Tom Roberts

Those are indeed all words

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But what is striking here is that it does offer a bit of an explanation of "why have Palestinian Action been treated so differently from groups with similar tactics like, historically, CAAT or Extinction Rebellion?" And whilst ultimately, this isn't the sole reason, it doesn't scream transparency.

See also: Cameron over Greensill or seemingly everyone over PPE.

Lord Dannatt urged ministers to crack down on Palestine Action at request of US firm Police officer was concerned ex-army chief, a Teledyne adviser, sought to have ‘input’ into factory attack investigation

There's a lot to unpack here, but it does illustrate one of the really toxic influences of the HoL in creating an effectively unaccountable army of lobbyists with very easy access to the government.

I've done...three? shows and several briefing calls where the underlying assumption has been 'this is politically difficult for the government', and the only reason to think that is that X is rife with people who think that it is difficult for the government.

I think failure undersells what has been a conscious and malicious effort to demonise and scapegoat immigrants of all kinds.

Honestly, I had run out of characters

Have you heard any rappers since the Sugarhill Gang?

Quite impressive to find the one thing we aren't having a moral panic about

Subsequently, allegations were made relating to an abuse of power by a serving Met officer. These were formally investigated and found to be unsubstantiated. “The action taken in this case was considered to be necessary, proportionate and compliant with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act as officers need to conduct prompt and effective investigations.”

Coming back to this again, this statement is why it's so hard to address the problem.

Three serving officers arrested and detained a woman for 12 hours!

At 4am!

On extremely dubious charges!

Because, allegedly, her police officer ex asked them to!

And the Met considers this acceptable.

A large bowl of udon noodles in a creamy sauce with large golden chunks of spam and a single vibrant orange egg yolk in the middle.

Miso Udon Carbonara

- Fusion food at its finest, recipe stolen from all sorts of places but inspired by "what if the American influence on Korean and Japanese food was italian American?"

- Its not proud, but it is tasty

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Honestly, the scale we're talking is Marks/Countryman style, properly tearing out a lot of the root and branch .

Unironically, abolish the met.

More seriously, this stuff is endemic, and that means that any change has to reckon with that. Root and branch reform, re-vetting and frankly, a lot of sackings and fresh recruitment to even get back to a basic level of accountability and competence.

The Met is sad to have missed its target but has made clear that 2026 will finally be the year it arrests more criminals than it employs.

"She'll go for anything with a pulse"

Yeah, and pushed, that is the worse option.

Crucially, are either of them as good as Superman?

Either is very bad, imho.

(I set myself a rule that I wasn't going to watch again until people concurred there were three good ones in a row, so I haven't either)

The Doctor Doom solo series by Chris Cantwell has Doom basically ruin his own flawless, ingenious plan because Reed can't have sincerely complemented it.

Occasionally, I think about how this all started with a Siege tie in

I would add, I absolutely love that Reed gives Victor his face back, another tiny detail about Reed always finding space to forgive

What I think Hickman gets, between Time Runs Out and this, is that Reed could never have stopped the beyonders, and Victor could never have restored the universe, and that gets to the heart of their failings and why they work so well as nemeses.

Putting aside her underlying point, read how Freeman talks about Bonnie Blue in this piece and tell me it's any better or worse than the objectification she believes she's railing against.

Also, like, Doom as a villain is at his most interesting as a foil to Reed Richards?

If you really want to do Secret Wars, you basically need an established dynamic between the two because it is, despite the scale, a very personal story about their rivalry.

Reed yelling at Doom "you stole my family"

God, what an ending that was.

It feels like an effort to recreate the Brooke Shields Calvin controversy whilst forgetting the minutiae of why that caused controversy (SHE WAS 15)

In the good Secret Wars, following a complex series of catastrophes, Doom effectively becomes God, and when given that effectively infinite power, he uses it to replace Reed Richards with himself.