General News Thread

[leicsmac]

5 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

The US needs another Watergate.

Watergate worked because the both the evidence and source were so compelling and moral compasses were such that even Nixons own party turned on him.

 

Sadly, I can't see the same being true today, seeing that Trump has already been allowed to get by with acts that make Nixon look clean by comparison.

 

The end result of there being no "single point of truth".

[MadsEmil]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly84jn000do.amp

 

 

Druze and other civilians massacred in hospital by Syrian government troops.

 

And the world doesn't care. Odd.

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, MadsEmil said:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly84jn000do.amp

 

 

Druze and other civilians massacred in hospital by Syrian government troops.

 

And the world doesn't care. Odd.

It's a true shame that the world can seemingly only hyperfocus on one humanitarian crisis at a time, when there are clearly and obviously so many. 

[The Doctor]

4 hours ago, davieG said:

Maybe there's a few Dems on the list.

there's a few that it wouldn't surprise me, although I suspect they'll cry libel if you mention them.

[leicsmac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyq921zqqzo

 

The White House has pushed back against reports that President Donald Trump is among hundreds of names that appear in justice department documents relating to the late convicted paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The claims were "nothing more than a continuation of the fake news stories concocted by the Democrats and the liberal media", a White House spokesman said.

 

If that's true, then there's no harm in making such files public.

 

Is there, Mr Spokesman?

[moore_94]

The new South Park episode is going to go down very well with Trump, the below isn’t even the worst of it… 

 

 

[leicsmac]

Bloody hell  Fantastic stuff.

 

I just hope Parker and Stone have their legal teams warmed up. 

[Zear0]

23 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

The new South Park episode is going to go down very well with Trump, the below isn’t even the worst of it… 

 

 

Just watched it this morning, it's brilliant.  Literally launch this episode a day after securing the new Paramount deal too.  The desert walk bit at the end had me in tears.

[Guest TamworthFoxes]

The choice of an expensive hotel in Central London seems like a well thought out plan to house the next wave of illegal immigrants. 
Whatever the cost was going to be can also now be doubled for the round the clock police protection it will need all summer. 
 

[Tommy G]

3 minutes ago, TamworthFoxes said:

The choice of an expensive hotel in Central London seems like a well thought out plan to house the next wave of illegal immigrants. 
Whatever the cost was going to be can also now be doubled for the round the clock police protection it will need all summer. 
 

Have you ever stayed in a Brittania hotel? They are absolute dumps. 

 

Less about the cost, but more about the optics of doing this. The Gov't have basically goaded people into protesting. 

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, Tommy G said:

Have you ever stayed in a Brittania hotel? They are absolute dumps. 

 

Less about the cost, but more about the optics of doing this. The Gov't have basically goaded people into protesting. 

I'm pretty sure you're right here. 

 

Bait, trap, neutralise.

[Guest TamworthFoxes]

You might be on to something here, does seem like they are trying to provoke a reaction. Perhaps they want to jail another load of “far right protesters “. 
Would explain why the police have started to transport pro immigration activists straight to the opposing mob! 😂

Be interesting if this is a new tactic for potential public order incidents. Will make away games more interesting next year. 
Load of Police outside of Coventry train station “alright lads, Leicester fans are you? Just give us a minute and we will give you a police escort straight to  Cov’s main boozer.”

[Greg2607]

5 minutes ago, TamworthFoxes said:

You might be on to something here, does seem like they are trying to provoke a reaction. Perhaps they want to jail another load of “far right protesters “. 
Would explain why the police have started to transport pro immigration activists straight to the opposing mob! 😂

Be interesting if this is a new tactic for potential public order incidents. Will make away games more interesting next year. 
Load of Police outside of Coventry train station “alright lads, Leicester fans are you? Just give us a minute and we will give you a police escort straight to  Cov’s main boozer.”

yeah it's definitely "the government" trying to provoke a reaction. 

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, Greg2607 said:

yeah it's definitely "the government" trying to provoke a reaction. 

Tbh If it is, then it's rather savvy because they win regardless of course of action taken by the parties they're trying to provoke. 

[Greg2607]

13 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

Tbh If it is, then it's rather savvy because they win regardless of course of action taken by the parties they're trying to provoke. 

i was being heavily ironic. 

[slymunn]

2 hours ago, leicsmac said:

Bloody hell  Fantastic stuff.

 

I just hope Parker and Stone have their legal teams warmed up. 

Parodies in America are protected by the First Amendment as a form of expression, so they will be fine again  

[leicsmac]

11 minutes ago, Greg2607 said:

i was being heavily ironic. 

My irony meter was clearly broken this morning, fair play. 

 

8 minutes ago, slymunn said:

Parodies in America are protected by the First Amendment as a form of expression, so they will be fine again  

I'm sure they've checked it with the legal eagles beforehand. 

 

Either way, the reaction will be fun to witness. 

[Zear0]

They also literally joke about it being cancelled in the episode.  Spoiler alert...but Jesus is doing a sermon on the mount explaining that Paramount own CBS and that he can't speak freely as he doesn't want to end up like Colbert.

[Bellend Sebastian]

I don't see how Trump could possibly be in the Epstein files because if he even became aware of anything funny going on then surely his powerful moral code would kick in?

[Muzzy_no7]

Police the only public sector without anything released with regards to pay increase prior to government recess as usual. 
 

Loads more officers working second jobs. 
 

Over 20% decrease in pay over 15 years. 
 

No wonder it’s mainly 18-25 year olds applying. 

[Greg2607]

4 minutes ago, Muzzy_no7 said:

Police the only public sector without anything released with regards to pay increase prior to government recess as usual. 
 

Loads more officers working second jobs. 
 

Over 20% decrease in pay over 15 years. 
 

No wonder it’s mainly 18-25 year olds applying. 

i think you'll find virtually everyone in the population has had a pay decrease in relative terms over the last 15 years. 

 

[davieG]

1 minute ago, Greg2607 said:

i think you'll find virtually everyone in the population has had a pay decrease in relative terms over the last 15 years. 

 

Not the executive boards.

[Greg2607]

I allowed for that caveat with "virtually everyone". 

[Muzzy_no7]

29 minutes ago, Greg2607 said:

i think you'll find virtually everyone in the population has had a pay decrease in relative terms over the last 15 years. 

 

Doctors got the 22% and then 5%. 
 

Ability to strike makes a difference it seems. 

[Greg2607]

Maybe the police could trade some of their pension provision for up front salary? but ultimately, in terms of total reward change, Police have fared better than doctors across the same timescales. 

 

Employer pension contributions increased from ~21.3% → 31% (2020–2023) → 35.3% from April 2024....  That's a crazy high pension even by public sector standards!