Let's scrap the older stuff now just in case the Defence Review decides that money should be spent on them!
And please can all beligerent countries refrain from any aggressive action against us until we are better equipped.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k0292v0w1o
Is there anything we are good at? Conkers? Tiddleywinks?
It does make you wonder what they, "the Government of the day", think is happening in the world? Are they blind or just gambling.Quote:
Originally Posted by Old_pie
I thought decisions like allowing the use of our missiles by the Ukraine would have had have to go through Parliament for approval ?Quote:
Originally Posted by SmiffyPie
No, we are not at war, we are supporting a third party.Quote:
Originally Posted by keldsyke
Who are the ?harmless old people? that are being intimidated for ?speculating about the motives of their government??Quote:
Originally Posted by upthemaggies
I?d Google it, but as you can imagine I?d need to be a bit more specific.
Edit; this question mark thingy?s driving me barmy!
It gets worse than that, kids are being investigated by police for playground name calling....Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFatPie
"Children are among thousands of people being investigated by police for non-crime hate incidents, The Times can reveal.
Police forces recorded incidents against a nine-year-old who called a primary school classmate a 'retard' and against two secondary school girls who said that another pupil smelt 'like fish'."
I was being rhetorical in my previous post, but of those thousands(!!!) of people being investigated for not committing any crime, how many of those people are going to the MSM and what success rate do they have for getting their stories told? The whole point of this tactic is to intimidate people into silence. We can see from social media what people are now afraid of - two tier policing - particularly in regard to free speech.
Those incidents, as ludicrous as they are, indicate to me over zealous administration of relatively new laws rather than the impending arrival of a police state.Quote:
Originally Posted by upthemaggies
A lot has been made of the example of Allison Pearson, in her case she libelled 2 Pakistani men as Jew haters in a tweet which she later deleted. There?s an interesting explanation of that case in the latest Private Eye. That one is in no way a freedom of speech issue, though one could argue the police were somewhat heavy handed. Also to interesting to note that for such a freedom of speech warrior she appears very quick to shut down others.
https://x.com/jonsopel/status/1858547534555423019?s=46
She also has a lot of past form for spreading misinformation.
Ah, Jon Sopel, that totally unbiased tweeter. It does seem very selective who's singled out here for "misinformation", what about Hope Not Hate's Nick Lowles' tweet? https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/202...t-acid-attack/Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFatPie
No one is unbiased, but if you think he?s lying about her threat from her lawyers than I?d disagree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Observerpie
Doesn't answer the issue of how selective he is for his targets.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFatPie