Gaza Crisis Response plug

 Mr David Milliband writes it's double your donation for free time

Can't you be a Smartie & Hire Peter Morgan

 Diana & Dodi back from the dead was like a Rentaghost reboot - only thing missing was the Astral Lift.  

They say there can't be a series 7 but surely King Charles could wake up discover Diana in the shower & realise the whole last season & his marriage to Camilla was a bad dream.

I am African President. I have several £billion.

 

Dear Rishi,

I am African President.  I have several £billion - enough to solve UK's Refugee Problem.  Unfortunately, I cannot access this money myself.  If you can lend me £250m I will be able to release these funds & solve all your problems.

Yours sincerely

Paul Kagame

All those who think Rememberance Sunday is on Armistice Day - We will remember them

During WWII Armistice Services were moved to Sunday and became Remembrance Sunday.  In the 90s the Royal British Legion brought back the Armistice Day silence on 11th on November so it now happens Twice Over ... Although there is no significant event on Armistice Day except a meeting of the Western Front Association (a group of WWI historical enthusiasts) at the Cenotaph... In 2024 Sewerella attempted to conflate Armistice Day with Remembrance Sunday and attempted to pretend the ceremonies on Sunday and the march on Saturday would clash.  A few right wing nuts turned up in the end on the Saturday... that's Croydon BNP candidate Cliff Le May on the far right and followed professional criminal Mr Yaxley-Lennon up to intercept the Palestinian march ... But they were intercepted by police and Tommy did a runner in a taxi.... Anyway....

Our reference: 22227-23 The Daily Telegraph

Dear Mr Miller,

I write further to our earlier email regarding your complaint about an article headlined “Met chief urged to ban Armistice Day protest”, published by The Daily Telegraph on 6 November 2023. A similar version appeared online headlined “Met Police chief urged to ban pro-Palestinian Armistice Day protests”.

When IPSO receives a complaint, the Executive staff review it first to decide whether the complaint falls within our remit, and whether it raises a possible breach of the Editors’ Code of Practice. We have read your complaint carefully, and have decided that it does not raise a possible breach of the Editors’ Code.

You said the article breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) as you considered the article promoted that the pro-Palestine march, taking place on the Saturday, conflicted with the commemorative service on Armistice Day – which you considered was instead taking place on Remembrance Sunday – in order to incite racial hatred. You added that you felt Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday were used interchangeably throughout the article to cause further confusion to the reader. While we acknowledged your concerns, we noted in this instance that there was a veterans’ event at the cenotaph on Armistice day, given this; where the text of the article made clear who organised it – “Veterans’ charities said they would be focused on the Armistice Day commemorations on Saturday… at the Cenotaph for a procession, a two-minute silence and a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate Britain’s war dead”; and where the article did not state that the pro-Palestine march would clash with the Armistice service rather it stated it would clash with Armistice day, we did not consider the article was inaccurate in the way you suggested. Therefore, we did not identify sufficient grounds to investigate a possible breach of Clause 1 on this point.

You also said that the article breached Clause 1 as you considered it implied that there was an expectation that violence would take place at the marches; you said this was inaccurate as you considered there had been little to no violence at the pro Palestine demonstration. As IPSO cannot offer advice on criminal matters, and can only consider concerns linked to the Editors’ Code of Practice we did not consider your concerns engaged the terms of this Clause on this point. If you believe that the article was inciting hatred, then you may wish to take these concerns to the police.

You are entitled to request that the Executive’s decision to reject your complaint be reviewed by IPSO’s Complaints Committee. To do so you will need to email us in the next seven days, setting out the reasons why you believe the decision should be reviewed. Please note that we are unable to accept requests for review made seven days after the date of this email.

We would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider the points you have raised, and have shared this correspondence with the newspaper to make it aware of your concerns.

Best wishes,

Rebecca Munro

Cc The Daily Telegraph

Our reference: 22322-23 Mail Online (Associated Newspapers Limited)

Dear Mr Miller,

I write further to our earlier email regarding your complaint about an article headlined “Rishi Sunak slams 'provocative and disrespectful' plans for pro-Palestinian protest in central London on Armistice Day warning that the Cenotaph could be 'desecrated' - as Sadiq Khan tries to dodge stepping in saying it's not his job to stop it”, published by Mail Online on 3 November 2023.

When IPSO receives a complaint, the Executive staff review it first to decide whether the complaint falls within our remit, and whether it raises a possible breach of the Editors’ Code of Practice. We have read your complaint carefully, and have decided that it does not raise a possible breach of the Editors’ Code.

You said the article breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) because you believed it was inaccurate to use the term “Remembrance Weekend” as this was a coincidence of the calendar. Armistice Day occurred on a Saturday this year and was followed by Remembrance Sunday (as you acknowledged) and the article reported on concerns over disruptions to Remembrance-related activities over the weekend. Therefore, it was not inaccurate or misleading to refer generally to remembrance weekend. We also noted that the article quoted a statement released by the Metropolitan Police Service that also referred to the "weekend's remembrance events". As such, we did not identify sufficient grounds to investigate a possible breach of Clause 1.

You are entitled to request that the Executive’s decision to reject your complaint be reviewed by IPSO’s Complaints Committee. To do so you will need to email us in the next seven days, setting out the reasons why you believe the decision should be reviewed. Please note that we are unable to accept requests for review made seven days after the date of this email.

We would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to consider the points you have raised, and have shared this correspondence with the newspaper to make it aware of your concerns.

Best wishes,

Natalie Johnson

How to turn a blind eye to avoid what might be a Constitutional Crisis

Dear Anthony Miller,

Thank you for contacting me about financial transparency and the Royal Family.

As you set out, the Metropolitan Police announced in August 2023 that it would take no further action in regard to the investigation it opened in 2022 into the Prince’s Foundation, the charity established by His Majesty the King when he was Prince of Wales. I note that the Metropolitan Police stated that it did so with the benefit of the Crown Prosecution Service’s early investigative advice, and after careful consideration of the information received as a result of its investigation. It added that it would of course consider any new evidence submitted to it in relation to the accusations levelled against the Prince’s Foundation. Nevertheless, I recognise that this decision has disappointed you.

I note that before he acceded the throne, the King said that all donations were passed on to his charities and the Royal Household has insisted that “no rules were broken”. However, it confirmed that it would no longer accept such donations. I welcome that undertaking.

With regard to wider issues of transparency, as you know, the Royal Household is not included in the Freedom of Information Act’s definition of a public authority. I know there have been concerns that the Act includes an exemption for communications with the Monarch, other members of the Royal Family and the Royal Household, and the awarding of Honours by the Crown. I understand that the Government currently has no plans to change this, but I hope it considers the points you raise.

More generally, I appreciate you have strongly held views about our constitutional monarchy. However, I respectfully disagree with you on this matter. I fully support our constitutional monarchy and the virtues it represents, such as discipline, sacrifice and public service as represented by Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

In my view, our new King has been a devoted servant of this country his entire life. He has, for example, been a powerful voice for fairness, and he understood the importance of the environment long before many others.

With best wishes,

Sarah

Sarah Jones MP

Labour Member of Parliament for Croydon Central

Shadow Minister for Industry and Decarbonisation

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Dear Sarah Jones MP

I was appalled to hear that the Met police have dropped the cash-for-honours case without even interviewing King Charles. Charles and his closest aide Michael Fawcett were both reported to the police on suspicion of exchanging cash for honours. The evidence was pretty damning, yet the police have done almost nothing about it. Charles should have been interviewed as a witness or suspect.

It appears the royals can do what they like without fear of consequences. It also appears the Met's claim to police without fear or favour is untrue. The Met also ignored complaints by Virginia Roberts about Andrew, and ignored Charles accepting millions of euros of cash from a former Qatari politician. All three incidents are scandals that warrant serious police intervention. All have been largely ignored.

Can you please do the following:

Write to the Home Secretary and the Mayor of London, asking for an inquiry into the Met's handling of the cash-for-honours investigation and into the Met's relationship withe the royals.

Write to the Home Affairs select committee asking them to conduct their own inquiry into the Met's relationship with the royals.

I've deleted the bit about becoming a Republic and you previously said you are a Monarchist but if Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak can get FPN's why not the King or Queen?

Even US Presidents have to answer to the law...

Cheers

Anthony Miller

Too much News...

I was thinking the other day how great the News was in the 80s before Birt merged it with current affairs.  It was just what happened. No explanation and all done in half an hour to make airtime for more intellectual property like Tom & Jerry.  Mrs Thatcher just declared war on Argentina, the Miners are still on strike and finally a cat got stuck in a tree.  That's all folks!

Keir tells us we can't be rude or swear anymore...

General Secretary and the Chair of the NEC on the updated Member’s Pledge

The values of honesty, decency and high standards in public life are the cornerstone of the Labour Party we are creating.

These values are embodied in the Nolan Principles of public life. Selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.

We are proud that the Labour Party embraces these principles every day. They are the values we want to take into government – the values by which we can rebuild trust in politics after a decade in which the public’s faith has been shattered.

This updated Code of Conduct will help us achieve that. It builds on the existing pledge and is a reminder to all members that we are a party of the people, for the people.

The first job we had to do when we were elected to the party’s leadership was to change the culture. That has not been easy. It has meant taking difficult decisions, while standing up to those who don’t like those changes. But it has been an essential pillar in ensuring that we are once again the party that focuses relentlessly on the priorities, the demands and the desires of the public. Now, three years on, we can meet the British public’s gaze and offer the real hope of a Labour government that will change their lives and our country for the better.

The Labour Party is an inclusive party. All members regardless of gender, race, religious belief, sexual orientation, age or disability have the right to feel comfortable, respected and heard. In all our dealings – whether on the doorstep, in a CLP meeting, at a husting, via social media or in our offices – treating people with respect is at the core of who we are.

This updated version of the Code of Conduct reminds us that we are not just a party focused on delivering – but a party that does so with compassion and decency. The way we deal with others is a barometer for this. It will help us work better together, to fulfil the promise on the back of each of our membership cards that ‘by the strength of our common endeavour we achieve more than we achieve alone’. And, most importantly, it will help us toward our mission to build a better, brighter, more hopeful future for our country and for working people.

– Keir Starmer, David Evans, Johanna Baxter

Level 8

 

Another day, another load of bullshit from Lucy Letby's acolytes on twitter.  Today claiming that being a medical doctor is different to having any other level 8 qualification/PHD and bombarding me with links to GB News.  Honestly it's enough to turn one into an advocate for the death penalty...

My new car

 A while ago a bloke was walking along the pavement with a can of blue paint.  The handle snapped and it exploded all over my car back bumper.  As the back bumper is plastic I didn't worry too much.  A couple of years later I got some paint stripper, removed the blue bits and repainted the damaged section the correct colour having researched the paint colour.  Having a bit left over I then used the rest to touch up 10 years of minor  scratches.  Now people keep congratulating me on my "new car" but it's exactly the same one as I've had for a decade it just doesn't have as many visible signs of age.  It kind of males you realise how shallow and silly people are.  How many things do we sell or throw away that are perfectly serviceable because they don't look new ...?

You cannot rewrite history...

 

According to Jacob Ress-Mogg the National Trust has become too "woke" and left wing.  FFS It was set up by social reformers like Octavia Hill and John Ruskin...

16 is now a child?

 

I see the age of marriage has been quietly raised to 18.  Probably because the lucrative education industry needs to keep young people imprisoned in school for another two years now.  The shit they come out with these days like "children's brains aren't fully formed till 25".  Gold plated crap up there with eugenics.  I'm 49 and just as immature as I was at 16 and... No one said that to me when they threw me out of school at 16 and it was the best day of my life.  I've done some real dead end jobs and had spells on the dole since leaving school but none of it was as stressful as school - a prison of pointless discipline, snobbery and unrealistic expectations.  And far more bullying than the workplace - most of it from teachers... Of course we still judge these young people old enough to have sex they're just not intelligent to know that they love each other.  Gold plated ageism.

Ulez

 I'm not a huge fan of the ULEZ expansion but what kind of disorganised financially illiterate wally do you have to be to wait till TODAY to check the website to see if your car is compliant? Or to take your old diesel into webuyanycarforpeanuts.com ...?

Some people got noooooooo sense

Never surrender!

 

"Never surrender!" tweets the man who just surrendered himself to the District Attorney's office via prison and handed over a $200,000 bond for the privilege rather than go on the run.

Not exactly Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, is it?

Shopping in Sainsbury's goes ever more dystopian...

 

Shopping in Sainsbury's these days is not far off visiting a police station.  Before you even look at the shelves a giant TV Screen and yellow labels scream you'll be prosecuted and that's before you've run the gauntlet of the automatic barrier that insists you prove yourself Not Guilty before it'll let you out.  Honestly it's so joyless and soil destroying.  Like something out of a dystopian horror film.

Day of Joy