Observations Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Sammy Wilson discussing Rishi Sunak's ireland deal with Nigel Farage ... Rishi's claims are completely untrue This is the nonsence of this I hope that people don't buy it The government, which is under pressure, has finally got something to sell? The UK might also have to comply with EU law Farage; Doesn't feel like brexit does it ! In his enthusiasm Rishi has almost made the case of bringing the UK into the market The more you look into this ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sit down, Waldo Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 On 2/26/2023 at 1:25 AM, Nemo said: Revealed: One in 100 Police officers in England and Wales faced a criminal charge last year Figure has surged over the past 10 years with pressure growing for officers to be sacked on the spot. Andrew Kersley and Mark Townsend Sat 25 Feb 2023 18.50 GMT Shocking figures obtained by the Observer show roughly one in 100 police officers in England and Wales faced criminal charges, including for sexual offences, last year alone. An Observerinvestigation has found that the Police Federation, the staff association for police officers, received 1,387 claims for legal support from members facing criminal charges in 2022. The data also suggested that the number of officers facing criminal charges has skyrocketed by 590% since 2012. That year, just 235 claims were made for Police Federation legal support by its members. The Police Federation of England and Wales represents around 140,000 former and serving police officers and spends millions of pounds a year in legal fees, which help defend those accused of severe misconduct or even criminality. The organisation is a statutory staff association, meaning all police officers become members by default when they join any force in England and Wales. One campaign group said the federation was always ready to “defend the indefensible” and was a “major obstacle” to dealing with racism and misogyny in the police. Last week, it was revealed that a former federation chairman, John Apter, would not face prosecution over two sexual assault allegations made against him. Apter was suspended by the Police Federation and by Hampshire Constabulary in December 2021. The kind of criminal charges faced by police officers can range from misconduct in a public office and sending grossly offensive messages on a public network to more serious offences including assault, sexual offences and even murder. The new data comes amid a growing number of cases of serious criminality by officers. Earlier this month, former Met officer David Carrick was jailed for life after he raped, assaulted and inflicted “irretrievable destruction” on at least 12 women. In 2021, another serving police officer, Wayne Couzens, used his police ID and handcuffs to kidnap, rape and murder 33-year-old Sarah Everard. This month, it was revealed that the police missed clear chances to identify Couzens as a potential sex offender and a danger to women in the days, months and even years leading up to Everard’s murder. Last month, Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley said it was “crazy” that he was unable as commissioner to sack “toxic” officers suspected of serious crimes after it was revealed 150 officers were under investigation for sexual misconduct or racism. The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has now written to the home secretary asking her to urgently push through new laws allowing police chiefs to sack rogue officers on the spot. Although the Home Office is currently reviewing policing’s dismissal processes following the failure to remove Carrick as a serving officer, Khan is frustrated that existing laws mean that the Met is still being forced to employ officers who have committed serious offences. Last week, it was revealed that a Met officer caught publicly masturbating twice on a train was still serving after the force could only issue him another written warning. The Met admitted last month it is investigating 1,000 sexual and domestic abuse claims involving about 800 of its officers. Khan wrote to Suella Braverman on Friday, stating “it is incomprehensible to the public that under current regulations the Met can be required to reinstate serving officers convicted of a criminal offence”. A Home Office source said Khan’s intervention was an attempt to “cover up for years of failure in which as commissioner responsible for the Met police he has done very little”. A review of the police’s disciplinary system has months left to run, but Khan warns “profound changes to police vetting, conduct and misconduct processes are urgently needed”. Khan, responsible for setting the strategic direction and budget of the Met, writes: “This transformation must be supported by radical reform of the legislative framework to empower police chiefs and give them the tools they need to take fair and effective executive action to remove anyone falling short of the high standards expected by the police, community and the public.” The Observer investigation also found a sharp rise in the number of misconduct and gross misconduct claims recorded by the Police Federation. The net total related to the two shot up from 418 in 2018 to 598 last year, a 43% rise. Misconduct charges are less serious and relate to the breaking