BRFR Cake Stop 'breaking news' miscellany

[First Aspect]

See the "Bangladeshi" Brit stuck in Syria as another example,

These examples seem to me to be dog whistle politics. Not that far from Mexicans coming North to steal things and eat domestic pets.

We must, the argument seems to be, send "criminals" (which in our case includes people who have served the term our own justice system deems appropriate) to "back where they came from" (which seems to mean by inference places filled with people who find such behaviour acceptable, and really that's half the problem).

 

[Beebo]

Whilst the grenfell enquiry rumbles on, the Italians show the way with a 12 year prison sentence for the head of motorways following the bridge collapse in 2018.

The odd thing is he’s already in prison serving a separate sentence for another incident.

People at the top being held liable.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36dnz1zez5o

 

[AuroraSaab]

It's partly because he chose not to give up his Pakistani citizenship. This left him open to being stripped of his British one. Given his age - he could have given up his Pakistan citizenship at any point in the last 40 years - I don't have any issue with deporting him to Pakistan. He is likely fluent in Urdu and I think it's likely he has been back many times.

 

[Beebo]

I have far less sympathy with this guy than Shemema Begum.
I think she should be brought back here.

 

[AuroraSaab]

Agreed. I think she's likely been party to some serious crimes but hers is a different situation.

 

[First Aspect]

I have far less sympathy with this guy than Shemema Begum.
I think she should be brought back here.

I don't have any sympathy for him either. It's more that my sympathy lies with Pakistan.

I tried to find out how common this is the other way around and it is indeed rare. We seem to be acting somewhat like some of the Gulf states whose human rights records we criticise, where someone with dual citizenship has been deported based on national security concerns.

 

[Pblakeney]

Whilst the grenfell enquiry rumbles on, the Italians show the way with a 12 year prison sentence for the head of motorways following the bridge collapse in 2018.

The odd thing is he’s already in prison serving a separate sentence for another incident.

People at the top being held liable.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36dnz1zez5o

All that will happen is "Lessons will be learnt."
Except they won't.

 

[First Aspect]

All that will happen is "Lessons will be learnt."
Except they won't.

Same chap was already sentenced for 5 years for something else in 2013.

There are quite a few analyses of this particular disaster online. From what I can recall they had to try extremely hard to ignore all of the warnings.

 

[briantrumpet]

Not entirely surprised there were fatalities - more surprised that there were only two.

 

[Rusty Nails]

I remember seeing cars in Northern Italy with huge dents over the bonnet and roof following a particularly heavy fall of hailstones.

 

[icowden]

I remember seeing cars in Northern Italy with huge dents over the bonnet and roof following a particularly heavy fall of hailstones.

Many years ago my school took a small group of us on a holiday to Switzerland in the school minibus. On one particular day, it started hailing. It was coming down quite hard. Then really hard and we all legged it back into the bus. People were running for shelter everywhere. It lasted for about 5 minutes but it was the loudest hail I've ever heard. We all assumed it was because of the old minibus, but when it had finished out teacher discovered that the roof was resembling a golf ball with lots of dents everywhere.

 

[briantrumpet]

Garry Sobers has died, aged 89. Not entirely aptly named, and not an example to follow in all matters, it seems.

 

[briantrumpet]

This is a quite extraordinary example of how cars that crash often seem not to have someone, whom we might call a 'driver', in charge of the car that apparently crashes all by itself. Hey, accidents will happen!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwym72elpmpo

 

[Pblakeney]

This is a quite extraordinary example of how cars that crash often seem not to have someone, whom we might call a 'driver', in charge of the car that apparently crashes all by itself. Hey, accidents will happen!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwym72elpmpo

It is a bit annoying that the Official Monster Raving Lunatic party have listed 3 candidates.
I guess that they really are lunatics.

 

[briantrumpet]

It is a bit annoying that the Official Monster Raving Lunatic party have listed 3 candidates.
I guess that they really are lunatics.

Bet they could reply to the right thread though.