[Malcolm Armsteen]

Nice.

[Boiler]

There is a point on there though - what does make him so angry? Answer that and we'll have a much better society.

Piece on the BBC today:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0q751vlxw1o

When I eventually encounter the gang, I'm faced with a 14-year-old girl in pink leggings and Crocs.

"I'm not claiming to be innocent because I'm not," she tells us. "I've threatened people and I've hit people, I'll admit to that."

Her mouth is blue with bubblegum and expletives. "The second you get into one bit of trouble with the police, you fall into it too deep and you can't get out," she adds.

She says an injury forced her to give up sport and that behaving badly offers an alternative energy release. "I found that I get the same adrenaline boost from being in trouble with the police and being missing and stuff."

But there's little remorse. "I regret what I do, but I don't say sorry," she says to cheers from the rest of the gang.

Again: why so angry?

[Youngian]

The problem with the police ignoring these attacks is that traders may have a whip round and hire their own 'police.' And little girls end up getting very hurt and crying for their mum.

[davidjay]

Classic bait and switch, beloved of scammers.


I know this is the celebrity age where a know nothing off the morning telly gets an automatic IN to political debate.
The absurd is strong in this one.

Should we really elevate somebody's mum's opinion just because an offspring can swim fast+.
Is there a heirarchy:
* Speaking as a muvva.
* Speaking as a sportsman's muvva.


+ Mother of an athlete, not mother of a soldier / sailor / airman.

Read the article and:
It's not her flag
It's not on her property
It's not affected her.

And of all the people who could have been interviewed it just happens to be one with a son who does it for Britain. What are the chances, eh?

[kreuzberger]

Recent travels have suggested that flag-shagging is not solely a British past-time. It's just that in India, they do it rather better.