is so regular that it has become banalised, whether it’s of robbers smashing up a jewellery shop, or of extreme and graphic assaults akin to snuff films.

Much of this is broadcast in real time from the phones of bystanders. That includes the horrific footage out of Belfast this week, of a Sudanese refugee alleged to have carried out a knife attack on a white man, gleefully circulated on X by the likes of far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

Circulated by everyone- they can’t all have been ‘right wing’, can they? 

Considerations of the decency of sharing such footage, of how the circulation of graphic, violent crime images can indignify and rob victims of bodily agency, are nullified by what are considered greater political priorities: to identify and profile the ethnic violence that is supposedly tearing the fabric of the nation.

Did the same appeal to 'decency' not apply to the death of George Floyd? Seems I saw that video everywhere.

It has perfectly landed within a pre-existing online visual language that has, for some time, cast the United Kingdom as in decline, and besieged by “invaders”, with ordinary white people betrayed by the state that was meant to protect and privilege them.

And is that so far from the truth? 

Where responsible politicians would not so casually circulate such violent imagery, the likes of Reform UK’s Nigel Farage and Restore Britain’s Rupert Lowe say, come, Britain, come and see how you have been betrayed by the state. It echoes the conviction of Enoch Powell, when he said, in 1968, that allowing a growing immigration population “is like watching a nation busily engaged in heaping up its own funeral pyre”.

He was absolitely right, and his predictions are being proved more right every day! Certainly, the recent case of Henry Nowak proved whose hand is now holding the whip, thanks to the weakness of our hopelessly compromised police force.

Starmer’s national telling-off in response to the Belfast racist rioters targeting people “because of their background” and his appeal for “calm” – even though palpably correct – cannot meet or subdue the angered and visceral response from those who view that image of a black suspect over the stricken body of a white man, and see it as the loss of their dominion.

We've heard all we care to about 'not looking back in anger' from this failed PM, we have all noted how he rushed to condemn the recent stabbings in Edinburgh and even to ascribe a motive, while urging caution in smilar attacks by muslims 'to allow the law to take its course'.

The man's a despicable liar and anti-white to his core, and we are well rid of him.

Considering Leaving Money To Charity?

A farmer was left 'baffled' after his sheepdog was reported to the RSPCA for rounding up his own flock. Tom Trueman, 42, received a complaint from the animal welfare charity after reports that his border collie had been seen 'worrying' sheep. He was sent two pamphlets alongside the complaint titled 'dog behaviour' and 'how to look after your dog'.

A waste of time and little old ladies' bequests to this wretched 'charity'... 

Purplexed (sic), Mr Trueman looked further into the report and was stunned to discover that it was lodged against his own sheepdog Tilly, who had been helping him round up runaway sheep on a nearby road. 

The eighth-generation farmer, from Buckfastleigh, Devon, said: 'The whole thing is laughable really! 'Usually if you see a sheep, a sheepdog and farmer you put two and two together.

And who did they send?  

He said: 'The inspector was a farmer's daughter from Devon, so she understood the situation and we both had a good laugh - she even said to tear up the letter and put it in the bin.

She shouldn't have wasted her time visiting him in the first place!  

It's Not Such A Bad Idea...

But they picked the wrong games:

Civil servants played the graphic video game Grand Theft Auto to explore Britons' 'everyday lives'. Policy Lab, which was founded in 2014 to apply 'design thinking' to government policy, said it was 'crucial' for policymakers to use virtual worlds to learn about British people's 'hopes and dreams'. Popular games including GTA, Fortnite and World of Warcraft were all earmarked as relevant to the policy process.

Why focus on a game that simulates criminals in America when there’s so many other useful games that they could use? 

Researchers said meeting people online could be useful for those working remotely or who struggled to speak face-to-face.

This is undoubtedly true as playing World of Warcraft, and especially Guild runs to bring down bosses helped me immensely when holding Teams meetings with multiple participants. And Jurassic World Evolution would be of benefit to prison officers who have to keep their inmates from causing havoc in the outside world.

Policy Lab is funded by paid commissions and is hosted by the Department for Education, though any government department is able to use it.

I’m suggesting that council planning department train their town planners on SimCity or other type city builder -type games,  which would inform them that building more and more housing is doomed to failure if you don’t also build the underlying infrastructure that houses rely on. 

Policy Lab said it had worked with more than 7,000 civil servants to form policy through practical projects, building skills and knowledge and inspiring new thinking. A government spokesperson said: 'We are reforming the civil service to create a cost-conscious culture that relentlessly roots out waste, drives efficiency, and protects taxpayers' money. We are currently looking into this initiative.'

