JohnL

He's going to do it slowly and excruciatingly painfully.

This one has actually hit home if you believe the polls. it's not so much a surge for labour as a lot of people moving from Tory to Not Voting/Don't Know IMHO Of course the test will be the local Elections in May

Government also telling us not to exercise too much due to pollution levels if vulnerable - wow they must be high https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/13/londoners-told-to-reduce-physical-activity-on-friday-due-to-pollution

yes - and then you go home and think of all the clever things you could have said but didn't. But actually saying nothing is best.

There was a time where 16 was beginning to be seen as the age of majority - not anymore and certainly not in the united states where anyone under 21 is now seen as basically a child. The best response is to act as if the person is not there.

A suitcase full of bottles wine from the Co-Op :) No10 really was having a ball.

The defence now is he thought it was a work event.

Yes but if you disobey you get a directive against you https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/polish-government-vows-to-scrap-taxes-on-gas/ We apply it at 5% (which the EU allows) and Boris has said reducing that would be a "Blunt Instrument" so it's staying for now

More Xmas cards, a delivery from early December and an NHS screening kit (not covid).

Chick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > VAT should never been applied to energy. It is a Value Added thing for those who use too much but not for those who need it. Maybe somehow redesign VAT for those who actually use energy for decadent things - but then it won't get in much cash.

What's Dom doing these days - he seems to be having trouble shopping with the number of shopping trolleys on his blog.

Whatever the judge directs or the evidence is the Jury still have an right to acquit for whatever reason they see fit. Do people feel we should change that ?

Castleton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's been reported that "bulb" energy has filed > for Administration and will be run by the > Government, see > > > Doesn't Bulb sponsor Dulwich Hamlet? That's gonna > be a blow But they've got Peter Crouch (It's worth watching on Discovery Plus)

Just as he tries to tackle the building safety crisis ... Gove got stuck in a lift apparently.

alex_b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The jury directions have been published and make > very instructive reading. It appears that none of > the defendants admitted the statue was damaged and > that was a decision for the jury to make. > https://barristerblogger.com/2022/01/09/colston-su > mming-up-those-legal-directions-in-full/ It has actually increased in value by several multiples - as it is now historical. https://news.sky.com/story/edward-colston-statue-toppled-artwork-now-worth-300-000-50-times-its-original-value-12510440

They did it was Davey Jones museum

Popped into EDT for the first time in a while on NYE (no tickets needed this year) Was nice not crowded but still not empty :)

LOL thats what my parents did for years - cards everywhere hung on the walls. And then we collected holly and Ivy and that went everywhere too.

I keep all my Xmas cards for years.

Attorney General is looking at some sort of appeal where judges direct the jury but juries don't have to follow direction of the judge anyway. The secret barrister had a good thread on this earlier. https://thesecretbarrister.com/2022/01/06/do-the-verdicts-in-the-trial-of-the-colston-4-signal-something-wrong-with-our-jury-system-10-things-you-should-know/

I got 3 birthday cards for 20th December - Today was obviously delivery day.

if you cross the line you get arrested but you can still have the right to a trial where the jury make a decision. Juries get things wrong but it's our system and it works in general. In USA they'd probably be pressurised into a plea bargain before trial.

You're gambling on the Jury - but if they all hated Heath I very much doubt someone would get away with damaging Thatcher, Heath etc. Blair could be interesting

Brian Moore (Rugby & Twitter fame) said many times defendants gain the sympathy of the Jury and sometimes get off (he was a Solicitor). it really can depend on the Jury and the defence team/defendant as much as the truth.

I've seen cases reported where the Judge directs the jury to find guilty and they still find Not guilty - the jury decision stands.