In the news

Of course. Legislation is relatively cheap.

Bomb squad called to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital after man gets WWII mortar stuck up his bottom

"Tripped and fell" while rearranging his vintage armaments collection in the nude. For sure.

Again? Dirty fuckers down that way.

Bomb squad

Bum squad etc (again)

Who knew that IED stood for Insertible Explosive Device?

Has a tightening of the law ever led to a reduction in drug crime or drug deaths?

The only way you can fight it is go to the origin; the house of common.

Legislation is relatively cheap.

Headlines that don't go anywhere are even cheaper.

Is there a by-election coming up? Oh yes.

Covid restrictions decision kicked over to next week is also a complete coincidence, presumably so they don't alienate the anti-vaxx vote...

Revoking a travel document is not equal to revoking citizenship.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/26/shamima-begum-cannot-return-to-uk-to-fight-for-citizenship-court-rules

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/nov/17/new-bill-quietly-gives-powers-to-remove-british-citizenship-without-notice

^ and separately, they are looking to remove the powers of judicial review - or at the very least enable ministers to ignore any outcome. So any decision with regard to the above would not be subject to proper scrutiny.

now they want to do that with laughing gas

The stuff is mostly harmless (and not really that much fun compared to proper drugs) but the amount of littering from car windows and even people taking it whilst driving needs something doing, some legislation against having it open/available in cars or including it in drug driving stuff would do, treat it like booze, treat all drugs like booze really.

The littering in the local park was wild this summer, cannisters everywhere.

And yep don't do any drugs and drive.

But there's no drugs education either in schools/public spaces, just drugs are bad mwkay.

I share your concern about that law and what happened to her is bollocks.

Her Dutch husband is in a Dutch jail after being tried.

If the Netherlands can try him, UK can do the same with her. But no let's leave her stateless...

Be nice if Gove would be tried under all these new laws or perhaps he's not "middle class?" ;)

Would they go as revoking citizenship for snorting some coke...I doubt it but also, who knows..

I reckon a £1 deposit on each robot dropping would solve the litter problem.

I reckon a £1 deposit on each robot dropping would solve the litter problem.

Pretty good idea actually, would price them out of a lot of people's recreational use unless they're returned for money back but still be fine for whipping cream or whatever the fuck they're actually for, any that are dumped would soon get picked up for an easy £10-£20.

demand drug tests from the children of every MP

Or have a look at the way under 18s are profiled when caught with weed for personal use. The balance between the less formal involvement of YOTs vs more formal involvement of the police depending on skin colour and perceived involved and supportive family (read white middle class) is shocking.

And for all the leftover diet coke tins and bottles...to be paid by diageo.

Yes I literpicked, yes I ragequit as it never ends :)

YOTs

Youth Offending Teams?

Yep.

The process seems to be:

-Teenager gets stopped for smoking weed
-Some get taken home to see if there is a responsible adult there, some get taken to the local nick and held (often overnight)
-Police then decide whether to process themselves or refer to YOT
-The decision and subsequent process hinges on whether the teenager seems to have a supportive and articulate family, is in school, has a job, has thoughts about their future, where they hang out and with whom, has a legitimate source of income...

The aim is to establish whether the teenager is at risk of grooming and (county lines) gangs, or simply smoking weed because that's what teenagers do. What happens next is based on a well-intentioned but flawed and utterly subjective approach to safeguarding. You don't need to be a genius to guess which kids get a friendly YOT rap on the knuckles and which have a far less pleasant experience.

Not sure if it’s the same all over Germany but in Berlin Diet Coke bottles do have a deposit

80 years ago this week the Wehrmacht sent a motorbike reconnaissance to Khimki, 20km north west of Moscow. It was as close as they ever got. There's an anti-tank memorial there now, Czech Hedgehogs:

Of course events in Hawaii changed everything, as today's Telegraph note with their usual attention to detail:

Minutes after the firing of the first torpedo, US naval officers tried
to scramble fighter jets

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/12/07/one-secretly-intercepted-cable-could-have-prevented-pearl-harbour/

Fighter jets get mentioned three times. If only Telegraph writers had access to Wikipedia.

The suggestion that the US were aware in advance of the attack on Peal Harbour is one of the all time classic conspiracy theories. There will be some very excited tin foil hat wearers today.

The suggestion that the US were aware in advance of the attack on Peal Harbour

Yes, couldn't they hear the bells ringing? :)

the US were aware in advance of the attack on Peal Harbour

There is an excellent documentary on this with Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfrh9PtLoZ8

Enjoy the separation of powers while you still can:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/06/no-10-plans-to-let-ministers-strike-out-legal-rulings-they-disagree-with