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There is a precedent for the flying of flags after terror attacks or humanitarian crisis. E.g. After terror attacks in France or the invasion of Ukraine. I don't see it as a symbol of support for the Israeli government (even if the UK didn't have such a relaxed attitude to Israel's human rights abuses, i still think the flag would have flown).
As for the Palestinian flag: flying it in Trafalgar Square could be an act of solidarity, walking through Stamford Hill waving it is something different. Same as an England flag at a football match is a different thing to one on an EDL march.

Flags are complicated things.

There is a precedent for the flying of flags after terror attacks

So we'll be seeing govt buildings adorned with Palestinian flags tomorrow after the indiscriminate terror bombings of Gaza's civilians in 'retaliation' (their word)?

Chopping down down ulez cameras on the edge of st marks gate...

That wasn't an electric car..

Phew, I'm glad that before he died Captain Tom was able to structure his publishing deal so the profits went to his family as he intended. LOL.

They only pimped him out for the fame/money/swimming pool.

Icba to draw out all the parallels but the Capt Tom story seems so of our time.

The hero worship.

The pure shameless of the family, who just put on their deal-with-it-sunglasses and double down.

Salt Bae went too far this time.

The pure shameless of the family, who just put on their deal-with-it-sunglasses and double down.

It’s pure Tory playbook stuff. “Obviously if we gave the impression we weren’t absolutely coining it in off this, then that is something that brings me mild regret”

Also explains why the Tories loved Captain Tom so much; respectable old man does something pointless which purports to deliver a social benefit but which actually puts cash directly into the pockets of shameless, venal grifters.

There's definitely a columnist article in this.

Keep going guys then I'll put it into chatgpt and ask it to rewrite in the voice of Marina Hyde.

I've just had an annoying one while trying to watch some toddler videos. Unicorns, rainbows and cute music. Then "we know your kid can't read this...hamas terrorists" etc
Fucking awful

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Judges being told that prisons are full and they can't send any more criminals to prison is normal, right?

Think they loved him cos he took the focus off their car crash response to covid. In all honesty I’ve no reason to think capt Tom himself wasn’t entirely well motivated but his family seem to have jumped fully aboard the gravy train. Thing that gets me is that they were all absolutely minted already. Maybe not private-health-spa-in-your-sizeable-garden minted but certainly cost-of-living-crisis?-what-cost-of-living-crisis? minted. (How am I doing, Hugo7?)

Also conflating Hamas with ISIS, at least on the one I saw

Another 200 words and I think we're there.

Yeah, I'm with you - certainly not attributing malice or mendaciousness to the old geezer.

It's often the Hyacinth Buckets and the Margo & Jeremy types that are the most grasping.

My kids had something like this last time Israel decided to shoot a bunch of peaceful protesters - not this kind of insidious stuff but a load of military footage and the claim that Israel was under attack - so urgently that my youngest son - then 5, I think - came through to tell us about it. They wanted to watch reviews of fucking Lego sets. Totally inappropriate - not only the targeting but the absolute inversion of events at the time

Totally normal, probably cases from years ago as well given the backlog at courts

I posted a link to a piece a few days ago where we are apparently trying to do a deal with Estonia to house prisoners there as they have capacity.

It wouldn't shock me at this point if they set up the contract like the Rwanda one and you go to Estonia to be processed and there is no right to return

backlog at courts

I know someone who was arrested for dealing over 18 months ago and still hasn't had a court date.

I am sure braveman is on it...

You've got to assume he signed the contract and was aware of it.

Was there ever any expectation the profits were going to charity? Nothing on the book or blurb suggests that.

Reading between the lines, I’d guess Bernie is taking one for the team?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67088503

Best knock the investigation on the head before they uncover anything else...