Two 12 year olds get a pathetic minimum sentence of 8 years for murdering a 19 year old . And apparently the judge and barristers didn’t wear wigs because the two murderers might not be able to cope and they had a lot of emotional support from specially trained officers ! They should be named and shamed .
I did think it rather sad that they will be eligible for parole when they are only a couple of years older than the lad they murdered.
Also the story about his parents is absolutely heartbreaking. He was over here from Anguilla and his family had to use their life savings to get his body repatriated. They then had to get a loan to come over to give evidence at the trial so were not here for the sentencing.
I know there is a lot of nuance to all of this but it really doesn't give a good impression of the British justice system.
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
@MarqueeMark im curious, do you have a favourite in the upcoming leadership election and will you be there in person to witness the pageant?
Won't be voting.
There's nobody there who I see leading the Conservatives into the next election. I would go for Cleverly, IF he said he was a temporary leader there for three years to oversee an extended beauty parade of the best of the rest. I'd hope some of the lost talent from 2024 might get back in through a few by-elections. Maybe, for example, Simon Fell would get the nod when Rishi walks away.
If I had a vote I would also give it a miss just as I did with Boris/Hunt vote, though I was a member then
"Do YOU have slow processing disorder? You've heard of dyslexia and ADHD, but increasing numbers are being diagnosed with a condition that makes life difficult for both children and adults. Here are the symptoms to look for..."
I have this weird hunch this is not a newly-discovered disorder, but is, in fact, the condition that boffins used to know as "being stupid"
"Do YOU have slow processing disorder? You've heard of dyslexia and ADHD, but increasing numbers are being diagnosed with a condition that makes life difficult for both children and adults. Here are the symptoms to look for..."
I have this weird hunch this is not a newly-discovered disorder, but is, in fact, the condition that boffins used to know as "being stupid"
The only surprise is that the Mail didn't seek out SPD victims (or more likely, their parents) whose lives will be ruined by VAT on private school fees.
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
It was only due to my tragic affliction, of Slow Processing Disorder, that I was unable to get a double first at Trinity and then win the Nobel
Are you saying you are… stupid?
lol, very funny, but seriously. I am worried about @Roger
This is him, to a tee. Now I feel guilty. I always thought he was just dumb as a squashed daffodil, but actually he has Slow Processing Disorder
"What are the symptoms of SLOW PROCESSING DISORDER?"
"The signs, according to Lynn Lovell, head of professional standards at the British Dyslexia Association (bda.uk.com), can include: ‘Being slow to respond to verbal instructions or questions; taking longer than others to read or write; feeling overwhelmed by too much information; difficulty following conversations and picking up on social cues; poor time management; finding it hard to find the right word; and anxiety when required to work at speed.’"
Elite universities might have to take this into account, as they do with other disabilities
"Candidate X has an IQ of 67 because he is fucking dumb, however this is only because he has Slow Processing Disorder, and in reality he is extremely bright, despite being fucking stupid"
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
One for @Richard_Tyndall That the existence of "fossil fuels" is a conspiracy theory, appears to be a genuine belief for not a few people.
Today I learned that there are people who think that the planet just spontaneously generated oil, it will never run out, and there is a giant conspiracy to keep people from realizing this. https://x.com/ASFleischman/status/1839648958441832531
This has been floating round for decades. It was started in its modern form in the 1950s by a Russian called Kudryavtsev. And since then it has mostly been a Russian theory with a few rather strange US adherents.
The trouble with it is that, if the theiories were right then all the prinsciples we have been using to find oil and gas over the last 70 years would have been completely useless. It is only because we know how the oil and gas is formed and collected in reservoirs that we are so successful in finding it. If it were formed abiotically then we would never have bene able to find the stuff in the way we do.
I have actually co-written papers that rely on hydrocarbons having a biogenic origin to understand how reservoirs develop with time. This is one example.
Thanks for this, Richard: I had never thought about the variability in oil within reservoirs as a clear indicator of its biogenic origins, and it's an astute observation.
The obvious kicker for me is that the older and hotter and deeper the surrounding rocks are, the more likely the oil will have been cooked and broken down. If the abiogenic theory of oil was correct, and oil was seeping from the core of the earth, then surely the deeper the oil, the "newer" it would be.
(Of course, the recent exploitation of shales - i.e. the source of hydrocarbons - also rather undoes the abiogenic theory.)
You're just another of those radical enviromental terrorists!
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
It was only due to my tragic affliction, of Slow Processing Disorder, that I was unable to get a double first at Trinity and then win the Nobel
Are you saying you are… stupid?
lol, very funny, but seriously. I am worried about @Roger
This is him, to a tee. Now I feel guilty. I always thought he was just dumb as a squashed daffodil, but actually he has Slow Processing Disorder
"What are the symptoms of SLOW PROCESSING DISORDER?"
