In todays news...

Current affairs, Politics, News.
Saga Lout
Posts: 1835
Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 3:38 pm
Location: North East Essex
Has thanked: 565 times
Been thanked: 754 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by Saga Lout »

slowsider wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 6:54 am "A 77-year-old white South African farm owner has appeared in court after shooting and wounding a black woman he claimed he mistook for a hippopotamus"

Did he not look at the shoes?
Please tell me his name is Reginald Perrin.

User avatar
Yorick
Posts: 16737
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:20 pm
Location: Paradise
Has thanked: 10265 times
Been thanked: 6886 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by Yorick »

How the mighty have fallen...

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-61276378
slowsider
Posts: 3189
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:45 pm
Location: RoI
Has thanked: 1264 times
Been thanked: 1188 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by slowsider »

And he's gone.
Neil Parish, the MP for Tiverton and Honiton says he initially found the pornographic website while looking at tractors.
Ooh aargh.
User avatar
Skub
Posts: 12167
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:32 pm
Location: Norn Iron
Has thanked: 9828 times
Been thanked: 10145 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by Skub »

slowsider wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 4:32 pm And he's gone.
Neil Parish, the MP for Tiverton and Honiton says he initially found the pornographic website while looking at tractors.
Ooh aargh.
Both on mucky sites innit. :thumbup:
"Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn't know what you know now."
Walt Whitman
https://soundcloud.com/skub1955
Bike Breaker
Posts: 287
Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2020 9:45 pm
Location: Yorkshire
Has thanked: 5 times
Been thanked: 215 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by Bike Breaker »

slowsider wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 4:32 pm And he's gone.
Neil Parish, the MP for Tiverton and Honiton says he initially found the pornographic website while looking at tractors.
Ooh aargh.
I'll pretend I believe him. Next question. Why was he looking for tractor websites when he should have been concentrating on what was being said in the Commons?
User avatar
irie
Posts: 2769
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:09 pm
Location: Noviomagus Reginorum
Has thanked: 1482 times
Been thanked: 411 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by irie »

Hooray hooray the first of May, hedgerow fucking starts today.

Carry on.
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people." - Giordano Bruno
User avatar
Horse
Posts: 11554
Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:30 am
Location: Always sunny southern England
Has thanked: 6191 times
Been thanked: 5087 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by Horse »

irie wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 6:40 am Hooray hooray the first of May, hedgerow fucking starts today.

Carry on.
Is that dogging by bicycle?
Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
User avatar
irie
Posts: 2769
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:09 pm
Location: Noviomagus Reginorum
Has thanked: 1482 times
Been thanked: 411 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by irie »

Yep, it's the DM, but it does seem that Angela Rayner was herself the source of the 'Basic Instinct" story about herself!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ayner.html
REVEALED: Conservative Party inquiry finds the source of the Angela Rayner 'Basic Instinct' story that triggered a storm at Westminster was... Angela Rayner
Reminds me of Kenny Everett :lol:

"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people." - Giordano Bruno
Mussels
Posts: 4441
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:02 pm
Has thanked: 836 times
Been thanked: 1238 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by Mussels »

She won't care, she'll say the end justified the means and therefore she's not a misogynist.
She's an equal opportunity hater, she despises everyone.
User avatar
DefTrap
Posts: 4495
Joined: Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:23 am
Has thanked: 2260 times
Been thanked: 2191 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by DefTrap »

irie wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 10:30 am Yep, it's the DM, but it does seem that Angela Rayner was herself the source of the 'Basic Instinct" story about herself!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ayner.html

It's interesting how the PM can do lightning quick investigations when it suits him though. ;)
Mussels
Posts: 4441
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 9:02 pm
Has thanked: 836 times
Been thanked: 1238 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by Mussels »

DefTrap wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 12:41 pm
irie wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 10:30 am Yep, it's the DM, but it does seem that Angela Rayner was herself the source of the 'Basic Instinct" story about herself!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ayner.html

