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So the overall consequences of all this are simply going to be that Dick going into the House of Lords and Sue Gray resigning in disgust, right? Oh, and of course CON (+5)
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That's... pretty drat sneaky! No they can respond to any further questions with: "It would be inappropriate to comment while a police investigation is ongoing etc...." and when the whole thing gets dropped in a year, it's old news by then!
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I fail to see how the outcome of an independent review could possibly prejudice a police investigation at this stage. If anything it would be incredibly useful to the met to see what she's found.
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TACD posted:Honestly have to say even following this thread I have completely lost track of all the investigations and reports going on around this. Which of course is, if not deliberately the point, at least a happy little accident for all involved. Failed Imagineer posted:Will these be different insectoid slavers from the ones in Buckingham Palace then? TACD posted:um, those are reptilian slavers, how embarrassing for you You're both wrong. It's going to be octupuses (octopodes, octopii). I watched Ancient Aliens last night so I know it's true.
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I mean, what's even the loving point of the reports and investigations here? Say they come out saying that the lockdown rules and laws and whatever the gently caress were categorically broken. Johnson pays a small fine and that's it, right? He's not going to go to loving jail over a a party. It's all just theatre to keep it in the news.
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Shyrka posted:I mean, what's even the loving point of the reports and investigations here? I guarantee it'll be some aide and whichever poor sod bought the cake that gets stuck with the fines.
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Jan 25, 2022 15:38
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Also pretty cheeky to refuse to answer questions in Parliament, who I rather think have precedence over the police.
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Shyrka posted:I mean, what's even the loving point of the reports and investigations here? That's not the point of all of this though, in respect of which I refer you to that long grass over there *points forward in time several years*
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big scary monsters posted:Also pretty cheeky to refuse to answer questions in Parliament, who I rather think have precedence over the police. If I were an mp I would simply refer to Boris as the 'The Prime Minister (who is under criminal investigation)" at every opportunity.
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"the Prime Minister (who has been sacked from several previous jobs for lying)" could have gotten some mileage Does that fly with the speakers, idk
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Jan 25, 2022 15:53
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https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1485990630610329615 Sounds like they're all just winging it, tbh.
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This is literally the stupidest thing that's ever happened in uk politics tbqh
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Convex posted:This is literally the stupidest thing that's ever happened in uk politics tbqh Only since the last thing that's happened in UK politics.
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I mean, is anyone really surprised anymore? The corruption and crookery runs deep through the government, the police, the media etc. At this point anyone who expects the outcome of this whole thing to be justice served absolutely needs their head checked. There's only one way things are going to actually change in this country and it'll never happen because Britain is a nation of cuckolded forelock-tuggers.
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See how well the "it was only for ten minutes" defence works when you break into the grounds of Buckingham Palace with a crossbow.
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Convex posted:This is literally the stupidest thing that's ever happened in uk politics tbqh i'm sure something stupider will happen tomorrow to top it.
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Did a big hmm today driving past the catholic school with its big ONE FAITH, ONE FAMILY, ONE FUTURE sign.
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Convex posted:This is literally the stupidest thing that's ever happened in uk politics tbqh Remember when we voted for Brexit? Remember when the Liberals voluntarily gave up their manifesto pledge to drop tuition fees to show their dedication to the coalition (also because David Laws has dogshit politics even by Liberal standards) when the Tories weren't going to bring it up because they assumed it'd be a red line, leading to the electoral destruction of their miserable little party? Remember the expenses scandal and specifically the duck moat? It's stupid but let us be fair, British politics is idiocy all the way down.
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OwlFancier posted:Did a big hmm today driving past the catholic school with its big ONE FAITH, ONE FAMILY, ONE FUTURE sign. Kinder, Küche, Kirche?
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forkboy84 posted:Kinder, Küche, Kirche? The surprisingly more Nazi version of KKK than the actual KKK.
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Apraxin posted:https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1485990630610329615 It could be read as Boris desperately trying to cover his rear end and the Met going "Naaaah." As people said, its not like this is ever going to court, so its not going to prejudice any future jury. I love the idea of Boris saying one thing any getting ignored. Its also amazing that "PM under criminal investigation" is considered the GOOD option for the PM!