"The signs, according to Lynn Lovell, head of professional standards at the British Dyslexia Association (bda.uk.com), can include: ‘Being slow to respond to verbal instructions or questions; taking longer than others to read or write; feeling overwhelmed by too much information; difficulty following conversations and picking up on social cues; poor time management; finding it hard to find the right word; and anxiety when required to work at speed.’"
Sorry, Rog
Nonsense.
Within seconds, @Woger identified the real victims of the Ukraine War. Oligarchs who’d lost their yachts. Apparently he was expecting the mood at his favourite hotel to be very down.
Acute, rapid perception like that isn’t compatible with your diagnosis
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
It's a two tier London already, because the queues for the Blackwall tunnel make it almost unusable today already.
If the tolls reduce the wait time, it makes South East London more attractive, not less.
But how do you get across the river?
Why would I want to go to South London?
Edit to add: in the real world, I use public transport. When I was in London, I got the Elizabeth line to Whitechapel, then the Overground to New Cross.
They should have Slow Processing Disorder at the Paralympics. Perhaps the Slow Processing Disorder Sprint where the gun goes off and one runner topples gently to the ground, another looks up at a cloud and points saying "look like doggy", and another walks directly left and falls over a stray javelin, and the winner takes ten minutes to realise the sprint has started and first runs the wrong way
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
They should have Slow Processing Disorder at the Paralympics. Perhaps the Slow Processing Disorder Sprint where the gun goes off and one runner topples gently to the ground, another looks up at a cloud and points saying "look like doggy", and another walks directly left and falls over a stray javelin, and the winner takes ten minutes to realise the sprint has started and first runs the wrong way
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
That is actually fairer than most were anticipating, especially the lower off peak (85% of the time) fares. The PCN at £180 is excessive though, when the vast majority will be poor admin rather than trying to avoid payment.
Two 12 year olds get a pathetic minimum sentence of 8 years for murdering a 19 year old . And apparently the judge and barristers didn’t wear wigs because the two murderers might not be able to cope and they had a lot of emotional support from specially trained officers ! They should be named and shamed .
I did think it rather sad that they will be eligible for parole when they are only a couple of years older than the lad they murdered.
Also the story about his parents is absolutely heartbreaking. He was over here from Anguilla and his family had to use their life savings to get his body repatriated. They then had to get a loan to come over to give evidence at the trial so were not here for the sentencing.
I know there is a lot of nuance to all of this but it really doesn't give a good impression of the British justice system.
Michael Howard as Home Secretary of course increased the sentence given to the Bulger killers, also young offenders, to 15 years from the 8 years the trial judge gave but was overruled by the Court of Appeal and Law Lords.
Parliament could easily change the law to say 10-17 year olds convicted of murder are given a maximum 1/3 off their sentence relative to what an adult would have got as a life sentence (even if under 21s can't be given a whole life order)
Exclusive from @rowenamason (with minor help from me): Keir Starmer received *£16,000 more* in clothes from Lord Alli - these were initially listed in the register of interests only as “for the private office of the leader of the opposition”.
Simon French @Frencheconomics · 2h More than a trebling in the rate rate of Pension Credit claims in September compared to the pre-WFP gateway policy rate. Inadvertent but highly encouraging impact on means tested benefit claims amongst UK pensioners.
Exclusive from @rowenamason (with minor help from me): Keir Starmer received *£16,000 more* in clothes from Lord Alli - these were initially listed in the register of interests only as “for the private office of the leader of the opposition”.
Sorry if this has been discussed in earlier threads, but I wonder if anyone else has noticed a peculiar quirk with the CoPilot AI system provided free with Microsoft? I have asked it for the recent election results in Brandenburg, and it solemnly tells me that it is not allowed to discuss elections! I can find out MPs names, but not even the British election results. I seem to recall that Leon was on here a lot telling us that AI was going to conquer the world and everyone in it - so far, with my very limited involvement, I think it's a load of horse droppings.
Sorry, I really don't want to prompt another tedious AI conversation, but it baffles me that this AI system can't even give me publicly available information. "I’m sorry, but I can’t assist with that. Thank you for understanding" and "I wish we could talk about elections, but it’s a complex topic that goes beyond my training. Sorry!" are just two of the responses generated.
Essentially what we call AI at the moment is, while very clever and useful in some applications, pretty much completely useless for anything involving facts.
This doesn't matter if you are creating low quality tourism copy and the AI invents non-existent attractions in places, but it is important when the AI is asked to report on election results.
AI can NOT reliable add 2 + 2 let alone be relied upon for anything more challenging.
