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Police should focus on crime, incredible that they won't attend a burglary, but send half a dozen officers to a pensioners house for an innocuous message.

It's Orwellian!

Hey nom,

Certainly an affront to freedom of expression.

As i ve mentioned before, think this sort of occurrence is symptomatic of a society which thinks thought control can solve division and disagreement.

Imo, that approach is likely to intensify rather than placate.

The pensioner was a special constable i mean.

Police raid Pensioners home - for a tweet!

Arrested and detained, now suffering with PTSD as a consequence of the ordeal.

Former special constable with the force.

BlackBelt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0rER04vfuk

LVMH, CDI, gap up on trade talks.

Zak - USA Blue Chips:

https://www.share-talk.com/zak-mir-takes-a-charting-look-at-the-usa-blue-chips-sunday-11th-may-2025/

Trek,

PTAL, healthy divi - seems a decent LTH, despite the oil price/OPEC etc.

Bit more risky than the likes of LGEN though obv.

I dont bother with other BBs Tro, they are all crazy.

Sometimes post on PRD, but thats enough.

The strangest BB was the GGP one, i dont know what its like now, but they used to converse in sailor like talk, everything was ahoy there shipmates, and bottles of rum, lol.

Think it was GGP, or may have been EUA.

Hey evi,

Might be better for us to wait and see what others manage to negotiate. If others play hardball, it may give our negotiators the confidence push Trump's team for favorable terms.

At the moment, we are the benchmark.

Think you would be good on YouTube Tro,

You are very well liked on here, so its sure to translate.

Expect you may struggle with all the tech stuff though, same as me, it's all a load of gobbledygook lol.

Charitable donations, yeah, lol.

North Korea, gets the gold medal for propaganda.

Tro,

Panama and DRC, its their communist roots i guess.

So much knowledge Tro,

You could prob do a YouTube channel, they make a lot of money i hear.

Xi making Trump jealous, Trumps like - how does Xi get away with it, lol.

Might be the same sort of thing you are referring to.

He's a sneaky operator that Xi Jinping.

Tro,

I read the other day, they just showed up on some random island, planted a flag, took some pictures, and claimed it as theirs!

Https://gcaptain.com/philippine-coast-guard-says-china-ship-conducting-illegal-survey-within-eez/

Lot of the above seems to be going on recently.

"Hundreds of bin strikers and supporters have forced Labour council bosses in Birmingham to shut the Lifford Lane depot.

Trade unionists from across Britain have gathered outside the depot this morning to show solidarity with the indefinite refuse strike.

Just one van tried to leave the depot early. But strikers blocked it.

“This is brilliant today,” Unite union striker Ben told Socialist Worker. “The levels of solidarity and the show of support from beyond Birmingham—it proves how strong workers and unions really are.”

Ben added that the “yard shutting down is another hit to the council”. “It shows that the council can’t just ignore us,” he said. “It’s clearly something we should be using elsewhere.

"The more we do this, the more we get our point across.

“Every day—do this every day if you ask me.”

He added, “The more we do this the more disruption we can cause—disruption is our biggest tool. Making the rubbish pile up is powerful. And the more disruption, the greater our power."

Hi evi,

The ship looks awesome :)

Hi HH88,

Terrorist that should be isolated.

This is absolutely appalling. How does he have access to boiling water!

Reports that extremists are running prisons and converting otherwise unaligned inmates.

Fourth Iranian national arrested in connection with the recent foiled terrorist plot.

What are these people doing in the UK?

Agree, very one-sided, but better than nothing. Feels rushed, with both sides wanting a win of sorts for political reasons imo.

It's an important deal for car manufacturers with export tariffs significantly reduced, but 10% on most stuff remains. Obv we had a much better deal just a few weeks ago.

Listening to the other side, the Indians seem very pleased indeed about this unusually long NI exemption. Use a holding company and rotate staff every three years to undercut the competition?

That said, it's an important market to gain access to, but what we wanted was access for services, financial and otherwise, rather than goods.

Gov decided not to mention the NI situation on Gov website when the deal was announced, and are now refusing to publish the impact assessment, which is rather telling imo. Yvette Cooper wasn't informed either. Again, feels rushed from a Gov that wants a headline.

Reading across several papers, my impression is Starmer has been prepared to make concessions rather than stall for better terms.