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clint van damme

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  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,456
fernandopartridge said:
Crass Tory lite or Crass Tory lite?

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The amount of attempted point scoring going on at the moment around grooming gangs and sex crimes is appalling, it doesn't reflect well on any of those involved.
 
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Ian1779

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  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,457
fernandopartridge said:
Crass Tory lite or Crass Tory lite?

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If I was the Leader of this party and I was also Director of Public Prosecutions at the time of suspicions around Jimmy Saville came to light i would probably not go down this line…. Even if I was absolutely not culpable in any way.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,458
Ian1779 said:
If I was the Leader of this party and I was also Director of Public Prosecutions at the time of suspicions around Jimmy Saville came to light i would probably not go down this line…. Even if I was absolutely not culpable in any way.
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It isn't a short sighted move to blame the government of the day for the decisions of the independent judiciary, definitely not
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,459
fernandopartridge said:
Crass Tory lite or Crass Tory lite?

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Interesting of them to use the bogus attack line that the Tories were using on Smarmer just last year.
 

SBAndy

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  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,460
fernandopartridge said:
Crass Tory lite or Crass Tory lite?

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This sounds like a heavy pivot towards the @shmmeee “fund the NHS and hang the paedos” window.
 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,461
SBAndy said:
“fund the NHS and hang the paedos” window.
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Play schools changed a lot since I last watched it
 
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Ian1779

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  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,462
fernandopartridge said:
It isn't a short sighted move to blame the government of the day for the decisions of the independent judiciary, definitely not
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It’s also not the wisest when your chief adviser is buddies with Jeffrey Epstein.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,463
Just watching a Mock the Week repeat on BBC2 and I’m still struggling to believe that Liz Truss was actually allowed to be PM. How did Sunak not get any new manager bounce following that cluster fuck.
 

shmmeee

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  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,464
fernandopartridge said:
Crass Tory lite or Crass Tory lite?

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It’s pretty shocking and begging for the Tories to bring up Saville again. There’s been some real missteps on this campaign, you can kinda see what they’re going for but it’s very ham fisted.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,465
skybluetony176 said:
Just watching a Mock the Week repeat on BBC2 and I’m still struggling to believe that Liz Truss was actually allowed to be PM. How did Sunak not get any new manager bounce following that cluster fuck.
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Alan Dugdales Moustache

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  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,466
Brighton Sky Blue said:
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I saw that. Apart from Hugh Dennis who the fuck are the other people on that show ?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,467
Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
I saw that. Apart from Hugh Dennis who the fuck are the other people on that show ?
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I think it's Michale McIntyre on the right, obviously Dennis in the middle but no idea who it is on the left. Think it's some ringer they brought in for a Christmas special
 

JAM See

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  • Apr 6, 2023
  • #28,468
fernandopartridge said:
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Whichever twat pressed send on that should be sacked.

If focus groups have shown that this sort of twittering will gain votes, then we are truly fucked as a country. Murica here we come.
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Apr 7, 2023
  • #28,469
Even Jay Rayner's not a fan of that tweet - must be bad.
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Apr 7, 2023
  • #28,470
skybluetony176 said:
Just watching a Mock the Week repeat on BBC2 and I’m still struggling to believe that Liz Truss was actually allowed to be PM. How did Sunak not get any new manager bounce following that cluster fuck.
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There has been a bounce, however, he became PM at such a low point post Truss tories are still lagging. Saw the other day his personal ratings with party members have also jumped even though he’s probably still seen as the evil Boris killer….although think sits behind Bravermann

Unfortunately for him the country is that fed up with the Tories it’s just not moving the dial materially at party level especially with inflation still painful for most
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Apr 7, 2023
  • #28,471
clint van damme said:
The amount of attempted point scoring going on at the moment around grooming gangs and sex crimes is appalling, it doesn't reflect well on any of those involved.
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The Scottish law on these crimes is interesting
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Apr 7, 2023
  • #28,472
Alan Dugdales Moustache said:
I saw that. Apart from Hugh Dennis who the fuck are the other people on that show ?
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They're just schoolkids, that's why you don't know them. And that other guy isn't Hugh Dennis either...

Although as the show was going downhill it probably wouldn't have been many more seasons before that would have been the panel.
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 7, 2023
  • #28,473
Jesus wept is PVA doing strategy

 
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Ian1779

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  • Apr 7, 2023
  • #28,474
fernandopartridge said:
Jesus wept is PVA doing strategy

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FoReNsIc….
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Apr 7, 2023
  • #28,475
JAM See said:
Whichever twat pressed send on that should be sacked.

If focus groups have shown that this sort of twittering will gain votes, then we are truly fucked as a country. Murica here we come.
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Just a very strange move by Labour to start with as Sunaks only been in the job five minutes, so not sure the conviction rate of paedos can really be laid at his door personally. Should’ve just pointed the finger at the Tories generally. I’d be focussing on burglary/car theft rates if I was them, whilst obviously less serious than paedo crimes, far more people are likely to have been directly impacted by them in recent years.

fernandopartridge said:
Jesus wept is PVA doing strategy

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Oops
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Apr 7, 2023
  • #28,476
CCFCSteve said:
Just a very strange move by Labour to start with as Sunaks only been in the job five minutes, so not sure the conviction rate of paedos can really be laid at his door personally. Should’ve just pointed the finger at the Tories generally. I’d be focussing on burglary/car theft rates if I was them, whilst obviously less serious than paedo crimes, far more people are likely to have been directly impacted by them in recent years.
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It's not even that tbh. It's crass, low, and negative. And sure, fear works in winning Tories elections, but not Labour, and not on this subject. Focus on how they'll fix the NHS and how it's bolloxed under the Tories, don't go for a below the belt hit.

