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Hope they're not planning on capturing anyone quickly! Or taking anyone in the back...



A good example of the ridiculous size of 'Merican SUVs

Simon wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2024 10:34 pm

nuttinnew wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2024 7:40 pm

Rich B wrote: ↑Sat Jun 01, 2024 7:20 pm Maaaaaate, no more gifts!!!!

Efa.

£3k trainers? I hope you got more than a couple of pumps.

That is top drawer, touché!

Yes but he's totally fucking impartial apparently! Reading that piece, he's not really taken a side - just pointed out the flaws in all the other studies. Which points do you disagree with? It's not that one - but the later one where he says the ISC should be ashamed at bandying around worthless st...

That's my whole point though - I'm not declaring myself to be an impartial arbiter.

Yes but he's totally fucking impartial apparently!

Has he written any critical pieces on the fact that the Labour figures are likely not realistic (geniune question)? Sometime the pieces you don't write say as much as the ones you do. I'm not saying he's horribly partisan by the way but he raises the bar by saying he is not at all biased . Everyone...

The law at a fundamental level doesn't, no. They're both theft. A public prosecutor may decide that one is worth bringing to trial and another not but that's a different thing (NB: private prosecutions are also a thing). A judge in sentencing will put one on a different end of the scale than another...

I would, irrespective of the amount, argue it was behaviour worth condemning if it was deliberate dishonesty. Do you think theft is OK if it is small? I only nicked 3 bottles of wine worth £35 so that's OK? but it wasn't deliberate dishonesty - she's been cleared, so your example is wrong. If we we...

Has he written any critical pieces on the fact that the Labour figures are likely not realistic (geniune question)? Sometime the pieces you don't write say as much as the ones you do. I'm not saying he's horribly partisan by the way but he raises the bar by saying he is not at all biased . Everyone ...

I agree that that is the only real way the quantum is relevant is that it could point toward it being accidental. That is very much not a slam dunk however, as (1) people may work on the basis that the risk of being caught is very low and (2) £3.5k is more material to some than others and (3) it ass...

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2024/05/i-looked-into-angela-rayners-tax-affairs-heres-what-i-found# I have to admit, I didn’t realise a married couple may only have ONE main residence between them. It’s obvious enough if they live together in one place and have a holiday home in another, but...

Oh yes - I don’t deny that. I’m right of centre. The danger with people like Dan is that he can be thought of as an impartial tax law expert but in reality there is still a political slant. All the ‘I was employed by a magic circle firm but was grossly overpaid’ skit (https://amp.theguardian.com/bus...

I know the guy that exposed all three and feel that he was trying to show that he was not just anti-tories, but at the moment that’s all he has found try and provide balance! Dan Neidle? Do you know him socially? I’ve had a few chats with him professionally. A good guy. I read a good analysis of it...

The enrichment was getting elected. Not sure you'd be able to prove causation on that. Well, he got convicted on all 34 charges. QED. If we're going with latin then I'd say non sequitur dear boy :lol: - it didn't rely on the fact that he got elected to be guilty for this felony (you'd be hard press...

Well he was pardoned by Gerald Ford to avoid that happening so I don't think anyone believes the President has blanket immunity to that extent - just in the conduct of his proper duties. That said - I don't think anyone has been mental enough to suggest that the President can pardon himself so I thi...

I can't see where the element of enrichment or loss was going on here... The enrichment was getting elected. Not sure you'd be able to prove causation on that. Actually I think the language they're using "intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime" is an either or and apparently...

You've missed off the standard party line you're supposed to say after such random opinions. You can have: - "and Keir Starmer doesn't have a plan" or - "we've put £900 back in the pocket of the average pocket" or - "we're lowering taxes and public services will have to car...

I'm not sure about the legal ins and outs @GG. I'm no expert on any of this, so please feel free to correct anything - I've been casually following it, but don't know the details But this was a trial about falsifying business records - not something "moral" like Clinton denying having a B...

In my opinion Rayner's potential defrauding of us all of tax receipts is much worse, if true. You've missed off the standard party line you're supposed to say after such random opinions. You can have: - "and Keir Starmer doesn't have a plan" or - "we've put £900 back in the pocket of...

Guilty on all 34 counts But will anything actually happen? There's nothing that stops him running for president again from jail It'll martyr him in some quarters of course... I didn't really know anything about this case as following the day to day mudslingings of America's feckless politicians doe...