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one does wonder what tune Sir Cliff will sing at his next court appearance

This basically incapacitated me with laughter - could hardly breathe.

note media state recent raid related to Billy Graham event, not allegation of name on questionable list, so more charges will presumably follow if allegations are pursued

one does wonder what tune Sir Cliff will sing at his next court appearance

I tell ya they'll have a proper variety performance cast on the nonce's wing this christmas

the police get surplus military gear such as assault rifles, etc free from the army in the US

4.6 billion dollars worth since 1997. Half a billion dollars worth in 2013 alone. Everything from small arms and office equipment up to grenade launchers and armoured vehicles. I suppose if you decide that you're going to fight a 'war on drugs' and a 'war on terrorism' and a war on whatever else it is you don't like then you need an army to fight that war. Madness.

Also, in a last week's big new story and this week's big news story crossover, turns out that once upon a time the Ferguson police chief went to Israel to do some training with the IDF.

It would seen that there is some truth in the saying "if your only tool is a hammer every problem looks like a nail", be nice to restrict the military weaponry to the military, and have the coppers resemble and behave more like the public whom they are there to protect, and serve.

so wish it was true

The Lad Bible dicki?

many of the comments link to a Guardian article which debunks the claims made.

ukip wankstains strike again.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-28840210

i feel slightly less sympathetic considering yer man and his no doubt lovely lady-wife are fucking ukipers as well. not quite sure how that works, all things considered.

Happened in Thanet. Said by one of the locals expected to do the legwork for Project Racist MP. Nige will be tickled pink.

The only navigational aid in his possession was a street map of Southampton.

http://www.itv.com/news/london/2014-08-18/woman-sexually-assaulted-on-a-train-in-front-of-other-passengers/

what the actual fuck... how does that even happen?

fucking hell. look at that cunt. if he's not banged up by lunchtime, expect to find him hanging from a lamppost.

that sailor

The 30-year-old man was stopped just five miles into his journey on Saturday afternoon after a passing yacht called the coastguard because he looked seasick.

He was found “cold, wet and being violently ill” by a crew from Mudeford RNLI, who eventually managed to get him onto their lifeboat after he refused help for 45 minutes, determined to continue his mission.

mission !

mission

I'll say! Voyage from Dorset to America in a 14ft dinghy!

Are you even surprised?

the guy actually had a visa for the us, he could have flown one way for £300 ... the price of the boat
whats the bets he'll try again
£10'er says he does it

A fun news story for a change.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hitchbot-completes-6-000-km-cross-canada-trip-1.2739128

Fun? If there's anything that I've been taught by society and popular culture it's that both hitchhikers and robots are evil. This thing will surely kill us all.

Just imagine if your local free paper had this front cover...

'kin 'ell

The whole issue of Ferguson, placed along side the American position on the Arab Spring and Israel, feels like witnessing your marriage guidance counselor having a domestic in Sainsbury's.

is that waterloo on fire in the background

we had it only a few years back, admittedly without the armed gangs on the street and the military but not far off

Looks like a banker/broker type.
Coked and champagned up on his way to his Kent home no doubt. I'm sure he felt he was within his rights