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There were allegations that Nairac was tied up with the killing one way or another.

Awful that it took 46 years to settle this. The MoD must have known they were culpable all this time.

Ha ha. Like that.

The US never extradite their citizens.

Someone's being traded for Julian Assange

Several bookmakers have the Lib Dems as favourites in North Shropshire! Just two years ago they came third, with 10% of the votes. The seat has been conservative for 188 of the last 190 years. That freak Owen Paterson had a majority of 23,000.

https://www.oddschecker.com/politics/british-politics/north-shropshire-by-election
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/13/bookies-make-lib-dems-favourite-in-north-shropshire-poll-owen-paterson-byelection

Funny right, his 30 day suspension would of ended this week

😳
True

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/dec/14/motorist-jailed-for-running-over-cyclist-who-spat-on-his-car

Is there no concept of using a car as a weapon for something like GBH in uk law? This seems as deliberate and clear cut as it gets.

Like calling stabbing someone "causing serious injury by dangerous knife waving"

Reported that way makes it unclear the driver was already chasing the cyclist

https://www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/offences/crown-court/item/causing-grievous-bodily-harm-with-intent-to-do-grievous-bodily-harm-wounding-with-intent-to-do-gbh-2/

It starts at 2 years... and the guy got 18 months. Absolutely ridiculous

Moult had lost his temper when Cook accidentally collided with his vehicle at a set of traffic lights

In mitigation, ... “Had his vehicle not been damaged this would never have happened. It was a moment of madness,”

Was the 'damage' the spitting or the accidental collision? Cyclist clearly brought it on himself either way. What a ridiculous thing to say.

He ignored her and caught up with Cook to argue with him on the roadside. After Cook spat on the Land Rover bonnet, Moult got back in the driver’s seat, put his foot down and crushed the victim under the wheels of the car, Minshull Street crown court in Manchester heard.

Sounds like the driver was outside the car after chasing the cyclist down, then got back in the car and ran him over.

He wasn't charged with that though, was he?

Not that the sentence is ridiculous, of course.

Martin Dillon's book is a decent introduction to the chaos in NI. I think the events in NI then had a profound impact on the wider UK shadow history.

https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-dirty-war/martin-dillon/9780099845201

I'm surprised the various cycling clubs and bodies haven't considered funding a civil action in these cases. For PR as much as anything.

Some proper Scottish politics here..

https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19783687.snp-mp-declares-alba-burden-independence-goaded-carrots/

Attempted murder doesn’t exist for drivers, apparently. ‘They made him mad’ is clearly a sufficient mitigating circumstance so as not to treat someone who runs over another person, purposely and with forethought and malice, and with no danger at all to themselves or others or even their property, like an attempted murderer.

System is fncked.

I'm surprised the various cycling clubs and bodies haven't considered funding a civil action in these cases. For PR as much as anything.

The worry would be a jury would be afraid to convict and it would be seen as legitimate to attack cyclists

Oh and “luxury” LandRover Freelander

Mirror has a load more partygate tomorrow, including email invites and people being told to go out the back door at the end of the party.
And the quiz team names.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/bombshell-message-shows-no10-staff-25698987

No need to wait until tomorrow

Professor Quiz Whitty

nice.

This one is worse
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/extraordinary-image-shows-raucous-xmas-25699183

Shaun Bailey quit his job though

The Mirror are making up for the rest of the self serving media at the moment

The stupid, it burns.

On the other hand they all know who took that picture of them and leaked it so let the infighting commence!

They probably shared it with half the twats in the picture - they'll all be looking at each other with suspicion and hatred, as Tories look at everyone.

Please let this be the beginning of the end.