Its a damn good idea in my opinion if they just choose their games a little more competently. 

Superstition...

The 130ft high bridge where a young woman was hurled to her death on a bungled rope jump is to be blown up to prevent future tragedies, the Daily Mail can reveal.

 The bridge didn’t cause her death, humans did. Still, I guess there’s precedent….

Work started Wednesday morning, less than a week after 21-year-old Brazilian Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was hurled off the bridge to her death. The decision to demolish the dangerous structure comes after a heartbroken relative demanded action in a text to a local politician who for years has campaigned against the rogue cord and bungee operators using it.

I don’t know for certain, but if I’d been that grieving relative, I’d have wanted the law to focus on the people who failed her and not on the structure. 

We All Suspected They Did This ...

 .. and now we have proof: 

Police 'guided' the family of a hotel worker in 'toning down' their public statements after she was murdered by an asylum seeker – in case their words led to anti-immigration rioting. Rhiannon Whyte, 27, was stabbed 23 times with a screwdriver by Sudanese national Deng Majek while waiting at a train station.

Now Rhiannon's mother, Siobhan, has claimed police said they didn't want 'another Southport' when she told them her daughter's life support was to be turned off. She said: 'Did they tell us what to say? No. Did they guide us so it didn't look so aggressive? Maybe. I was aggressive – they toned it down.'

Confimation at last! 

Ms Whyte – who stresses that she is grateful for the help she received from the police in the aftermath of her daughter's death – added: 'I think they didn't want violence... they didn't want a riot.'

What help?  

When Rhiannon's family told police they were turning off her life support, officers quickly removed the migrants from the hotel. Ms Whyte added: 'Those migrants were out within two hours – I think that's because [the police] feared violence.'

See, they can do it when they want to, thus giving the lie to the claim that violence is not the way. 

It was only after Majek was sentenced that Ms Whyte mentioned the fact he had arrived in the UK on a small boat three months before the attack – and criticised Sir Keir Starmer. She said: 'The Prime Minister's got blood on his hands.'

He has, yes, but he's not alone in the government in that! 

Danger, Danger Will Robinson!

Amber heat health alerts are in place across southern and eastern England, with a heatwave set to develop in the coming days. Temperatures are set to climb above 30C (86F) on Friday, possibily up to 32C (90F) in south-east England, and potentially up to 34C (93F) or higher by Tuesday.

We used to call this 'summer', didn't we?

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has issued amber alerts covering the east, south-east and south-west of England, which are valid until 20:00 BST on Tuesday. Yellow alerts are valid across the Midlands during the same period.Amber heat health alerts are issued when high temperatures are likely to have a significant impact on health and social care services.

It will be a different story for Scotland and Northern Ireland with outbreaks of heavy rain.

That’s the sort of British summer that they are more used to. 

Nicely Topical...

 

..as we expect from Matt

Who Doesn't Have 'Normal Fingers' Then?

Hundreds of "stunningly beautiful" blue sea creatures have washed up along parts of the Welsh coastline. Velella velella, commonly known as by-the-wind sailors and closely related to the Portuguese man o' war, have been spotted on beaches across Anglesey, Gwynedd and Tenby.

The only 'stunningly beautiful' things to be found on Welsh beaches. 

One woman who found one of the free-floating hydrozoans on Tenby South beach said it was "like a crystal".

Ah, yes, that famously jelly-like substance, crystal. 

Marine specialist Frankie Hobro, of Anglesey Sea Zoo, said the creatures were beautiful but warned people not to touch them due to their sting.

Although their sting is generally considered "very mild" in comparison to Portuguese man o' war, Hobro advised people not to touch them. "You probably wouldn't feel it through normal fingers because human skin is fairly thick," she said.

I knoe it's the Welsh, but c'mon man, they have normal fingers! Don't they?  

Sunday Funnies...

 If you invent a time machine, read this before using!

'We Just Like Losing In Court'

Police chiefs are embroiled in a fresh woke row over official guidance that says biological men who identify as women can ask to be strip searched by a female officer. The National Police Chiefs’ Council and British Transport Police will next week face a High Court challenge after they published the guidance despite last year’s Supreme Court ruling.Women’s rights groups who have launched the legal action say the advice from police chiefs will put female officers under pressure to search detainees who are biological men.

The police refusing to obey the law? Say it ain't so!  

The NPCC guidance says that female officers can refuse to conduct an intimate search of a trans woman detainee.But women’s rights charity Sex Matter, which is bringing the legal challenge, argues that female officers feel that in reality they can’t opt out of their duties, fearing career repercussions. They claim in legal documents this amounts to discrimination and harassment.