Exclusive from @rowenamason (with minor help from me): Keir Starmer received *£16,000 more* in clothes from Lord Alli - these were initially listed in the register of interests only as “for the private office of the leader of the opposition”.
And it's the Guardian, again. They are trying to bring him down
Newspapers are newspapers first and foremost. If it's a story, they'll release it. The Guardian would rather a LabourPM than a Tory, but would MUCH rather the Guardian got to the story than the Telegraph.
Starmer has been given THIRTY TWO THOUSAND POUNDS to spend on... clothes
Is that even possible? Once you've got two Savile Row suits and two pairs of Lobbs, you've still got about £20k left
I am sure if you are as vain as Sir Keir it is possible, even if you have the gall to do it while cutting winter fuel allowance for pensioners on a pension of just £13 k a year
Nick Wallis is the journalist who usually reports on the Post Office scandal.
"Nick Wallis @nickwallis When law becomes detached from reality, bad actors gather, waiting for their chance to slip through the confusion. Quote REDUXX @ReduxxMag · Sep 25 Germany's parliament is set to review a proposed amendment that would make "pedosexuality" a protected characteristic.
The amendment was submitted by a pro-pedophile lobbyist with a history of child pornography convictions.
If it is that, then that makes sense. Everyone needs socks, and if you get some you like, you buy a load so they are all interchangeable if you lose one in the wash, down at the laundrette
So SkyrToolmakersson just bought 70 pairs of those, which is actually quite sensible. In fact maybe he got a discount and got 100 pairs at only £450 a pair, thus saving the country money, and fair dos
Exclusive from @rowenamason (with minor help from me): Keir Starmer received *£16,000 more* in clothes from Lord Alli - these were initially listed in the register of interests only as “for the private office of the leader of the opposition”.
And it's the Guardian, again. They are trying to bring him down
Newspapers are newspapers first and foremost. If it's a story, they'll release it. The Guardian would rather a LabourPM than a Tory, but would MUCH rather the Guardian got to the story than the Telegraph.
As a lefty if I had a story I'd approach the Guardian with it first. They're my paper of record and the paper most of my friends would be most likely to read.
So the significance of this story coming from the Guardian is not that the Guardian is after Starmer, but that their source is a lefty, and they're after Starmer.
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
Exclusive from @rowenamason (with minor help from me): Keir Starmer received *£16,000 more* in clothes from Lord Alli - these were initially listed in the register of interests only as “for the private office of the leader of the opposition”.
And it's the Guardian, again. They are trying to bring him down
Newspapers are newspapers first and foremost. If it's a story, they'll release it. The Guardian would rather a LabourPM than a Tory, but would MUCH rather the Guardian got to the story than the Telegraph.
As a lefty if I had a story I'd approach the Guardian with it first. They're my paper of record and the paper most of my friends would be most likely to read.
So the significance of this story coming from the Guardian is not that the Guardian is after Starmer, but that their source is a lefty, and they're after Starmer.
And lefties, proper lefties, have been after Starmer since 2020. Even more so since he disgracefully won a General Election.
Essentially we have an Israeli leader who has decided that the only way to stay in power is to cause mass death and destruction.
Netanyahu wants Hezbollah to respond and so he can order troops into Lebanon and try and get the Israeli public onside. I’m sure he couldn’t care if hundreds of Israelis get wiped out as long as he can act as the “ war leader “.
Simon French @Frencheconomics · 2h More than a trebling in the rate rate of Pension Credit claims in September compared to the pre-WFP gateway policy rate. Inadvertent but highly encouraging impact on means tested benefit claims amongst UK pensioners.
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
Honestly, you'd think someone was buying them in bulk and then selling them off!
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
Starmer has been given THIRTY TWO THOUSAND POUNDS to spend on... clothes
Is that even possible? Once you've got two Savile Row suits and two pairs of Lobbs, you've still got about £20k left
I am sure if you are as vain as Sir Keir it is possible, even if you have the gall to do it while cutting winter fuel allowance for pensioners on a pension of just £13 k a year
Starmer has been given THIRTY TWO THOUSAND POUNDS to spend on... clothes
Is that even possible? Once you've got two Savile Row suits and two pairs of Lobbs, you've still got about £20k left
I am sure if you are as vain as Sir Keir it is possible, even if you have the gall to do it while cutting winter fuel allowance for pensioners on a pension of just £13 k a year
Sir Sheer Wanker
I think you have to go back to Eden to find a PM as vain as Starmer is
Exclusive from @rowenamason (with minor help from me): Keir Starmer received *£16,000 more* in clothes from Lord Alli - these were initially listed in the register of interests only as “for the private office of the leader of the opposition”.
