Thursday, 31 March 2022
Quote Of The Month
DumbJon on the UK reaction to the Ukraine situation:
"The usual suspects have spent the last two years insisting that only Very Special Certified Facts are allowed. Now suddenly the same folks are telling us that Boris Johnson is totally a Russian agent.
Apparently, he's a Russian agent who was the first Western leader to send arms to Ukraine and took one of the most hawkish lines on sanctions so it looks like he's as good at being a Russian agent as Sir Kneelalot was at being Director of Public Prosecutions."
Post Of The Month
Longrider reviews a popular TV show while Bill Sticker takes a good hard look at the state of today's media.
Why Do The Police Not Know The Law?
Or is it simply that they are too lazy to feel like enforcing it?
Debbie said she reported the incident to Northumbria Police, but was told that that there is "nothing they can do." Under current legislation, a dog on dog attack is not a legal offence.
And they are wrong:
But according to the RSPCA, a court could prosecute if a person believes they would have been injured if they tried to stop a dog attacking their animal. Debbie continued: "They said they would only get involved if a dog attacked a person, unless it can be proved to be a dangerous dog.
"It clearly is dangerous, and I told them I hope it's not a child next time. I intend to get back in touch with them and push for more action."
Why should you have to?
Wednesday, 30 March 2022
Is There Anything They Are Doing Right..?
The HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, Fire and Rescue Services said that there were “fundamental flaws” in Scotland Yard’s anti-corruption safeguards and that it had also recently hired people with criminal connections and failed to supervise them to minimise risks.
Say what..?!?
It said other failings included “dire” procedures for storing exhibits from investigations with “hundreds of items... not accounted for, including cash and drugs” and the security code for one store inscribed on the door.
/facepalm
But wait, there's more!
The offences committed by officers hired in the past two years included wounding, theft and handling stolen goods. The watchdog said the force also did not know whether all the officers employed in sensitive posts, such as child protection, major crime investigation and informant handling, had passed the necessary security vetting.
It's beginning to look less like hopeless incompetence and more like...well, deliberate sabotage, isn't it?
It added that more than 2,000 warrant cards issued to officers who had subsequently left the force remained unaccounted for...
Blimey, and they have enough trouble with the ones standing officers possess!
The report was commissioned last year by Home Secretary Priti Patel.
Oh, and we were just talking about hopeless incompetents, weren't we? Get on and appoint a new Commissioner, Priti, and give him/her/other a month to sort this out. No longer.
Student Priorities...
XOXO was recently rated the best spot in Brighton for bottomless brunch by The Bottomless Brunch Student Report. The report scored venues in the city out of 110, based on factors including value for money, the food menu size, vegan options and the proximity to a university campus.
XOXO scored a total of 62.96 out of 110, with high scores for their availability, proximity to a university campus, food menu size and vegan options.
It's amazing what students consider a priority, isn't it? How does this place score on the things those of us who have grown up and have some worldly knowledge think is a pr...
Oh.
A brunch and cocktail bar has been ordered to carry out major improvements after scoring zero in a food hygiene inspection.
XOXO in Prince Albert Street, Brighton, was given the rating - meaning urgent improvements are necessary - following a Brighton and Hove City Council inspection on February 16.
A report published online stated that improvements were necessary in the cleanliness and condition of the facilities and building, including having appropriate layout, ventilation, hand washing facilities and pest control. It said urgent improvements were needed to the management of food safety, relating to the system or checks in place to ensure that food sold or served is safe to eat and evidence that staff know about food safety.
Well, I guess food poisoning is pretty indistinguishable from overdoing it on cider and black the night before...
Tuesday, 29 March 2022
Translation: "Gibs Us De Moneh!"
Lisa Hanna, Jamaican MP and UN Development Programme goodwill ambassador, showing us some....well, maybe not goodwill: 
What we now need is for the west, especially the United Kingdom, to seriously engage with us on this matter. And, it’s not just lip service that we require. Flowery words and artful symbols not only do not placate us, but words without action will also offend us. We need leaders in civil society, in politics and in the monarchy to not only acknowledge historic exploitation and the consequences thereof but to begin to make concrete steps to rectify it.
Oh, and how? 'Dr Who' isn't real, sweetie, we can't go back in time...
The evils of slavery cannot be forgotten.
Well, no, not while grifters like you keep getting appointed to these positions...
Wait 'til we send the bill for the Royal Navy's actions in halting slavery...
When we in Jamaica say respect, we mean it. We respect you. We respect Prince William and Catherine. We respect the British people. We respect your leaders.
Really?
When you visit Jamaica, we are polite to you. We are cordial to you. We give you the time of your life on holiday.
And you make 'the time of your life' a short time, sometines.
Dog Attacks On Children....
...are like buses, they come along in groups, and regularly:
The dogs involved have been 'secured' by police and removed from the house.
They should have been despatched then and there, and removed in bin bags.
They are not believed to be breeds banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, according to police.
So as far as the police are concerned, they aren't 'dangerous' (the 'Sun' claims they are rottweilers). But a toddler's still in critical condition...
West Mercia Chief Inspector Fergus Green, said 'This is an incredibly sad incident and our thoughts are with the young child and his family.'
My thoughts are with the paramedics who have to deal with the next family whose ill-bred mutts are eyeing up a tasty snack of human flesh right now...
Monday, 28 March 2022
Rebuild It? Knock It Down First!
I would be utterly ecstatic if my GP showed a fraction of the customer service of Uber.
Speaking today at the launch of campaign Rebuild General Practice, Mr Hunt called for Britons to always be seen by the same family doctor.
They would mostly like to be seen by any doctor, Hunt. Not by one who is still avoiding patients:
Pre-pandemic, around eight in 10 appointments were carried out in-person. But the figure currently still stands at around 60 per cent, despite family doctors being told to get back to routine services.
If people who work for you refuse to carry out your orders, you sack them. Get some balls, Hunt.
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