It does, because it is!  

The NPCC said the guidance ‘was developed after a thorough process in response to last year’s Supreme Court ruling’ and is ‘explicit that officers will face no career detriment for refusing to carry out a search’.

Yeah, we the public know you are liars, especially when it relates to woke policies, , so don't expect your staff not to realise it too. 

This tweet sums up the situation perfectly:

Let's Blame The Crocodile!

 How dores the BBC, that bastion of truth, choose to headline the story about the lunatic who threw a child inro a crocodile enclosure at a local zoo?

I suppose we should congratulate them on their photo - it is an actual crocodile, the 'Daily Mail' was making do with a photo of an alligator..

Cambridgeshire Police said a 30-year-old man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder had been bailed and was "unfit for interview". He reportedly has learning disabilities and had been on a trip to Johnsons of Old Hurst, near Huntingdon, with carers. It is believed the boy was attacked on Thursday by at least one crocodile after ending up in their enclosure.

We all know how he 'ended up' in there, the same way a young boy ended up at the bottom of the Tate Modern all those years ago.... 

Officers said they were called to the zoo at 13:34 BST on Thursday and were working to establish how long the boy was in the enclosure. Police said the crocodiles had not been seized or killed.

Why would they be? The police don't have any facilities to hold them, and they can't be interviwed!

Det Insp Verity McCann said: "Our inquiries are ongoing as we continue to understand the circumstances surrounding this distressing incident. 

"Our thoughts remain with the boy, and his family and specialist officers continue to support them through this difficult time."

I'm sure that's what they are doing, and not making sure they don't make a fuss or take to social media... 

The man who was arrested was from Norfolk, police said, and was not at the zoo as part of an organised group visit.

A witness told the BBC she had seen a man in his late 20s, accompanied by two women wearing lanyards who she believed may have been carers, walking through the zoo about 10 minutes before the incident.

The lanyard classes usually choose opportunities to create multiple harms, not singular, this is the only surprising aspect!

Cambridgeshire Police confirmed the suspect was white British after misinformation shared on social media.

And the 'carers'? What was their nationality? 

One visitor, who wished to remain anonymous, told the BBC... the crocodiles appeared calm and largely motionless during her visit.

They do that, until they don't. The inquest/h&s report is going to tell us more, but I doubt the stated injuries come from anything other than the fall from height.  

Well, Why, Against All Experience, Did You Believe He Would?

More than eight years ago my youngest daughter, Molly, died after being bombarded with suicide and self-harm material on social media. I had hope that Keir Starmer would finally take the measures needed to address the harm Molly was subjected to, but his social media ban for under-16s leaves me desperately worried for the safety of children online.

Why would anyone believe a word the man said? Well, apart from a man who wants the government to raise his child for him I suppose...

Instead of tackling the product safety issues that cost my daughter’s life, he is choosing to take a politically easy route which the evidence shows – and experts warn – will not work, and will leave children at continued risk.

Well, yes. He’s a politician and a beleaguered one at that who will do anything to cling to power, no matter what promises he has made in the past!

Parents are right that action is needed, and is needed now. But two years into this government, the prime minister has failed time and again to take on big tech with the tough regulation he promised in opposition. Starmer also promised me personally that he would implement effective measures to strengthen regulation and finally address the harm caused by social media. He has failed to keep either promise.

He hasn’t, as far as I can tell, kept any promises, unless it’s ones he made to the string pullers behind the scenes who want to see the UK brought low. 

He also promised bereaved parents after the recent consultation on children’s social media use that he would follow the evidence and take the time to consider his response then act decisively. Instead, he has rushed out a ban.

As we have seen in Australia, where a social media ban for under-16s came into effect in December 2025, teens and children are able to circumvent the ban – with 60% still accessing social media.

And they will do the same with this one, if he manages to get it through Parliament, of course. The man who will soon vie to sit in that seat may find that a little more challenging than expected.

Today’s news is giving parents false hope. But in this announcement, the prime minister has abdicated responsibility for product safety, and has failed to put forward a plan for tackling the algorithms that cost Molly’s life and, tragically, will cost many more.

If there's one thing that marks out this man, it's that concern for the welfare of children is little more than skin-deep. 

Just As Soft As In The UK...

A French man has been convicted after his illegally imported pit bull dog killed his six-month pregnant girlfriend.

Don't start cheering just yet... 

Christophe Ellul, 51, received a suspended four-year sentence after DNA tests showed his dog, Curtis, was responsible for the 2019 attack that killed Elisa Pilarski.