of workplace rules, while gross misconduct relates to more serious acts, including criminal actions, that could warrant immediate dismissal. The two officers who shared photos of murdered sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman and described the pair as “dead birds” both faced gross misconduct charges, before eventually being jailed for misconduct in a public office. The data in question, disclosed in a Freedom of Information request, relates to claims made to the Police Federation for support by members. The Observer understands one claim can relate to a person facing multiple criminal charges at once. While members could, in theory, make multiple requests for support in the same year, the Police Federation did not disclose if or how often this was the case. The group refused to comment on any of the Observer’s other findings, or disclose what, if any, types of more serious criminal charges did not receive legal support from the organisation. The figures are likely to be an underestimate given the number of police officers who may never face official criminal charges or who face official charges but don’t seek help from the Police Federation. A spokesperson for police reform campaigners Netpol said: “For as long as we can remember, the Police Federation has portrayed its members as victims, quickly dismissing most complaints as frivolous and condemning critics of police misconduct. On the rare occasions when officers are sacked or, like Wayne Couzens and David Carrick, are convicted of the most abhorrent crimes, the Federation is quick to distance itself from these ‘bad apples’, despite the growing evidence of a flourishing and largely unchallenged police culture of racism and misogyny. “Senior officers insist they intend to restore the damage to public confidence created by a wave of negative stories. On the face of it, the Federation’s willingness to continue to provide material support to an increasing number of officers facing criminal charges, many for sexual offences, makes it a major obstacle to ever achieving this. Yet more than any other staff organisation, it is genuinely representative of the current state of policing in Britain: unable to comprehend why change is needed and, without enormous outside pressure, always ready to defend the indefensible.” A spokesperson for fellow police reform campaign group StopWatch added: “We would not be surprised if the figures are an underestimate, the Federation rarely hold a mirror to themselves for accountability’s sake. - The Observer Had a very interesting chat not long back with a former Police officer. Been gone a few years but still keeping in touch. He said he was glad he left when he did. Talked about gangs quite a bit. Said there is a lot going on. He said the Russians rule over here at the moment but the Albanians are making a move. Expects them to be in charge within a decade. He said the Albanian men arriving over here are foot soldiers for what's coming. Also older guys not impressed with new recruits. You need a degree now, so they're in full time education until 22-23. They arrive with a qualification but not life skills & often can't deal with situations. He gave an example. A call came in to his old station, wife said her husband had struck her. I don't know what the protocol is but apparently no one responded. Sergeant found out, wasn't happy & dispatched a couple of young officers to deal with it. Not long after they're back in the station. Sergeant asked if they'd brought the husband in. They hadn't. He'd told them to fuck off when they arrived, so they just turned around & left (the old school tactic was usually to bring one of them back...generally the husband...& breathing space often calmed the situation...life skills). This time there was shouting involved & they we dispatched again to deal with it properly. The net result of all that is the Sergeant now faces action because one of the officers complained about how they were spoken to. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observations Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 50 minutes ago, Sit down, Waldo said: The net result of all that is the Sergeant now faces action because one of the officers complained about how they were spoken to. We gotta stop this 'business', I still want to talk direct, and I don't want to create a nation of softies. How on earth are they getting away with this. I have to believe that we can stop them while there are still enough older people around to back us up! We all need tough love and discipline. We all need bad things to happen to us. We all need to learn how to speak. We are just learning how to shut up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Oh, more strikes... 