Atticus Finch KC

Congrats India! As a semi-Saffer I’m sad that Wolvaardt’s brilliant knock was in vain, but that was a great WCWC final. Some great bowling and batting on display, and so inspiring for young female cricketers.

Correct! Shaka revolutionised the Zulu army by switching from assegai-style throwing spears to iklwa stabbing spears. Incidentally, the name comes from the sound the spear made when being withdrawn from the victim’s side. 🤢

The chief executive officer of the USA is raising revenue through import duties without consulting the representatives of the people; exactly 250 years on from the start of the American Revolution.
Sing it, Alanis.

I agree with this 100%.

And of course just to underline their ignorance, Zulus wouldn’t hurl iklwas, as they were short stabbing spears rather than throwing spears. But that would be the incorrect image these type of people would have.

These maniacs are sad that advertisers are presenting black & brown people as family members, professionals and users of washing machines rather than iklwa hurling zulus, untrustworthy agents of Vichy, dockyard lascars in opium dens and double crossing Crusader infantry

Having said that, I am amazed that the USA has allowed themselves become a dictatorship. If there was any doubt, Bannon’s latest statement about Trump staying on in 2028, and Trump demolishing part of the White House to erect a massive vanity project should be a bit of a giveaway.

Wow, I seem to have suddenly got a load of followers. Welcome, all of you 🤗. Just to manage expectations, I’m not an American lawyer campaigning for social justice (although Atticus Finch is my literary hero). Brace yourself for slightly more British commentary than the handle might indicate 🙂

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

“I’m old enough to remember when mainstream British politicians, who should know better, stirred up racial hatred as a path to power. You’re old enough to remember too because it was last Tuesday. And it was Robert Jenrick”

Cathartic anger at flag-flying racism.

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Thank you St Joseph of Cupertino! 🙏

Not for the first time I am begging angry people to put the phone down, walk through actual streets, go to actual pubs, stand on the touch line at local sports clubs, browse Saturday markets, chat with ramblers on footpaths and rediscover beauty & contentedness.

“I do have an economic policy, but you wouldn’t know her, she goes to a different school”.

Johnny-come-lately out-of-town glory hunter.

South Africa coined the term “state capture” to refer oligarchs gaining control over a national government. The fact that #Musk is doing exactly that in the USA is somewhat ironic.

This is next level genius. For those of you not familiar with the flag next to the Stars and Stripes, it’s the Apartheid-era South African flag.

Closest to Nazi’s for those of us of a certain generation in SA were the AWB, who were actual Afrikaner Nazis; and, er, the Apartheid state. I’d say EM had plenty of material to inspire his fetid little fascist brain.

But it’s not chilling is it? It’s a ridiculous letter to send and no-one, least of all Keir Starmer KC, will be in the least bit intimidated by it.

Happy New Year (from France )! Hope it’s better than 2024

Yeah, and when I was a kid I believed in Father Christmas.

I think a lot of people feel this. I found myself watching a Two Ronnies Xmas special the other night and realised it wasn’t very good, but I was pining for something lost.

memo to farmers protesting today, if you’re desperate to hand your farm to your offspring then give it to them while you’re still alive, panic over, so long as you live another 7 years there’s no inheritance tax

Ha ha 😐

Favourite driver: Russell (of all time: Mansell)
Team: Williams (of all time: Lotus)
Track: Spa
Year started watching: 1979
Best moment: Mansell winning the World Championship

Watching Strictly tonight was like when I was medically sedated🤪

Absolute banger #TOTP

🎶Hey there, Mr Blue, it’s so nice to talk to you, left X behind, now what to do?🎵

Yes, that was a nod to ELO’s Me Blue Sky. I guess everyone tries that sort of joke when they migrate? 😎

Anyway, I’m looking forward to seeing if this place is less depressing (MUFC analysis excepted, obv.). 🤞