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But a lot of what happened to press in Ukraine pre war was either a hangover from previous Russian friendly presidents, especially true under Kuchma who closed down many opposition favouring outlets and really ramped up surveillance and intimidation on “unfriendly” journalists. In the period...

He’s a piece of shit isn’t he.

It’s being reported that Boris Johnson, the PM who insisted that we had to introduce voter ID to stop voter fraud (that doesn’t exist on numbers big enough that you can’t count them on one hand) and is definitely not a tool to hamper voter turnout amongst a demographic that would probably vote...

The EU hasn’t insisted on anything. That’s just how it’s done anywhere in the world on shipments from somewhere else in the world with the exception of inside the EU. If something is shipped from Australia into the UK under the free trade agreement we have with them you still have to use the...

Like I said. In the past for sure. I don’t hide from that. With the benefit of hindsight I would never have voted Tory in the 2015 GE and I openly admit that I didn’t fully understand at the time what I was voting for. I can’t turn the clock back but I can acknowledge that mistake and learn...

In the past for sure, I don’t hide away from that. How’s Brexit and the Tory government you enabled by voting for it going? You still towing the Murdoch, Barclays and Rothermere line that you shouldn’t be regretting your vote contrary to the evidence of your own eyes and reality?

As if by magic https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-68939035

Do you think headlines like “enemies of the state” aren’t fed by the government. The collusion between the press (the Sun especially) and the government over Hillsborough, the miners strike etc. The murder of Daniel Morgan and the this governments reluctance to release the report and then...

Or even non wartime. Look at our own country and the behaviour of the government towards “unfriendly” media, the pressure they put on the BBC, the client press, who they invite on photo ops, who they talk too (especially evident during the pandemic) etc etc. It’s all about shaping the narrative...

And what do the people of Ukraine think? What Putin thinks is irrelevant. And how you’re gauging what the Russian public thinks god only knows. Tucker Carlsons word? Margery Taylor Greens word? You’ve certainly swallowed some propaganda from somewhere.

They wasn’t banned for being on the left though they were banned for being in collusion with Russia. They were also minority parties. IIRC only one had seats in parliament and even then not enough to influence anything and even then were predicted to lose those seats when a GE can be held...

Stating facts makes you an idiot. Interesting. Unfortunately for you pretty much every trade union has spent the last few years pointing out those facts. What has Starmer actually promised on this? I can see they’ve done a paper on workers rights but I can’t see that they’ve actually announced...

In the interest of balance there’s no suggestion in the article that they intend to not increase workers rights just some aspects will be in consultation with industry. Fact is Labour are still going to improve workers rights and apparently in the first 100 days. What you personally won’t admit...

I changed to O2 from EE last year as a cost saving exercise. Already feels like a false economy O2 coverage is so shit. I think it’s a case of you get what you pay for. I sometimes have to work in places that I wouldn’t necessarily consider remote and basically have no service. Never had an...

The shocking thing about that sentence is how many MP’s that could apply too. The two previous PM’s for starters.

It didn’t go to court on a clerical error, that’s not how the CPS works. It went to court on the strength of evidence that the police presented to the CPS. The only effect the clerical error had was ensuring that the case wasn’t heard in court. It was a gift to numb nuts and his legal team, they...

You’re not being patronising, you’re being irrational. Human error is part of the human condition, you’re not immune from it just because you have a good education and specialised in a particular field. Even in the medical profession there’s a train of thought that you’re not a doctor until...

So you think whoever dealt with it at the CPS is a Robinson fan boy who knew he could hand him a win in court on a technicality and a free grift? That’s the corruption?

So you’re suggesting that the CPS deliberately sent it to court knowing that the checks and balances at court would dismiss it? No possibility that it was as simple as human error? Maybe whoever dealt with it at the CPS is a Robinson fan boy who knew he could hand him a win in court on a...

The MET presented documents incorrectly (a date recorded incorrectly from what I read). The court picked that up and dismissed the case on the technicality that the paperwork wasn’t filled correctly. Where’s the corruption exactly? Seems to me that the courts acted impeccably and to the latter...