And of course, he tried to wriggle out of it, as these owners always do: 

Ellul argued that Curtis, brought from the Netherlands, was not aggressive. He also attempted to blame the dogs that had been involved in a deer hunt in the forest for his girlfriend's death. However, DNA tests revealed that the pit bull had carried out the deadly attack.Sixty-two hunting hounds and the couple's other five dogs were also tested to exclude their involvement.

Imagine what that must have cost, in time and money! End that's not the worst of it...

In March, the presiding judge said Curtis now lives 'in a four-square-meter enclosure, fenced to prevent escape, with access to a sunny six-square-meter yard'. A 'plastic bone' is provided for him. His general condition is 'satisfactory,' his 'coat is shiny,' he has 'gained weight' and 'shows no signs of physical or mental suffering,' according to the report.

Yes, that's concern for the welfare and comfort of the killer beast that should already be lying on a slab at the vets awaiting cremation. But not if these idiots can help it! 

Animal activists have called for his pardon, including a petition on Change.org, which has received more than 80,000 signatures urging Curtis to be transferred to an animal shelter.

I would have said that France lacks the sort of soft-brain moron ‘animal lovers’ that would campaign to see a mutt that has killed a person spared destruction, unlike in the UK or US, but I’d obviously be wrong.

More Balls Dropped Than In The World Cup

A monitoring group repeatedly warned the Police Service of Northern Ireland over the past eight months that anti-immigration activists were circulating the addresses of properties that were targeted in this week’s Belfast riots. The Accountability Project Northern Ireland, a volunteer group formed last summer to monitor anti-immigration activity online, sent dozens of reports to the PSNI between November 2025 and June 2026.

Ooop! 

The Guardian understands a so-called hitlist of addresses has been circulating among far-right groups since August 2025 and was sent to the PSNI in January 2026. The addresses were among the locations targeted during this week’s anti-immigration disorder.

The reports sent to police also cited a Facebook post stating that HMOs in the Glengormley area “will now be treated as fair game and dealt with accordingly”.

Oh dear! Even the hapless Met Police would do better. If I was a conspiracy theorist, I'd suggest that it was ignored bevause a few weeping asylum seekers bundled into vans ahead of smoking homes made a good impression for Starmer's 'far right' crackdown. 

But I'm not, and frankly incompetence is easier to understand. Especially from these clowns. 

Anti-racist campaigners have spoken of their anger and frustration that months of warnings were not acted on in the runup to the rioting that has seen houses and cars burned, and racist checkpoints set up on main roads.

Wouldn't it be better to point that anger at the authorities who have stoked that local anger by ignoring concerns until a man nearly had his head hacked off by a person who shouldn’t have been in the country? 

Community groups described helping vulnerable families leave areas, while volunteers organised support for minority ethnic students travelling to GCSE exams. Campaigners also reported that some workers from minority ethnic backgrounds were leaving work early because of concerns about travelling home safely.

At some point, will these people ever see themselves as part of the problem, and not the solution? 

A spokesperson for End Deportations Belfast said the strategy used in the riots in Belfast were the same as those used in Northern Ireland since the 1970s. “They were setting up roadblocks and ID-checking cars around hospitals,” they said. “These roadblocks are designed to stretch police resources, and then they go and they commit pogroms in specific areas.”

It’s very different from the 1970s, then the tactics were designed to deal with people who wanted an occupying force out of their neighbourh… 

Oh. As you were.

 

Is This Park Twinned?

 If it is, it must be witn Derry in Maine!

Essex Police rushed to the Chalkwell Park area of Southend, Essex, at around 12.30am today following reports that a young woman had been seriously injured in an incident involving a 'small articulated loading vehicle'. It is understood that a group of people inside the park took unauthorised control of the vehicle and that is how the teenager was hurt.Paramedics took the girl to hospital, where she remains in a critical condition.

Translation for those who don't speak 'official': some little shits stole a fork-lift and ran someone over.  

Chalkwell Park is the same Essex park where a seven-year-old girl was killed by a falling tree in June last year.

Boy, a place to avoid at all times!  

Update: the girl has sadly now died.

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett Opines....

...on the subject of water. And a column from the most vapid of the 'Guardian's' stable is always a treat, eh, Reader?

Like many who saw it, I was saddened and shocked at the disregard for animals: people were clambering over nests, and trying to reach an island specially safeguarded for birds. Yet I also wondered what a polarised, emotive debate is going to achieve when, lurking behind the justified anger, is another question about our access to water.

Eh?  

“It’s like nothing is free any more and that’s not fair for us as well. We don’t want to pay for … natural water” – this comment, given anonymously by one of the swimmers to the Times, was telling. There’s a feeling, I think, nationally, that our water no longer belongs to us. It is being cynically polluted, fenced off, or monetised.