'Entire West Midlands bus network to shut down' after drivers vote in favour of industrial action Quote Unite the Union opened a ballot to more than 3,000 bus drivers last month in a row over pay and has announced that "all out continuous strike action" is to begin on March 16. They will be joined by more than 200 National Express engineers who voted for industrial action over pay in January, bringing the total number of striking workers to more than 3,300. Union bosses said the strikes will severely impact National Express West Midlands’ services, which cover 93 per cent of the region’s bus network, including in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry, Walsall, Dudley and West Bromwich. The ballot results document showed that 2,259 staff voted, with 96.24 per cent in favour of industrial action and 3.76 per cent against. from https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/birmingham/2023/03/02/entire-west-midlands-bus-network-to-shut-down-after-drivers-vote-in-favour-of-industrial-action/ On the same day that more rail strikes take place. Oh, and apparently schools will be striking on the same day too. How considerate. What does bother me though is the union's 'justification' for this: Quote National Express’ operating profits, released today, have more than doubled compared to the previous year. The company reported revenue increased by 29 per cent to £2.8 billion. Its underlying operating profits more than doubled to £197.3 million, fuelled by an increase in passenger demand across the group. Despite this, the union said it had offered its workers in the West Midlands a "real terms pay cut" and added that some drivers earn as little as £11.80 per hour. The figures being quoted refer to those of the entire National Express Group of companies, but the UK bus operation in the West Midlands has only a small involvement in this. It's typical communist/socialist 'spin'. National Express West Midlands did not make £197m in profits last year, the whole group did, which includes their more profitable ventures in countries outside the UK. (There are of course other bus operators in the West Midlands who will be operating as normal on the strike days) The timing of this to coincide with rail strikes is curious, as if the union wants to cause the most amount of disruption possible. I also think this is aimed at 'nudging' people to accept the inevitable bus franchising which is on the cards here, as has happened in Manchester and is happening in Liverpool. "Corporate renationalisation" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Isnt a Nationalised industry basically a monopoly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observations Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Lot's of Harry in the news, building up to the return of the prodigal son. The world's biggest longest running mental health campaign, with happy fairy tale ending after therapy .... The following BS overheard on the radio ... layers and layers of creating a version of reality. I shouldn't bother with this but I'm studying the psychology of their long game .... " It's about his truth I want to see our coronation being inclusive. This is something that won't look good on the global stage. He's on the stage with someone who has supported Corban, Hammas, terrorists according to the Daily Mail This man will lean into Harry's narrative, won't ask him questions, an easy ride. It's the fastest selling non fiction of all time. Questions had to be sent in advance. Diana is very much with him. She's his guardian angel. Trauma which stems from the death of his mother. He has been evicted from frogmore cottage. Sarah Fergusson speaking to the telegraph said megham has made Harry very happy. She also spent time in America, and saw it as a haven. Royal Lodge has damp problems. A 30 bedroom property. A 5 bedroom cottage / house might be too small for Andrew. He's reluctant to move there. I don't like the optics. How does it look that Harry is being convicted and someone who ... with a convicted paedophile is moving in. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observations Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Harry Harry Harry ... " Every day there's something being released. " " It gives us something to think about in the morning, that our lives aren't that bad. " ... " And what do you think of the Clean Air Zone? " Line becomes crackled ' I think the council have put a gremlin on your line " " The council got in there first " Yes, she was about to say how bad it is " " People are worried about the Chinese but they have to worry about ... the ( local ) council " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 8 hours ago, Observations said: He has been evicted from frogmore cottage. Apparently Frogmore Cottage has issues with 'damp'. Shouldn't be a problem for Randy Andy though, as apparently he doesn't sweat/perspirate. Less moisture in the air = less damp/mould 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sit down, Waldo Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Wow, the muck spreader is BBCs top story... Twitter can’t protect you from trolls any more, insiders say 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Facts Sir Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Easy to protect yourself from BBC trolls, though. Just turn the crap off! I guess we're lucky in that way. Poor Mariana.....lemme find a violin tiny enough. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northern star Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 17 minutes ago, Sit down, Waldo said: Wow, the muck spreader is BBCs top story... Twitter can’t protect you from trolls any more, insiders say If they focused on real online abuse, the problem might be sorted out. But they dont. They dont care about that. They focus on people who are going against their agenda and thats where all the resources and money are going. Yet again, like the Hancock files, theyre ignoring the truth of what really happened. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleP Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 On 2/13/2023 at 4:50 PM, Anti Facts Sir said: Gardening is dangerous folks! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A secondary school teacher has died just days before she was due to face trial for allegedly assaulting a female pupil. Languages teacher and church minister's wife Katherine Scouler had been suspended since October after a classroom incident at Hawick High School in the Scottish borders. She was due to appear in court on Thursday accused of pulling a girl's hair and striking her to the head with her hand while reportedly trying to take a mobile phone off her. But the mother of two died ahead of the hearing after suffering serious injuries in an incident in her garden in Hawick in the early hours of 4 February. The 53-year-old mother of two was taken to hospital but died from her injuries last Tuesday. Police have said there are no suspicious circumstances in relation to her death. Almost instant karma.... Head for head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numnuts Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sit down, Waldo said: Wow, the muck spreader is BBCs top story... Twitter can’t protect you from trolls any more, insiders say And how much of this 'hate' is really 'fake hate', which is churned out by PTB keyboard ninjas, so as to help further their agenda? Even Gareth Southgate said something like 'most of the abuse seems to be coming from out of this country', after some of his squad suffered racial abuse. What football fans go around racially abusing squad members of other countries, after they lose? Just no. Well, not to the extent that it was alleged to have happened. Edited March 6 by numnuts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numnuts Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I missed this one. Solomon The Wine. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45809589 'Wine theft: Man accused of stealing rare bottles falls to death.' 'A man charged with stealing more than $1.2m (£911,000) worth of rare wine from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon appears to have taken his own life as his lawyers waited for him in court. Nicolas De-Meyer, 41, who worked as the CEO's personal assistant for eight years, fell from the 33rd floor of the Carlyle Hotel in New York.' 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti Facts Sir Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Had to be the 33rd floor. And 9-11 thousand quid. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observations Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Anti Facts Sir Daily Mail Thug Josh McDonald, 33, sickened hundreds of thousands online when a video emerged of his violent assault during a fancy-dress invasion of an Asda by self-proclaimed 'influencers' in July 2021 ... ( after they answered an advert to "cause chaos for likes" ) ( How do they know they sickened hundreds of thousands? ) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 22 hours ago, numnuts said: I missed this one. Solomon The Wine. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45809589 'Wine theft: Man accused of stealing rare bottles falls to death.' 'A man charged with stealing more than $1.2m (£911,000) worth of rare wine from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon appears to have taken his own life as his lawyers waited for him in court. Nicolas De-Meyer, 41, who worked as the CEO's personal assistant for eight years, fell from the 33rd floor of the Carlyle Hotel in New York.' Happens all the time you know! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemuri Kyoshiro Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 19 hours ago, Grumpy Owl said: Happens all the time you know! Hoarding a million dollars worth of wine. How the other half lives eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observations Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 (edited) GB News Palace race row Ngozi fulani remains unhappy following Buckingham Palace incident Repeatedly asked her where she came from There was a meeting " Full of warmth and understanding " It was recognised that there was no malice It was also agreed that no further media statements would be made She was wearing African map earrings Accused them of institutional racism She said she is temporarily stepping down from the charity She said there is relentless abuse on social media and the threats of violence, and the Royal family have not helped her Since that meeting in December she has not been in touch with the Palace Patrick Christys " I think this will all enrage people " Ngozi Felani said this morning on GMTV that the Palace has not apologised properly She said how hard is it to apologise ? ( I find the destruction of the apology in our new society absolutely fascinating - the demand for an apology from everyone in the public eye - as if an apology cuts it - such a huge psyopp ) Recently it was announced that lady Hussey was taken back under the Royal Wing by Princess Anne Massive and yet insignificant story - all part of the bigger picture though Edited March 8 by Observations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observations Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 