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OwlFancier posted:Cakes? Kids, church & cooking, the role of women in society according to, possibly either Kaiser Wilhelm or his missus.
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I can understand that if I was married to willie as it would at least mean I had as little as possible to do with him while he was fondling boats or whatever he did for fun.
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Prole posted:I mean, is anyone really surprised anymore? The corruption and crookery runs deep through the government, the police, the media etc. At this point anyone who expects the outcome of this whole thing to be justice served absolutely needs their head checked. I don't know if your characterisation of Britain is correct. The Brits, and English in particular, have been bred to be averse to 'fuss'. I'm n9 shrinking violet, but even last night, out to dinner both meals were cold, so I sent them back. Then apologised. For their error. It's no accident our national 5reasures are people like Victoria Wood and Alan Bennett. We have centuries of being under the lash to cast off, but most are happier with the status quo, because they know no different.
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We are also a nation of curtain twitchers though. Sneering at anyone who's different or worse off. Fittingly, this ended up in my feed: https://twitter.com/horatiothegould/status/1485576824063250438?s=24 I'm sure half of have legitimately been on Channel 4 or Channel 5
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Happy Burns Night, folks. I hope you've all got your haggises and drams ready to celebrate our beloved bard, fondly remembered for such noble poems and songs as this.quote:CUMNOCK PSALMS
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All 5his balls about Johnson not taking questions, especially in Parliament, should at last tell Keith to strike, and strike hard. But he won't. Incase it sounded like I was apologising or excusing this benighted Isle ( Yes, guava, twisto, I know we are an archipelago ), I wasn't. This country is hateful, spiteful, inequal, and responsible for more than its share of humanitarian outrages. Hope thats clearer.
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OwlFancier posted:Did a big hmm today driving past the catholic school with its big ONE FAITH, ONE FAMILY, ONE FUTURE sign. That's disconcertingly familiar and unpleasant.
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OwlFancier posted:Did a big hmm today driving past the catholic school with its big ONE FAITH, ONE FAMILY, ONE FUTURE sign.
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OwlFancier posted:Cakes? No, that's CoE, we had actual wars for the right to make Victoria Sponge and homemade marmalade part of the Sacrament. (It's been a while since my RE and History lessons at school but I'm fairly sure that's right)
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feedmegin posted:We are not the States, though, thank god. I mean they have black sites in e.g. Chicago where they literally kidnap and torture black people. Not to say our cops are, like, nice, but I would be wary of looking at the US and saying ours are exactly as bad.
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Redgrendel2001 posted:It takes some real balls to says this the week of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. ...which did not involve cops, and also happened half a century ago. Not saying Britain hasn't done all sorts of awful hosed up poo poo but I'm not sure you can use that as the yardstick for the Met in 2022.
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Redgrendel2001 posted:It takes some real balls to says this the week of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Remember that time the Met tortured some Irish people and made them make false confessions to the Guilford pub bombings.
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feedmegin posted:...which did not involve cops, and also happened half a century ago. Not saying Britain hasn't done all sorts of awful hosed up poo poo but I'm not sure you can use that as the yardstick for the Met in 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZdKreXodNQ but I also found myself thinking "I bet the US police have had more Black men die in suspicious circumstances in custody last year alone than that whole list" (and they did) It takes a lot of effort to be worse than American policing.
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feedmegin posted:...which did not involve cops, and also happened half a century ago. Not saying Britain hasn't done all sorts of awful hosed up poo poo but I'm not sure you can use that as the yardstick for the Met in 2022. You say that as if 50 years was long enough to forget about it. lol
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"It could be worse" is a UK mantra. It's taken as everything from an excuse to a threat to a defence to a prediction depending on your political persuasion
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Borrovan posted:Getting fined for it would be another nail in Johnson's political coffin tbf "Surely Boris will do the decent thing this time and release the report" is a wild take, wilder still from the man with the most inspected wallet in politics. jiggerypokery posted:"It could be worse" is a UK mantra.
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