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Discussion in 'Southampton' started by ChilcoSaint, Feb 23, 2016.

  1. ImpSaint

    ImpSaint Well-Known Member

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    Do you live under a rock? Reeves and Labour have pushed the "Brexit" angle for the last month non stop! Do you actually watch any news or read any?
     
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    It isn't sexist. Thats just an oft repeated BS thing that is on TV all the time. It could be Bob from accounts, Dave from accounts or whatever. Its just a swipe at claiming she was some top economist at all these big banks only for it to turn out she was something to do with customer services. Rachel from Customer services doesn't have the ring that accounts does.

    The whole "misogynist" angle is ridiculous. If the next chancellor, or other high office, claims something similar that turns out to be fake, you can bet your bottom dollar they will get a nickname. Country's gone mad looking for isms in anything these days.

    People seem to forget these nuggets despite them being very recent:
    Spreadsheet Phil, Liz the Lettuce, Gideon, 2 Jags, Maybot, Pob, Dishy Richi, Leaky Sue, Kami Kwasi, Keith, Mad Nads, Magic Grandpa, Doris Karloff.
     
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  3. Ian Thumwood

    Ian Thumwood Well-Known Member

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    Brexit qas mentioned yesterday as a factor and it has been mentioned in the past , but they are doing nothing about rejoining. It is just tacit recognition of the issue. Labour criticise Farage for his attitude to race. Every economic press conference should be prefaced with a comment about what %age growth would hsve been without Brexit or how lower tax could have been.

    Lsbour rightly criticise the Cinservatves for the mess they have unherited but Farage was the architect behind the Brexit campaign. He was also the only supporter of Liz Truss's budget. That never gets picked up.
     
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    Another imprisoned migrant mistakenly released. <doh>

    ****ing idiots.
     
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    Trying not to be pedantic, but have you got an issue with your keypad? Or just not proof reading before posting?
     
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    "The accidental release of jailed migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu dominated the debate between Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy and his PMQs opponent, shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge.

    Kebatu was mistakenly released from prison on 24 October. He was serving a sentence for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman while living in an asylum hotel inEpping, Essex.

    Kebatu was re-arrested on 26 October in the London suburb of Finsbury Park. The government apologised over his erroneous release and pledged to reinforce the prison system to ensure it wasn't repeated, with an investigation also under way".

    Luckily didn't get very far. Could it be possible to use traceable Microchips on certain miscreants, or is that too Big Brotherish?

    A Met Police spokesperson said: "Shortly after 13:00hrs on Tuesday, 4 November, the Met was informed by the Prison Service that a prisoner had been released in error from HMP Wandsworth on Wednesday, 29 October.

    "The prisoner is a 24-year-old Algerian man.

    "Officers are carrying out urgent enquiries in an effort to locate him and return him to custody."

    Lesson not learned
     
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    Shandy_top_89 Well-Known Member

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    Didn't realise that 262 prisoners were mistakenly released between March 24 - March 25, probably fits that a couple of them would be asylum seekers.

    Interesting that rather than make the Government aware when it came to their attention the press appear to have kept it secret and handed it to the Conservative Party for a PMQs gotcha instead, how are we meant to function as a society when everything just becomes part of a game?

    Doesnt look like the HMP Wandsworth informed the Police until a week after the release and someone neglected to tell the Justice Department too.

    Prisons are an utter ****show and will take years to fix. We were on the verge of running out of capacity altogether last year.
     
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  8. Ian Thumwood

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    Typing on phone and no checker. Makes it difficult.
     
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    As someone once said, "If the answer is The Liberals, it must have been a bloody stupid question"
     
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