If you can't see how this will end, then you're not paying attention (not least to what's going on on the other side of the Atlantic).
07.10.2025 06:34 β π 1125 π 388 π¬ 69 π 26
two spidermans are pointing at each other in a cartoon
ALT: two spidermans are pointing at each other in a cartoon
Chaos in the Crown Court today as two unrepresented defendants with the exact same name appeared in a hearing in a large multihanded case⦠one over a link from prison and one in the dock from bail. No one knows how the random same-named man was linked in to us from his prison but he was NOT happy.
06.10.2025 19:06 β π 60 π 9 π¬ 3 π 2
Police investigate break in at much-loved national museum
Museum officials after expressed their shock at the 'targeted attack'
If you are offered pieces of gold Bronze Age jewellery by a bloke down the pub, police in St Faganβs would appreciate a call following a burglary at the National Museum Of History.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
06.10.2025 18:45 β π 13 π 10 π¬ 0 π 3
Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".
It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.
06.10.2025 14:06 β π 2901 π 903 π¬ 259 π 171
Photographer's private prosecution sees woman fined
The photographer said he took legal action himself after 'months of inaction' from police. The force said it was investigating a complaint
A press photographer who was manhandled in the street while taking pictures of a hunt meeting has taken out a private prosecution saying βafter months of inactionβ police did not bring a charge.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
06.10.2025 10:47 β π 16 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
This is so breathtakingly, startlingly obvious - let alone the right thing to do - you have to wonder why Labour arenβt doing it. Itβs a no-brainier.
05.10.2025 19:51 β π 20 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0
My front page story for this weekendβs South Wales Evening Post - A Llanelli man beat his partner black and blue with a variety of different weapons, throttled her, ripped her clothes off, bit a chunk out of ear, and then rubbed her face in a cat litter tray and tried to make her eat it
05.10.2025 16:33 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
05.10.2025 09:06 β π 995 π 391 π¬ 18 π 10
QAnon shaman sues Trump for $40 trillion
The QAnon Shaman withdrew his support for Trump after the president refused to release the Epstein files
The so-called βQAnon shamanβ Jacob Chansley who took part in the storming of the Capitol on Jan 6 and was pardoned by Trump is now suing Trump for $40 trillion and is claiming to be the rightful commander-in-chief. (Via @the-independent.com)
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
04.10.2025 19:18 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0
Storm Amy shuts M4 in Wales causing long delays - live updates
Traffic is building in the area
Watch out folks, the M4 Kenfig viaduct (J37 to J38) is closed due to Storm Amy. Latest over by βere β¬οΈ
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
04.10.2025 11:20 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Amazon have removed the guns from their Bond posters, giving the tantalising impression that Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan think youβre a wanker.
03.10.2025 11:26 β π 2466 π 922 π¬ 144 π 321
![Mone was neither a director nor shareholder of that company but she was, from this judgment, its champion lobbyist. At a critical stage, according to the judgment, the PPE Medro negotiator βengaged his βbig gunβ β contacting Baroness Mone who then took up the fight on behalf of Medpro direct with [β¦] the Cabinet Office threatening further escalation.β
Mone sent an email to the Cabinet Office (which indicates the input of lawyers) insisting a contract had already somehow been entered into. She wrote βthe committee sign off, the finance sign off, the verbal conversations on the urgency of goods and the signed returned contract, all constitutes a contract, with a legal and moral obligation on [the Department of Health and Social Care]β.
But this was not correct of law or fact. The matter was still entirely subject to contract. The supplier may well have been incurring costs in anticipation of a contract, but at this stage this was at their own risk. In that email, however, a parliamentarian was falsely stating to the government that a high-value contract was already in place and that the government was thereby obliged to purchase the goods. In fact, the final price had not even been determined. There had not even been a best or final offer.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nx2kxyxako6sobj4g4pdkl6s/bafkreidiodntpksjpxz6j2a7uy7v6xrxx2pjijvczgy75n3lfmu427jh4m@jpeg)
Mone was neither a director nor shareholder of that company but she was, from this judgment, its champion lobbyist. At a critical stage, according to the judgment, the PPE Medro negotiator βengaged his βbig gunβ β contacting Baroness Mone who then took up the fight on behalf of Medpro direct with [β¦] the Cabinet Office threatening further escalation.β
Mone sent an email to the Cabinet Office (which indicates the input of lawyers) insisting a contract had already somehow been entered into. She wrote βthe committee sign off, the finance sign off, the verbal conversations on the urgency of goods and the signed returned contract, all constitutes a contract, with a legal and moral obligation on [the Department of Health and Social Care]β.
But this was not correct of law or fact. The matter was still entirely subject to contract. The supplier may well have been incurring costs in anticipation of a contract, but at this stage this was at their own risk. In that email, however, a parliamentarian was falsely stating to the government that a high-value contract was already in place and that the government was thereby obliged to purchase the goods. In fact, the final price had not even been determined. There had not even been a best or final offer.
NEW
Why the government was right to take PPE Medpro to court
The state should enforce its contractual rights against suppliers more often
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
03.10.2025 11:45 β π 456 π 130 π¬ 14 π 7
Bike thefts at stations 'decriminalised'
The British Transport Police will not investigate many categories of bicycle theft, the BBC learns.
British Transport Police say they will not investigate cycle thefts outside railway stations where the bicycle has been left for more than two hours. (By Tom Edwards for BBC News)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
03.10.2025 09:59 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 1 π 3
WHAT YOU FAIL TO SEE MR POPE
02.10.2025 11:37 β π 6631 π 1106 π¬ 133 π 71
I despair at the persistence of the belief that a better world is just a few more murders away.
02.10.2025 15:34 β π 123 π 18 π¬ 0 π 1
Manchester synagogue stabbing LIVE: One person dead and suspect killed by police
Officers are in attendance outside Heaton Park synagogue following an incident during Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar
One person has been killed and the suspected killer shot dead by armed police following a stabbing outside a Manchester synagogue. Latest on this terrible incident here β¬οΈ from @manchestereveningnews.co.uk.web.brid.gy.
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...
02.10.2025 11:16 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
This is brilliant β¬οΈ
01.10.2025 16:52 β π 9 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Passenger threatened taxi driver with scissors then stole his cab
In the weeks leading up to the robbery, Nicholas Daniel's family had tried to get him help for his mental health
A passenger threatened a taxi driver in Waunarlwydd with a pair of scissors before stealing his cab, a court has heard. Nicholas Daniel then became involved in a police pursuit in the stolen car during which he rammed police vehicles and crashed into cars.
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
01.10.2025 13:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Live updates as crash shuts A40 completely near Llandovery
Dyfed-Powys Police is asking people to avoid the area
The A40 is closed between Llandovery and Halfway while emergency services deal with a collision. Latest here β¬οΈ
www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
01.10.2025 09:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
50% of the time is complaining about snowflakes, the rest of their time is being snowflakier than any lefty or liberal would dare.
30.09.2025 22:42 β π 324 π 45 π¬ 6 π 0
Me, reading entries from Roger's Profanisaurus to the family at Christmas:
30.09.2025 21:16 β π 224 π 42 π¬ 1 π 0
Front page of the South Wales Evening Post. Headline reads βEpitome of a rogue traderβ
My front page story for Tuesdayβs South Wales Evening Post - A man who falsely claimed to be qualified electrician did βshoddy and potentially dangerousβ work on customersβ houses, a court has heard. A judge told the defendant he was the βepitome of a rogue traderβ
30.09.2025 19:04 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
This is a fascinating thread β¬οΈ
30.09.2025 08:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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