And it's the Guardian, again. They are trying to bring him down
Newspapers are newspapers first and foremost. If it's a story, they'll release it. The Guardian would rather a LabourPM than a Tory, but would MUCH rather the Guardian got to the story than the Telegraph.
As a lefty if I had a story I'd approach the Guardian with it first. They're my paper of record and the paper most of my friends would be most likely to read.
So the significance of this story coming from the Guardian is not that the Guardian is after Starmer, but that their source is a lefty, and they're after Starmer.
The disinformation kill chain, acronymised as MAGIC - make acquire generate initiate cascade.
Make the goal - identify disinformation that services your cause
Acquire the target - find somebody(s) with little knowledge of subject matter who will believe/not interrogate the data
Generate the disinformation - find/make the disinformation
Infiltrate the target/initiate the attack - introduce the disinformation to the somebody(s)
Cascade the amplification - repeat/retweet their discussion of it.
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
*His own money*
Look, we saw with Boris Johnson what happens when the PM dresses like a gypo attending court, I want the UK Prime Minister to look the best.
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
It's a two tier London already, because the queues for the Blackwall tunnel make it almost unusable today already.
If the tolls reduce the wait time, it makes South East London more attractive, not less.
But how do you get across the river?
Why would I want to go to South London?
Edit to add: in the real world, I use public transport. When I was in London, I got the Elizabeth line to Whitechapel, then the Overground to New Cross.
In East London you won't be using a cycle; the easternmost viable crossing is Tower Bridge.
Which is why the next step is to make the Rotherhithe Tunnel non-motorised traffic only.
Capacity for motors won't be a problem - Silvertown adds a huge amount.
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
By the look on his face I think Zelensky realises if Trump wins so does Putin, Crimea certainly and much of the Eastern border regions of Ukraine will be handed over to Moscow in a Trump imposed 'peace deal'. I don't think any European nation and leader has any desire to fund and supply Zelensky to take the fight to Putin themselves without US support, certainly now Boris and Truss have gone. Even the Poles
Israel didn’t give any warning and civilians in the area bombed wouldn’t necessarily know who was staying in the area . The IDF went ahead and blew up 6 buildings .
The Israeli government is fast becoming one of the most loathed on the planet . The USA will do bugger all especially with an election coming.
Sorry. Are you upset again that by slightly criticising Sir Kir Royale for spending eleventy five trillion pounds of someone else’s money on golden y-fronts made of angel hair we are “destabilising the realm”?
Idaho Statesman (via Seattle Times) - Does Trump want to turn ‘giant faucet’ to send Columbia River water to CA? What he said
The Columbia River could be the answer to California’s water problems, former President Donald Trump seemed to say at a news conference near Los Angeles.
“I’m going to give you more water than almost anyone has,” he said. There would be plenty of water for lawns at big houses in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, for farmers and to dampen the hills where forest fires burn, he said.
He started talking about water when he was asked a question about California wildfires raging nearby, an hour into a press conference at one of his golf courses earlier this month.
“You have millions of gallons of water pouring down from the Northwest, the snow caps and Canada,” he said.
All it would take is turning “essentially a very large faucet,” he said.
“It takes one day to turn it, it’s massive,” he said. “It’s as big as a wall, as that building right there behind you.” . . . .
. . . Canadian news media were not impressed.
The Columbia River flows from Canada south into Washington, where it is joined by water from the Snake River in Eastern Washington near the Tri-Cities to flow into the Pacific Ocean.
The Toronto Star said Trump’s promise “touches on deep-seated anxieties about our southern neighbors muscling their way into our water supply.”
Canada and the United States currently are finalizing a proposal to modernize the 1964 Columbia River Treaty, which has governed hydropower operations and management of flood risks on both sides of the international border. . . .
SSI - The notion of diverting water from the Columbia River to feed the thirst of California agriculture and development is an old one. AND a surefire way to piss off folks across the Pacific Northwest on both sides of the international border.
Am hoping that Trump's latest BS is broadcast freely among MAGA-minded farmers & others in eastern Washington, whose indivual livelihoods and regional economy are based on irrigation by water from the . . . wait for it . . . Columbia River.
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
It's a two tier London already, because the queues for the Blackwall tunnel make it almost unusable today already.
If the tolls reduce the wait time, it makes South East London more attractive, not less.
But how do you get across the river?
Why would I want to go to South London?
Edit to add: in the real world, I use public transport. When I was in London, I got the Elizabeth line to Whitechapel, then the Overground to New Cross.
Fair dos.
In other news, Paddington station has gained a brand new entrance on its eastern side, mostly intended to serve the Bakerloo line, but with access to the narrow subway linking to the Circle and District lines.
One for @Richard_Tyndall That the existence of "fossil fuels" is a conspiracy theory, appears to be a genuine belief for not a few people.