Well, too bad, you have to pay for everything worth having in this life! 

It’s great that we are seeing new designated swimming spaces, but demand is only going to increase as the climate continues to heat up.

Maybe, or maybe we'll switch to demanding aircon on the taxpayer's dime?  

The well-known bathing ponds on either side of the wildlife pond on Hampstead Heath used to operate on an honesty system. Now you have to pay, and in hot weather the queues are long. At the same time, temperatures are getting hotter and hotter, and city life is becoming less bearable. There are not enough accessible places to swim.

Well, gosh, its almost as if honesty systems don't work anymore when you transition from a high trust society to a multicultural one! 

On the one hand, wild swimming has become totally fetishised, tweely marketed as a middle-class lifestyle choice and a cure-all, and spots where you can swim are more and more swamped. On the other, you have “no swimming” signs but very little clarity about why they are there (at the wildlife pond in Hampstead Heath it’s not made clear why that one, of the three, is off limits, and there was scant information about the birds and their habitat), let alone a proper national conversation about what our rivers, seas, lakes and ponds are for.

As if anyone from the most selfish generation would read it, or care if they did! 

The many campaigns against the pollution of our rivers and seas have been excellent, but as well as those, and teaching children to swim, we should be discussing how we navigate risk and educate people about the potential impact of open water swimming both on human and animal lives. By all means issue more fines – but also put up boards explaining why people shouldn’t swim, just as “no swimming” signs in danger spots should explain the actual risks.

If organisations were to put up signs warning of the danger of drowning, they would get complaints  about them being that most overused modern word, ‘triggering’ and if they were to put up signs noting the prevalence of drowning deaths amongst ethnic minorities , that too would attract campaigners whining that water is racist! 

They can’t win, so the only sensible move is not to play the game!

In some ways, the Hampstead Heath saga reminds me of the visceral response to the felling of the sycamore gap tree: valid anger about the environment or animal welfare escalating to an irrational point, with outraged comments online wishing diarrhoea and vomiting on the swimmers.

As an island nation, swimming is encoded in many of us from a very young age. As people continue to lose their lives, education and investment are more urgent than ever.

Only if the people we were losing were worth saving, Rhiannan.... 

A Telling Phrase...

Travellers have pitched up outside a village hall on the outskirts of Norwich.The group arrived on Wednesday at Spixworth Village Hall which is run by the parish council. Police have been informed, as has the local county councillor.

Here we go again... 

People have been requested not to "antagonise" the group by officials.

WTAF?  

A spokeswoman for the Trustees of Spixworth Playing Field said: "The police and county councillor are aware of the situation, the travellers have been spoken to, and they are aware that they are likely to be moved on. 

"A couple of people spoke directly with them when they arrived and requested that they not make any mess.

 Ha ha ha ha. Good one! Oh, wait, you're serious?

"The police have confirmed that the travellers are known to them and were generally good, if left alone. 

Meaning what? That the police hope they don't have to do their job?  

"The parish council requests that residents don’t antagonise them; they are out of the way at present and will hopefully leave shortly."

What they will leave is YOU, with a big clean up bill! Total cowardice from all authorities involved, it's no wonder people no longer have any faith. 

H/T: Dave Ward via email 

Lead With The Sympathetic, But Bury The Lede...

Vulnerable families including women fleeing abuse are being illegally “dumped” hundreds of miles away by London councils in a practice “ripping at the social fabric” of deprived towns, a Guardian investigation has found.

Well, as this is the 'Guardian', this will come as no surprise: 

Charities described the policy as “inhumane” and accused councils of targeting vulnerable refugees who speak little English and have little ability to understand or challenge the move. If they refuse, they are in effect forced on to the streets.

An Albanian woman who fled a sex trafficking gang in Manchester was unlawfully told to move out of her property in Ealing, west London, to a property 260 miles away in County Durham despite being highly vulnerable and having two young children.

 Their concern, as usual, is all for those who don't belong here in the first place! Including those granted expensive real estate living space in the capital city. 

But the article did contain an interesting titbit about the competence of local councils:

When she raised concerns to Ealing council, officers provided the details of two sex trafficking support organisations it said were in County Durham – except one was based in Durham, North Carolina in the US, and the other in Durham, Ontario, Canada.

Am I going to hell for laughing at this? 

I'm Helping The (Future) War Effort!

'What did you do in the war, lady?' 

'I caught a lot of Pidgeys. Oh and trained the drones that beat the Islamic army back!'

