[Bones McCoy]

Ex-priest found guilty of 17 indecent assaults

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20662dxl88o

A former priest accused of abusing members of a church group he led has been found guilty of 17 counts of indecent assault against nine women.

Chris Brain, 68, was head of the Nine O'Clock Service (NOS), an influential evangelical movement based in Sheffield in the 1980s and 90s.

Brain, of Wilmslow, in Cheshire, was convicted of the charges following a trial at Inner London Crown Court.

He was found not guilty of another 15 charges of indecent assault, while jurors are continuing to deliberate on a further four counts of indecent assault and one charge of rape.

Nigel, Rupert, Tommeh, Honest Bob - nothing to say, no powder kegs to agitate?
Where's da "concerned parents" now?
Tumbleweeds.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

I'm doing shields on Vikings, medievals and Celts. I've got some decal inkjet paper, I think I'll give it a go.

[davidjay]

It is weird, though, that the St George's flag was largely reclaimed from the far right around the time of Euro 96 when I was living in Sarff Lunnun. My black friends in particular were fond of it since it didn't have the empire overtones of the Union Jack. I really don't know where all that went, but it appears to slowly have regressed into being once more a far right symbol.

You beat me to it. The Union flag had been hijacked by the fash so the St George's was a symbol of unity and hope. Sadly it's the other way round now, because nothing beats proclaiming love of your country so much as scrawling the name of a flat roof pub and a football team across its national flag. As an aside, why do flag wavers always look so bloody angry?

[Boiler]

On my drive home tonight I listened to AntiSocial on Radio 4, on the subject of asylum hotels.

If you choose to listen to it - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002h09g - I'd advise you not to listen to it on anything you value, as you may end up throwing your listening device against a hard surface.