@ImSoBrexcited @plantnerd17 @UKpbr2 @g_gosden Encouraging an act of terror (which you are not arguing didn’t happen) has a 15 year maximum sentence. I’d argue anyone who didn’t leave was encouraging the act of terror that took place.
He didn’t leave. He pled guilty. It’s sad he died, but FAFO.
@EddieGrail2@UKpbr2 @g_gosden It’s funny how those of us living close to the hotel weren’t terrorised though.
I go past there most weeks and am more intimidated by the drunken white men in spoons than young brown men who hung out outside the hotel.
@ImSoBrexcited @plantnerd17 @UKpbr2 @g_gosden Terrorist. Legally defined as one who uses an act of (or threat of) violence against a person or damage to a property to influence a government for an ideological cause.
ELI5 How setting fire to a hotel doesn’t qualify as terrorism under that definition.
@UKpbr2 @g_gosden He participated (by attending) and encouraged an act of terror designed to influence the government to change policy.
He was lucky not to be charged under the terrorism act 2006 and facing a maximum of 15 years.
@ComradeChooChoo@sf_bac1862@HenryRiley1@LBC Tokyo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto is ~900km and takes slightly over 4 hours. Its currently extending towards Sapporo.
The equivalent journey is London to Aberdeen, which takes over 7 hours. Our ambitions should be 3-4 hours maximum for that journey.
@sf_bac1862@HenryRiley1@LBC And make it proper high speed. London to Leeds/Manchester/Liverpool/Sheffield should be under 1 hour. Birmingham 30 minutes to any of them.
(The Hayabusa service between Tokyo and Hokuto achieves these speeds)
@GoodLawProject One of its major funders is British American Tobacco.
Parties associated with the IEA (Reform) are against more restrictions on the sale of tobacco.
Make of that what you will...
@TateTheTalisman@FreddieBailey96 TBF, someone born here is more British that you are seeing as you were born in Chicago.
And he isn't under investigation for human trafficking and sex crimes, so he probably does exhibit more British values than you too.
@localnotail TBH, if Trump wins, his second term will be limited as they oust him to bring in Vance - who is very involved in P25 and in hock to those behind it.
@questfortruth10@Otto_English@deebeesnees But that only happens in UK. So, removing the ECHR will not make the politicians (who make the laws), or the Home Office (who action them) any better.
The problem isn't the ECHR, its the Tories.
@stuartthresher@Otto_English Just between 1945 and 1953 our government kidnapped and deported Chinese merchant seamen from Liverpool (without telling their families) and we opened concentration camps in Kenya and Malaya. So, we didn't manage well 🤷♂️
@damienpar@MrNishKumar Both of them will probably have been opposition leader before 2029. They are unlikely to still be in charge then though.
They are currently averaging a leadership election every 18 months or so...
@TraderClip@LBC@TomSwarbrick1 For a start, they are supported by the Heritage Foundation (same as Trump) - who are funded in part by ExxonMobile.
They are also supported by the IEA (who did their election budget) - who are part-funded by British American Tobacco.
But not globalist. 🤷♂️
@Undertaker1895 @NotaTory67 @LBC@BorisJohnson That depends on what you mean by rollout. Did the UK start faster - yes. Was it overtaken before the end - also yes.
And it also depends by country. Some - Germany, France, Ireland & Sweden - vaccinated at around the same rate. Others - Hungary, Poland - were behind.