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Full time police officer, part time social worker, psychiatrist, marriage guidance counselor and dog whisperer. Godwin's Law is not justicable.
What's the problem? The ejector seat worked as intended. Just a minor timing anomaly.
December 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
What's the problem? The ejector seat worked as intended. Just a minor timing anomaly.
My dad had a bottle of wine signed by Tony Blair he'd acquired on a silent charity auction. He rational was that he was on the board of the charity so had to buy something and "I'm pretty sure it's still alcoholic".
December 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
My dad had a bottle of wine signed by Tony Blair he'd acquired on a silent charity auction. He rational was that he was on the board of the charity so had to buy something and "I'm pretty sure it's still alcoholic".
Who is the most seasoned of the jerks?
December 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Who is the most seasoned of the jerks?
No clean water so that we can fund political parties. Got it.
December 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
No clean water so that we can fund political parties. Got it.
And who can forget the patron saint of laundry St Aines
December 5, 2025 at 10:22 PM
And who can forget the patron saint of laundry St Aines
I'm just not sure what's 'non- military' about flying military drones into another country's airspace without permission.
December 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I'm just not sure what's 'non- military' about flying military drones into another country's airspace without permission.
What's hybrid about it? Sounds like a straightforward act of physical aggression to me.
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
What's hybrid about it? Sounds like a straightforward act of physical aggression to me.
It's a nessesary evil. They'll go and sexually harass the frogs again if we don't take firm action.
December 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It's a nessesary evil. They'll go and sexually harass the frogs again if we don't take firm action.
Have they considered bringing more wickets?
December 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Have they considered bringing more wickets?
A sheet of cardboard and some jaffa tape and you'd still be £95 up in your first month.
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A sheet of cardboard and some jaffa tape and you'd still be £95 up in your first month.
Well someone's got to keep the Kabooms in line.
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Well someone's got to keep the Kabooms in line.
A prosecutor read your statement and still decided there was a realistic prospect of conviction. I'm not sure prosecutors routinely speaking to witnesses would help effectiveness. You'd replace reading, say, 10 witness statements, with reading 10 statements & speaking to 10 witnesses.
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A prosecutor read your statement and still decided there was a realistic prospect of conviction. I'm not sure prosecutors routinely speaking to witnesses would help effectiveness. You'd replace reading, say, 10 witness statements, with reading 10 statements & speaking to 10 witnesses.
I was lucky enough to meet a man who came to the UK in the 1930's as a German Jewish boy. He was one of 3 German boys in his British school. In successive years the 3 of them won the English prize. For them English, academic success and assimilation was of existential importance.
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I was lucky enough to meet a man who came to the UK in the 1930's as a German Jewish boy. He was one of 3 German boys in his British school. In successive years the 3 of them won the English prize. For them English, academic success and assimilation was of existential importance.
Jury bailiffs are obviously not free. I still don't see where the savings come from. If these changes reduce the backlog (as Lammy claims) he'll need more Magistrates Courts or judge only Crown Courts sitting . To do that he'll need to pay more judges and clerks (who earn more than jury bailiffs).
December 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Jury bailiffs are obviously not free. I still don't see where the savings come from. If these changes reduce the backlog (as Lammy claims) he'll need more Magistrates Courts or judge only Crown Courts sitting . To do that he'll need to pay more judges and clerks (who earn more than jury bailiffs).
£5.71 actually. Quite impressive to be even more parsimonious than the police meals allowance.
December 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
£5.71 actually. Quite impressive to be even more parsimonious than the police meals allowance.
Tbh that's not fundamentally a £ issue. The point of witness statement is to have a fixed record of what a witness is expected to say at trial. Plus given lawyers aren't allowed to tell witness how to answer specific questions there's little to discuss that Witnesses Care Unit can't cover instead.
December 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Tbh that's not fundamentally a £ issue. The point of witness statement is to have a fixed record of what a witness is expected to say at trial. Plus given lawyers aren't allowed to tell witness how to answer specific questions there's little to discuss that Witnesses Care Unit can't cover instead.
I have zero idea how removing the unpaid people from the system will save money.
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I have zero idea how removing the unpaid people from the system will save money.
I refuse to believe it even needed needed somone in the chain of command with the backbone to sat "No Sir". I've worked in a hierarchical organisation long enough to know that you can defeat an order by dragging your feet etc.
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I refuse to believe it even needed needed somone in the chain of command with the backbone to sat "No Sir". I've worked in a hierarchical organisation long enough to know that you can defeat an order by dragging your feet etc.
Depends on the quality of those extra years no? Years of alcohol driven poor health ain't cheap, even if people die younger.
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Depends on the quality of those extra years no? Years of alcohol driven poor health ain't cheap, even if people die younger.
My sister and I have been talking for years about the difference in alcohol consumption between us/our millennial friends and that of our parents. Interesting to see data mesh with anecdote.
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My sister and I have been talking for years about the difference in alcohol consumption between us/our millennial friends and that of our parents. Interesting to see data mesh with anecdote.
What a silly..um...
December 2, 2025 at 11:55 AM
What a silly..um...
One gee many geese surely?
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 AM
One gee many geese surely?
Assume it's now US Government policy that it was fine when the Imperial Japanese Navy machine gunned US sailors in the water during WW2?
December 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Assume it's now US Government policy that it was fine when the Imperial Japanese Navy machine gunned US sailors in the water during WW2?