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What's the best source? I want screaming.

Jury back. None of them looked at him.

Guilty!

Guilty

Guilt on all. I use msnbc

Hat eaten from previous page…

On 22 counts so far

I’d eat it again too. Couldn’t happen to a griftier cunt.

Farage is gonna be at a loose end now.

Guilty on all 34 charges. Now to see if they agree on the federal aspect

All 34.

Trump fanboy at work just went nuts.
No reasoning with him, he’s ranting worse than Trump about how the charges are fake, the witnesses are all liars, Stormy is disgusting, and the judge is crooked.
Said fanboy is otherwise very sensible and a terrific worker.
It’s scary how Trump can ccast his spell over people.

Spotted the Daily Star this morning on the train: "You've been Tango'd!"

Did lol.

Daily Star consistently has the best copy editors on Fleet Street

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@AdamBienkov · 1m BREAKING: Iain Dale tells LBC he has now abandoned
his bid to become the Conservative candidate for Tunbridge Wells,
after this clip of him telling listeners he 'never liked the place’
and ‘would happily live somewhere else’ was revealed

Spin doctor isn’t working here.

“My comments were why I wish to be in charge of the area to make it a place desirable to live”

Absolute shit rag, but they can put together a headline.

Unfortunately he’ll get away with a fine.

^ yup - the smart money seems to be on a fine and suspended sentence.

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To ask the contrarian question, is it really that big a deal that he's been found guilty? They are all civil issues and in my understanding it's mostly a matter of shuffling around money in the wrong way to cover up a mistake he made in his personal life. Don't get me wrong, I consider him the absolute scum of the earth, but if it was a candidate I already supported I think I'd consider this type of thing to be unfortunate, but possibly not a deal breaker.

It's a criminal case I believe, rather than a civil one. I think he'd been found guilty of civil fraud cases recently as well though.

but if it was a candidate I already supported

I guess there's a hope that swing voters, or ones who hadn't decided (I don't understand how that's a thing in this election) would favour voting for a candidate who isn't a criminal.

They are all civil issues

No - this was a criminal trial.

Further slippage of the veil from Papo Frankie:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/31/pope-francis-allegedly-tells-group-of-young-priests-gossip-is-a-womens-thing

“Gossip is a women’s thing. We wear the trousers, we have to say things.”

From a guy who has spent literally his entire adult life in a dress.

Calling deliberate criminal behaviour a mistake needs to stop.

If there is a lesson from the trial it is Trump will steal anything he can and has no respect for laws or people. Everything and everyone exists to be used and exploited by him.

Personally I think it’s crazy that we’ve collectively bought into the idea that politicians abhorrent behaviour in their personal life is somehow not up for discussion and has no bearing on their professional life.