Gavin Collins was an off-duty police officer enjoying a night out in central London when he was attacked by a pair of thugs. They repeatedly punched and kicked him, even after he’d been floored. Gavin needed titanium plates in his cheek and one eye socket following the unprovoked attack.
One of the attackers had three previous convictions for similar offences of common assault in the previous three years. As it happened the thugs were brothers, and the sons of one of Britain’s richest property tycoons.
But they were in luck. When they eventually appeared before Recorder Christopher Hehir in Southwark Crown Court, the judge was in a forgiving mood. The thugs were given suspended sentences—one of 15 months and one of six months.
Fast forward to last week when the same judge had to consider a different kind of case involving two young women who did not attack anyone, but did throw a can of soup at a painting by Vincent Van Gogh.
No one needed surgery. The picture frame was moderately affected because—fun fact—tomato soup is apparently “slightly acidic”. But His Honour Christopher Hehir reacted very differently, jailing one young woman for more than two years and the other for 20 months.
I know many people agree with what young people in #JustStopOil are trying to achieve, but quite vocally think they’re not fighting for their futures in the right way
If that’s you and you're open minded, you might like to read Martin Luther King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
1. I’m sorry to return to this question, but I think it hints at everything that's wrong with our media and public conversations.
*When did you last hear a critique of capitalism on the BBC?*
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What would Jesus do if he owned 60,000 football pitches worth of land? Would he use it for profit or would he rewild it?
That's the dilemma currently faced by the Church of England’s historic investment arm, the Church Commissioners
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As it's Friday, I'm asking all my followers to please retweet (and comment) on this post if you see it, to help my bird account be seen! 🙏♥️
To make it worth sharing, here's Bruiser the one-legged Blue Tit chasing off a Chaffinch!😁
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@MissErinRenee We’ve been there. It’s a beautiful sacrifice for you to learn to do that and to do it every day because it’s needed, it doesn’t feel good but it’s a very good deed ❤️
@ChrisGPackham@GlenOrioleglen What a beautiful sight. Hard to fathom how anyone could think it’s correct to massacre these creatures, especially based on faulty and outdated science justifications.
The factory farming of animals is quite simply the biggest abuse of animals on our planet.
We cruelly cage & abuse animals in wicked ways. Out of sight & mind.
We need a radical shift in the way humans view all species
#KindnessMatters