It's interesting how the PM can do lightning quick investigations when it suits him though. ;)
He was still slow compared to people vilifying the Tory party for it.
slowsider
Posts: 3189
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:45 pm
Location: RoI
Has thanked: 1264 times
Been thanked: 1188 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by slowsider »

irie wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 10:30 am Yep, it's the DM, but it does seem that Angela Rayner was herself the source of the 'Basic Instinct" story about herself!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ayner.html
REVEALED: Conservative Party inquiry finds the source of the Angela Rayner 'Basic Instinct' story that triggered a storm at Westminster was... Angela Rayner
Interesting then that the DM or perhaps MoS were refusing to reveal their source on the grounds of free speech :roll:

Rayner joking that it doesn't take much to distract Boris is not quite the same as a Tory MP trotting to the tabloids to tell tales.
slowsider
Posts: 3189
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:45 pm
Location: RoI
Has thanked: 1264 times
Been thanked: 1188 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by slowsider »

Mussels wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 12:44 pm
DefTrap wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 12:41 pm
irie wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 10:30 am Yep, it's the DM, but it does seem that Angela Rayner was herself the source of the 'Basic Instinct" story about herself!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ayner.html

It's interesting how the PM can do lightning quick investigations when it suits him though. ;)
He was still slow compared to people vilifying the Tory party for it.
It's not like theres a shortage of ammunition :lol:
User avatar
irie
Posts: 2769
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 1:09 pm
Location: Noviomagus Reginorum
Has thanked: 1482 times
Been thanked: 411 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by irie »

DefTrap wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 12:41 pm
irie wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 10:30 am Yep, it's the DM, but it does seem that Angela Rayner was herself the source of the 'Basic Instinct" story about herself!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ayner.html
It's interesting how the PM can do lightning quick investigations when it suits him though. ;)
Mussels wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 12:44 pm
DefTrap wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 12:41 pm
irie wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 10:30 am Yep, it's the DM, but it does seem that Angela Rayner was herself the source of the 'Basic Instinct" story about herself!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ayner.html
It's interesting how the PM can do lightning quick investigations when it suits him though. ;)
He was still slow compared to people vilifying the Tory party for it.
So it's a score draw then? ;)
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people." - Giordano Bruno
Bigjawa
Posts: 1930
Joined: Mon Jun 01, 2020 10:54 pm
Location: Ballymena Co. Antrim
Has thanked: 221 times
Been thanked: 878 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by Bigjawa »

I really can't imagine her talking about a ginger growler.
User avatar
DefTrap
Posts: 4495
Joined: Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:23 am
Has thanked: 2260 times
Been thanked: 2191 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by DefTrap »

I think the PM has put nullified fibbing, setting a poor example and, ahem, lawbreaking as things we should hold MPs accountable for.

I almost feel sorry for the porno-tractor guy - his defence should have been 'but Boris is worse' and just walked off.
User avatar
Horse
Posts: 11554
Joined: Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:30 am
Location: Always sunny southern England
Has thanked: 6191 times
Been thanked: 5087 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by Horse »

DefTrap wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 2:09 pm I think the PM has put nullified fibbing, setting a poor example and, ahem, lawbreaking as things we should hold MPs accountable for.

I almost feel sorry for the porno-tractor guy - his defence should have been 'but Boris is worse' and just walked off.
But anyway, there's a war on, no ignore it all?
Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
slowsider
Posts: 3189
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 3:45 pm
Location: RoI
Has thanked: 1264 times
Been thanked: 1188 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by slowsider »

So is this Priti, thinking outside the (thunder) box, to deter channel-hopping migrants?

"Untreated sewage was discharged into England’s coastal bathing waters for more than 160,000 hours last year,"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... aters-2021
Mr. Dazzle
Posts: 13939
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:57 pm
Location: Milton Keynes
Has thanked: 2551 times
Been thanked: 6245 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by Mr. Dazzle »

slowsider wrote: Mon May 02, 2022 8:32 amfor more than 160,000 hours last year,"

Err....
Mr. Dazzle
Posts: 13939
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:57 pm
Location: Milton Keynes
Has thanked: 2551 times
Been thanked: 6245 times

Re: In todays news...

Post by Mr. Dazzle »

Yes I kinda assume so :D

Or they've found a way to compress time by a factor of about 20, in which case WTF are they doing wasting it on sewage.