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Euph?

Everything is these days. I can't even take myself seriously.

Euph?

He's slightly less obvious than the BNP and therefore more acceptable to the huddled masses. They will win quite a few votes from the Tories in the next election at this rate.

UKIP: Not just any BNP, this is M&S BNP

Am I to assume that it's the Daily Mail's political wing?

Am I to assume that it's the Daily Mail's political wing?

No, that was this lot:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_the_British_Union_of_Fascists.svg/320px-Flag_of_the_British_Union_of_Fascists.svg.png

Ah. Thanks for clearing that up.

London police start body camera pilot

As well as offering more transparency in policing, senior officers believe it will lead to more criminals to plead guilty and thus speed up justice.

Evidence from the trials of these in Rialto, California suggests they work very effectively in reducing violent behaviour from both the public and the police.

interdasting! they seem to not give a flying fuck about camera evidence when it comes from someone on a bicycle.

It's the bicycle they don't care about. I'm sure they love the camera evidence (except when it's of them giving someone a licking, which these may help prevent).

i've seen that movie too. i don't think those ladies were real police officers.

Go on....

Not much to write home about, just a couple of really drunk meatheads who came to a party I was at, who were just mouthing of with the usual EDL/UKIP bollocks and it all ended up getting a bit fighty before they were "asked to leave".

My favourite part of the whole night was that one of them had actually tried to register his house as a mosque with the local council to get tax exemption but was denied for obvious reasons. He didn't understand that any place of worship is exempt.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-27325363

High Court in London says NI women not entitled to free NHS abortions in England - Cos fuck you NI women thanks to these ballbeg politicians here. (as good as illegal here)
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London police start body camera pilot

I just saw a situation defused thanks to these cameras a couple of days ago. The police were confronting a drunk troublemaker. (Lot's of them where I live). The drunk guy then accused the coppers of racism.
Policeman pointed to the gadget on his chest and just said: "yeah, say that to the camera", and the drunk muppet obviously backed down sheepishly. Btw, the drunk guy was white, the police officer was black. From what I could see the racism accusation was completely made up.

I'm not saying this in an overall defense in favour of the police, or that racism isn't an issue when arrests are made. It's just that I am thoroughly content that none of my tax pennies were spent on a pointless internal enquiry that would be shelved in any case.

Not too long ago, riot cops in NI started being filmed. They were overwhelmingly against it, on the basis that it would make them look bad (but really because they would have to cut down on the brutality). Now they wouldn't do without it, as despite making them do their job properly, it makes it clear how difficult their job is and makes it easy to prove when brutality allegations are bollox.

btw, if you ever want some good material for the Fuck the Police thread, spend an evening drinking with the Belfast riot squad, and get a picture of their true level of bigotry, cruelty and unprofessionalism.

Interesting terminology in the financial services industry. Barclays are to shed thousands of jobs from their investment banking group, which the chief executive or whatever illuminates his business card calls a simplification. When the market collapses then recovers, with all that entails, capitalism has undergone a correction, almost as if by itself and for the better without doubt. That much is implied.

Both descriptions could be interchangeable really, which shows the degree to which the global economic system sees no difference between the abstract and concrete. Simplification is obviously a patronising way to refer to redundancies, a trait all too easy to associate with banking, except this time the industry's being aloof towards itself. A correction speaks volumes, in that recessions and gloom are only necessary factors in the ongoing improvement of a system immune to cracking. What a fine time these bankers facing the chop must be having, being simplified to nothing for fear of upsetting any further corrections.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/08/illegal-fishing-21st-century-pirates-plunder-treasures-of-costa-ricas-seas

Not too long ago, riot cops in NI started being filmed. They were overwhelmingly against it, on the basis that it would make them look bad (but really because they would have to cut down on the brutality). Now they wouldn't do without it, as despite making them do their job properly, it makes it clear how difficult their job is and makes it easy to prove when brutality allegations are bollox.

btw, if you ever want some good material for the Fuck the Police thread, spend an evening drinking with the Belfast riot squad, and get a picture of their true level of bigotry, cruelty and unprofessionalism.

The frequency and escalation of riots in Belfast seem to cause the riot squad to attract a different breed of sociopath. I spoke to one who worked in the 80's and he said that more often than not, before being deployed they were told that wherever the landrover stopped, as soon as the doors were opened they were into a situation bad enough where anyone within baton range was fair game. I can't imagine that's in the published training manual though.

Someone I know just after graduating polis academy in Belfast:

'We spend loads of time in training learning how to deal with situations without touching people or hurting them. But in real life it's great, we just kick their shit in.'

They say that, but the flag rioters were barely touched and they really went for the PSNI in areas. Stones, bottles, petrol bombs being flung. No court cases against PSNI, barely any arrests.

Trying to sound like hard men perhaps? ;)

London black taxis plan congestion chaos to block Uber

Didn't know, that Uber is funded by Google, Goldman Sachs and others.

I didn't know either. Can haz moneys pls?

I took an uber in manchester yesterday, fast, hassle free and the cabby wasnt a cunt.

Wiped front to back I hope.