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Coffee pouring fine cancelled because it was making the council look like total idiots a minor infraction with no realistic possibility of being upheld:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg435gg66gpo

She breached Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, more them just caving to media pressure but the enforcement officers followed the law with the fixed penalty notice as it stands

I highly doubt most people have any idea about this law covers such an act. The sensible thing to do would have been to just say to her btw that's against the law, please don't do it again. Its not like she was pouring galloons of paint down the drain which is really what the law is really targetting. She was doing this rather than taking liquids on a bus (which Singapore bans in order to keep their public transport spotless).

Section 33 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 makes it an offence to deposit or dispose of waste in a way likely to pollute land or water, including pouring liquids into street drains.

The question is - is a quarter cup of coffee likely to pollute land or water?

Water pollution is the contamination of bodies of water, such as lakes, rivers, oceans, and groundwater, by harmful substances that degrade water quality and harm living organisms.

Does a very small amount of coffee with no grounds in it do that?
If I were her lawyer I'd argue that it was not an offence if it came to court.

The (THREE) enforcement officials need training in discretion. I hope the Council will insist on that.

I suspect the officials get commission on the fines, so they go for easy pickings.
A large negative commission (I.e. a penalty) should be charged on all fines that are revoked on appeal.

Twitter are amusing calling Starmers small boats policy the “hokey cokey” system.

Where's @Leon? We have the release of a Conservative immigrant repatriation scheme beyond the fever dreams of Enoch Powell, and not a peep from him.

Is the Katie Lamifesto published somewhere in her own words?

She said: “There are also a large number of people in this country who came here legally, but in effect shouldn’t have been able to do so. It’s not the fault of the individuals who came here, they just shouldn’t have been able to do so.

“They will also need to go home. What that will leave is a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people.”

This will be considered the settled mainstream opinion before too long I suspect.

That's it?

It's hardly Mein Kampf.

The Boriswave came here legally - there is widespread political consensus that they shouldn't have been able to do so, and ILR is (afaicr) already being delayed for that cohort.