Mudface

9 hours ago, Section_31 said:

I've got a bird table and a feeder mate they fackin' love it, the little tarts.

It'll be OK- Serco will get the contract, sub it to some cowboys and the plane will end up in the EU colours.

15 minutes ago, Mook said:

There's been a load of twats just stopping in their car outside our house & having a good look while the missus & me are sitting watching the telly at night too. The whole experience has been fucking murder.

 

I'm usually hiding in my cupboard wanking when they come round so my gaping arsehole hasn't been too much of an issue.

Corrected the predictive text there.

11 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

What I hate about the Union Jack shit from the likes of Mogg and Johnson is they haven't got a genuine patriotic bone in their body, they'd sell London  to the Russians for a few krugerrands and a hand job. 

 

"And what voices! A sort of over-fedness, a fatuous self-confidence, a constant bah-bahing of laughter about nothing, above all a sort of heaviness and richness combined with a fundamental ill-will. . . . No wonder everyone hates us so."

That fake patriotism is disgusting- get the masses riled up that foreigners are coming to shit on the queen and flag while selling British public assets, companies and property to any old gangster.

He's a useless, incompetent clown, but he knows how to push the buttons of the hard-of-thinking lickspittles infesting this country. 

1 minute ago, Rico1304 said:

So they were at least involved in a cover-up of her death and since then they’ve spent 13 years managing a media campaign to put them in a good light, lobbying for the investigation to continue all whilst hoping they wouldn’t be found out?  Seems perfectly logical.  
 

And, that no one involved has ever cracked, got pissed and let it slip, found god or any of the million reasons why no fucker can ever keep a secret. Ever. 

They're chillingly manipulative and clever, aren't they?

45 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Missed it but will catch-up with it on Twitter now. I like Layla Moran but saw something on twitter suggesting she batters her husband or something? Anyone know anything about that? 

She forces him to dress up as a squirrel, shoves a tail up his arse and kicks fuck out of him. God knows where she got that behaviour from.

2 minutes ago, Pistonbroke said:

They giveth with one hand and take back double with the other. Frightening to think of the shit they'll get up to post Brexit when they become the Yanks bitch. What a kick in the crutch for those student nurses. 

The thing that gets me is that this and the free school meals thing are piddling sums in comparison to things like furloughing, yet they mean a huge deal to the people affected and not implementing them could end up costing a lot more. It's Duncan-Smith-esque in its boneheaded stupidity and callousness.

Hopefully Starmer can pick this up next.

40 minutes ago, Spy Bee said:

And this is fucking outrageous from the government:

 

 

Holy shit. What is the matter with these fucking psychopaths? They're either unbelievably incompetent, or just pure evil. Probably both, sadly.

6 minutes ago, Section_31 said:

The fascinating thing about Trump is he's basically the ultimate evolution of modern capitalism. If you got in a Jules Verne time machine and went to the future to see what the end of the human story looks like, it'd be Donald Trump.

 

By that I mean, when people take the piss about the fact he doesn't know anything about history, or geography, or politics, it's not because he's thick, it's because he doesn't care.

 

He's learned to completely disregard anything that doesn't have the sole aim of putting money in his pocket. Even the way he dresses is no more than functional, it's certainly not flash. He'd happily leave his kids in a burning building unless they had money in their pockets.

 

He doesn't care about the difference between the Atlantic or Pacific oceans, because it doesn't make him money. He doesn't care about the dangers of a solar eclipse, because it doesn't have anything to do with money. 

 

It's like someone replaced the quantum singularity at the centre of a black hole with a wallet. Nothing can escape it. Not love, not knowledge, not physical appearance or mental wellness, not fashion, form or art or beauty.

 

Good stuff- to add to that, the corruption is a manifestation of the current state of capitalism too. The massive tax avoidance, diversion of public funds and bullying and silencing of critics or competitors through platoons of highly paid lawyers. 'The little guy' doesn't stand a chance as the rules are made by and for the benefit of his ilk.

