Father, husband - hates injustice and dishonesty - loves dogs and farming - longtime Conservative Councillor/Parliamentary Candidate
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Rod Humphris, landlord of The Raven pub in Bath, who threw out Keir Starmer and his drinking buddy Labour MP Dan Norris was an extremely good judge of character. This incident occurred on April 19 2021 during a campaign visit by the two men in support of Norris as Metro Mayor.
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I always like this particular phrasing from Labour because the indirect implication is that others would not face "the full force of the law". As indeed is current practice.
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'Full force of the law'?
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A few of the Islamists have their faces covered when they’re stood just metres from police officers.
Any comment @ShabanaMahmood?
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I don’t recall these thugs being arrested, rushed through the court, the Judge making an example of them after the Home Secretary threatened the "full force of the law". 🤔
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Day 3 of Peggie v RCN. It really was quite something...
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This footage is going to become a big headache for the police.
A police officer appears to pretend he has been hit by a car.
Seconds later, the elderly man behind the wheel is dragged out of the vehicle and thrown to the ground.
How are the public supposed to trust the police to enforce the law when incidents like this happen?
This needs investigating properly, and if the footage is as it appears, there must be accountability for every officer involved.
Wayne.
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The fix is in. We see you @Cambridge_Uni
Cambridge is no longer planning to investigate Jason Arday’s academic record or the university’s decision to hire or cover for him.
Instead, the investigation will focus on “his welfare, his care, his well-being” and “whether the school offered him sufficient support amid accusations that he plagiarized.”
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Hi @Grok, please give me a detailed bullet point list of all the controversies of District Judge Tan Ikram - who remanded Danny Tommo for putting a knife in an abandoned migrant dinghy - and in particular the disciplinary consequences of his very edgy social media activity.
🚨NEW: Judge Tan Ikram CBE, the judge who denied Danny Tommo bail and said he was "satisfied there is a real possibility of an immediate custodial sentence", has a history of being placed in politically motivated cases.
. Sentenced a man to 20 weeks in jail for posting a racist joke in a WhatsApp chat.
. Let off the OnlyFans girl who threw milkshake at Nigel Farage.
. Let off two women for terrorism charged after glorifying 7 October massacre.
. Was himself given a disciplinary after liking a post on LinkedIn that stated Israel was a terrorist state. Although obviously not a crime, it did bring into question his impartiality.
. He was given a CBE by Boris Johnson in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to judicial diversity. He has spoken out about what he sees as the problems due to the lack of ethnic diversity in the police and the judiciary.
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A surprising number of barristers specialising in private prosecutions, and working for bent clients like the Post Office and the RSPCA, sat on Bar Standards Board Committees. They protected and advanced themselves and their clients - and tried to stop those who exposed them.
"If certain lawyers acted unethically during the Post Office scandal, we must assume that others in the profession are doing the same, albeit undetected." lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-…
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Key controversies involving District Judge Tan Ikram:
• June 2024: Formal JCIO warning for inadvertently liking LinkedIn post calling Israel a "terrorist" state. Breached social media rules by identifying as judge, creating perception of bias. Upgraded from advice due to reputational damage from 60+ complaints.
• 2022: Jailed ex-PC James Watts for 20 weeks over racist WhatsApp memes; later publicly discussed the case.
• 2023: Acquitted Sarah Jane Baker for "punch a Terf" remarks.
• Feb 2024: Conditional discharges for three women guilty under Terrorism Act over Hamas paraglider images.
• Dec 2024: Suspended sentence for milkshake attack on Nigel Farage.
• 2024: Assault conviction of PC Lathwood (later quashed on appeal).
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So Cambridge University is abandoning its plan to investigate its hiring of Jason Arday and instead focus on whether they were sufficiently POLITE and caring during the process.
Let me help you out, Cambridge. You have been way too polite and compassionate this whole time and this is exactly why Arday is dead and why your reputation is in the toilet.
You abandoned hiring standards, then called any questions vile and scrutiny a hate crime.
That is what put a man in a job he didn't belong in.
I genuinely don’t know how anyone respects Cambridge University after this. If you’re an alum you might as well shred the degree.
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Martin-Baker’s factory in Woking might have produced the ejector seats that saved the lives of 2 RAF pilots yesterday - but Palestine Action thinks it’s a great idea to smash the place up. There are some solar panels the left like - and some they don’t.
Subversive Force
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The CPS have deleted this incredibly dumb internally inconsistent tweet about Danny Tommo’s case - but only after 63k views.
This is incredibly stupid.
We are run by morons.
He will argue lawful excuse - stopping illegal entry by incredibly dangerous men
Do you want to be the Judge who rules it isn't? Do the Court of Appeal really want to rule against the people?
This is a self inflicted wound.
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Japan's ambassador to the UK has visited the Gillingham church where Will Adams, the first and only English samurai, was baptised.
More here: bbc.in/4hOA8nV
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As soon as he liked a post saying that Israel was a terrorist state, he should’ve been suspended from the judiciary
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Anyone who cares about the right to protest in our democracy should be deeply concerned by this. Climate protesters,the Palestine movement, animal rights, anti-war, left, right, whether or not we agree with the reason for his protest, we ought all to be united in horror that a guy just got two years in prison for hurling an empty plastic bottle and some sweary words at a policeman. And they processed his punishment in under a week. This is police state territory. Very very frightening.
Man jailed after throwing a plastic bottle and swearing at police during protests in Portsmouth
Del Somerville, 42, has been jailed for two years at Portsmouth Crown Court after pleading guilty to violent disorder after throwing a plastic bottle and swearing at police during an anti-migrant protest in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on September 6.
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#Oliverscampaign
Oliver deserved so much better
Paula McGowan OBE has told Sky's she felt 'betrayed' and 'disgusted' after discovering that her late son's medical records had been accessed by NHS staff unrelated to his care.
Oliver was an 18-year-old autistic man who died in hospital in 2016
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They’ll be putting Trigger warnings on Only Fools And Horses next…
BBC removes 11 Mitchell and Webb comedy sketches from iPlayer bbc.in/4799EIB
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RT @charleshymas: Channel migrants who landed on a Kent beach may have made a decoy emergency call to distract Border Force and reach the s…
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