In todays news...

[Yambo]

UK is fucked.

Wasn't my fault. I've got dementia

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cam ... e-62503903

Insane

Wasn't my fault, I can afford a 'good' lawyer.

Isn't that called the Saunder's defence?

[Felix]

Simmilar one happened in Edinburgh. Never did find out the circumstances around the accident as the old woman died before it went to court

https://news.stv.tv/east-central/pensio ... court-case

[Count Steer]

UK is fucked.

Wasn't my fault. I've got dementia

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cam ... e-62503903

Insane

Wasn't my fault, I can afford a 'good' lawyer.

Isn't that called the Saunder's defence?

We had a similar event when an aged woman driver ploughed into the people waiting at the bus stop outside the local arts centre and killed an acquaintance of my wife's mother. She may have been old and incompetent but she could afford excellent legal representation. They fought tooth and nail to try to prevent her from losing her licence. To add insult to injury, the old bag was completely unrepentant and showed not the slightest regret.

[Yorick]

I'm all for equality but it's getting daft now. They're excluding folk based on colour.
What next? Gay, black, disabled, dandruff and ugly dwarfs rights march?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62542742

[Felix]

I was dong a survey today as the council want impute for ways to better out thin buy bus high street. Usual bunch of questions about safety, charging for parking and selfish bastard cycle lanes. At the end i was stating to get asked age group, am i male female, pregnant or trans. WTF has any of that shit got to do with the council or impacting on how the hight street is made safer

[Noggin]

I'm all for equality but it's getting daft now. They're excluding folk based on colour.
What next? Gay, black, disabled, dandruff and ugly dwarfs rights march?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62542742

Where's the bit that says anyone not within the colour is excluded? It doesn't say that at all. The title of the meeting is Black Pride, but there are clearly whites in the photos and these sort of things are the most inclusive 'meets'/'get togethers'.

Its more about how you are reading something into nothing than the group discriminating!!

Bet not all the people that attended are gay or LGBTQ+ either

[Mussels]

I'm all for equality but it's getting daft now. They're excluding folk based on colour.
What next? Gay, black, disabled, dandruff and ugly dwarfs rights march?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62542742

Where's the bit that says anyone not within the colour is excluded? It doesn't say that at all. The title of the meeting is Black Pride, but there are clearly whites in the photos and these sort of things are the most inclusive 'meets'/'get togethers'.

Its more about how you are reading something into nothing than the group discriminating!!

Bet not all the people that attended are gay or LGBTQ+ either

You are both right. It doesn't specifically exclude white people as that would be illegal but the title makes it clear it is not for them.
There are various pride splinter groups so this isn't trying to be racist, it's to divide a larger group, encourage prejudices and recruit political activists.

[slowsider]

I'm all for equality but it's getting daft now. They're excluding folk based on colour.
What next? Gay, black, disabled, dandruff and ugly dwarfs rights march?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62542742

Where's the bit that says anyone not within the colour is excluded? It doesn't say that at all. The title of the meeting is Black Pride, but there are clearly whites in the photos and these sort of things are the most inclusive 'meets'/'get togethers'.

Its more about how you are reading something into nothing than the group discriminating!!

Bet not all the people that attended are gay or LGBTQ+ either

You are both right. It doesn't specifically exclude white people as that would be illegal but the title makes it clear it is not for them.
There are various pride splinter groups so this isn't trying to be racist, it's to divide a larger group, encourage prejudices and recruit political activists.

I think there is a significant difference in perspective between a Black pride event and a White pride event.

[DefTrap]

I'm all for equality but it's getting daft now. They're excluding folk based on colour.
What next? Gay, black, disabled, dandruff and ugly dwarfs rights march?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62542742

It's a little odd that in an effort to exclude whitey but not specifically exclude whitey that they've had to leave out American Indian, Alaskan, Pacific Islander etc. What have those poor buggers done to be left all glittered up and nowhere to go?

[JackyJoll]

Why shouldn’t some black people form up in a parade of black people?

Wouldn’t it be racist to stop them?

[irie]

I'm all for equality but it's getting daft now. They're excluding folk based on colour.
What next? Gay, black, disabled, dandruff and ugly dwarfs rights march?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62542742

Implicit racism.

Just imagine the cries of "racism" if such an event was held primarily for the ~87% of the population which is not in the so-called ethnic minority groups!

[Mussels]

New emergency alert system seemingly driven by the met office who want it to be an opt out system.
It could be useful but I expect they won't be able to resist spamming people so much that almost everyone opts out.
BBC News - Emergency alert system to launch in October across Great Britain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62549122

[cheb]

I'd sign up for it if the messages are read by the back up voice from The Heart of Gold.

[Cousin Jack]

I was dong a survey today as the council want impute for ways to better out thin buy bus high street. Usual bunch of questions about safety, charging for parking and selfish bastard cycle lanes. At the end i was stating to get asked age group, am i male female, pregnant or trans. WTF has any of that shit got to do with the council or impacting on how the hight street is made safer

Ah, but they have to make sure they get the opinion of minorities. Th opinion of a pregnant trans thing is important.

[irie]

New emergency alert system seemingly driven by the met office who want it to be an opt out system.
It could be useful but I expect they won't be able to resist spamming people so much that almost everyone opts out.
BBC News - Emergency alert system to launch in October across Great Britain
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62549122

The Met Office will love it, they'll give warnings of heavy rain, no rain, high temperatures, low temperatures, when to put on sun cream, when to increase hydration, ad nauseam, all of which will be attributed to climate change which is now implicitly caused by human activity on the planet. This is where the BBC, as a public service broadcaster, will try to get it's oar in.

[Felix]

Ah, but they have to make sure they get the opinion of minorities. Th opinion of a pregnant trans thing is important.

Ahh. Never thought that the Trans may be asking for there own bike parking area.

[Pirahna]

A special treat for some NHS staff.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/15/nhs-trus ... -17184917/

[Jody]

I was dong a survey today as the council want impute for ways to better out thin buy bus high street. Usual bunch of questions about safety, charging for parking and selfish bastard cycle lanes. At the end i was stating to get asked age group, am i male female, pregnant or trans. WTF has any of that shit got to do with the council or impacting on how the hight street is made safer

I gave up after the first sentence. Do you not proof read your posts?

[Jody]

I'm all for equality but it's getting daft now. They're excluding folk based on colour.
What next? Gay, black, disabled, dandruff and ugly dwarfs rights march?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-62542742

Where's the bit that says anyone not within the colour is excluded? It doesn't say that at all. The title of the meeting is Black Pride, but there are clearly whites in the photos and these sort of things are the most inclusive 'meets'/'get togethers'.

Its more about how you are reading something into nothing than the group discriminating!!

Bet not all the people that attended are gay or LGBTQ+ either

It IS racist to have "Black Pride" just like it's racist to have MOBO awards. Why you might ask? Well ask yourself this, would a White Pride march be racist, even if they didn't specifically exclude 'non whites', would a Music of White Origin awards be racist?
Black pride is just another example showing just how racist some 'non whites' are. Racism is NOT a 'white people' problem. It's a "fucking arsehole" problem !

[Mussels]

A special treat for some NHS staff.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/08/15/nhs-trus ... -17184917/

I like how the trust tries to say it's out of context and they are offering other benefits. This would piss me of even more, I don't think I've ever heard of a company charging staff to park in its own car park so it's fucked up they think this is a perk.

‘In addition, we have a wide-ranging support offer to protect their mental and physical health and wellbeing and we continue to offer free parking for all staff.