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I see New Zealand greeted the New Year hours before us. See what happens with real leadership?

That high Street Kensington route was a really useful one - it's a shame it's gone, and a shame that the council didn't manage to find the bravery to stand firm, that this is the envisioned future of a less car reliant London.

There's a similar outcry where I live in Chiswick, and I imagine they'll remove the new cycle lanes here soon too.

KLF stream a load of their hits - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/entertainment-arts-55507226

Already mentioned on the relevant thread.

Sky Sports doesn't work outside UK. I just tried and "You are outside the region".

Did it say "You won't be able to watch West Ham" on the ballot? Did it cock.

Back to the old tricks. You used to have to get a UK box and card and then make sure the phone line was plugged into a SIP adapter so it had a UK number. Now I assume the Ethernet port will need to be connected to a VPN.

Cool, Wasn't aware :)

Government taking the credit for stopping the tampon tax 5 years after voting to maintain it. They're stuck up fannies, and I cleaned up that joke:

https://twitter.com/Conservatives/status/134539405

About time, anyone would think women have been asking for the moon on a cup.

Tweet deleted already

Hah! 😁

How does he still have a job?

“It is now beyond doubt that Williamson is the worst education secretary for a generation. From March this government has continually failed our children and young people, at a huge cost to their futures. He must go.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/02/teachers-take-legal-action-as-chaos-grips-englands-schools-plan

Useful idiot continues to make the other cunts look intelligent/proficient/human/ethical (delete as appropriate)

Was diverted around quite a few closed roads with a heavy police presence in Southwark earlier today. Just looked up what it was and seems quite intense https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/london-bridge-swat-police-b643179.html

The verdict in the Assange case is due tomorrow:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/03/julian-assange-partner-stella-moris-extradition-unthinkable-travesty-wikileaks

https://www.kltv.com/2021/01/03/killed-several-injured-shooting-incident-smith-county-church/

In and around Winona, Texas:

1. Man suspected of involvement in shooting incident (possibly armed robbery) crashes car during high speed chase.
   
2. Suspect escapes into woods, evading police.
   
3. Suspect hides in church.
   
4. Pastor arrives at church, finds suspect hiding.
   
5. Pastor pulls gun on suspect.
   
6. Suspect takes gun from pastor, shoots him dead.
   
7. Suspect steals car from church parking lot.
   
8. Another high speed chase.
   
9. Suspect arrested.
   
   
   

Yeah but give the teachers guns to stop school shootings though.

Fargo Season 5?

Some rare good news
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-politics-poll/pm-johnson-could-lose-his-seat-and-majority-at-next-election-poll-idUKKBN2970M9

Today's opinions mean nothing for an election more than three years away.

Today's opinions mean nothing for an election more than three years away

This.

And the Tory PR machine is well-versed in timing its efforts to coincide with the election cycle. They will be thanking their lucky stars that Covid happened this end of the term - and I would suspect that if it had been at the other end, it would have influenced the leadership decisions also.

Just looked up what it was and seems quite intense

What the heck did he say to those cops that got him besieged by a swat team and arrested for affray and intent to commit criminal damage?

Good news for now:

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/04/julian-assange-cannot-be-extradited-to-us-british-judge-rules

Still, with an appeal looming this is going to drag on for some time yet, with Assange probably still held at Belmarsh.

That's definitely true normally but are people really going to forget 2020?