cambridgeshire canary 6,517 Posted March 14, 2021 Make sure you don't start a protect that the goverment decide is 'annoying' or its off to jail for ten years 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,586 Posted March 14, 2021 Aye, they are sneaking this through. We are slowly becoming just like Orban's Hungary and sadly a lot of people love it. Not sure why. I'm pretty sure this sort of state is what thousands fought and died fighting against not that long ago. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,586 Posted March 16, 2021 All those free speech Tories turned out to be full of it. Cowards and scumbags. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creative Midfielder 1,976 Posted March 16, 2021 11 minutes ago, Herman said: All those free speech Tories turned out to be full of it. Cowards and scumbags. Fascist slimeballs but true to type, you've got to give them that. After the last ten years I wouldn't have thought that this country could sink any lower but it turns out that I was wrong and not just a little bit wrong. It's not just that as a country we are still sinking but that the rate of sinking is actually increasing and it's not accidental - its government policy so very little hope of anything changing for the better any time soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,586 Posted March 16, 2021 As mentioned on another thread I think they know what is coming and a bit scared. The realities of brexit, the end of furlough, the carnage of covid, physically, mentally and financially. It's all going to come to a head. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creative Midfielder 1,976 Posted March 17, 2021 9 hours ago, Herman said: As mentioned on another thread I think they know what is coming and a bit scared. The realities of brexit, the end of furlough, the carnage of covid, physically, mentally and financially. It's all going to come to a head. I think they should be scared, the fact that the only response they appear to have is to try and suppress protest shows how utterly clueless and incompetent they are. They have absolutely no idea how to resolve the massive problems for which they are primarily responsible and no amount of spin and lies to going to cover that up. Even if we put aside for a moment the many stupid and disastrous decsions they made last year and look towards the future then the budget was a big sign that made it crystal clear that they are completely clueless about what is required and have absolutely no vision and let alone an actual plan to tackle the many huge problems this country is facing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,427 Posted March 17, 2021 So if a poster on here is a serious annoyance... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,263 Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, FenwayFrank said: So if a poster on here is a serious annoyance... Just avoid writing in CAPITALS. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,517 Posted March 17, 2021 4 hours ago, FenwayFrank said: So if a poster on here is a serious annoyance... Why you looking at me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,066 Posted March 17, 2021 The next time we have a sh!t manager and a crowd gathers outside the City Stand to protest they could be looking at a 10 year prison sentence. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted March 17, 2021 1 hour ago, A Load of Squit said: The next time we have a sh!t manager and a crowd gathers outside the City Stand to protest they could be looking at a 10 year prison sentence. There isn't going to be a next time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A Load of Squit 5,066 Posted March 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, keelansgrandad said: There isn't going to be a next time I hope you're correct. The prisons are full enough & I don't think they have ifollow.😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted March 17, 2021 1 minute ago, A Load of Squit said: I hope you're correct. The prisons are full enough & I don't think they have ifollow.😀 Surely they have illegal streams in prison? Everything else in prison is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FenwayFrank 2,427 Posted March 17, 2021 2 hours ago, cambridgeshire canary said: Why you looking at me Not you Cambridge, the one or two I'm thinking of don't tend to come over to the non football side 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nevermind, neoliberalism has had it 159 Posted March 17, 2021 their plan to put undercover police into clubs and or pubs is another double barrel into both feet. What would happen if such a person decides to act according to this new act, it is 12.30 am and we are inside a club of drunken revelers? The moment he/she breaks cover, without bouncers/police being immediately present, everyone will clap and pat him on the shoulder/ or charge him/her en masse before anybody else is at hand. Further what would happen if somebody saunters up to a person looking distressed ( argument,too much alcohol, etc.) and say's 'don't worry love, I'm an undercover policeman, you can trust me'. flashing a badge. Can you really trust this person? or will this actually be a warning signal not to trust? lets not forget that undercover police had relationships and children with protesters and the police of all is not known to be squeaky clean, especially not the Met. ( Sir Keir kicked that into the long grass when in charge of the DPP) Its a bad idea and I know some bouncers who would also question such an approach as it could easily get out of hand and cause a major riot, leading to the venue's license being questioned. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted March 17, 2021 2 hours ago, A Load of Squit said: The next time we have a sh!t manager and a crowd gathers outside the City Stand to protest they could be looking at a 10 year prison sentence. our statues outside the ground have to be protected 😏 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,809 Posted March 17, 2021 A term not exceeding ten years. That's OK, I'll just murder or rape someone then. Might as well get near as dammit the same sentence for a sheep instead of a lamb. Reminds me of the case Bill Bryson wrote about in one of his books about the planned protest in Switzerland that fell through as it didn't get the permits! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nevermind, neoliberalism has had it 159 Posted March 17, 2021 So 1000 individual protests are also outlawed if they are happen at the same time in the same or thereabouts area? whatever the answer is, this law sets this country back to 1821, give or take a decade or two. we should be up in arms about it, its not normal, oops wrong word, anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted March 17, 2021 There will be real hooha when it gets to the Lords. I think it will be then when the public become more aware. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,398 Posted March 17, 2021 4 hours ago, FenwayFrank said: Not you Cambridge, the one or two I'm thinking of don't tend to come over to the non football side Oh name names FF. Please do. 😉 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill 1,788 Posted March 17, 2021 3 hours ago, Greavsy said: Oh name names FF. Please do. 😉 curious that you should be posting on here during a live game .....or not 🤔 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greavsy 2,398 Posted March 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Bill said: curious that you should be posting on here during a live game .....or not 🤔 Why? Is that not allowed? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted March 21, 2021 https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-bristol-56477887 not impressed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Real Buh 3,366 Posted March 21, 2021 Let’s face it, Bristols full of far left, unwashed scum. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,263 Posted March 21, 2021 Indeed, unacceptable violence but can't say I'm surprised that this dreadful bill has provoked this sort of response in Bristol. The idea that someone could be given a 10-year prison sentence for defacing a statue was bound to provoke a reaction in the City where the memorial to a slave trader was ripped down and thrown into the harbour. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted March 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, horsefly said: Indeed, unacceptable violence but can't say I'm surprised that this dreadful bill has provoked this sort of response in Bristol. The idea that someone could be given a 10-year prison sentence for defacing a statue was bound to provoke a reaction in the City where the memorial to a slave trader was ripped down and thrown into the harbour. Unacceptable is the word Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,809 Posted March 21, 2021 If we weren't in lockdown and Covid restrictions, I wouldn't be entirely surprised if widespread riots started. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
horsefly 4,263 Posted March 21, 2021 unacceptable violence in response to an unacceptable bill. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Van wink 2,994 Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) 13 minutes ago, TheGunnShow said: If we weren't in lockdown and Covid restrictions, I wouldn't be entirely surprised if widespread riots started. It appears that those rioting have no regard to the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic and are seemingly prepared to put lives at risk Edited March 21, 2021 by Van wink Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheGunnShow 5,809 Posted March 21, 2021 59 minutes ago, Van wink said: It appears that those rioting have no regard to the fact that we are in the middle of a pandemic and are seemingly prepared to put lives at risk Or it's such a grave attack on freedom of assembly that they're willing to risk their health to state their, IMO, utterly justified disdain of what I can frankly only call a police state via the back door. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites