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lol

We’re a nation of mugs.

I’m sure this Judge has considered any potential victims. Nonces are known for their honesty.

‘ Paedophile migrant who failed to disclose child sex offence after coming to UK wins appeal against deportation as judge rules it was 'honest mistake’

https://x.com/dailymail/status/2036053935606124883?s=61

This judge should have liability for this person's future crimes. When he commits rape and sexual assaults against children in this country the judge should also be put on trial for this completely ridiculous decision.

Making judges accountable for their stupid rulings is going to be the only way to change things.

The problem is, of course, that you have to be a bit careful when criticising judges due to contempt of court rules.

But how can you not hold them in contempt when they say and do stupid things like this?

It's not as though it's recent either. Tom Denning and David Eady were both pretty dodgy.

There's just a complete lack of accountability for judges. They exist isolation from their decisions and the havoc they can have on the wider community. Obviously this government won't do anything about it but I think both the Tories and Reform should propose something similar to this in their manifestoes on a justice reform section.

To repeat what I posted earlier on this:


I have not seen the judgment but the report indicates, sotto voce, that the decision the judge had to make was whether he could have a hearing, not that he could remain in the UK. SFAICS that remains to be decided. Which means that the case is deciding much less than the story suggests.

What are the chances?

https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/2036460110579450052

@Steven_Swinford
Exclusive:

Police did not investigate the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phone because officers were “too busy”, despite the sensitivity of his messages and contacts

Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff told the Metropolitan police that his phone was stolen as he returned home from a restaurant in central London on October 20 last year

Pretty high, I’ve mentioned on here friends have had their phones/tablets/watches stolen and they’ve gone to the police saying that FindMyLocation says their device(s) is/are at this property and the Rozzers say, nah, cannot be bothered, here’s your crime reference number and claim on your insurance.

Yeah, but are they reporting stolen a government phone?

Was it a government phone or his personal phone?

Sorry, should have included: "The theft of the work device..."

Ta, I should be surprised at the police in this instance but I am not.

Dan Hodges makes another point:

https://x.com/DPJHodges/status/2036469140571988163

@DPJHodges
We were specifically told by Steve Reed on Sunday the theft pre-dated the issues relating to Mandelson. I’m going to say it again. This is a blatant cover-up. And Ministers - from the Prime Minister down - are openly lying about it.

https://x.com/singharj/status/2036466148946976932

@singharj
McSweeney's phone was stolen around a month after Starmer was forced to sack Mandelson as US ambassador.......

Lol. Absolute roasting liars

Should have just had an unfortunate accident with the phone while crossing the channel.

Wonder why the messages werent retrieved on the new phone with the same number he was given the next day?
And why he didn't back up any messages as per policy.
So many mysteries.

It’s called doing a Boris.

Covid Inquiry: Johnson says WhatsApp 'somehow automatically erased' 5,000 messages

Former prime minister claims lack of detail from messages sent during key early weeks of pandemic is due to program "going down and coming back up again"

https://www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article/johnson-says-5000-messages-lost-due-to-whatsapp-automatically-erasing-things

Boris you say? That should be that for Starmer.

What are the chances?

https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/2036460110579450052

@Steven_Swinford
Exclusive:

Police did not investigate the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phone because officers were “too busy”, despite the sensitivity of his messages and contacts

Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff told the Metropolitan police that his phone was stolen as he returned home from a restaurant in central London on October 20 last year

Pretty high, I’ve mentioned on here friends have had their phones/tablets/watches stolen and they’ve gone to the police saying that FindMyLocation says their device(s) is/are at this property and the Rozzers say, nah, cannot be bothered, here’s your crime reference number and claim on your insurance.

Yeah, but are they reporting stolen a government phone?

Was it a government phone or his personal phone?

Sorry, should have included: "The theft of the work device..."

Ta, I should be surprised at the police in this instance but I am not.

Dan Hodges makes another point:

https://x.com/DPJHodges/status/2036469140571988163

@DPJHodges
We were specifically told by Steve Reed on Sunday the theft pre-dated the issues relating to Mandelson. I’m going to say it again. This is a blatant cover-up. And Ministers - from the Prime Minister down - are openly lying about it.

https://x.com/singharj/status/2036466148946976932

@singharj
McSweeney's phone was stolen around a month after Starmer was forced to sack Mandelson as US ambassador.......

Lol. Absolute roasting liars

Should have just had an unfortunate accident with the phone while crossing the channel.

Wonder why the messages werent retrieved on the new phone with the same number he was given the next day?
And why he didn't back up any messages as per policy.
So many mysteries.

What are the chances?

https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/2036460110579450052

@Steven_Swinford
Exclusive:

Police did not investigate the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phone because officers were “too busy”, despite the sensitivity of his messages and contacts

Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff told the Metropolitan police that his phone was stolen as he returned home from a restaurant in central London on October 20 last year

Pretty high, I’ve mentioned on here friends have had their phones/tablets/watches stolen and they’ve gone to the police saying that FindMyLocation says their device(s) is/are at this property and the Rozzers say, nah, cannot be bothered, here’s your crime reference number and claim on your insurance.

Yeah, but are they reporting stolen a government phone?

Was it a government phone or his personal phone?

Sorry, should have included: "The theft of the work device..."

Ta, I should be surprised at the police in this instance but I am not.

Dan Hodges makes another point:

https://x.com/DPJHodges/status/2036469140571988163

@DPJHodges
We were specifically told by Steve Reed on Sunday the theft pre-dated the issues relating to Mandelson. I’m going to say it again. This is a blatant cover-up. And Ministers - from the Prime Minister down - are openly lying about it.

https://x.com/singharj/status/2036466148946976932

@singharj
McSweeney's phone was stolen around a month after Starmer was forced to sack Mandelson as US ambassador.......

Now that is pretty damning.

What are the chances?

https://x.com/Steven_Swinford/status/2036460110579450052

@Steven_Swinford
Exclusive:

Police did not investigate the theft of Morgan McSweeney’s phone because officers were “too busy”, despite the sensitivity of his messages and contacts

Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff told the Metropolitan police that his phone was stolen as he returned home from a restaurant in central London on October 20 last year

Pretty high, I’ve mentioned on here friends have had their phones/tablets/watches stolen and they’ve gone to the police saying that FindMyLocation says their device(s) is/are at this property and the Rozzers say, nah, cannot be bothered, here’s your crime reference number and claim on your insurance.

Yeah, but are they reporting stolen a government phone?

Was it a government phone or his personal phone?

Sorry, should have included: "The theft of the work device..."

Ta, I should be surprised at the police in this instance but I am not.

Dan Hodges makes another point:

https://x.com/DPJHodges/status/2036469140571988163

@DPJHodges
We were specifically told by Steve Reed on Sunday the theft pre-dated the issues relating to Mandelson. I’m going to say it again. This is a blatant cover-up. And Ministers - from the Prime Minister down - are openly lying about it.

https://x.com/singharj/status/2036466148946976932

@singharj
McSweeney's phone was stolen around a month after Starmer was forced to sack Mandelson as US ambassador.......

Lol. Absolute roasting liars

A grim prognosis from Professor Azeem Ibrahim:

https://x.com/AzeemIbrahim/status/2035361179879547244

Britain is now in accelerated decline - gradual for decades, now at risk of sudden collapse.

My stark verdict: unchecked, UK heading for relative poverty - a deindustrialised, sectarian, indebted island with first-rate pretensions & third-rate power.

I thought the Right viewed the 'relative poverty' metric as a load of cobblers.

Relative poverty is more about equality than measuring how many people are essentially destitute. It feels like shifting the goalposts. If poverty was about not being able to heat your home or choose heat or eat, relative measures can be affected by perverse incentives.

Exactly. So why worry about the UK becoming 'relatively' impoverished?

Because, as @williamglenn notes, it means Britain looks relatively impoverished, more and more, compared to other countries. For the main reason that we ARE

I travel the globe, in case you haven't noticed, and I see this all the time. Britain looking more and more clapped out in comparison to others

HOWEVER, and to be fair, this is true of many western European nations, with exceptions like Denmark, Norway, Switzerland - they look increasingly bedraggled compared to the USA, East Asia, Australia, etc

Much of it is immigration of the most astonishingly stupid variety. It's hard for a country to look rich when you've got illiterate Afghans or Somalians aimlessly wandering the streets with nothing to do because there is literally nothing for them to do - even if they want to work (as of course very many do) they don't have the skills. So they become welfare bums, or just itinerants

So relative poverty is meaningful then. I happen to agree - both between countries and within.

Just looking for some coherence on the point.