At this rate they'll be tweeting Rwanda isn't far enough, and they'll be sending asylum seekers to Mars...
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Apr 7, 2023
  • #28,477
Deleted member 5849 said:
It's not even that tbh. It's crass, low, and negative.
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Yeah, that’s a given and has already been said. Not really the right area for some kind of political turf war and suggesting sunak doesn’t want child sex offenders to go to prison with no real basis for the argument/point is just bizarre
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Apr 7, 2023
  • #28,478
CCFCSteve said:
Yeah, that’s a given and has already been said. Not really the right area for some kind of political turf war and suggesting sunak doesn’t want child sex offenders to go to prison with no real basis for the argument/point is just bizarre
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I also don't know what constitutes a child in these cases, and who the offender is. A 16yo sleeping with a 15yo is rather different to some other crimes. I genuinely don't know what the crimes are, and what point they're trying to make other than start an argument they'll lose.
 

Flying Fokker

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  • Apr 9, 2023
  • #28,479
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fernandopartridge

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  • Apr 10, 2023
  • #28,480
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Apr 11, 2023
  • #28,481
fernandopartridge said:
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What I would be concerned is it tends to close towards the party in power close to a general election.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Apr 11, 2023
  • #28,482
Deleted member 5849 said:
What I would be concerned is it tends to close towards the party in power close to a general election.
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It’s almost like a wet lettuce candidate with no positive vision can’t deliver the goods.
 

Sick Boy

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  • Apr 11, 2023
  • #28,483
Deleted member 5849 said:
What I would be concerned is it tends to close towards the party in power close to a general election.
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Said it before but I think it’ll be a hung parliament.
 
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skybluetony176

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  • Apr 11, 2023
  • #28,484
Brighton Sky Blue said:
It’s almost like a wet lettuce candidate with no positive vision can’t deliver the goods.
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Stealing the headlines this morning. Emily Thornberry (who I personally don’t like in the least) has gone out this morning and made the right wing press’ response look ridiculous. And all she did was state the facts, the criminal justice system is broke and the Tories aren’t doing much to fix it. Like him or loath him Starmer does have the will and the know how to start repairing the damage 13 years of the Tories have done to it.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Apr 11, 2023
  • #28,485
Sick Boy said:
Said it before but I think it’ll be a hung parliament.
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Can’t see it myself. It would need a strong third party to split the vote to some degree of either Labour or the Tories and there’s no sign that will happen. Can see there being a small majority. What happens in Scotland could be crucial with the mess the SNP is in. Also Tories have a lot to do in their own blue wall.
 

Ian1779

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  • Apr 11, 2023
  • #28,486
skybluetony176 said:
Stealing the headlines this morning. Emily Thornberry (who I personally don’t like in the least) has gone out this morning and made the right wing press’ response look ridiculous. And all she did was state the facts, the criminal justice system is broke and the Tories aren’t doing much to fix it. Like him or loath him Starmer does have the will and the know how to start repairing the damage 13 years of the Tories have done to it.
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I’m not sure that Starmer’s ‘your boss enables nonces’ is going to do him any favours in the long term.

But then to double down on it seems a little insane.
 

skybluetony176

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  • Apr 11, 2023
  • #28,487
Ian1779 said:
I’m not sure that Starmer’s ‘your boss enables nonces’ is going to do him any favours in the long term.

But then to double down on it seems a little insane.
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If it was ever going to be about a single headline then no. But when it comes to the criminal justice system it’s not only going to take years to sort out but it’s very obviously going to get worse before it starts to get better. He’s set his stall out, he’s got from now until a GE to keep saying I told you so. Thus far the Tories and their client press’ only response is to play the victim in a smear campaign, which is all they can do, they can’t fight the add campaign on facts as their record only confirms what the Labour add campaign says. I suspect on law and order Labour has long term (in terms of from now until a GE) pulled a blinder here, faux Tory outrage followed by it becoming obvious that the add is correct.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Apr 11, 2023
  • #28,488
skybluetony176 said:
Stealing the headlines this morning. Emily Thornberry (who I personally don’t like in the least) has gone out this morning and made the right wing press’ response look ridiculous. And all she did was state the facts, the criminal justice system is broke and the Tories aren’t doing much to fix it. Like him or loath him Starmer does have the will and the know how to start repairing the damage 13 years of the Tories have done to it.
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Sentencing guidelines are not a symptom of the broken criminal justice system though are they
 

shmmeee

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  • Apr 11, 2023
  • #28,489
fernandopartridge said:
Sentencing guidelines are not a symptom of the broken criminal justice system though are they
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They are a bit. There’s a fair amount of evidence lack of prison space is leading to lighter sentences.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Apr 11, 2023
  • #28,490
shmmeee said:
They are a bit. There’s a fair amount of evidence lack of prison space is leading to lighter sentences.
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I don't think there is anything in sentencing guidelines that considers prison capacity?
 
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