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I'm not saying all white van men with Arabic numbers on their license plates are bad people, some of them are probably decent enough. But as a cyclist I will never feel truly safe until we see a political leader with the courage to impose a blanket ban.

In the Queens speech today

The Referendum result was not the one I hoped for, but this government will respond with humility and resolve to the message the electorate sent.

Oof

White Vans banned ?

Oh, I see.

I thought it was about Pisti's trainers.

The Referendum result was not the one I hoped for, but this government will respond with humility and resolve to the message the electorate sent

Er, the actual text is this:

“The election result was not the one I hoped for, but this Government will respond with humility and resolve to the message the electorate sent,” she said."

I'm not suggesting hiring a van is of itself sufficient, it is Darren Osborne's combination of actions that should have resulted in him being pulled over.

Chains of related events are easy to spot after the event. Beforehand, the exact same chain of events may have led to entirely different outcomes.

Post hoc reasoning is no way to run an intelligence service. Thankfully.

Spy on Amnesty for example

tl;dr no-one is really fussed about the Queen's speech and she's going to drive herself down in her dressing gown (albeit quite a decent one)

It's like dress down Friday for the chronically un-elected.

Nicholas Witchell will be battling to hold back tears as he provides his trademark fawning commentary

Thanks - unbelievably that's actually a useful map - I was having a discussion about a tree outside my house with my neighbour a couple of days ago. We thought it was Hickory. Turns out its Ash.

Where was the police intercept?

I think they had their hands full dealing with the drone swarm coming in the AC ducts. That or the 3D laughing hacker skulls on every monitor.

Prince Philip RIP could be on...

Queen dressing down and no gold carriage out of respect for the recent tragedies. Nothing to do with the rioting proles then.

Impossible. These lizard fuckers are immortal.

Would be a perfect excuse to not have queens speech today

Took a while, but we now have confirmation that the white van driver was not a racist or terrorist, he just had mental health issues:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/21/finsbury-park-attack-suspect-darren-osborne-has-mental-health-issues-sister-says

Don't all terrorists have mental health issues?

Just guessing but maybe she wants a quick getaway in case Philip is actually on his last legs. Do the speech, jump in the motor and away.
Or armoured car in case some sweaty oik runs out of the crowd with a knife.

I wander which comes first, the mental illness or the right wing tendencies.

I assume this is about Phil the Greek

xenaphobia

Never liked the warrior princess.

Not a fan of a lawless society?

she wants a quick getaway to catch the opening race at ascot, has had an each way flutter on a 20/1 shot.

Ftfy.

The apple doesn't fall far from the tree... My mate's mum was the housekeeper at the Queen Mum's best mate's place in Chelsea... She'd be up there a couple of times a month to watch the horses on TV and drink gin...