Franz Tafkaa

lover of bingo. hater of devon and cornwall. extreme chess enthusiast.
alt: @nonogoings

[Tom Gann @Tom_Gann]

It’s really telling how economism is a comfort blanket for the left. A whole warm bath of useless orthodox discourse here to sink into and not have to think.

[Marcus Mallomar Gaddafi Payne @MarcusDAurelius]

@BIforPeace Driving is the one mode of transportation that means you never have to wait on someone to come pick you up, like an uber or taxi, or are stuck to a timetable someone else created.

You can literally just get in the car and go on a whim.

[Huda Ammori @HudaAmmori]

Counter terror police stopped and interrogated an independent cafe owner, in order to intimidate him before offering him financial benefits to spy on Palestine Action.

Instead of taking the offer, he went public to expose the state. https://t.co/VW5M75luYm

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

'co-living' is horrific -- packing people in like sardines so developers can squeeze even more profit out of them.

living in a space as small as this drives you crazy.

[Bristol Citizen @bristol_citizen]

Another gift from the progressive left wing Greens:

'New rules to be signed off allowing homes smaller than two parking spaces'

https://t.co/6xIljUcpJe

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

@BareLeft can you imagine the outrage if they exempted their own vehicles from it, though?

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

@Judeemma @Phoenix4517 in terms of sunlight hours it very much *is* summer: we have 16h 29m of daylight today, solstice only reaches 17h 08m.

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

@DanNeidle @gl3nbuck which somehow missed the bleeding obvious point made to you by Paul Powesland, of all people.

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

i think that everybody doing the "it's good that Zack Polanski is getting scrutinised; green politicians are not above criticism" thing:

1. are extremely dimwitted
2. have zero memory of the Corbyn years
3. are the most naïve, gullible fools going

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

zack polanski is the only politician who i think should take more cocaine, not less.

[Genocide Nuance Demander @noneutactic]

@InfoSnores Somebody needs to smack some incivility upside his head, stat

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

@Twink552430911 @GearsAndInk @PhilipProudfoot

[enter shakira𓅮 @BARFJAMiN]

three hours prior, so what, the police were alerted to an active threat and they just left him to do his thing until someone got seriously hurt? that’s dead good policing that. no wonder they think booting people’s brains into liquid is clever

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

@grantshapps thanks shappsGPT

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

"i was frightened, and he was wearing a bulky vest that i thought could have explosives in it. i had just seen him seriously hurt other people, so i felt it was necessary and proportionate to kick that cop repeatedly in the head, your honour."

think it'll go down well?

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

@RobertAlfred76 @J4zzKane @PaulaCoyscot have you been kicked in the head?

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

@GearsAndInk @PhilipProudfoot learn to screenshot brother

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

very notable that nowhere here does he say officers followed their training: clearly, they didn't. he says they were frightened, that they thought he could have had an explosive vest and so that's why they kicked him. he knows they were out of line, hence this whole song & dance.

[Flying_Rodent @flying_rodent]

There are elections next week, and you should notice that the pretence of impartiality just goes straight out of the fucking window, any time the dirty hippies get too big for their boots and need a good stomping back down.

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

@BikeSgt what is policing by consent, if not the immaterial opinions of those who haven't, couldn't, didn't, wouldn't? do you believe in public scrutiny (policing by consent) or not?

[November @postoctobrist]

if policing can’t be accountable to ‘observers with little experience of policing in the real world,’ who I would tend to call ‘the public,’ it can’t be accountable to anyone. realistically it never has been, but you’re still losing something when you give up the pretence

[Franz Tafkaa @GoGoGoings]

the "apolitical" met, weighing in on a politician they have deemed to have Incorrect Views

[Metropolitan Police @metpoliceuk]

“Apprehending violent and dangerous criminals is a full contact and messy task which may appear shocking to observers with little experience of policing in the real world.”

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley writes to Zack Polanski.