General News Thread

[davieG]

11 hours ago, Lionator said:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cdewkelwrgjt
 

great news, especially when the funding will be coming from those damn awful vape shops 

Is that it? He's had 4 days; what's he messing about for: plus this of no help to me! Crap Prime Minister

[Parafox]

6 hours ago, Livid said:

13000 fewer phone thefts! . Just how many are getting stolen, That’s a reduction of 35 a day!

 

I knew it was a thing in London and I’m always a little conscious when I’m down there but that number is just insane, if 13000 was the amount being stolen a year was the number it would be outrageous but a reduction. 

 

 

It's a manipulation of figures IMO. 

Like saying violent crime is down by x %. Compared to what and when?

[Parafox]

3 hours ago, Lionator said:

The vape/cheap sweet shops are on basically every high street now. They’re foreign owned and they cut all sorts of corners. 

Why is nothing being done? Do we need a change in regulation/the law to prevent this very obvious loophole?

[Voll Blau]

7 minutes ago, Parafox said:

It's a manipulation of figures IMO. 

Like saying violent crime is down by x %. Compared to what and when?

Compared to last year. It's in the article.

[kenny]

7 minutes ago, Parafox said:

It's a manipulation of figures IMO. 

Like saying violent crime is down by x %. Compared to what and when?

There is an issue with reduced reporting of crime. My guess is that khan has been doing some good to reduce crime though.

[Spudulike]

15 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Why is nothing being done? Do we need a change in regulation/the law to prevent this very obvious loophole?

What is the loophole? I don't get it. We have one near us that I walk past most days full of the usual brightly coloured stuff. Never seen a customer and always make a point of looking. 

 

[Parafox]

6 minutes ago, Spudulike said:

What is the loophole? I don't get it. We have one near us that I walk past most days full of the usual brightly coloured stuff. Never seen a customer and always make a point of looking. 

 

Well then, there's clearly something going on and these places are avoiding the law however their doing it. So therefore they're exploiting something.

 

It's a widespread and well known activity throughout the UK. Even villages have "acquired" vape shops and Turkish barbers.

Edited 1 hour ago by Parafox

[Sampson]

48 minutes ago, davieG said:

Is that it? He's had 4 days; what's he messing about for: plus this of no help to me! Crap Prime Minister

It's a weird time in society when you can't even tell if someone is taking the piss or not, because you can actually imagine people unironically saying something like this.

[Foxdiamond]

11 minutes ago, Parafox said:

Well then, there's clearly something going on and these places are avoiding the law however their doing it. So therefore they're exploiting something.

 

It's a widespread and well known activity throughout the UK. Even villages have "acquired" vape shops and Turkish barbers.

Can't help but think authorities be that Police and other agencies have been looking the wrong way when these places proliferation was seen

[davieG]

4 minutes ago, Sampson said:

It's a weird time in society when you can't even tell if someone is taking the piss or not, because you can actually imagine people unironically saying something like this.

It's all I've heard (paraphrased)  on the news vox pops from the public

[CosbehFox]

20 minutes ago, Sampson said:

It's a weird time in society when you can't even tell if someone is taking the piss or not, because you can actually imagine people unironically saying something like this.

Saw someone comment on the Burnham homeless pledge and say ‘he’s really not the PM for me’ 

 

Dead serious that he couldn’t care that homelessness is reduced. Let alone the positive knock on effect to society, crime and the economy 

[LCFCJohn]

I can’t imagine man of the people Nigel will be too pleased that Burnham has been mingling with folk in the pub, pulling and having a pint! That’s his thing after all