GB News with Patrick Christys and Jake Simons - the editor of the Jewish Chronicle; Gary Lineker tweets PC; " Was Gary wrong to bring up the Nazi's? " Of course he was. The extermination of an entire race of people ... to compare the two is outrageous PC; We have given the French tens of millions of pounds PC; Do you think Gary should apologise to the Jewish community? JS; Absolutely. There was no moral argument in favour of extermination of the Jews. Nazi aggression PC; What should the BBC do about it ? You get the sence that Gary feels he is too big to be silenced Gary didn't seem to mind about Quatar and genuine human rights violations The political left gets outraged about Israel It's selective outrage JS; Grossly offensive PC; This is not about freedom of speech PC; Quite strong political opinions PC; " Using the Holocaust and Nazi Germany " _____ Notice how they put words in your mouth? And as if the only people effected by Germany in that time is the readers of the Jewish chronicle. What about other nationalities. What about the rise of power that goes unchecked. What about those who made money from wars, and tested human beings. Nada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnigmaticWorld Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On 12/5/2022 at 9:06 PM, EnigmaticWorld said: Translation: "As of now, the municipality of Soyapango is totally fenced off. 8,500 soldiers and 1,500 agents have surrounded the city, while extraction teams from the police and the army are tasked with extricating all the gang members still there one by one." Yeah it's interesting that things that are good for society often get called fascist. Murder capital of the world (or atleast it was) and progressives have been seething about violent criminals that make the local peoples lives a misery being dealt with. It's almost as if the woke want us to live in crime-ridden hellholes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numnuts Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 On 3/7/2023 at 1:06 AM, Anti Facts Sir said: And 9-11 thousand quid. Passed me by, that one did. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Observations Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 On 3/6/2023 at 9:59 PM, numnuts said: I missed this one. Solomon The Wine. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45809589 'Wine theft: Man accused of stealing rare bottles falls to death.' 'A man charged with stealing more than $1.2m (£911,000) worth of rare wine from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon appears to have taken his own life as his lawyers waited for him in court. Nicolas De-Meyer, 41, who worked as the CEO's personal assistant for eight years, fell from the 33rd floor of the Carlyle Hotel in New York.' Thanks That's a hell of a story as far as I can see. One of the comments was that it will be turned into a film. I can see that. Tonnes of drama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velma Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 21 hours ago, Observations said: GB News with Patrick Christys and Jake Simons - the editor of the Jewish Chronicle; Gary Lineker tweets PC; " Was Gary wrong to bring up the Nazi's? " Of course he was. The extermination of an entire race of people ... to compare the two is outrageous PC; We have given the French tens of millions of pounds PC; Do you think Gary should apologise to the Jewish community? JS; Absolutely. There was no moral argument in favour of extermination of the Jews. Nazi aggression PC; What should the BBC do about it ? You get the sence that Gary feels he is too big to be silenced Gary didn't seem to mind about Quatar and genuine human rights violations The political left gets outraged about Israel It's selective outrage JS; Grossly offensive PC; This is not about freedom of speech PC; Quite strong political opinions PC; " Using the Holocaust and Nazi Germany " _____ Notice how they put words in your mouth? And as if the only people effected by Germany in that time is the readers of the Jewish chronicle. What about other nationalities. What about the rise of power that goes unchecked. What about those who made money from wars, and tested human beings. Nada. Lineker made the cardinal sin, he compared something to "the unspeakable tragedy" of the holohoax. Meanwhile, the Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Snotrich said, without censure, “I think the village of Huwara needs to be wiped out." "I think the state of Israel should do it.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleP Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 On 3/6/2023 at 9:59 PM, numnuts said: I missed this one. Solomon The Wine. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45809589 'Wine theft: Man accused of stealing rare bottles falls to death.' 'A man charged with stealing more than $1.2m (£911,000) worth of rare wine from Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon appears to have taken his own life as his lawyers waited for him in court. Nicolas De-Meyer, 41, who worked as the CEO's personal assistant for eight years, fell from the 33rd floor of the Carlyle Hotel in New York.' ah the balcony.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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