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Good. I saw the whining from someone in the media. We're in a world of expectation, rather than needs, and any form of welfare should be more about the latter.

? Where's the suggestion that criminal legal aid rates will increase? Without that, an increase of cases means more criminal legal aid lawyers are expected to work for terrible rates. I'm missing your point.

Criminal legal aid rates are shocking, despite the review. Counsel and Solicitors don't want to do the work, and understandably so. We'll eventually move to an employed public defender model is imagine, but under the current system more cases will mean more adjournments due to unrepresented defendants, and a lack of prosecutors.

Shackled by Still.

Aye. I was guilty! Contempt before investigation for sure. Fair play to the lad.

Yep. Decent players who were poorly coached and managed. Not sure what this new lad is saying or doing, but I like it.

Yep. His height and pace is great. Everything else isn't.

I think it's a bit of both. It's a pace and height decision.

Different issues entirely. Whatever Trial system we have, our sentencing approach needs overhaul.

Ha! The correct solution imo is to have a complete rethink of our sentence structure, and invest heavily into a rehabilitative justice system. Prison is of course necessary, but rarely helps rehabilitate and prevent repeat offending.

I'm not sure how. There's an abundance of jurors out there, and removing them from the equation still leaves a trial, which still requires a judge, a court room, an usher, prosecution and defence counsel, etc. There isn't that court space, those Judges or the budget in the system. I also doubt sufficient underpaid legal aid defence lawyers would be available, ditto prosecutors. That's all aside from stripping away the right to elect a jury trial in many cases, which is a massive part of our legal system. Terrible decision for me.

Analysis

Yep, I do the same with a couple of posters. Nice to not to have to see all the nonsense they post, unless I choose to for the reasons you mention. I don't see it as an ignore function as such, more that the default position is that it hides a person's posts I'm not sure why people can't grasp how people can and do use it.

Hastings

I've seen that claim. The US position is that the plan is theirs and was drawn by them. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c33mv4y2187t?post=asset%3A1597c28d-6c60-4bd1-b015-6e596e4ee5f7#post

Completely different points. Rubio has made it clear that this batshit plan is a US plan. Trump has given Ukraine a deadline to accept that plan. It is unlikely that the US will continue to support Ukraine if it refuses its plan. Progress from here is almost impossible imo. If the US succumb to Western common sense, it'd have to counter its own proposal. Russia plainly have high expectations, and Trump has met those expectations with this plan. Trump has driven a coach and horses through any realistic prospect of a sensible resolution, and will likely leave any ongoing support to Europe and the rest of the world. This plan is clearly designed to be on off ramp for the US one way or the other - either Ukraine fold (they won't) or the US walk citing what they'll claim to be Ukrainian unreasonableness.

Bike

My folks encouraged me to cook also, and that certainly helped. Bread is tough and I don't eat much of it, but when I succumb, and need convenience it's crosta and mollica wraps which have only basic ingredients and taste great. Jason bread products are similar. Any other bread tips are appreciated.

It's a pile of shite whatever it's called!

I'm similar. That's about half a tub. I often take the other half to the office, and fill the rest of the pot with colourful stuff, nuts, etc. Takes literally seconds and is infinitely better, and cheaper, than a sandwich from the co-op. On that, when and why did a crap sandwich, crisps, sugary snack, and a tin of pop become the standard lunch. Just awful.

Cheers. 5. Wow. Fair to say Eckert's audition is going ok.

Just catching up as not been able to watch. Blimey. How's the lad Bragg playing?

Yep. Diet and nutrition has changed massively since I was a kid, and so has the physical and mental health of the masses. That anecdotal evidence is enough for me. People eat shit, and the sad thing is they wait longer for some rubbish to be delivered, or be heated in their air fryer, than it would take to dish up or cook something decent, yet cite a lack of time as the reason for doing what they do. It's not hard to cook up a chicken thigh and a bit of rice and veg, peel a carrot, take the lid off some Greek yoghurt, open a bag of frozen berries, knock up an omelette, etc. My breakfast today took me 2 mins - greek yoghurt, berries, squirt of honey. Lovely, like a healthy pudding first thing in the morning. Lunch took 5 mins - a few scrambled eggs, cherry tomatoes, more berries. 7 mins for 2 nutritious meals. Who knows what life will throw up health wise, but we can and should help ourselves and our families by making a wee bit of effort. And yep, the "food" and medicine chain is horribly linked.

Easter

Good man. The deal is a shocker, and it's hard to decide what part is worse. The financial aspects are disgraceful though. - $100bn of frozen Russian assets invested "in US-led efforts to rebuild and invest in Ukraine", with the US receiving 50% of the profits and Europe adding $100bn in investment for reconstruction, so an American price for involvement, and the EU expected to sink cash in - there's €200bn in Russia frozen assets. Why not give all to Ukraine....the deal instead says that the rest of those frozen assets would go to a "US-Russian investment vehicle", so Russia would see some of its money come back, but with a financial benefit for the US. There needs to be a resolution to this, but not that deal.