General News Thread

[Lionator]

13 minutes ago, The Bear said:

FIFY 

Not my thing 

[Lionator]

18 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

It will be refurbished though because of its historical importance 

the level of refurbishment?????

 

Manchester is of historical importance, it’s the industrial heartland that built this country, not toff centre (sorry playing devils advocate here). 

Edited 24 June by Lionator

[bovril]

58 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Manchester is of historical importance, it’s the industrial heartland that built this country, not toff centre (sorry playing devils advocate here). 

Probably my least favourite place in England. Extremely ugly and soulless with an undercurrent of violence. No idea why people venerate it. Its historical importance to use your words is but a fleeting moment in the long history of this island. 

In other words, it's a shithole.

[Lionator]

8 minutes ago, bovril said:

Probably my least favourite place in England. Extremely ugly and soulless with an undercurrent of violence. No idea why people venerate it. Its historical importance to use your words is but a fleeting moment in the long history of this island. 

In other words, it's a shithole.

Yes I know about Westminster but what about Manchester???

 

in all seriousness when was the last time you went, the regen just like Leeds and Birmingham have been spectacular over the past decade. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

Not been a great year for Venezuela

 

Two earthquakes rock Venezuela as buildings shake in Caracas - BBC News

 

https://share.google/m8gTmbugKn3lZeit6

 

Fatalities predicted to be in the thousands.

[Jattdogg]

1 hour ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Not been a great year for Venezuela

 

Two earthquakes rock Venezuela as buildings shake in Caracas - BBC News

 

https://share.google/m8gTmbugKn3lZeit6

 

Fatalities predicted to be in the thousands.

Truly wish/hope that is not the case.

[chuck'em]

8 hours ago, bovril said:

Probably my least favourite place in England. Extremely ugly and soulless with an undercurrent of violence. No idea why people venerate it. Its historical importance to use your words is but a fleeting moment in the long history of this island. 

In other words, it's a shithole.

Sounds like you got the tram to Piccadilly gardens, walked down Market Street and then left. Those areas of the centre are pretty grim but when you branch out a bit the city is fantastic and has a lot to offer

[Trav Le Bleu]

7 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Not been a great year for Venezuela

 

Two earthquakes rock Venezuela as buildings shake in Caracas - BBC News

 

https://share.google/m8gTmbugKn3lZeit6

 

Fatalities predicted to be in the thousands.

Further to this, 6.9 earthquake in Japan. Nothing too unusual except it's very rare to have two large earthquakes in completely different areas within hours of each other. Add to this a 5.6 magnitude quake today in California; again, not so unusual, not too dangerous, but I can't remember so many earthquakes within 24 hrs.

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Further to this, 6.9 earthquake in Japan. Nothing too unusual except it's very rare to have two large earthquakes in completely different areas within hours of each other. Add to this a 5.6 magnitude quake today in California; again, not so unusual, not too dangerous, but I can't remember so many earthquakes within 24 hrs.

Also interesting that Japan and Venezuela are not far off being antipodal to each other (on the exact other side of the world). 

[leicsmac]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cly81w5g1qwo

 

Burnham causing ire to the kind of shitty people who deserve to be annoyed all the time already - and he's not even PM yet. Good. 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwev2x4jw9o

 

More good news. "Conversion therapy", pretty much no matter what form it takes, is coercive and has no place in a decent modern society. 

[Robo61]

4 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Further to this, 6.9 earthquake in Japan. Nothing too unusual except it's very rare to have two large earthquakes in completely different areas within hours of each other. Add to this a 5.6 magnitude quake today in California; again, not so unusual, not too dangerous, but I can't remember so many earthquakes within 24 hrs.

There are are between 1,000 & 1,500 earthquakes of over magnitude 5 a year,  so not as unusual as you might think.   

[Trav Le Bleu]

16 minutes ago, Robo61 said:

There are are between 1,000 & 1,500 earthquakes of over magnitude 5 a year,  so not as unusual as you might think.   