Today I learned that there are people who think that the planet just spontaneously generated oil, it will never run out, and there is a giant conspiracy to keep people from realizing this. https://x.com/ASFleischman/status/1839648958441832531
I just looked at that. One of the proofs is that methane is a fossil fuel and methane exists on planets where there are no fossils therefore it can't be a fossil fuel and is generated by the planet
Two options here to counter that:
a) Go back to chemistry classes to discover that there are many ways of methane coming into existence.
OR
b) Let's go for a bigger conspiracy and that these planets all had life and that methane still is a fossil fuel.
You mean the gas giants were once huge balls of dinosaurs ?
Nick Wallis is the journalist who usually reports on the Post Office scandal.
"Nick Wallis @nickwallis When law becomes detached from reality, bad actors gather, waiting for their chance to slip through the confusion. Quote REDUXX @ReduxxMag · Sep 25 Germany's parliament is set to review a proposed amendment that would make "pedosexuality" a protected characteristic.
The amendment was submitted by a pro-pedophile lobbyist with a history of child pornography convictions.
Noting the MAGIC kill chain above, what evidence do you have that this thing exists? Is there an announcement/scheduled debate on the German parliament website? Has anybody, other than the pedo, announced that this thing is a thing.
Israel didn’t give any warning and civilians in the area bombed wouldn’t necessarily know who was staying in the area . The IDF went ahead and blew up 6 buildings .
The Israeli government is fast becoming one of the most loathed on the planet . The USA will do bugger all especially with an election coming.
Trump would dump Zelensky and push for a peace deal in Ukraine but shift arms to Netanyahu, Harris would push for a peace deal in Gaza and Lebanon but shift more arms to Zelensky. The election outcome matters globally
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
You mean he has more money than sense?
More politics of envy.
Indeed.It’s refreshing that we have a PM and First Lady that look smart on the world stage.
Labour donor gives a clothing allowance to Labour politicians. So what?
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
*His own money*
Look, we saw with Boris Johnson what happens when the PM dresses like a gypo attending court, I want the UK Prime Minister to look the best.
Ludicrously expensive doesn't necessarily mean "the best".
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
You mean he has more money than sense?
More politics of envy.
In quite possibly the most envy I have ever had of a politician, Sunak's home office has shelves that line up and all his books (folders?) are the same colour and height.
Sorry. Are you upset again that by slightly criticising Sir Kir Royale for spending eleventy five trillion pounds of someone else’s money on golden y-fronts made of angel hair we are “destabilising the realm”?
Sir Keir can seek solace only in his parliamentary majority of 174. Our thoughts and prayers are with him, and his incredibly well-dressed wife, Lady Vic.
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
You mean he has more money than sense?
More politics of envy.
Indeed.It’s refreshing that we have a PM and First Lady that look smart on the world stage.
Labour donor gives a clothing allowance to Labour politicians. So what?
Idaho Statesman (via Seattle Times) - Does Trump want to turn ‘giant faucet’ to send Columbia River water to CA? What he said
The Columbia River could be the answer to California’s water problems, former President Donald Trump seemed to say at a news conference near Los Angeles.
“I’m going to give you more water than almost anyone has,” he said. There would be plenty of water for lawns at big houses in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, for farmers and to dampen the hills where forest fires burn, he said.
He started talking about water when he was asked a question about California wildfires raging nearby, an hour into a press conference at one of his golf courses earlier this month.
“You have millions of gallons of water pouring down from the Northwest, the snow caps and Canada,” he said.
All it would take is turning “essentially a very large faucet,” he said.
“It takes one day to turn it, it’s massive,” he said. “It’s as big as a wall, as that building right there behind you.” . . . .
. . . Canadian news media were not impressed.
The Columbia River flows from Canada south into Washington, where it is joined by water from the Snake River in Eastern Washington near the Tri-Cities to flow into the Pacific Ocean.
The Toronto Star said Trump’s promise “touches on deep-seated anxieties about our southern neighbors muscling their way into our water supply.”
Canada and the United States currently are finalizing a proposal to modernize the 1964 Columbia River Treaty, which has governed hydropower operations and management of flood risks on both sides of the international border. . . .
SSI - The notion of diverting water from the Columbia River to feed the thirst of California agriculture and development is an old one. AND a surefire way to piss off folks across the Pacific Northwest on both sides of the international border.
Am hoping that Trump's latest BS is broadcast freely among MAGA-minded farmers & others in eastern Washington, whose indivual livelihoods and regional economy are based on irrigation by water from the . . . wait for it . . . Columbia River.
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
You mean he has more money than sense?
More politics of envy.
In quite possibly the most envy I have ever had of a politician, Sunak's home office has shelves that line up and all his books (folders?) are the same colour and height.
