In todays news...

[Felix]

Yes of course Nicola, men would never claim to be a woman to get into places with lots of vulnerable women.

She is covering her ass just in case

[Screwdriver]

Sturgeon confirms trans women are different to women, aren't thoughts like that illegal in Jockland?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64413242

SThere is no automatic right for a trans woman convicted of a crime to serve their sentence in a female prison even if they have a gender recognition certificate.

Then she made it ok.

The first minister also stressed it was careful that people "do not, even inadvertently, suggest that trans women pose an inherent threat to women", adding: "Predatory men, as has always been the case, are the risk to women."

Yes of course Nicola, men would never claim to be a woman to get into places with lots of vulnerable women.

Difficult to bring any kind of logic to that argument. Unlikely that a brilliant liar like La Sturgeon will put her foot in it but if she does, that could easily spell the end for her.

As for trans "women" surely they are implicitly stating there is "no difference" between men and women, therfore I can be a woman even if I am actually a man. Aha but then if you claim there is no difference, you won't mind being sent to a male prison. Might also teach you something about rape...

This is the offending trans, obviously without her makeup....

[Felix]

They could have chopped his wee dick off with a rusty old saw

[irie]

Yes of course Nicola, men would never claim to be a woman to get into places with lots of vulnerable women.

She is covering her ass just in case

[Felix]

You never see her/him in the same room as Frankie Boyle

[gremlin]

From the BBC:

Laura Winham: Surrey woman lay dead in flat for three years, say family

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-64400776

"Laura Winham, 38, was "abandoned and left to die" by the NHS and social services before her body was found by her brother in May 2021, they claim."

Tragic case, but I have to ask, where the fuck were her brother and sister in those three years? If I knew my sister had mental health issues and lived alone, no matter what, I'd make sure she was alright, not leave her to the mercy of faceless social care.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-64430454 crushed in the Urinals

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

From the BBC:

Laura Winham: Surrey woman lay dead in flat for three years, say family

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-64400776

"Laura Winham, 38, was "abandoned and left to die" by the NHS and social services before her body was found by her brother in May 2021, they claim."

Tragic case, but I have to ask, where the fuck were her brother and sister in those three years? If I knew my sister had mental health issues and lived alone, no matter what, I'd make sure she was alright, not leave her to the mercy of faceless social care.

Or at least have the decency to not try and blame someone else when they couldn't be arsed to see her.

[Mr. Dazzle]

There's usually more to a story (the lady dying in her flat) than you think.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-64431776

The family of a woman who lay dead in a flat for more than three years have told how they were unable to have any contact because of privacy laws, and how they eventually found her body.

Laura Winham, 38, had schizophrenia and had refused contact with family who she believed were trying to harm her.

Her brother Roy said the family were unable to get information about her.

After repeated attempts to contact her, they found her when they peered through the letter box of her Woking flat.

[Greenman]

There's usually more to a story (the lady dying in her flat) than you think.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-64431776

The family of a woman who lay dead in a flat for more than three years have told how they were unable to have any contact because of privacy laws, and how they eventually found her body.

Laura Winham, 38, had schizophrenia and had refused contact with family who she believed were trying to harm her.

Her brother Roy said the family were unable to get information about her.

After repeated attempts to contact her, they found her when they peered through the letter box of her Woking flat.

For some people this world is a shit place to be in!

[demographic]

Uk car manufacturing numbers the lowest for 66 years.
Original story here...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64399748

By Simon Jack & Beth Timmins
BBC business editor & business reporter
The number of new cars made in the UK has sunk to its lowest level for 66 years as firms warn the country is not doing enough to attract manufacturers.

The 10% drop is the worst performance since 1956, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

A struggle to get parts due to Covid and a semiconductor shortage have hit the industry worldwide, but the UK has also been hit by factory closures.

Car firms warn the UK has not got a strategy to attract manufacturers.

In response, the government said it was "determined" to ensure the country remains a top global location for car manufacturing.

In total, the UK produced 775,014 cars last year, down from 1.3 million before the pandemic, with production having fallen every year since the UK voted to leave the European Union in 2016.

