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By Boiler
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Tubby Isaacs wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 6:22 pm Yeah, I know. I meant that I expect the BBC agreed to carry on funding it as part of a deal with the government.
That's my understanding of it, but I'm happy to be corrected.
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By Tubby Isaacs
#3491
Boiler wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 6:39 pmWord salad surgery
I'm old enough to remember when the Tories attacked John Prescott for his syntax (while there was rarely any doubt what he meant).
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By Andy McDandy
#3493
Compared to the Tory front bench, Prescott is Mark Anthony.
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By Malcolm Armsteen
#3510
That sounds like a 'standard lines' briefing, garbled by someone who didn't understand it.
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By Andy McDandy
#3518
Run down the clock, get out alive, don't wank on screen, chalk it up as a success.
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By Malcolm Armsteen
#3519
Tubby Isaacs wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 10:02 pm It's not even that. It's like somebody playing Just A Minute.
8 seconds, repetition of 'even'.
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By Bones McCoy
#3692
I really hope the family get some justice this time around.


Maybe it's worth reflecting.
If the Murdochs, the Met and the Tories are all obstructing you - you are on the side of the angels.
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By Boiler
#3697
Of those 34 years, 13 were under a Labour government. How come no progress was made in this case then?
By Bones McCoy
#3704
Boiler wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 6:56 am Of those 34 years, 13 were under a Labour government. How come no progress was made in this case then?
It's a fair question that I can't honestly answer without access to the timeline of all the enquiries.

I'm sure the popular answer revolves around a Labour government that stole Thatcher's clothes and was besties with uncle Rupert.
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By Boiler
#3712
Bones McCoy wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 10:10 am
Boiler wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 6:56 am Of those 34 years, 13 were under a Labour government. How come no progress was made in this case then?
It's a fair question that I can't honestly answer without access to the timeline of all the enquiries.

I'm sure the popular answer revolves around a Labour government that stole Thatcher's clothes and was besties with uncle Rupert.
A 'popular' answer indeed - but does it have any substance in truth? Either way, the injustice has really gone on for far too long.
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By Tubby Isaacs
#3792
The suspects were put on trial in 2009 and the CPS (can you guess who was in charge?) didn't give up till 2011.

I don't think Labour can be blamed too much here.
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By Cyclist
#4168
The High Court has ruled that the Home Office's decision to house migrants in a "squalid" barracks in Folkestone was unlawful.

Six migrants claimed housing at Napier Barracks was "unsafe" and dormitory use caused a Covid-19 outbreak.

Lawyers said the accommodation in Kent breached human rights, but the Home Office said providing short-term housing there was lawful.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-57335499
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By Samanfur
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More of those pesky activist judges, no doubt.
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