From memory, the shelves are white, the books are a deep red.
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
Simon French @Frencheconomics · 2h More than a trebling in the rate rate of Pension Credit claims in September compared to the pre-WFP gateway policy rate. Inadvertent but highly encouraging impact on means tested benefit claims amongst UK pensioners.
This is actually very good. 880,000 people who were eligible for pension credit but who didn't for whatever reason claim something for which they were entitled.
Getting a good number of these the benefits to which they were entitled would be a positive for the withdrawal of winter fuel allowance.
It doesn't alter the fact however the announcement was poor politics and the cliff edge nature of the benefit also needs to be addressed.
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
You mean he has more money than sense?
More politics of envy.
Indeed.It’s refreshing that we have a PM and First Lady that look smart on the world stage.
Labour donor gives a clothing allowance to Labour politicians. So what?
I thought "there is no money left"...
You do realise that Labour’s donations aren’t taxpayers’ money? I mean if you don’t realise that then you are no different to most PBers and 70% of Joe Public TBF.
Sorry. Are you upset again that by slightly criticising Sir Kir Royale for spending eleventy five trillion pounds of someone else’s money on golden y-fronts made of angel hair we are “destabilising the realm”?
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
You mean he has more money than sense?
More politics of envy.
Indeed.It’s refreshing that we have a PM and First Lady that look smart on the world stage.
Labour donor gives a clothing allowance to Labour politicians. So what?
I thought "there is no money left"...
You do realise that Labour’s donations aren’t taxpayers’ money? I mean if you don’t realise that then you are no different to most PBers and 70% of Joe Public TBF.
So the money is in the hands of the Fat-Cat donors?
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
You mean he has more money than sense?
More politics of envy.
Indeed.It’s refreshing that we have a PM and First Lady that look smart on the world stage.
Labour donor gives a clothing allowance to Labour politicians. So what?
I thought "there is no money left"...
You do realise that Labour’s donations aren’t taxpayers’ money? I mean if you don’t realise that then you are no different to most PBers and 70% of Joe Public TBF.
So the money is in the hands of the Fat-Cat donors?
Well yes, but that’s the system we have. If you want to ban donations and have state-funding for political parties I’m all for it.
By the look on his face I think Zelensky realises if Trump wins so does Putin, Crimea certainly and much of the Eastern border regions of Ukraine will be handed over to Moscow in a Trump imposed 'peace deal'. I don't think any European nation and leader has any desire to fund and supply Zelensky to take the fight to Putin themselves without US support, certainly now Boris and Truss have gone. Even the Poles
Don't be so sure. I think much of Europe is very determined and there would be a push to use seized Russian funds to increase European funding for the war. Trump might not object to Europe using such money to buy American manufactured weaponry, particularly if he thought he would get a cut.
The Ukrainians themselves might decide that a pause in the war would be to their advantage. This is one reason why they are pushing for the maximum support now in the few months before the inauguration.
Watch: Can BBC reporter's AI clone fool his colleagues?
01:30 Watch: Can BBC reporter's AI clone fool his colleagues?
Companies are being warned about the increasing use of AI to carry out so-called CEO Fraud.
More victims are coming forward with their stories of being targeted using generative AI techniques, and one case in Hong Kong reportedly saw an AI clone used during a video meeting to trick staff into losing $25m.
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
Sorry. Are you upset again that by slightly criticising Sir Kir Royale for spending eleventy five trillion pounds of someone else’s money on golden y-fronts made of angel hair we are “destabilising the realm”?
What’s this destabilising the realm shit? Nothing to do with me.
Who, here, would begrudge the First Lord of the Treasury 100 pairs of silk-cashmere socks at £450 a pair? Fair dos, he has a hard job, this is just petty quibbling now. Fair dos
It's the politics of envy.
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
You mean he has more money than sense?
More politics of envy.
Indeed.It’s refreshing that we have a PM and First Lady that look smart on the world stage.
Labour donor gives a clothing allowance to Labour politicians. So what?
I thought "there is no money left"...
You do realise that Labour’s donations aren’t taxpayers’ money? I mean if you don’t realise that then you are no different to most PBers and 70% of Joe Public TBF.
So the money is in the hands of the Fat-Cat donors?
Well yes, but that’s the system we have. If you want to ban donations and have state-funding for political parties I’m all for it.
Tolls on the new Silvertown Tunnel are due come into force next year, alongside new tolls on the existing nearby Blackwall Tunnel.
It could cost cars and small vans £4 per trip in peak hours or £1.50 off peak. There would be a reduction for some drivers, for example those on low incomes.
