a It's about lighting a fire under the police. The politicians know that Mandy is hoping to timeout the outrage and it to turn into a decade long "enquiry" that announces that charges … (View Post)

Scaffolders are about 90% blokes who lug stuff around. There is a bit of skill (in some jobs), but it's largely metal Lego. There's a reason that other building trades make jokes about them… (View Post)

Well, I don't know what they advised. But creating such a settlement in the middle of a court case must have gone through the lawyers. On both sides. And the court. (View Post)

a The lawyers, in this case, cooked up the settlement. That's both sides of the case, plus the agreement of the complainant and sign off by the court. The advice of the lawyers would have been t… (View Post)

Perhaps it is more “to refuse to implement this policy is to commit heresy” See the many works on Political Religions. (View Post)