They don’t need a truth and reconciliation commission half as much as they need a committee of public safety

Really enjoyed it, looking forward to getting stuck in with the benefit of the knowledge

Wrecks that Changed the World, ‘Last Days of the Battleship’

After a 20-year gap in production, yes

On Bush’s initial point, what the hell kind of incentive for intellectual politics is there, when time and again it has been proved that the most idiotic, insulting and crass politics are rewarded and trying to be thoughtful gets you crushed

A large part of the problem as it strikes me is people who like to see themselves as on the left, progressive side of politics feeling the need to hammer home the ‘better things aren’t possible’ line because if they supported genuine transformation now, it would make a mockery of their entire career

That’s very good on his MO. And again, something of a travesty that this can be clearly stated and is amply evidenced, but in seven years the regulator has apparently been able to do nothing to stop him

No I didn’t, will take a look thanks

Did you see this? I thought parts of it were quite useful generally, as principles for responding to vexatious litigation.

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I do too, but at the same time I think they could do a lot more when it’s obvious someone is not just abusing the system but driving a coach and horses through it

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She *cut their water off during a heatwave* and still nobody turned to physical violence. Which says an awful lot about the decency of the majority imo

She of course routinely accused the defendants of violent and threatening behaviour, with virtually no evidence. (On a couple of occasions, under the direst provocation, one or two people swore at her)

If anything, it’s the other way round - the claimant in the Abbotsley case repeatedly drove her car at the defendants, and in one case physically pushed someone with it. She was convicted of assault for that, but it didn’t stop her