Tory Lies, Corruption and Hypocrisy- Add Them Here

[D Angelo Barksdale]

1 minute ago, carpetmonster said:

You're not fooling me; I can track the path of the sun and time accurately within 60 seconds by its reflection off my tinfoil hat. Oh hang on, that probably won't work in Scotland. 

I know we're a northern European backwater, but they do sell tinfoil here.

[GordonD]

51 minutes ago, Ziggy Sobotka said:

They're not really 15 minute cities, they're actually 30 minute cities. The 5G masts just trick your brain into thinking it's shorter.

So the shops aren't small, they're far away.

[BFTD]

59 minutes ago, Ziggy Sobotka said:

The 5G masts just trick your brain into thinking it's shorter.

Tried that excuse; don't think I sold it well enough  

[oneteaminglasgow]

3 hours ago, Alan Twelve said:

But if you're acknowledging that it would be good then surely you can agree that it's something we should be aspiring to?

Also, why won't it probably work like that?

I think it’ll be difficult to achieve in pre-existing estates without redeveloping a lot of them, and in doing so you’re likely to price out the people living there already. If they don’t do that, then it’s likely to be another difference between the haves and the have nots.

However, I still think it’s a good concept and worth pursuing as an ideal provided that these issues can be worked through. 

[Thane of Cawdor]

4 hours ago, Newbornbairn said:

The £36 billion hasn't been borrowed yet and never will be. A mix of half-hearted promises, outright lies and distortions. They'll do f**k all new but every pothole, every repair and every patch-up job will be loudly proclaimed as a beneficiary of HS2 being cancelled. 

I read the news today, oh boy

Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire

And though the holes were rather small

They had to count them all

Supposedly the reference in the song was lifted from an article in the Daily Mail. All good things come to those who wait.

 

 

[Fullerene]

50 minutes ago, Ziggy Sobotka said:

I know we're a northern European backwater, but they do sell tinfoil here.

Yes but it is actually Aluminium.  Totally ineffective. 

[oldbitterandgrumpy]

At last, a Tory MP who’s not afraid to speak the truth. 

[10menwent2mow]

20 hours ago, GNU_Linux said:

I


Arr family, arr country, arr social mobility. Also gonnae need citation on what 'genuine diversity' is. Lastly if you needed any proof of how devalued the work woke has become.

I think genuine diversity means different shades of people all hating immigrants, even if they technically are one themselves. 

[GNU_Linux]

Some self awareness from the Home Office

A record number of hate crimes were committed against transgender people last year in England and Wales, even as racist and homophobic hate crimes recorded by police fell for the first time on record.

In the year ending March 2023, 4,732 hate crimes against transgender people were recorded – a rise of 11% on the previous year. The Home Office report said that comments by politicians and the media over the last year may have led to an increase in these offences.

Rishi Sunak’s keynote speech to the Conservative conference seemed to argue that transgender identities were not valid. “A man is a man and a woman is a woman. That’s just common sense,” he said.

The number of racist hate crimes recorded by police in England and Wales fell for the first time on record – driven by a decrease in racially aggravated public fear, alarm or distress offences.

Figures released by the Home Office show there were 101,906 racist hate crimes recorded in 2022-23 – down 6% from 2021-22. However, the figure was still higher than the
90,909 recorded in 2020-21.

Homophobic hate crimes also fell by 6% over the last year to 24,102 – the first fall since March 2013 – while disability hate crimes fell by 1%.

However religiously motivated hate crimes rose last year by 9% – with a record 9,387 documented in the year to March. Two in five religious hate crimes were against people perceived to be Muslim, while one in six were against people perceived to be Jewish.

Just 7% of all hate crimes were dealt with by a charge or court summons – down from 9% in the year ending March 2022. There was an increase in cases where victims did not support police action as well as cases where no suspect was identified.

Transgender- and disability-based hate crimes were less likely to result in a charge or court summons than hate crimes based on a person’s race, religion or sexual orientation.

Since 2011-12, the number of hate crimes recorded by police has more than tripled. However, police forces have made large improvements in how they record crime over the last decade, and have also improved their identification of what constitutes a hate crime – meaning the rising figures may not truly reflect a rise in actual hate crimes taking place over that period.

The Home Office said the overall fall in the figures could be linked to interim guidance published last year which “may have led to greater scrutiny of the threshold of what constitutes a criminal offence of public fear, alarm or distress”.

However its report noted: “Transgender issues have been heavily discussed by politicians, the media and on social media over the last year, which may have led to an increase in these offences, or more awareness in the police in the identification and recording of these crimes.”

The LGBTQ+ group Stonewall criticised political leaders for not having acted “seriously or quickly enough” against hate crime, adding that “many of them are filling the public domain with toxic language that dehumanises LGBTQ+ people”.

Leni Morris, the CEO of the LGBT+ anti-abuse charity Galop, said the figures did not reflect what the charity had seen in its services.

She said: “In the last year alone we have seen a 65% increase in LGBT+ victims of hate crime coming to us for support.

“These figures have never captured the true picture of hate crime in this country. The government’s own research shows that over 90% of anti-LGBT+ hate crimes go unreported – this is a case of poor data not reflecting reality.

“We believe this reflects a decrease in trust of police and the criminal justice system, and fewer victims coming forward to formally report what has happened to them.”

A Home Office spokesperson said: “There is no place for hate in our society, it does not reflect the values of modern Britain, and we remain committed to ensuring these abhorrent offences are stamped out, which is why we have a robust legislative framework to tackle it wherever it is found.

“These statistics show there has been an overall reduction in hate crimes recorded by police, and the numbers of sexual orientation, race and disability hate crimes all fell.

“Whilst the increase in transgender hate crime may be due to a genuine rise, the biggest driver is likely to be general improvements in police recording.”

The Home Office said that any instance of hate crime was “one too many” and that it expected the police to “fully investigate” all such incidents and “make sure the cowards who commit them feel the full force of the law”.

[coprolite]

21 hours ago, RawB93 said:

Thinking about where to put houses and shops is middle class?  

The proles love a shanty town. Let them have them. 

[MazzyStar]

On 05/10/2023 at 19:09, Alan Twelve said:

But if you're acknowledging that it would be good then surely you can agree that it's something we should be aspiring to?

Also, why won't it probably work like that?

Pretty much what @oneteaminglasgow says. I think if you don’t solve issues such as economic inequality then it makes it unworkable. 

[Bairnardo]

On 05/10/2023 at 21:20, Ziggy Sobotka said:

They're not really 15 minute cities, they're actually 30 minute cities. The 5G masts just trick your brain into thinking it's shorter.

I hope in future we can have a say in our 5G manipulation. Like in the matrix when the bald lad turns on them and orders a custom life over a steak. 

[coprolite]

On 05/10/2023 at 15:34, oneteaminglasgow said:

Should be pointed out that reports suggest that they’re ALREADY ditching some of this.

 

Less than a week, they've admitted it was made up shite

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/09/list-of-projects-to-be-funded-by-hs2-money-only-illustrative-sunak-says

[HTG]

4 hours ago, coprolite said:

Less than a week, they've admitted it was made up shite

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/09/list-of-projects-to-be-funded-by-hs2-money-only-illustrative-sunak-says

It would be too kind to say that he only lies every time he moves his lips. He's a much more accomplished liar than that. 

[Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo]

Trying to explain in Casualty how a banana in a jonny got stuck up his arse vibes.

[Billy Jean King]

15 hours ago, Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo said:

Trying to explain in Casualty how a banana in a jonny got stuck up his arse vibes.

Was it Charlie Fairhead ?

[Newbornbairn]

On 10/10/2023 at 12:48, Billy Jean King said:

Was it Charlie Fairhead ?

No it was a banana, he told you 

[D Angelo Barksdale]

My dad looks a bit like Charlie Fairhead. My sisters rib him endlessly about it, I am of course above that sort of thing, although thank f**k I look more like my mum.

[Granny Danger]

13 hours ago, Ziggy Sobotka said:

My dad looks a bit like Charlie Fairhead. My sisters rib him endlessly about it, I am of course above that sort of thing, although thank f**k I look more like my mum.

^^^ celebrating man boobs!

[tamthebam]

"There was also said to be unhappiness within the local party about the number of taxpayer-funded overseas trips Dr Cameron has taken in her role as a parliamentarian"

 

Sounds like the defecting MP will fit in very nicely with the Tories.