20 minutes ago, Aw Geez said:

I literally never want to move house again unless I can afford to pay people to move the stuff for me. Which isn't likely.

 

The biggest fucking melt ever.

All our house moves have been horrendous and ridiculously stressful in one way or another, so we ain't moving again ever. Even when we paid for movers, the fuckers got the date wrong and didn't turn up the day before the move so I ended up having to help them pack. Mind you, that was still better than doing most of it myself, and having a mate with a HGV licence drive a big van up to Scotland to stick our stuff in storage for a couple of months.

36 minutes ago, JohnnyH said:

Im going to masturbate less. 

Some people just have to take things too far.

Christ, that's nightmare fuel.

6 minutes ago, chrisbonnie said:

I do believe that it is better for a person to get up in the morning and head off to work. Be it for mental health reasons routine, social reasons etc...... 

 

But I think sugar might be missing the whole point of my why people are working from home at the minute. The fucking eejit...... 

I'd agree with that if it was a ten minute stroll or bike ride as a commute. Spending an hour or more in traffic jams or rammed into shit trains like cattle before you even start work and then facing the same after you've 'finished' is no good for anyone. Especially when you're paying through the nose for it because- London aside- public transport is so fucked in this country. 

Do Just Eat deliver there though?

Marina Hyde on caustic form- https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/16/marcus-rashford-politicians-nurses-footballer-ministers

Best lines-

we’ll come to Gavin Williamson, the 43-year-old secretary of state for education, in due course. Suffice to say Gavin has gone so missing in the biggest game of his career that the coastguard has called off the search and it has now become a matter for the Hubble telescope. As for the prime minister … shortly before Marcus Rashford was born to a single mother who he idolises for her tireless work and sacrifices, Boris Johnson was writing that single mothers were producing a generation of “ill-raised, ignorant, aggressive and illegitimate children”. Which, let’s face it, means so much more coming from him.

12 hours ago, Bjornebye said:

Someone replied to him with this, I can't recall this happening

 

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/everton-fans-deny-murder-3545736

 

He told police: "I have been a season ticket holder for 41 years and I have missed 39 games in 41 years home and away.

"I have got 27,000 football programmes in the house."

No doubt that was completely unprompted, and he then went on to list Everton 'firsts' instead of responding to the police interview questions.

It's because of his little hands and stubby fingers, the useless fat cunt.

Arf, for a government with an 80 seat majority, they're very wobbly- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jun/16/boris-johnson-faces-tory-rebellion-over-marcus-rashfords-school-meals-call

Back of the net.

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Boris Johnson makes U-turn on free school meals vouchers
‘Covid summer food fund’ announced after pressure from campaigners including footballer Marcus Rashford


 Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford has called for the government to extend its free school meal scheme through the summer holidays. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images
Boris Johnson has executed a humiliating U-turn over free school meals for the poorest families over the summer, announcing a new £120m voucher scheme after pressure from footballer Marcus Rashford.

Just hours before Labour was due to force a vote on the issue in the House of Commons, risking a rebellion from Conservative backbenchers, the prime minister’s official spokesman announced a new £120m “Covid summer food fund”.

“Owing to the corona pandemic, the PM fully understands that children and parents face an entirely unprecedented situation over the summer,” he said.

The U-turn came after ministers repeatedly rejected the idea of extending the scheme over the summer, as they did over the Easter break.


Asked if Rashford’s pleas had helped to change the prime minister’s mind, his spokesman said: “The prime minister welcomes Marcus Rashford’s contribution to the debate around poverty, and respects the fact that he has been using his profile as a sportsman to highlight important issues.”

He said families entitled to free school meals would receive a one-off voucher at the end of the school term, worth £15 a week for the six-week school break, which they can spend in supermarkets.

Rashford had stepped up his campaign to pressure the UK government into feeding hungry children during the school holidays.

