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man in us spends a month in hospital with corona virus related issues gets $1.1mn bill for his troubles

don't let boris privatise the nhs people

Yeh John Boyega was wearing similiar gloves last week, assumed its a motorbike thing

Tactical gloves. The police riot units wear them here in HK not sure about UK though.

In my mind they'll always be keirin gloves

I used to have a pair of the keirin gloves, they were great... Pretty toasty in the winter too... Such crabon...

There's all sorts of crazy itemised procedures from US hospitals. I don't really like reading about them, as they'll no doubt be coming to us in the next ten - 20 years.

Assuming it was real, I remember the $40 charge to hold your newborn in a delivery room being a fairly shocking one.

I did think this morning, the bloke didn't actually piss on that memorial, he pissed next to it. Then I saw who agreed with me.
https://twitter.com/JuliaHB1/status/1272091516257828864

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"Strange hill to die beside."

Gold.

He'll be going going up the steps to the big house for this. Judge and jury and potentially unlimited custodial sentence and unlimited fine.
Cor-bless yer, and no mistake, as they say up in that there London town.

Well, it's funny and pathetic because of the claimed values of the protesters and how it looks but he obviously didn't piss on it. And, I've been down there plenty of times and it is easy to miss. With the eye, I mean.

Andrew Banks (Pissing Man) gets 2 weeks inside
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-53051096

Prosecutor Michael Mallon said Banks, a Tottenham Hotspur fan, was in central London to "protect statues", but admitted he did not know which statues.

He was said to have drunk 16 pints during Friday night into Saturday
morning, and had not been to sleep.

This is the "protect the statues" protest in a nutshell, fucking morons.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lo­ndon-53051096

That's good but I wonder why they felt it necessary to comment on his football club of choice

That's good but I wonder why they felt it necessary to comment on his football club of choice

I saw some reports yesterday that mentioned that a number of people taking part were known to be from football hooligan groups, so might be because of that?

but I wonder why they felt it necessary to comment on his football club of choice

Ha, I didn't even bay an eyelid at that.

John Crace from the Guardian supports the Spurs.

I suppose telling the club is fair enough, but imagine being a non swivel eyed loon that just loves supporting the club. Clearly the club has work to do, but the "all football fans are hooligans" must crop up on social media.

Was it really necessary if the spurs already are trying to stamp out shitty behaviour? If not, cha, name and shame may be needed...?

Someone appeared to leave offerings of food at the Winston Churchill statue yesterday.

https://mobile.twitter.com/BenSutton91/status/1272203200586801153

I'm an away travelling Arsenal fan and we've had Tommy Robinson and mates turn up to European away games just to have a scrap alongside their Arsenal mates. The Luton town bunch do seem to like their continental fighting. Last time I saw him and Danny Tommo was in Munich. Every club has them. Spurs or Arsenal no exception.

The political allegiances and behaviour of a minority of fans on our away trips has led me to seriously consider not going any more. Although technically speaking, if you're turning up to away games for a team you don't support just for the knuckle you probably don't get to call yourself a fan.

Sensible People during the last election: Labour’s broadband plan is stupid, everyone has broadband already, this is a distraction, I hate it and I hate Labour

Sensible People now: https://amp.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jun/15/uk-children-reliable-broadband-coronavirus-lockdown-education

Because it was mostly organised by the Football Lads Alliance

https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2020/06/08/football-hooligans-and-far-right-plan-london-demonstration/

I think it was actually the Democratic Football Lads Alliance. I have been reliably informed that they are completely different from the Football Lads Alliance and definitely not racist, far-right or into violent protests.

(Admittedly the person who said this also said Tommy Robinson should be viewed as an English hero so I'm not fully convinced that everything they said wasn't absolute bollocks.)

Oh yeah my bad, they've got "Democratic" in the name so they totally can't be fascists.

The whole discussion about free broadband was just the modern equivalent of "poor people aren't allowed modern tvs or more than the bare minimum of entertainment or luxury items like alcohol or cigarettes". Clearly the internet is a necessity these days.

so my local MP is the one pushing the bill, which is surprising as I wrote to her about an internet bill once with some very valid concerns that would limit accessing the internet for pretty much everyone in the country and she basically said I don't give a shit.

Dear Siobhain McDonagh,

I have been reading with concern information surrounding Mr Cameron's
"porn censorship" Bill.

Leaving aside the generally distasteful nature of any kind of mass
censorship, the government appears to be using "child pornography" as
an excuse to block all kinds of other content, from genuinely useful
websites (for example eating disorder websites which could provide
support and assistance to people suffering with these conditions; or
websites about alcohol, which could potentially include information on
alcohol dependence and overcoming alcohol related problems), to
websites so vaguely defined as to be absurd (including "web forums",
which would includes popular sites such as Mumsnet , the consumer
action group and Moneysavingexpert; and "esoteric" sites which, without
clarification, is completely meaningless).

The Open Rights Group has published information here after speaking to
ISPs about what they have been asked to implement:
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2013/sleepwalking-into-censorship

Had it not been for some of the sites which would doubtlessly fall
under the wide reaches of this proposed filter my mother who is
severely limited in her mobility due to poor health would not have had
access to the essential information and resources she needed to
successfully appeal her case after her appalling treatment at the hands
of the atos attack dogs the government have seen fit to sick on the
disabled and would have been forced to live on an even more meager
amount than she does now.

As someone who is of a technical bent I am aware the system may be
opted out of but for those who are not tech savvy like my mother this
system will undoubtedly mean that information they desperately need is
kept from them that they may not be able to access because they lack
the requisite skills.

It is my hope that you will understand how damaging this Bill is to the
right of the UK's citizens to live their lives without large-scale,
government-mandated censorship. It is also my hope that you intend to
bring this matter to the attention of Mr Cameron who seems unable to
comprehend the implications of his own scheme.

her reply was basically "I dOnT gIvE a ShIt sAvE tHe ChIlDrEn FrOm p0Rn0S aNd PeEdOs"

Thank you for writing to me about the proposal for an opt in internet filter that would prevent
children accessing pornography. This is an idea suggested by David Cameron, but you have a
number of objections.
I am afraid, however, that I do not in principle think it is unreasonable to block pornography
on the internet. I cannot understand how anyone with children would not want to block such
content. Of course, I sympathise greatly with people who fear that internet filtering could
restrict people’s opportunities to do what they want on the web, and that it would be the thin
end of the wedge. In general I support the idea of everyone having as much freedom as
possible to surf the net, and even to view content that might be considered to contain adult
themes. For instance, I do not want to deny users the opportunity of streaming programmes
like Game of Thrones, which has strong adult themes, or Life of Brian, which was highly
controversial at the time it was made. However, I do think that with this freedom should come
certain responsibilities. And for me, internet providers should restrict pornography.
We need to find a balance between the right to use the internet as an amazing tool that can
advance human knowledge and understanding, and stopping children from viewing wholly
inappropriate materials. Whether or not the Prime Minister’s proposals are suitable or
workable has yet to be seen, but I hope such a balance can be found.

That's good but I wonder why they felt it necessary to comment on his football club of choice

Nor whether he have mental health issues.

Well, it was his lawyer that decided to make that a matter of record, not the press.