The Politics Thread
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Peter Thiel has legged it to Argentina to avoid scrutiny into his finances so he could be taxed accurately
Can't think of any other people in the past 90 years who fled to South America at the first sign of trouble to compare him to...
Can't think of any other people in the past 90 years who fled to South America at the first sign of trouble to compare him to...
'Reform Friends of Israel'... '****s' is shorter and surely more appropriate?
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And we all know who those friends are...
'Reform Friends of Israel'... '****s' is shorter and surely more appropriate?
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The lineup for Noncestock is looking a little embarrassing today...
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Farage is a name of French Huguenot descent or it could an anglicised version of an Arabic surname or possibly Hungarian.
All of the above screams “immigrant”. Send the ****er back
All of the above screams “immigrant”. Send the ****er back
One thing I noticed today: on the new buses provided by BYD, the button which for decades has been for disabled people to let the driver know they may need assistance getting off the bus which had the disability symbol on it has been changed for a buggy
That's...uhhhhhhhhhh, well it's pretty bloody ominous the longer you think about it, isn't it?
That's...uhhhhhhhhhh, well it's pretty bloody ominous the longer you think about it, isn't it?
There's a common denominator in all examples of the current overreach of law enforcement from the UK, Germany, Austria, France and now it seems Australia. ....it's only the authoritarian crackdown against anyone protesting about the Israeli Government actions..no matter how peaceful that protest might be.
And I wonder what the reaction would be the situation was reversed and if these same authorities started taking similar action against pro-Israeli Government supporters protesting about the actions of Iran or even the political stance of Turkey or South Africa?
And I wonder what the reaction would be the situation was reversed and if these same authorities started taking similar action against pro-Israeli Government supporters protesting about the actions of Iran or even the political stance of Turkey or South Africa?
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Thought of putting this on the Gooners thread, but probably safer here.
Either way...the club are ****s!
Either way...the club are ****s!
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I feel that there is a huge over-reaction to the shocking murder of Henry Nowak.
The police obviously made a big mistake on arriving at the scene but I don't think this is anything to do with being anti-white. They simply took one witness at his word and arrested the person accused.
Non-white people are often treated badly by the police. One example of a white person being treated wrongly is hardly evidence that this systemic bias has gone, never mind having been replaced by bias in the other direction.
The police obviously made a big mistake on arriving at the scene but I don't think this is anything to do with being anti-white. They simply took one witness at his word and arrested the person accused.
Non-white people are often treated badly by the police. One example of a white person being treated wrongly is hardly evidence that this systemic bias has gone, never mind having been replaced by bias in the other direction.
A couple of weeks ago, Mrs B attended a trial of one of her former colleagues and another of one of her former charges. She met with a number of officers. One, 20 years in, said that he was looking to get out of the job.
This officer was in his late 30's and knew that he would have to work until his late 60's at least. He had no inyention of serving as a police officer into his 50's or beyond. The current pension arrangements are no better than many others available elsewhereand, as he woulkd need to get another job at some time, had decided to do it now while re-training and career progression was a realistic aim.
This is happening more and more. Coppers with 20+ years service are a rasrity. These were the people to pass on essential experienced to those with less than 10 years in. Now, the inexperienced are 'teaching' those with no experience. Chuck in the changes to formal training and the reduction in recruiting standards and **** ups are guaranteed to increase...and budgets continue to be cut and the press and politicians play their little games.
Thankfully Reform are coming to save us all....
This officer was in his late 30's and knew that he would have to work until his late 60's at least. He had no inyention of serving as a police officer into his 50's or beyond. The current pension arrangements are no better than many others available elsewhereand, as he woulkd need to get another job at some time, had decided to do it now while re-training and career progression was a realistic aim.
This is happening more and more. Coppers with 20+ years service are a rasrity. These were the people to pass on essential experienced to those with less than 10 years in. Now, the inexperienced are 'teaching' those with no experience. Chuck in the changes to formal training and the reduction in recruiting standards and **** ups are guaranteed to increase...and budgets continue to be cut and the press and politicians play their little games.
Thankfully Reform are coming to save us all....
It seems there are stories reported on a daily basis of where the police have let down victims of crime or those accused on an equal basis.
The calibre of police officers and the quality of policing appears to be worryingly poor.
Part of the problem is recruitment - “plod or army” for the least able at school still seems to ring true. Give them a uniform and loads of powers and they embrace them willingly, but lack the intelligence, skills and judgment to execute competently, fairly or effectively.
As you say, lacking experience, limited and questionable training and poor standards.
It was so obvious when watching the body worn footage of the officers in the tragic Harry Nowak case that the officers lacked the necessary skills or judgment to deal with the situation; they appeared to make assumptions very quickly about what had occurred and ignored the wealth of evidence to the contrary.
And the furore around the case won’t last long; by the time the IOPC reach any conclusions, most will have forgotten or won’t care.
And the lack accountability of the police means that even if there is criticism, it won’t result in any meaningful action being taken so it could happen again in the same circumstances. The police are exempt for being sued for their own negligence in most circumstances- even when obvious or admitted - which is a disgrace.
Miscarriages of justice still occur, avoidable crimes are still not prevented, so many police officers still commit a disproportionate number of crimes, the Met (and others) still get criticised for being racist, misogynistic, homophobic etc, evidence is not properly gathered or retained or disclosed etc etc - despite all the handwringing when the police are criticised for such failures repeatedly on a regular basis.
I hadn’t intended to have a rant - but it became unavoidable the more I thought about it!!
Sadly, the loss of experience and expertise has been the case for the last 14-16 years. May as HS was largely responsible, as she oversaw the massive austerity budget cuts that drove Forces to shift the experienced and specialist staff in favour of cheaper recruits.
This is the case in almost every industry.
There has been a massive and sustained hollowing out of career progression, middle management has largely been replaced by clipboard carriers who tick the boxes and follow the rules and have absolutely zero creativity or ambition.
It also doesn't help that kids today learn very little in university that is actually helpful.
Meanwhile the gap to the very top of every industry continues to widen.
Thankfully AI is coming to widen the gap further, before destroying most industries entirely.