Bexley councillor Richard Diment says the tolls will create a "two-tier London", adding: "In central and western London, where there are far more crossings, no tolls are charged. It will make south-east London even more isolated than it is already."
He is particularly against the decision to toll Blackwall tunnel, "which has had no toll on it since it opened in the 1890s".
"Over here in the east, where we have relatively few river crossings, people are going to have to pay.
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Also the story about his parents is absolutely heartbreaking. He was over here from Anguilla and his family had to use their life savings to get his body repatriated. They then had to get a loan to come over to give evidence at the trial so were not here for the sentencing.
I know there is a lot of nuance to all of this but it really doesn't give a good impression of the British justice system.
If the tolls reduce the wait time, it makes South East London more attractive, not less.
Just another normal day in 2024.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13896467/slow-processing-disorder-Essential-checklist-child-affected.html
"Do YOU have slow processing disorder? You've heard of dyslexia and ADHD, but increasing numbers are being diagnosed with a condition that makes life difficult for both children and adults. Here are the symptoms to look for..."
I have this weird hunch this is not a newly-discovered disorder, but is, in fact, the condition that boffins used to know as "being stupid"
Maybe the editors and hacks have got SPD.
I might see a wedding cake and have a minor panic attack.
This is him, to a tee. Now I feel guilty. I always thought he was just dumb as a squashed daffodil, but actually he has Slow Processing Disorder
"What are the symptoms of SLOW PROCESSING DISORDER?"
"The signs, according to Lynn Lovell, head of professional standards at the British Dyslexia Association (bda.uk.com), can include: ‘Being slow to respond to verbal instructions or questions; taking longer than others to read or write; feeling overwhelmed by too much information; difficulty following conversations and picking up on social cues; poor time management; finding it hard to find the right word; and anxiety when required to work at speed.’"
Sorry, Rog
"Candidate X has an IQ of 67 because he is fucking dumb, however this is only because he has Slow Processing Disorder, and in reality he is extremely bright, despite being fucking stupid"
* Sort of four, because there was a duplicate of the middle tier, but it wasn't part of the tiered whole when on display.
Within seconds, @Woger identified the real victims of the Ukraine War. Oligarchs who’d lost their yachts. Apparently he was expecting the mood at his favourite hotel to be very down.
Acute, rapid perception like that isn’t compatible with your diagnosis
Edit to add: in the real world, I use public transport. When I was in London, I got the Elizabeth line to Whitechapel, then the Overground to New Cross.
Doesn’t everyone?
Parliament could easily change the law to say 10-17 year olds convicted of murder are given a maximum 1/3 off their sentence relative to what an adult would have got as a life sentence (even if under 21s can't be given a whole life order)
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(with minor help from me): Keir Starmer received *£16,000 more* in clothes from Lord Alli - these were initially listed in the register of interests only as “for the private office of the leader of the opposition”.
https://x.com/peterwalker99/status/1839713656973471872
And it's the Guardian, again. They are trying to bring him down
Having slaughtered tens of thousands in Gaza they’re moving onto to start slaughtering thousands in the Lebanon .
Netanyahu should be rotting in a jail cell not swanning around without a care in the world .
I mean, they are being promoted on Twatter. Elon Musk. Just sayin’
Is that even possible? Once you've got two Savile Row suits and two pairs of Lobbs, you've still got about £20k left
3 years in planning already.
Turning a golf course into expanded Wimbledon tennis courts and a public park.
Seriously. This is getting surreal
https://x.com/JolyonMaugham/status/1839547615911850166
Nick Wallis is the journalist who usually reports on the Post Office scandal.
"Nick Wallis
@nickwallis
When law becomes detached from reality, bad actors gather, waiting for their chance to slip through the confusion.
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Germany's parliament is set to review a proposed amendment that would make "pedosexuality" a protected characteristic.
The amendment was submitted by a pro-pedophile lobbyist with a history of child pornography convictions.
https://reduxx.info/exclusive-german-parliament-to-review-petition-to-make-pedosexuality-a-legally-protected-identity/"
https://x.com/nickwallis/status/1839357588749836339
It's what I imagine being addicted to cocaine feels like.
That’s less than the price of @TheScreamingEagles’s casual, third best pair of loafers.
One of the junior footman spent that little on his jacket, once. The butler had a word. He’ll be properly dressed in future.
https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/shopping/cashmere-blend-ribbed-calf-socks-23689887?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwr9m3BhDHARIsANut04aIWjNhQGy2KZLthYTwJgiSjyVbR-Y10ZouideXYhnuaEljEIcvZC4aAn-nEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
If it is that, then that makes sense. Everyone needs socks, and if you get some you like, you buy a load so they are all interchangeable if you lose one in the wash, down at the laundrette
So SkyrToolmakersson just bought 70 pairs of those, which is actually quite sensible. In fact maybe he got a discount and got 100 pairs at only £450 a pair, thus saving the country money, and fair dos
So the significance of this story coming from the Guardian is not that the Guardian is after Starmer, but that their source is a lefty, and they're after Starmer.
https://youtu.be/01R_lP51Pw0?si=JaCAHiG6aiTQ7YeO&t=93
We saw it when Sunak used his own money to buy expensive fashion choices.
