Some wonderful news this morning. It has been confirmed that the required funding for the police investigation into the post office scandal has been given. Now for accountability.
True to your word @andyburnham
Very much appreciated.
@Steve2521279221 Really? What have these people actually achieved? All I see is chaos, and people going to prison and not getting any help except for the ones causing the chaos, who often run a fundraiser.
@lucymarionbrown@Steve_Laws_ I have a genuine question, will they be helping Del Somerville, the 42-year-old father of two, who just got two years at the Portsmouth protests that Thomas instigated?
@EnglishBelle3 Incredibly sad, and they still do nothing to create any real positive change. Notice how the people getting arrested aren’t being supported, only the ones stirring everything up. Modern day canon fodder.
@ColnEFP@LeeChapmansSofa@GrimesyThe@defi_aabcd No, that isn’t what I said. I’m allowed to feel empathy for the people who end up suffering because of someone else’s actions. And it’s telling that there’s no “GoFundMe” for this man’s family, yetpeople who stir things up seem to make a living out of doing exactly that.
@MichaelRos6092@TRobinsonNewEra It's standard procedure, Micky. Magistrates send cases up, then Crown picks it up and carries on, first hearing, plea, then trial or sentencing. It’s the standard route, nothing unusual. If he goes not guilty it will take a while to get the deps together.
@Dinkyuncle@defi_aabcd The MSM keep framing it as “two years for a plastic bottle,” but anyone who remembers when the Public Order Act came in during the football‑hooliganism years knows sentencing has always worked like this. What does make it look imbalanced is seeing SA’s walk away
@Aedicule@P_Taker_70@defi_aabcd I know it doesn't seem it, but in this country they are lenient about rioting with the police compare to others. Russia (a country many "patriots" wax lyrical about) you would be put in a penal colony.There is more to his charge than a plastic bottle, so saying, I feel it harsh
@COPM1223346677@JamesPGoddard90 He said when asked about it...for your information she wasn't underage. Her dad has even spoken about it on a Podcast...I am sure someone has this footage.
@BritainDecoded_@MediaSOI@bphillipsonMP Because it is on public property and you need to get permission. That was in Epping,I go all the time, they had to take the High Street flags down so they could put up the Xmas lights. You can hang it on your own home or land as long as it is safely attached
@TheLittleWaster And here we have a man who thinks he will always be the exception. He will never burn out, get chronic illness, have an accident or experience a mental breakdown. He will never need supported to get back into normal life.