Yeah, but usually just above 5. 3 of those average out over 7 and the other is a high five. 

 

Pun intended.

 

For mag 6+ there's 100 a year, mag 7+ 15-20.

 

 

Edited 25 June by Trav Le Bleu

[Robo61]

57 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Yeah, but usually just above 5. 3 of those average out over 7 and the other is a high five. 

 

Pun intended.

 

For mag 6+ there's 100 a year, mag 7+ 15-20.

 

 

Yes,  but those stats still indicate three on one day not to be that unusual.  i.e. it will occur  most years.

[Rubbersoul]

Am I missing something with this? He admitted it!

[Lionator]

15 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

Am I missing something with this? He admitted it!

Likely diminished responsibility and will have a life order in hospital rather than prison. 

[Rubbersoul]

6 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Likely diminished responsibility and will have a life order in hospital rather than prison. 

Has there been any mention of that being the case? haven’t seen anything 

[davieG]

6 hours ago, leicsmac said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cly81w5g1qwo

 

Burnham causing ire to the kind of shitty people who deserve to be annoyed all the time already - and he's not even PM yet. Good. 

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwev2x4jw9o

 

More good news. "Conversion therapy", pretty much no matter what form it takes, is coercive and has no place in a decent modern society. 

They'll be some skeletons arriving out of his cupboard after initial furore of his appointment has died down. At the moment the media are getting hits from his perceived popularity when that starts to taper off out will come the media knives.

[Lionator]

5 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

Has there been any mention of that being the case? haven’t seen anything 

I don’t know, there’s definitely stuff about it that haven’t been released into the public domain. He said he was trying to ‘scare her’ so there’s something that has stopped a guilty charge, perhaps he has a learning disability or something. Of course as an under 18 we won’t be told that. But yeah from the outside it doesn’t look good and there’s something we’re not being told, which only creates more anger. 

[Rubbersoul]

Just now, Lionator said:

I don’t know, there’s definitely stuff about it that haven’t been released into the public domain. He said he was trying to ‘scare her’ so there’s something that has stopped a guilty charge, perhaps he has a learning disability or something. Of course as an under 18 we won’t be told that. But yeah from the outside it doesn’t look good and there’s something we’re not being told, which only creates more anger. 

Just more senseless violence and another young girl being killed. Makes you sick. 

[Lionator]

Just now, Rubbersoul said:

Just more senseless violence and another young girl being killed. Makes you sick. 

Weren’t they siblings? 

[Rubbersoul]

6 minutes ago, Lionator said:

Weren’t they siblings? 

Yes or step siblings can’t remember the full details. Just read that he apparently googled “what happens when you kill”. 

[Robo61]

1 hour ago, Rubbersoul said:

Am I missing something with this? He admitted it!

Not from what I read, he claimed it was an accident and no deliberate action to harm took place. On the face of it that seems unlikely but we were not there or were we in court.

[Rubbersoul]

14 minutes ago, Robo61 said:

Not from what I read, he claimed it was an accident and no deliberate action to harm took place. On the face of it that seems unlikely but we were not there or were we in court.

Fair enough was only going off what I’d seen! 

[Wymsey]

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77yzvlkredo

 

[MPH]

People say that Reform are bad ( not disagreeing) but little old Denmark slip under the radar whilst saying things like this, from an elected and established member of their cabinet 

 

🚨BREAKING: Denmark’s Minister for Immigration and Integration, Morten Bødskov, is investigating a ban on the Islamic call to prayer (Adhan).

He stated: “The call to prayer should not be heard over Danish rooftops. It has no place in Denmark. You shouldn't be in any doubt whether you've ended up in a suburb of Islamabad when you walk around Denmark.”

This marks a firm push to protect Danish culture and national identity amid ongoing immigration challenges.

 

 

 

i should add that reform have called for a ban of large outdoor prayers in public spaces , but not the adhan call from a mosque 

Edited Thursday at 22:23 by MPH