In the news

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/24/priti-patel-bullying-claims-dismissed-as-absolute-nonsense

Bit more on Priti Patel,

The Sunday Times quoted unnamed officials claiming that MI5 found Patel “extremely difficult to deal with” and that she “doesn’t grasp the subtleties of intelligence”

I'm guessing it's that small issue of not know the difference between terrorism, and counter terrorism.

doesn't grasp the subtleties of intelligence

In every sense.

The Pitt rev1ew was purposefully ignored by the Coallition,
and,
by many local authorities who had wide ranging responsibilities thrust upon them,
but no additional funding.
Out here in Ruislip, (outer north west London), we,
(local residents organised into FLAGs, 'Flood Action groups' and the residents' association)
are 10 months into an EA project in response to flooding in June 2016.

Cyclist settles case for £30,000 after hitting pedestrian who was looking at phone - https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/feb/24/cyclist-settles-for-30000-pounds-after-hitting-pedestrian-who-was-looking-at-phone

harvey weinstein upgraded to actual rapist.

stop! prisontime!

doo doo doo, do doot do doot.

Fair, always look out for peds.

'namaste'

The case of a cyclist hitting a pedestrian who was looking at her phone has surely been discussed here but I was wondering what kind of insurance would have protected him?The article repeatedly mentions his lack of insurance as the reason for being legally vulnerable to The other party’s claim?

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2020/feb/24/cyclist-settles-for-30000-pounds-after-hitting-pedestrian-who-was-looking-at-phone

Indemnity of some kind. Possibly the kind included with club / bc membership or even household insurance.

That she was on her phone is a bit of a distraction iirc.

If you've got a Contents police look under Public Liability.

Tommy Robinson is in Russia spouting praise for strong man politician Vladimir Putin.

Lawyer Rotunno: “Weinstein 'took it like a man”

Thanks for the replies. I am looking into it but it seems rather arbitrary that a household/contents insurance would cover this type of event.

Regarding the phone use, both were held to be equally at fault, which is questionable in my view because well she was looking at her phone. But the reason for the unequal liability was procedural in that apparently only the pedestrian was able to claim damages because she was the first to file a claim...

Thanks for the replies. I am looking into it but it seems rather arbitrary that a household/contents insurance would cover this type of event.

Household/contents insurance doesn't specifically, but most of those policies include "personal liability insurance" which would (probably) have helped cover him.

But the reason for the unequal liability was procedural in that apparently only the pedestrian was able to claim damages because she was the first to file a claim...

No, it's because he thought he was doing the right thing and didn't lodge a counter-claim. If he had done then the lawyers would have seen it was going nowhere and there would have been no big costs and no one-sided damages awarded.

It's all there in the article.

Just when you thought the Barclay family couldn’t get any more dodgy...

https://mobile.twitter.com/i/web/status/1232010467842940928

Regarding the phone use, both were held to be equally at fault, which is questionable in my view because well she was looking at her phone.

She is theoretically at fault for being somewhere where she shouldn't be/distracted, but that is overruled buy the duty of care that applies (IIRC) to all road users regarding pedestrians. If they are in the road it is your duty not to hit them as they are more vulnerable than you

The Onion:

Desperate CDC Director Walks Down Hall Of Imprisoned Diseases For
One-On-One Talk With Avian Flu About Stopping Coronavirus

Just in case you thought Assange had shaved his head. Admittedly, it's not much of a likeness either way.

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Tory MP got his knob out 13 years ago in a pub:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/feb/25/tory-mp-james-grundy-apologises-after-exposing-himself-in-pub

Sorry, but... why do I care? I mean, I don't need to see his knob, but it seems to have been a private event and the environment was such that there were "onlookers encouraging him to expose himself". A bit embarrassing to him now, sure, but... surely there are bigger issues elsewhere?

All of us had high spirits when we were young, this has nothing to do with his career but on the other hand he's a tory so he should be arrested shot and deported.

i mean... yes, that would be a great start...

Anything to fuel the constant state of outrage we are required to feel.

I'm sure they could find enough things to be more genuinely outraged about though... As a random example, there could be more about how flood defences in vulnerable areas were defunded over a few years during 'austerity', because I think that's a point worth hammering home. Not sure why this deserves it's own little mention on the Guardian front page, right below this story.

(On an unrelated note - am I the only one to think of Mr Creosote when seeing the picture in that last article?)

i wish people were still talking about my knob 13 years after the event