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I don’t disagree with the problems within the CJS, but when they are booking trials in for 2030 something needs to be done.

Circus, compared to the last 14 years this is a walk in the park. Does it not bother you that over 20 people have come forward and given in depth accounts of his clear anti Semitic and racists remarks when he was a young man?

Keep the Tories “true” to what exactly? True to looking after the rich? When I use the word “serious” I do so in the way that Logan Roy used it in Succession. I don’t see them as a serious political party. I see them as a bunch of incompetents whose only driving force is tribalism and looking after their fellow grifters. I do see them as a serious threat as things stand. I can’t see the LibDems getting enough votes across the whole country so am pinning my hopes on a Labour/Lib Dem coalition. Still, there is a long way to go until the next GE so it is too early to make any meaningful judgements.

Lots of discussion about the proposed changes to the jury system in this country, driven by the huge, unmanageable backlog of court cases. I would probably have argued against any changes previously, but having watched The Jury: Murder Trial, I am not so sure. If you haven’t seen the programme it ran a previous murder trial using actors and the actual court transcripts and presented the case to two new juries. I won’t give a spoiler but the process throws in to doubt the process of how different people process the same information and how those people can influence other people. Of course, we already have a two tier system depending on the seriousness of the crime so not everybody is tried by their peers as things stand. The mooted change will not effect the most serious crimes. So, good thing or not?

I live in hope that the Great British Public have been pushing Reform up the polls as a protest vote and will vote differently at the next GE. Then again, millions of American voted for the non serious option, so who knows?

There was talk a while back of relocating Parliament to the Midlands, maybe Birmingham?

Just another day in the Land Of The Free. Free to ignore international law and kill who you want when you want with no accountability. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/drug-boat-second-strike-white-house-b2875966.html#

Most of the time on here a flawed belief = someone else’s opinion that you don’t agree with. No one ever wins an argument as they are usually circular with opinions being repeated, flawed or not, until someone gets bored. The protagonists tend to fall into two camps, those with empathy v those without much empathy. It has nothing to do with finding truth and everything to do with expressing displeasure at those who see things completely differently.

A while back Farage put out a promotional vid saying that you can’t trust a Tory. He is happy to welcome into his party people he says that we can’t trust.

I’m sorry to hear that Winnersaint. Deepest condolences for your loss. We have recently lost a good friend/neighbour to this dreadful disease after a long fight. It started as breast cancer but gradually spread through her body. She never complained about issues with her treatment which she had been having since before the pandemic. . Mrs. SOG’s niece’s parter was diagnosed with testicular cancer a few weeks ago and had it removed last week. Fortunately no further signs of cancer and no further treatment needed. We also heard recently that a previous work colleague of my wife is spending this Christmas with her new born son in Great Ormand Street Hospital, the baby having been diagnosed with brain cancer. In the last two cases the treatment apparently has been dealt with in a very timely fashion and has been first class. Walking through Canterbury hospital yesterday we were surprised at how little activity was going on at the weekend in such a large hospital. We assumed that it would be fully operational 7 days a week.

Not so tough on crime after all. I wonder what’s in it for Trump? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15340547/amp/David-Gentile-Trump-pardon-investor-fraud.html

More dregs from the Tory Party jumping ship https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/reform-conservative-defect-jonathan-gullis-b2875581.html#

My wife suffers with sleep apnea. She had some tests done in June 2024. She has waited all this time for a follow consultation and was finally given an appointment today (Sunday). The nurse apologised profusely for the very long delay and explained that they had a massive backlog and had been prioritising the more serious cases. When I asked why the appointment was made on a Sunday she explained that Wes Streeting had green lit funds for overtime to help deal with the backlog. Just another example of Labour having to spend money fixing issue left by 14 years of underinvestment in public services.

The shooter is a foreigner and Trump closes down on immigration. The shooter is one of their own and nothing happens. Who are you more likely to get shot by Donald?

This was only the figure up to 11th November. So much for the cease fire. https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2025/11/11/how-many-times-has-israel-violated-the-gaza-ceasefire-here-are-the-numbers

In case there was any doubt if Donald J Trump is the thickest POTUS ever…. He believes that the Declaration of Independence was signed at the end of the American Civil War. No Donny, you are not only 89 years out, you also have the wrong war.

No surprises here… https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/gb-news-urged-to-cut-ties-with-contributor-accused-of-racism/ar-AA1Roib9?cvid=1c60bc0c8d1648ae9af71fa6bb5258ed&ocid=hpmsn

Blows up boats allegedly carrying drugs on day, wants to pardon this guy the next. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/world/trump-says-he-plans-to-pardon-former-honduran-president-serving-drug-trafficking-sentence For someone who pretends to be tough on crime he certainly has a soft spot for criminals.

Bye bye nic. Get well soon 💐

Farke has a greater potential for comedic uses of his name though.

Post of the year! How odd that, on a thread entitled New Manager Debate, someone feels the need to have a pop at someone else for giving an opinion on the next manager. Even more odd given he didn’t feel the need to pick up on the dozens of other comments by other posters. Still, stalkers gonna stalk. And as if by magic ⬇️

Starmer has said himself that the welfare system needs to be overhauled. Why do the likes of Alan Sugar and Richard Branson get the winter fuel allowance for example? The Universal Credit system has been slated over the years as not fit for purpose. https://www.usdaw.org.uk/latest-news/universal-credit-is-not-fit-for-purpose/

I made the suggestion because a poster earlier in this thread said he shouldn’t get the job because he is too young. I don’t disagree that he should pick his own backroom team should he get the job.

It’s not Starmer’s place to deliver. It’s down to Macron. We are paying them enough money. Time they delivered.

My point is that the system is supposed to be there to support people who need it. Means testing to me should be about looking at each case on its own merits and providing commensurate support. Yes, you probably need a cap but a set amount might be below some people’s needsand more than other people’s needs.If it is the case that generally people rely on two incomes then that should be taken into account if one income goes. Means testing doesn’t mean you still have one income so you are ok. It doesn’t matter if my wife had left her job willingly or was sacked. It didn’t affect the outcome of our case. You keep going on about nice holidays. Perhaps you know one person who does and base your assumption that everybody is on that but I think you will find that people struggling to make ends meet and even have to rely on food banks don’t go on nice holidays. We weren’t fussed about having a nice holiday. We just wanted to meet our monthly bill obligation whilst my wife looked for another job. We did take responsibility for ourselves thanks and we found a way through it without any state support. Others probably weren’t as fortunate. I am not looking for sympathy, I am just trying to point out, from first hand experience, that the current benefit system, Universal Credit, is very hard to obtain, the system is a nightmare to negotiate and this idea that most people who do use this system are all living it up thanks to those who are working is pure nonsense. By the way, are smart phones really a luxury in this day and age or a necessity?