Apparently, Putin would like the war to stop too.
Also, Trump looks *very* old for the first time.
Back in 2000 he was spending half of that per month on flowers:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/elton-john-spent-pound-40m-in-20-months-622287.html
Netanyahu wants Hezbollah to respond and so he can order troops into Lebanon and try and get the Israeli public onside. I’m sure he couldn’t care if hundreds of Israelis get wiped out as long as he can act as the “ war leader “.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIZsxA01Ds4
For example, did his "hair"dresser run out of DJT's favorite toxic-orange dye?
- Make the goal - identify disinformation that services your cause
- Acquire the target - find somebody(s) with little knowledge of subject matter who will believe/not interrogate the data
- Generate the disinformation - find/make the disinformation
- Infiltrate the target/initiate the attack - introduce the disinformation to the somebody(s)
- Cascade the amplification - repeat/retweet their discussion of it.
We are particularly vulnerable to it, given our propensity to quote twitter. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXsfNdJQAbwWhich is why the next step is to make the Rotherhithe Tunnel non-motorised traffic only.
Capacity for motors won't be a problem - Silvertown adds a huge amount.
Sir Keir Royale.
Gordon Brittas.
Sir Sheer Wanker.
CURRYGATE.
DONKEYGATE.
FROCKGATE.
TRUSS.
The Israeli government is fast becoming one of the most loathed on the planet . The USA will do bugger all especially with an election coming.
Idaho Statesman (via Seattle Times) - Does Trump want to turn ‘giant faucet’ to send Columbia River water to CA? What he said
The Columbia River could be the answer to California’s water problems, former President Donald Trump seemed to say at a news conference near Los Angeles.
“I’m going to give you more water than almost anyone has,” he said. There would be plenty of water for lawns at big houses in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, for farmers and to dampen the hills where forest fires burn, he said.
He started talking about water when he was asked a question about California wildfires raging nearby, an hour into a press conference at one of his golf courses earlier this month.
“You have millions of gallons of water pouring down from the Northwest, the snow caps and Canada,” he said.
All it would take is turning “essentially a very large faucet,” he said.
“It takes one day to turn it, it’s massive,” he said. “It’s as big as a wall, as that building right there behind you.” . . . .
. . . Canadian news media were not impressed.
The Columbia River flows from Canada south into Washington, where it is joined by water from the Snake River in Eastern Washington near the Tri-Cities to flow into the Pacific Ocean.
The Toronto Star said Trump’s promise “touches on deep-seated anxieties about our southern neighbors muscling their way into our water supply.”
Canada and the United States currently are finalizing a proposal to modernize the 1964 Columbia River Treaty, which has governed hydropower operations and management of flood risks on both sides of the international border. . . .
SSI - The notion of diverting water from the Columbia River to feed the thirst of California agriculture and development is an old one. AND a surefire way to piss off folks across the Pacific Northwest on both sides of the international border.
Am hoping that Trump's latest BS is broadcast freely among MAGA-minded farmers & others in eastern Washington, whose indivual livelihoods and regional economy are based on irrigation by water from the . . . wait for it . . . Columbia River.
In other news, Paddington station has gained a brand new entrance on its eastern side, mostly intended to serve the Bakerloo line, but with access to the narrow subway linking to the Circle and District lines.
Labour donor gives a clothing allowance to Labour politicians. So what?
Great podcast on the bizarre hypocrisy around FROCKGATE.
Getting a good number of these the benefits to which they were entitled would be a positive for the withdrawal of winter fuel allowance.
It doesn't alter the fact however the announcement was poor politics and the cliff edge nature of the benefit also needs to be addressed.
You have a pair of those pants, don't you?
The Ukrainians themselves might decide that a pause in the war would be to their advantage. This is one reason why they are pushing for the maximum support now in the few months before the inauguration.
Watch: Can BBC reporter's AI clone fool his colleagues?
01:30
Watch: Can BBC reporter's AI clone fool his colleagues?
Companies are being warned about the increasing use of AI to carry out so-called CEO Fraud.
More victims are coming forward with their stories of being targeted using generative AI techniques, and one case in Hong Kong reportedly saw an AI clone used during a video meeting to trick staff into losing $25m.
(Yes, shouting without responsibility is fun, but it's a hollow kind of fun, isn't it?)