An AI model trained on data collected from users of Pokémon Go will potentially help military drones find their location in war zones. Pokémon Go, a 2016 augmented reality mobile game, allowed players to find and catch Pokémon in the real world using the cameras on their mobile phones, and exploded in popularity. In 2018, the company reported having more than 800m downloads worldwide. A 2021 update to the game introduced Pokéstops, which gave players in-game rewards for scanning real locations using their devices. It required users to opt in and upload the recording. Niantic, which created Pokémon in partnership with Nintendo, collected users’ location scan data before the company sold its gaming division in 2025.

And people are concerned about it, because of course they are!  

Tom Sulston, head of policy for tech policy think tank Digital Rights Watch said the use of civilian data for military ends was troubling.“While they may have disclaimers in their Ts&Cs, we know that most people don’t read vast legal documents when they want to play a video game,” he said. “We need regulators to focus on ‘best interests of the user’ or ‘fair and reasonable’ tests to keep users safe from exploitation like this.

Exploitation? 

Here, mate, look that up and use it properly next time! 

You Are Suggesting The Impossible

Thirteen months after the UK supreme court delivered its landmark ruling that sex in the Equality Act refers to biological sex, and 10 days after an updated draft “code of practice” from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was laid before parliament, the UK is once again rowing about single-sex spaces, and particularly toilets.

Once again, the purpose and value of those spaces for women are at risk of being eclipsed by complaints from people who would prefer that they didn’t exist in a way that complies with the current law.

The code confirms that there is no legal way to open a single-sex service to people of the other sex, even if they are trans.

Why the 'even if...' there?  They are still the sex they were born into, no matter what cosmetic surgery thay have had!

Trans campaigners see the guidance as a mandate to exclude them from ordinary life.

Well, they are mentally ill, by definition, so why should we care what they see it as?  

But for entry to single-sex spaces, the criteria must be sex, and the code is clear that any checks – for example, if a trans man were to be mistaken for a biological man in a women’s health setting – must be made “sensitively” to avoid discrimination or harassment.

Cue the TRAs shrieking about 'genital inspections' when no such thing is likely to be needed, just eyes and ears.

The vast majority of public spaces and activities are already mixed-sex – which is why the Equality Act refers to single-sex ones as “exceptions”. What is not OK is the removal of this option on grounds that it is bigoted to seek a female-only space; or the claim that a service is single-sex when it is not. 

The threat posed by men to women is not the only reason why single-spaces matter. Fairness in sport and the right of women, including lesbians, to have their own groups, are also important.

Men can too, then. will we see no more campaigns to get women into men's groups? Fair's fair,,

But with 739,000 female victims of sexual offences in England and Wales last year, and grim trends including the huge rise in camera-enabled crimes (indecent exposure, voyeurism, filming of abuse, image-sharing), many women see the case for single-sex spaces getting stronger rather than weaker, both as a tool of prevention and as a resource for survivors.

The trans population faces its own challenges. The code is emphatically not a reason to disregard these. But it should not have taken the supreme court, or the EHRC, to make it clear that sacrificing single-sex spaces is not the answer.

The challengres it faces are not for women to solve. They are for better psychiatric treatmemt to solve. 

🎵Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours...🎵

Especially when you are wrestling with a drugged up fugitive who is trying to steal your car. 

Dr Thame said he attempted to drag Smith from the Astra and punched him on the nose before his arm slipped beneath Smith's armpit and into a headlock. He told the inquest that Smith suddenly stopped struggling while a neighbour screamed nearby. Dr Thame said: 'The neighbour said the man was unconscious. I released him immediately.' Senior Devon coroner Philip Spinney concluded that Smith's death had been accidental.

 At least he wasn’t arrested, this time.

Mr Spinney praised Dr Thame's actions, describing them as courageous and carried out in self-defence while protecting family members and neighbours.He also said post-mortem evidence showed excessive force had not been used by Dr Thame.  The inquest heard Smith had taken a combination of drugs, including cocaine and ketamine, before the incident unfolded.

But the neighbour was still happy to try to stick the boot in:

Dr Thame and neighbour Deborah Day then attempted CPR after discovering Smith was not breathing.Mrs Day had previously claimed in a statement that Dr Thame placed his knee on Smith's neck, although Geoff disputed this account, saying his son's feet were still outside the car.

Great neighbour she turned out to be! I know who I’d rather live next door to!

Day told the hearing that Dr Thame put Smith in a headlock, 'but did not intend to kill the man', adding that his actions may have saved her own life by preventing Smith from driving towards her.

And he must now be wondering why he bothered. 

Are You Sure?

It might be that Diane Abbott's just enjoying a day at the seaside...

"The horror! The horror!"

 

Famous movie quote updated for 2026 by the inimitable Matt...

