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I think he made it pretty obvious when he took that principled stand and angrily demanded an apology from Boris Johnson for his "tank topped bum-boys" slurs on his live morning telly show during the election...

Former British citizen grooming and rape victim loses appeal over having citizenship stripped for committing a crime while under the age of criminal responsibility.

Hoards of British people celebrate the fact that they now have a government who has set a precedent to strip somebody of citizenship without investigation or trial.

People arguing that she has a right to a trial and justice dismissed as terrorist sympathisers.

Sigh.

Former British citizen, grooming and rape victim

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Hordes.

And between that and your cruise holidays your carbon footprint is firmly in the 'worst of the worstcunts' category....

Sorry I can't hear you over the sound of all this coal I'm burning to cook this snowy owl.

The age of criminal responsibility in the UK is from 10 years upwards. Whether she had the mental capacity to form the mens rea is another matter. A court would decide that.
By denying her UK citizenship they are not risking a loss at court.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/10/russian-anti-fascist-group-network-jail

HS2 to go ahead (No. 10 gave the story to the BBC with a 10pm embargo).

Good news but I bet you won't be able to take bikes on it.

What makes you think that you won't be able to take bikes?

On the 'Boris bridge'

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Strange and troubling story:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/soldier-lay-dead-barracks-three-21458992.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Colonel Richard Kemp, a former commander of British troops in
Afghanistan, said: “This is the sort of tragic story we sometimes hear
about a friendless pensioner who dies alone.

“I have never before heard or experienced anything remotely like it
about a serving member of the Armed Forces on a military base.

“The Army is usually scrupulous about accounting for every individual,
and there is a well known military aphorism ‘no man left behind’. It
seems like this man was left behind, and this very sad affair can only
be due to a number of leaders failing to do their jobs.”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51466588

First same sex marriage conducted in Northern Ireland :)

As if it’s 2020 and this has only just become legal

The fact I spent several hours this weekend trying to book three bikes onto a service to Bristol only to find that the new GWR trains only have two bike spaces per train.

I thought the 9 and 10 car services had 4 spaces?

Of course they don't fit lots of bikes if you have wide handle bars or deep rims or a number of other things.

The fake tan on that one is pure Carrickfergus...

The fake tan on that one is pure Carrickfergus...

Comments that are neither necessary or appropriate >>>>

Seconded

???

SYP again:

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/crime/south-yorkshire-police-will-be-held-account-over-baton-attack-teenage-boy-1421933

And that story led me to the misconduct hearings which contains some great stuff:

Whilst off duty the police officer removed a windchime from his
neighbours property and threw it on a garden fire, destroying it. He
was found guilty of Criminal Damage at Court and received a
Conditional Discharge

Two Officers were deputed to a report of a violent domestic taking
place. Before the matter was concluded and the offender located they
took the decision to attend a house viewing on a property one of the
officers was interested in purchasing

https://www.southyorks.police.uk/media/1095/archived-misconduct-cases-2011-2016.pdf

Of course they don't fit lots of bikes if you have wide handle bars or deep rims or a number of other things.

I know red is the fastest colour, but which is the narrowest?

In some parts in Northern Ireland people love their fake tan.

Lots of fake tan jokes on local media here. Carrickfergus is a small sea town known for its local castle.

So you know close-ups of your hands are going to be all over the world's press, and you douse yourself in randomly but liberally-applied creosote:

That's pure Carrick.

Ah