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Thanks, we should have a thread on that. I'll start one.

wanton and furious driving

This is definitely the same as Alliston. Not sure he was charged with manslaughter though, which was contentious point in various parts of the media at the time.

Whatever the circumstances, RIP Peter McCombie - very sad.

He was charged with manslaughter*, but not convicted of it.

* Possibly / probably because there is no equivalent of Death by Dangerous Driving for people riding bicycles - where DbDD was introduced to replace charges of Manslaughter for killing people with your car, as juries were supposedly less likely to convict a manslaughter charge. Charges are most often reduced to Death by Careless Driving in any case. If charges are even passed on to the CPS.

Ah, I see &b stand very corrected. Memory not what it used to be...

no equivalent of Death by Dangerous Driving for people riding bicycles

Yes, I remember Matthew Briggs campaigning to bring one in.

Not sure he was charged with manslaughter though

He was charged with manslaughter but I think (I can't remember for certain and IANAL) that was related to the brakeless element of it.

Meanwhile an HGV driver with no licence can fail to give way, kill a blameless pensioner on his bike and remain untroubled by any police or court action. No fine, no points, no prison, nothing:

https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/frank-curley-lorry-driver-who-4333674

That is totally fucked up

Woow justice moves fast when a cyclist involved doesn't. The last I'd heard they hadn't even found the cyclist.

justice moves fast when certain elements of the media get involved and make it a high-profile pet project

FTFY

Well, that is properly wild. I was thinking that maybe it was late enough in the day for doubts over visibility to creep in but the video footage shows a clear blue sky.

Frank had been cycling on the road without a helmet or reflective clothing when the crash happened; however this is not a legal requirement

So, you're mentioning it why, fucko?

https://twitter.com/CountBinface/status/1288396570770255878

LOL!

AH, this makes much more sense now - keep the US permanently subject to a pandemic=not safe to vote.

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Or (from US thread), a handy dead cat distraction from 150k Covid deaths 'milestone' today and (as pointed out to me in that thread) the 32.9% drop in GDP.

He knows he can’t delay the election, but by casting doubt on postal voting he can try and claim fraud should he lose in November.

It’s straight from the wannabe autocrat playbook.

"I'd really like to have an election, but only when it's safe to do so. By the way, don't let anyone force you to wear a face mask, and keep drinking bleach."

He’s learning from China.
In HK they’re talking about a delay of the already rigged elections by up to a year which is on top of (so far) banning 12 opposition candidates from standing.

On the other foot, the GOP is also making sure that the USPO is massively underfunded in non-Republican areas.

Pimlico Plumbers having a Ratner moment:

To all the cycle fascists and their TFL pals who think they know how
to run my business:

https://twitter.com/PimlicoPlumbers/status/1288854764797779971

"cycle fascists"

Boris Johnson? ;)

[yeah yeah I know...he's not displaying all signs of a fascist, just the nepotism, easy enemies (eu/immigrants), nepotism, letting his mates dismantle institutions...]

you forgot the nepotism

i know lookshaming people is frowned upon but surely exceptions can be made when a) it's this laughable cunt and b) it's entirely self inflicted.

I liked Agadoo.

more the unholy progeny of late stage rod stewart and The Sphinx.