Labour was seeking to maximise the government’s embarrassment and force a U-turn, by using an opposition day debate in the House of Commons to hold a vote on extending the voucher scheme.

Several Conservative backbenchers, including former minister George Freeman, and the chair of the education select committee Robert Halfon, had urged the government to change course.

On Tuesday morning, the Manchester United player began tweeting about the UK’s poorest families, who cannot afford to pay their water and electricity bills or put food on the table.


Speaking on BBC Breakfast, Halfon commended the government for helping vulnerable families by raising the living wage, cutting taxes for lower earners and extending the freeze on fuel duty.

But he said carrying on with the free school meals programme “would be the right thing to do” as the latest figures show “2.5 million children are not learning” while away from school and food insecurity has “nearly doubled”.

Halfon added: “There are lots of food programmes across different government departments. If they just consolidated those programmes, they would almost have the money for the free school meals programme over the summer, which would cost roughly £110m.”

Ruth Davidson, the former leader of the Scottish Conservatives, tweeted that she was baffled that the scheme had not been extended by Westminster. “I didn’t have or need free school meals, but I went to a school where a huge % did. Food security during the holidays so important. It’s basic. Feed the kids.”

One cabinet minister was criticised after weighing into the debate to correct one of Rashford’s tweets, in which he said: “When you wake up this morning and run your shower, take a second to think about parents who have had their water turned off during lockdown.”

Thérèse Coffey, the work and pensions secretary, replied: “Water cannot be disconnected though.”

Rashford replied, noting: “I’m concerned this is the only tweet of mine you acknowledged. Please, put rivalries aside for a second, and make a difference #maketheuturn.”

The shadow home secretary, Nick Thomas-Symonds, wrote: “Imagine having priorities so warped that this snarky comment is your response to Marcus Rashford‘s powerful campaign.”

Rebecca Long Bailey, the shadow education secretary, used an interview on BBC Breakfast to argue that the issue “is about humanity”.

She said: “There will be many Conservative MPs today watching this and having read Marcus’ letter who will be agonising about whether they support the government or not in this because they will want what’s best for children.”

She added: “So, I’m asking all politicians, whatever party they’re in, this is not about party politics, this is about making sure children don’t go hungry over the summer holidays.”

Rashford has received the full backing of Sir Keir Starmer and Labour.

The Co-op is one of the big businesses to support Rashford. The firm has pledged to extend its free school meals scheme throughout the summer holidays at its 25 academy schools and said that 6,000 students who normally receive government-funded free school meals would receive Co-op gift cards.

 

31 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said:

 

No doubt some badly-tested Capita or Northgate piece of shit. 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/15/uk-black-lives-matter-protests-statues?CMP=fb_cif

Good stuff, but this is all going to fizzle out isn't it? Nothing will get done, nothing will change, and the Mail/ Telegraph brigade of cunts will just mock the movement for getting old TV episodes pulled or having a pop at cartoon cereal characters.

The UK government responded to Black Lives Matter – by protecting statues
The Secret Barrister
Our justice system is in tatters, yet what may be the first piece of bipartisan legislation to pass is one protecting the feelings of concrete


The government’s response to the protests of the past week followed a predictable pattern. Step 1: A flurry of headlines promising: “Violent protesters face jail within 24 hours”, optimism unencumbered by any understanding of the law, procedural fairness or how Covid-19-struck criminal courts are operating in practice. Step 2: Announce longer prison sentences for something.

That something is apparently low-value criminal damage of war memorials, which, according to 125 Conservative MPs, is not being punished severely enough. So it was that backbench demands for a new offence carrying a maximum sentence of 10 years’ custody filled the Sunday press, with MPs vowing not to “stand idly by as our democracy is dismantled in this way”.


Seemingly sympathetic to the proposition that spray-painting a statue portends the dismantling of democracy, the government has thrown its weight behind the proposals, with the home secretary, attorney general and justice secretary all said to be supportive. What came as perhaps more of a surprise was the opposition joining the chorus. No doubt wary of falling into a populist-shaped elephant trap, the new shadow home secretary, Nick Thomas-Symonds, hitched Labour’s wagon to this nonsense, telling Sky News that he would “support the government in creating a new specific offence of protecting war memorials”.

