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Probably somewhere where you have to pay hospital fees.

There was a lot of immediate criticism of the performers across social media, so it wouldn't take long for lawyers to recommend their services.

Guido getting in the whataboutery..

https://order-order.com/2021/11/08/starmer-has-billed-113975-in-second-job-fees-since-becoming-an-mp-in-2015/

what sort of families would instruct a lawyer to pursue a legal action before they’ve even got the funerals arranged?

In a previous life I was a lawyer. I’ve worked on high-profile cases where people have died tragically, and I can tell you firsthand: one of the smartest things a family can do in a tragedy like this is to get the best lawyer they can ASAFP.

It’s not (just) about pursuing damages in court (which they deserve for their ineffable pain). A good attorney will act like a crisis leader and their team will act like a crisis response unit. They’ll talk to the media, they’ll hire funeral directors (who can and do prey on distraught families), they’ll make sure nothing can be misconstrued and weaponised against the decuyus (auto-incorrected, should be de cujus)or their family reputation, they’ll monitor their client’s general well-being and suggest medical support if needed.

I’ve been there. A family going through this trauma is in no place to make binding legal decisions or any statement about anything except ‘Please contact my lawyer’.

I responded in haste above. I felt I needed to speak up for people I’ve known briefly who I perceived were being judged unfairly. I am not advising blind acquiescence to a lawyer, or to anyone else for that matter, but I think it’s unrealistic to expect anyone to navigate something like this alone.

I don’t think it’s unreasonable. It’s likely the families have little sense of control over when and how they can bury their loved ones, because they are now at the centre of an investigation.

They need representation. I don’t think there’s any particular advantage in waiting, is there?

Another thought is the family might want to get in with the usual things when there is a death such as arranging a funeral but potentially can't because the body hasn't been released from an investigation yet. There is a desire to 'do something', instructing a lawyer fulfils some of that and might help speed up the release.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59216211
The post-Grenfel cladding scandal is so ridiculous even Gove can see it.

Leadership challenge incoming.

More whataboutery..

https://mobile.twitter.com/KayBurley/status/1457972653386522628

There's no shortage of 'journalists' lining up to shill for torycunts... wonder why that is?

^ This may be true, but Kay Burley is not one of them

not a journalist? fairynuff i spose.

She is well known amongst journalists not to be sympathetic to the Tories.

She wants to tell her mouth that

You can tell by the sadness in her eyes. #parisattacks

As they say in Mexico, a politician who is poor is a poor politician

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59218438

Is this green technology?

Not sure if here, WTF or LLL threads...

https://twitter.com/giantpoppywatch/status/1458329829074481159

Already in the WTF thread.

Ah - yes. Still worth the wider audience!

As if MPs are allowed to lobby

Sleaze is properly building momentum now. Think this might take Johnson down as he can't keep having visits to hospitals/COP forever and avoiding all questions about it. When the tory press start attacking, the endgame is on.

I predict so many dead cats on the table.

(Hopefully all in vain.)

WAR with the EU!