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and they say the expect more victims to come forward, too. Terrible.

the reality is probably much lower

I, for one, would be disappointed in him if he were lying about his earnings. The very idea.

£5 says that he gets nailed for tax evasion & fraud, on top of being done for being a rapey paedo trafficker too.

gets nailed for tax evasion

For a moment I thought you were talking about Nadhim Zahawi

For a moment I thought you were talking about Nadhim Zahawi

How is that not a front a page news story and resignation in disgrace?

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BBC not thinking it worth reporting

Also, how the fuck have we gone from:
2021 - We don't retrospectively look into historical crimes committed
2023 - We heard the thought of protesting crossed your mind, you've committed a pre-crime

Academics invent new word to tell us something we already knew:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/17/motonormativity-britons-more-accepting-driving-related-risk

Motormoronivity would have been more appropriate

Academics invent new word

I don't really see the problem? What we already knew took several words to explain, now we have one word. Backed up by solid research.

In one example 75% of people agreed with the statement: “People shouldn’t smoke in highly populated areas where other people have to breathe in the cigarette fumes.” But when just two words were changed – “people shouldn’t drive in highly populated areas where other people have to breathe in the car fumes” – only 17% agreed.

Probably reflects the proportions of people who smoke and those that drive.

Similarly, while only 37% of people thought the police needed to take action if someone left their “belongings” in the street and they were stolen, with the word changed to “car” it rose to 87%.

Losing something after 'leaving it in the street' doesn't seem very comparable with having a car stolen.

Losing something after 'leaving it in the street' doesn't seem very comparable with having a car stolen.

I think that is part of the point. Storing your possessions on the public highway sounds bonkers unless it is a car.

It's insurance though isn't it?

If you leave something "in the street" and it is stolen then you're unlikely to be covered by your home insurance.

If you leave something "in your car" you may be covered by your car insurance, and you need a crime number in order to make a claim.

Exactly.

Also what other weather proof possessions over 1 tonne do people leave outside?

He has a chip on his shoulder about academics.

Plenty of people have to leave bikes in public because they have no alternative.

Would be interesting to know if the average person on the clapham omnibus thinks the police should take action when a bicycle is stolen from the street.

It's a bit of an odd study. But the relentless news cycle grinds on.

It speaks of a sense of entitlement that often goes unnoticed. Kudos to the researchers for finding a neat way to highlight it.
Often, when there are discussions about improvements to cycling infrastructure people claiming upset as they will ‘lose their parking spots’ as if a random bit of tarmac is their own property.

Is this the ‘posh bird’ commenter?

You knows it.

I think that is part of the point. Storing your possessions on the public highway sounds bonkers unless it is a car.

Credit: https://davewalker.com/

You do have to pay to keep a car on the street (unless it’s electric) in a way you don’t with anything else. If you park without doing so it will get removed.

grant schapps says to parliament today, he asked his department to give boris johnson a " hairbrushing " in that photo at the cornish space centre

well he did go to manchester polytechnic, we can't expect him to speak the queens english now can we