Sunday Funnies...

 It really doesn't pay to listen to the lyrics and not just the music sometimes...

Deliberate Uglification

A heritage railway on the edge of Bristol has sparked controversy after it commissioned three of the city’s most famous street artists to cover one of its vintage carriages in graffiti as if it were a New York subway carriage in the 1970s.

Why? Heritage railways have a unique selling point - nostalgia, a longing for the good old days when grafitti would have been unknown? Whywould anyone want to piss all over that? 

But there has been quite the backlash against the Avon Valley Railway when they revealed the project on their social media. The railway operates as a charity, and runs steam trains up and down a former line across the eastern edge of Bristol that was closed down in the Beeching cuts of the 1960s.

The firm attempted to rein in the furore that they deliberately caused for no clear benefit in the first place:

Avon Valley Railway had to reassure heritage railway enthusiasts that the windows of the carriage was covered with latex first so the paint can just be peeled off, that the carriage is yet to be restored by the volunteers at the charity so nothing was damaged - and the paint will actually help protect the carriage until it is restored.

“We were delighted to host ‘Inkie’, ‘Jody’ and ‘Cheo’ to our station site at Bitton,” said Mark Hill, the general manager at Avon Valley Railway.

Why? It's as if Sciaperelli attempted to chase the clientele of Primark...

It's Schrödinger's Stabbing!

The married father-of-one confirmed he sustained wounds to his neck and hand as it was also announced that Counter Terrorism Policing would now lead the investigation with support from Greater Manchester Police. Police confirmed the attack has not at this time been declared a terrorist incident.

It simultaneously is and is not a terrorist incident! 

Chief Superintendent David Meeney, Commander for Manchester, said: 'Our local detectives have been investigating this incident at pace ever since we arrested a schoolgirl suspect on Tuesday morning. She remains in custody in Manchester. 'This has included ensuring the suspect is checked by health professionals to make an assessment while under the Mental Health Act, and to explore all available evidence to understand why this incident took place. 'Since our last update, further information has come to light that we have made Counter Terrorism Policing North West aware of. 

I wonder what that information might be - something they found at the girl's address, perhaps?

'I know this update will only continue to make our local community concerned by Tuesday's events.

It's so vague it can't very well do anything else, can it? 

And of course thanks to our justice system, we can't know anything about her, with the exception of her likely defence, apparently...

Stress All You Like, No-One Has Any Confidence In You...

A 14-year-old schoolgirl arrested after a teacher was stabbed in the neck at a school in Manchester yesterday has been detained under the Mental Health Act. Police confirmed the girl had been arrested on suspicion of assault after officers were called to reports of a stabbing at the Co-op Academy in Blackley on Tuesday morning. The 'serious incident' saw the school go into lockdown after a teacher was stabbed in the neck as he heroically shielded pupils from a girl allegedly attacking students at the school with a knife.

And of course, of most concern to the filth is that people don't talk about it, especially as social media is reporting the girl in question is other than white native English:

Chief Inspector Shilvock added: 'As our investigation progresses, we are aware that names relating to the incident are being circulated on social media, which are unhelpful for the investigation.'This is also causing concern with the victims and those that have been impacted, therefore we would stress that people do not speculate regarding this incident. 'Officers will remain in and around the area to provide support to ensure staff, students and the wider community feel safe. 'If you have any concerns, please speak to our officers who are there to support you.'

Who still believes that the police are there to support us?  If you still do, I've got a bridge for sale... 

A mother, whose son was already on his way home when she received the news, said on social media: 'This is all so scary. Parents found nothing out from school, it was all from Facebook. My child should be enjoying the last few days in school and not worrying and being in lockdown.'

This is why people take to social media, Chief Inspector. And it's why our snivelling coward of a Prime Minister wants to ban it.

All Part Of Life In A Big City, Eh, Sadiq?

Tributes have poured in from stars of the music industry to singer-songwriter Talay Riley, after he was stabbed to death in London. Riley, 35, was found at an address in Silvertown, east London, at around 9am on Friday having suffered stab wounds, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ah the glamourous life of a singer-songwriter, getting shanked by wannabe gangstas in exotic locales! Does Andrew Lloyd Webber know what fate may have in store?

Still, I’m sure the Met Police have things well in hand…

A man in his 20s was also taken to hospital with multiple stab wounds and remains in hospital, with injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening or life-changing. Three people were arrested on suspicion of murder on Friday. 

A 27-year-old man has been released on bail pending further enquiries, while a second man, 24, and woman, 25, have been released with no further action.

