Britain - The Official Thread

[merseyxshore]

Serious point:
Everything about the Everard case is absolutely revolting.

Cynical point:
Problem with police officers? Just phone the police!

Agreed, gross mishandling of a gross amount of gross stuff. Serious work and reform needed asap.

also,

"If you're the police, who will police the police??"

"I dunno. Coastguard?"

 

[Touring Mars]

RIP Sarah Everard, and may her family and friends get some comfort from knowing that the animal who murdered her will die in jail.

As a rapist, murderer policeman who killed an innocent young woman, however, that moment might not be very long in coming.

 

[DG_Silva]

I was so sorry to hear of Sarah Everard, she certainly didn't deserve the fate that befell her, especially when it could've been avoided twice.

What I don't understand is how much more will it take for the world's worst Commissioner to be sacked/leave? Hell, even Commissioner Gordon had more respect among his staff and he couldn't keep a clown in a cell....

Either she's got an insane amount of dirt on every member of the British parliament, or the fact she fulfils the diversity quota as a twofer means she's untouchable. She is without a doubt the most corrupt, inept, useless, ineffective, incompetent head of the Metropolitan Police I can ever think of, and she needs to go.

 

[Liquid]

What I don't understand is how much more will it take for the world's worst Commissioner to be sacked/leave?

[...]

Either she's got an insane amount of dirt on every member of the British parliament, or the fact she fulfils the diversity quota as a twofer means she's untouchable. She is without a doubt the most corrupt, inept, useless, ineffective, incompetent head of the Metropolitan Police I can ever think of, and she needs to go.

She started out as a bobby on the beat WPC. Surely a fantastic example of the Peter principle?

 

[DG_Silva]

She started out as a bobby on the beat WPC. Surely a fantastic example of the Peter principle?

Almost certainly, but I think she reached that stage about two steps previously and yet she still kept being promoted. Thankfully, there's nowhere further to go except for the House of Lords.

 

[TexRex]

Oh, good, the Everard matter is being discussed. Well, it's not good, of course--it's ****ing awful--but at least this isn't a non sequitur. Apologies if it's been mentioned in a manner that I haven't recognized in scanning quickly through the posts.

I guess it's nice to know LEOs in the US haven't cornered the market on dumb****ery.

 

[Dreadmed]

Some more light-hearted news involving desperate motorists hunting for fuel.

(Warning: Not a shining example of ingenuity, risk of choking on beverage of choice if taken while reading).

 

[Dennisch]

That is some quality Florida Man shenanigans right there.

 

[UKMikey]

Remonstrating with the tanker driver for not carrying petrol was the icing on the cake. What a "fuel"-hardy endeavour.

 

[Vic Reign93]

It’s in time like these that we should look to the past for sage advice because after all, Those who fail to learn from history are certain to repeat it.

Take it away, George C Scott.


Yes it’s more for homes than cars, but the message still counts.

 

[Shaun]

That's really difficult to impose, because then you have to specify exactly what that uniform is, and suddenly you open up the door to countless wrongful arrest opportunities (i.e. they weren't wearing a hat, it wasn't buttoned correctly, the footwear was incorrect)

Quoting this just to say holy hell man nice to see you are still around.

 

[ExigeEvan]

Quoting this just to say holy hell man nice to see you are still around.

Thanks! I looked back at my posts and felt like ages since I last posted. Wasn't nearly as long ago as I thought!

I'm quite amazed how many of the same names and threads are still active.

 

[Liquid]

Some more light-hearted news involving desperate motorists hunting for fuel.

(Warning: Not a shining example of ingenuity, risk of choking on beverage of choice if taken while reading).

There aren't enough dimensional planes of existence to fully grasp the hilarity, embarrassment and stupidity of this.

 

[Rossell2]

I would've filled their tanks with mortar and charged them.

 

[Famine]

I was in a long queue for petrol earlier, and it was quite an emotional experience when I finally got to the front. I started filling up.

 

[Keef]

There aren't enough dimensional planes of existence to fully grasp the hilarity, embarrassment and stupidity of this.

I assume UK tankers have similar chemical labels on the back as US ones do. You can literally tell what it's transporting if you know the number.

Edit: Apparently they're UN-dictated so yes a gasoline tanker would've had a 1203 placard on the back.

 

[UKMikey]

I was in a long queue for petrol earlier, and it was quite an emotional experience when I finally got to the front. I started filling up.

At least I learnt the difference between petrol and paraffin this weekend.

There are two f's in paraffin and no f in petrol.

 

[DG_Silva]

I assume UK tankers have similar chemical labels on the back as US ones do. You can literally tell what it's transporting if you know the number.

Edit: Apparently they're UN-dictated so yes a gasoline tanker would've had a 1203 placard on the back.

You're assuming the power of intelligence over desperation.

 

[Famine]

What in the burnt turd-scented hell is going on here?

 

[Rossell2]

Five arrested after Iain Duncan Smith ‘hit on head with traffic cone’

Alleged attack came as former Tory leader walked to speak at party conference fringe event

www.theguardian.com

These Enid Blyton novels maaaannn...

 

[DK]

Google-bombing, that's what. Remember his box-painting hobby that only came to light in 2019?

 

[Dennisch]

What in the burnt turd-scented hell is going on here?

It's the special needs version of a Trump.

 

[Famine]

It's the special needs version of a Trump.

Trump was the special needs version of Trump. Johnson can at least hold a prepared speech together without wapping on about how the thing he did is the biggest or greatest and then repeating that sentence, and Trump can't speak English while Johnson can wrangle out a decent speech in Latin - and I doubt anyone's had to hide stuff from Johnson in case he flies into a literally nuclear rage...


... but it is still absolutely weird beyond weird. It's like if Charlie Brooker, Armando Ianucci, and Chris Morris had got together to make a spoof Prime Minister.

 

[Outspacer]

There are two more vowels.

 

[Famine]

There are two more vowels.

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Ha, quick response!

 

[PeterJB]

What in the burnt turd-scented hell is going on here?

I think this is what the Tories think one of those TikToks is.

 

[UKMikey]

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[MatskiMonk]

Ha, quick response!

Twitter didn't do too badly either...

 

[UKMikey]

Twitter didn't do too badly either...

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Clown loach, meet louche clown?