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Hirsute wrote:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c23p4ev0x4po Cut out from the justice system “The dark heart of wokeness”. Apart from an oxymoron, does anyone have an idea what that phrase means?Probably something alng the lines of “condemn a little more and understand a little less“.
bensynnock wrote:
It’s the Daily Echo again. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25390838.car-smashes-window-park-gate-estate-agents/ Staff at an estate agents in Park Gate have been left “shaken” after a car smashed through the front of its office on Wednesday afternoon.That’s the estate agent that sold my house last time I moved.
And so it begins. I haven’t read the article, but he appears to be saying he wouldn’t pass the eye test – if there’s any logic to the headline at all.I think it’s in response to the suggestion that there should be an upper age limit for driving – UK told to introduce maximum driving age limit ‘somewhere in 80s’
I don’t think even The Telegraph would suggest that it’s OK to drive with defective eyesight because the buses are crap.
AFAIK an upper age limit has never been seriously suggested in the UK, and I’m not aware of any other country that has one – although medical tests for older drivers are quite common.
Car falls victim to guided
Car falls victim to guided busway trap next to ‘no entry’ sign in Cambridgeshire town
I count that as 6 No Entry signs, which makes me think ‘victim’ is not the best word to use.
If I have this right, people in Medway are rebelling against maintenance to their own gas supply..
If you don’t have rack mounts
If you don’t have rack mounts you could get an Ortleib Quick Rack.
Keir Starmer as Austin Powers
Keir Starmer as Austin Powers trying to do a U-turn in a corridor – https://jimll.co.uk/
Tesla Drivers and Their
Tesla Drivers and Their Problems – https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/05/the-vehicle-suddenly-accelerated-with-our-baby-in-it-the-terrifying-truth-about-why-teslas-cars-keep-crashing
Customers described their cars suddenly accelerating or braking hard. Some escaped with a scare; others ended up in ditches, crashing into walls or colliding with oncoming vehicles.
This is turning out to be the UK’s version of the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’…The incident reminded me of another film, but I can’t quite remember the title.
Bus drives into the river at
Bus drives into the river at Eastleigh. Facebook comment – “How?!?”
Edit – Daily Echo has some more on this – https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/25268686.bus-crashes-river-itchen-eastleigh—live/
From https://dassets.shimano
From https://dassets.shimano.com/content/dam/global/cg1SHICCycling/final/ev/ev/EV-ST-4700-3864.pdf
Telegraph went with we can’t afford 5 holidays a year on 345k with the vat on school fees – here’s the responsehttps://mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/i-located-that-five-holidays-a-year
Original story withdrawn – Telegraph withdraws banker school fees story after being deceived by source
A spokesperson for Telegraph Media Group said: “On 25th May, we published an article in our Money section based on a case study. After publication it became clear that during his conversations and other communications with us the case study had provided us with false information. We unpublished the article and started a thorough investigation.“We take the quality and integrity of our journalism very seriously but it is clear that our internal processes were not strong enough on this story and we are taking steps to ensure this does not happen again.”
I’m betting it does happen again.
OnYerBike wrote:
”Driver banned after near miss with cyclist.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cwy32pqv4n4o Another very misleading headline from the BBC. The driver was banned as a result of a string of road traffic offences committed whilst attempting to flee the police. At one point in the pursuit the driver did nearly hit a cyclist, but it’s hard to imagine that was a significant contributor to the overall sentence.“drove over the speed limit through two red lights and a no entry sign, nearly hitting a cyclist and lamp post”
Was probably the near miss with the lamp post that got him the ban.
Interesting commentary by Nick Tyrone todayI don’t understand what the Labour Party is doing. I don’t think many non-partisan people do either
Fixing the rivers of shit (literal and metaphorical) left behind by the previous government. I would have liked to have seen more progress on this after almost a year in power, but I understand that these things take time. I expect Labour will be in trouble if they haven’t started to turn things around by the next General Election.