Oh… 

The day after the incident, two men were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a large fight in Barking on Saturday night. The incident occurred around 11.20pm on River Road, where three men, aged 28, 23 and 22, were discovered by emergency crews with stab wounds.

Another glamorous locale, another 'benefit of diversity', I have no doubt... 

 

I Don't Believe Any Grieving Family Wrote This...

 As Belfast erupts again for another night, as locals attempt to rid their community of the deadly threat the authorities have planted in their midst, the mutilated victim's family speeaks out..in someone else's words?

Meanwhile, Mr Ogilvie's family said they were 'completely devastated' by what had happened and called for calm.  

In a statement posted on the Facebook page of DUP MLA Phillip Brett, they said: 'We want to say a profound thank you to the local people who bravely stepped in during the attack. 

'We are aware of the tensions and talk of protests following this incident. We want to make it absolutely clear that overnight unrest is not welcome, and peaceful protest is the only way forward. 

'We have many migrants who make a deeply valuable contribution to our country, including in our healthcare system and hospitality sector and we depend on them to make our country work.'

Noe, the appeal for calm I can believe, it's a natural response, not wanting your loved one's memory tarnished, but the appeal for migrants? Sorry, I just don't buy that as a typical response to having an imported  low IQ savage who doesn't belong in the country butcher your loved one on the street. I wouldn't expect that from a 'Guardian' columnist, much less an ordinary family from Belfast! I sense the dead hand of the government behind this statement.

I Thought This Was A Parody, But It's So Hard To Tell Nowadays

A search is under way for two lesbian grandmothers who inspired a new children’s book after a chance encounter with a pantomime dame at Blackpool Pride.

It appears to be a real article, despite sounding like a parody… 

The women, whose names are not known, attended a reading by the popular performer Mama G in 2021, complaining to her about the lack of diversity in young literature. Mama G said she had been reading books to children at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens when the women asked if there were any featuring lesbian grandmothers.

Note the pronouns used… 

The question left her stumped. “I was like, erm, no. I don’t actually think I’ve ever seen lesbian grandmothers in a story, not even as a subsidiary character,” she said. One of the women, clearly disappointed, told her it was “so hard to find yourself represented in books”.

And yet, this is no female! 

The conversation prompted Mama G, whose real name is Robert Pearce, to write a children’s picture book where two older queer women are “front and centre for a change”.

I can remember when drag queens were acknowledged as men in make up and dresses, and confined to working men’s clubs and panto! Far less to be found in libraries reading to children.

Mama G, who is performing at Edinburgh fringe this summer, said the lack of diversity in children’s books was still a problem, despite the efforts of a number of authors and smaller publishers.

I think it’s a ‘problem’ we can well live with. What say you, Reader? 

How About Drawing Up Plans To Deal With the Africans In Ireland?

Protests against immigration have erupted into violence in Northern Ireland after far-right activists called for demonstrations in response to a stabbing attack that was captured in a graphic video.

Ealier yeaterday this article was all about the plans being drawn up to contain any disturbances. As we can see, waking up this morning to the news, they were ineffective. 

Ryan Henderson, the assistant chief constable, appealed for calm: “Sporadic pockets of disorder have broken out in a number of locations across Northern Ireland this evening, including incidents in which a number of vehicles have been set on fire. We are urging everyone to remain calm, act responsibly, and avoid any activity that could place themselves or others at risk.”

They are acting in defemce of their communities, because they can't trust you, the authorities, to do so.

Earlier, O’Neill urged the public not to be persuaded by social media accounts to start causing disorder. “For all of those people out there who are stoking up tensions in that social media space, who are happy to raise tensions, they do not represent us. We are good people and I don’t want to see anybody living in fear.”

But as a result of the attempted beheading (not a simple 'stabbing' as you are determined to keep raferring to it), people are already living in fear! Of the people who you are letting into the country and granting social housing to. And the Left wing press is determined to paint well-establised concerns as you being influenced by outside forces, not by those people have seen with their own eyes'

The victim was revealed to be Stephen Ogilvie, in his 40s, who last night remained in a serious condition in hospital. It is understood he lived in the same block of social housing as the suspect

Why?  The safety of the native population should be paramount, and 'asylum seekers' about whom we know nothing should not be hoiused in social housing, or be allowed to walk the streets. The streets on which the authorities themselves make sure not to live. 

The suspect travelled from Dublin to Belfast by bus on 10 February 2023 and claimed asylum, said Boutcher. “There is no trace of this suspect on any of our national security databases, and he was not known to the Police Service of Northern Ireland. I’ve been in direct contact with the head of terrorism policing in the UK. At this stage, we have no information to suggest that this was terrorist-related.”

It caused terror, didn't it?