The notion that a “new specific offence” is required to prohibit damaging war memorials betrays fundamental misunderstandings of what the law currently says. The Criminal Damage Act 1971 provides a maximum sentence of 10 years’ custody for the offence of criminal damage, and applies to all property, including statues and war memorials. Where a statue is a listed building, a further offence, carrying a maximum sentence of two years, is available under section 7 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

What upsets the campaigners is that where the value of criminal damage is under £5,000, it is treated as a summary-only offence (triable only at the magistrates’ courts) and carries a maximum sentence of three months. So where an unlisted memorial is defaced but the remedial cost is low – say removing spray paint – a lengthy spell behind bars is unlikely to follow.

The “solution”, we are told, is either to amend the Criminal Damage Act or to pass new legislation – the desecration of war memorials bill – allowing the maximum of 10 years to apply, irrespective of the value of the damage (and, in the case of the new bill, there need not even be any damage caused). In their fervour, few of the protagonists seem to have realised that the proposed narrow definition of “war memorial” would exclude most of the statues and monuments that have captured recent headlines – neither Colston’s nor Churchill’s statue, nor the memorial to PC Keith Palmer, would qualify for protection, for instance. Nor has it occurred to them that most acts of damage or disrespect to monuments are caused in the context of wider, more serious offending, for which lengthy custodial sentences are already available.

But even more troubling is what such an escalation in sentencing powers would represent. While in practice the maximum of 10 years would rarely, if ever, be imposed, the new cross-party consensus appears to be that displaying disrespect – not even quantifiable damage – to an inanimate object is worthy of a higher maximum sentence than inflicting grievous bodily harm, violent disorder, affray, theft, carrying knives, acid or offensive weapons, voyeurism, upskirting and causing death by careless driving, to name but a few offences that cause tangible harm to real people. It would inject criminal sentencing, which already suffers from wild incoherence and inconsistency between offence types, with another dose of gratuitous disproportionality.

What disappoints most is that the criminal justice system is in desperate need of unified political attention. The system, already on its knees pre-Covid-19, is in tatters. The backlog of cases in the crown courts has soared above 40,000 due to year after year of cuts to court sitting days. A lack of police and CPS resources means that it typically takes over a year to charge many cases, with victims, witnesses and the accused then subjected to a further wait of at least a year for a crown court trial date.

Publicly funded lawyers, starved of government financial assistance, are going to the wall. We still have Chris Grayling’s “innocence tax”, whereby the government refuses you legal aid and, when you are acquitted, refuses to fully reimburse your legal fees, leaving you thousands of pounds out of pocket for having been wrongly accused. And, bringing the conversation back to where attention should rightly be focused at this time, the 35 recommendations in the 2017 Lammy review into the treatment of BAME individuals in the criminal justice system are, three years on, yet to be implemented.

Yet somehow, our elected representatives have surveyed the wreckage of the criminal justice system, and considered the burning social injustices dragged into the spotlight by the BLM protests, and have concluded that the priority – the first piece of bipartisan criminal legislation they should pass – is one seeking to protect the feelings of concrete. Our country deserves better.

• The writer is a junior barrister who writes anonymously about the English and Welsh legal system, and is the author of The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken

New Zealand gets its first new cases in weeks. Unsurprisingly, they're imported from the UK- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/16/new-zealand-records-first-new-covid-19-cases-after-women-arrive-from-uk-carrying-virus

Releasing them from quarantine without being tested was really poor, especially as one of them was having symptoms, hopefully they won't make that mistake again.

5 minutes ago, Colonel Bumcunt said:

I'd like to see these figures with care homes stripped out.

I didn't see a figure for infections, unless it's in one of the other charts he posted.

It's almost as though they're making it up as the go along.