Manufacturers hope the car industry will start to accelerate again, but say getting to pre-pandemic levels would require major investment and new car makers to come to the UK.
They warn that the UK is lagging behind, particularly on offering state aid to manufacturers.

In the US, the government is planning to offer billions in subsidies to car makers who create electric vehicle supply chains in America.

Mike Hawes, chief executive of industry body the SMMT, warns this will "hoover up" a lot of international investment, hitting the UK industry further.

The European Union is considering retaliating by either relaxing state aid rules or by extending Covid recovery or green technology-boosting programmes.

One of the benefits of Brexit was meant to be escaping from the straitjacket of EU state aid rules which limited the amount of support governments could give to favoured industries.

Mr Hawes conceded the UK could be in the unenviable position of offering less support to crucial industries than before it left the EU.

Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, he said the UK needed "something that demonstrates that the UK is open for business and open for these investments".


The production figures were also affected by the closure of Honda's factory in Swindon in July 2021 and the fact that Vauxhall Astras have not been made at Ellesmere Port since April 2022.

Mr Hawes said the numbers reflected how "tough" 2022 was for UK car manufacturing, although the country had still made more electric vehicles than ever before, with almost a third now fully-electric or hybrid.

He warned the global car industry had already begun investing in electric vehicles and batteries and the UK only had "a few years" to act.

"We need to be on the front foot making sure we have a range of measures that attract investment," Mr Hawes said.

He called for a strategy to accelerate battery production and the shift to electric vehicles, adding that the UK was well placed to succeed given its skilled workforce and engineering expertise.

UK car production was further set back by the collapse of battery start-up Britishvolt last week.

The firm had planned to build a giant factory to make electric car batteries in Cambois, near Blyth in Northumberland, but the project ran out of money.

The UK currently only has one Chinese-owned battery plant next to the Nissan factory in Sunderland, while 35 plants are planned or already under construction in the EU.

A government spokesperson said: "We are determined to ensure the UK remains one of the best locations in the world for automotive manufacturing.

"Our success is evidenced by the £1bn investment in Sunderland in 2021, and we are building on this through a major investment programme to electrify our supply chain and create jobs."

[Mussels]

Car manufacturing in the EU has dropped steadily since 2017, it might possibly be nothing to do with Brexit.

[demographic]

Car manufacturing in the EU has dropped steadily since 2017, it might possibly be nothing to do with Brexit.

German car manufacturing dropped off a cliff because of dieselgate, other countries took til pandemic and chip shortage before they dropped.
From what I read they are recovering now (although Germany not so much) and ours is dropping further.

[Felix]

Another confused nut job wanting a cushy life

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-64438457

[Mussels]

Another confused nut job wanting a cushy life

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-64438457

She doesn't have to back pedal on the whole trans thing and admit Westminster is right, she can just make an exception for convicted criminals because as we all know only convicts will play the system.

[Felix]

You may end up getting this one down south as i am sure Cornton Vale is closing down then a new prison built in its place

[demographic]

So it seems that Zahawi has been sacked.
The stories bad been floating about for a while and he'd even threatened journalists with court action in order to keep it covered up but after the boss of the tax office kind of blew his defence out of the water last week his position looked untenable.

[Horse]

So it seems that Zahawi has been sacked.
The stories bad been floating about for a while and he'd even threatened journalists with court action in order to keep it covered up but after the boss of the tax office kind of blew his defence out of the water last week his position looked untenable.

Boris Johnson "has all the qualities" to replace Nadhim Zahawi as Tory Party chairman, Jacob Rees-Mogg suggested this morning.

[Yorick]

So it seems that Zahawi has been sacked.
The stories bad been floating about for a while and he'd even threatened journalists with court action in order to keep it covered up but after the boss of the tax office kind of blew his defence out of the water last week his position looked untenable.

Must have missed that. What's he guilty of?

[Mr. Dazzle]

So it seems that Zahawi has been sacked.
The stories bad been floating about for a while and he'd even threatened journalists with court action in order to keep it covered up but after the boss of the tax office kind of blew his defence out of the water last week his position looked untenable.

Boris Johnson "has all the qualities" to replace Nadhim Zahawi as Tory Party chairman, Jacob Rees-Mogg suggested this morning.

TBF judging from the level of sleeze displayed thus far, I'd say JRM is right