I know we have had a few problems from a technical point of view on the threads. These have been worked on behind the scenes and so here is a new open thread that I hope runs smoothly.
Well it’s Monday It’s Breakfast or it was several hours ago. Bill suddenly decides things might be an issue whilst talking to Cameron suddenly it’s an issue about ISIS leaflets being handed out in “Oxford Street” The no go areas obviously / are were not. With the emphasis firmly on “the unarmed black teenager” this story rumbles on although not exactly the story running on some American sites. Migrants in a container, should that not be Illegal immigrants. BBc SNAFU.
Anybody heard of 2 people getting 50 years between them for rape in the Uk, Very Harsh sentence but for some reason the bBC hasn’t heard of the story. I wonder why they haven’t picked the story up seeing the length of the sentence is so unusually long. Brothers jailed for 50 years after gun-point rape and robbery of prostitutes
Two brothers who raped and robbed two prostitutes at gun-point in Lewisham have been jailed for a total of 50 years at the Old Bailey today.The pair subjected their victims to a horrifying ordeal, ransacking their home before one declared himself as their ‘pimp’ and threatened to kill them if they failed to comply.But within days Ali and Basiru Deen were caught by police, and following a trial were sentenced to 20 and 30 years in prison respectively.
Fedup2May 19, 08:54 Start the Week 18th May 2026 DT reports that full Irish breakfast served on a deportation flight from Dublin to Pakistan – pork sausages and bacon…
Fedup2May 19, 08:46 Start the Week 18th May 2026 Today Laugh out loud …. Danny Jarvis – the insecurity minister yapping about a new plod task force for vape…
AlthepalerpMay 19, 08:45 Start the Week 18th May 2026 All forgotten by the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-55361452
atlas_shruggedMay 19, 08:44 Start the Week 18th May 2026 News on Great Yarmouth rapes: https://www.gbnews.com/news/great-yarmouth-teenager-girls-raped
Fedup2May 19, 08:35 Start the Week 18th May 2026 Andy – excellent news – so the unemployment rate was going up before the Iran war – the coming figures…
AlthepalerpMay 19, 08:34 Start the Week 18th May 2026 Every interview, Labour say Andy Burnham has been a fantastic Mayor – this goes unchallenged. 1. Policing Oversight and Special…
andyjsnapeMay 19, 08:23 Start the Week 18th May 2026 UK unemployment rate unexpectedly rises https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czx2plkvg45o Unexpectedly? And apparently its to do with the Iran war, apparently! We wouldn’t want…
Guest WhoMay 19, 08:23 Start the Week 18th May 2026 BBC sticking with facts, for professional reasons. https://x.com/bbcworld/status/2056635997723533698?s=61 Two dead in Spain shooting, with babies reportedly among injured
Guest WhoMay 19, 08:18 Start the Week 18th May 2026 Getty must run out eventually. https://x.com/bbcnews/status/2056624751360057692?s=61
ScrobleneMay 19, 08:18 Start the Week 18th May 2026 If we all stop smoking, getting our hair cut, and painting our nails black, the ‘gangs will be smashed’! Surely…
Well it’s Monday It’s Breakfast or it was several hours ago. Bill suddenly decides things might be an issue whilst talking to Cameron suddenly it’s an issue about ISIS leaflets being handed out in “Oxford Street” The no go areas obviously / are were not. With the emphasis firmly on “the unarmed black teenager” this story rumbles on although not exactly the story running on some American sites. Migrants in a container, should that not be Illegal immigrants. BBc SNAFU.
Anybody heard of 2 people getting 50 years between them for rape in the Uk, Very Harsh sentence but for some reason the bBC hasn’t heard of the story. I wonder why they haven’t picked the story up seeing the length of the sentence is so unusually long.
Brothers jailed for 50 years after gun-point rape and robbery of prostitutes
Two brothers who raped and robbed two prostitutes at gun-point in Lewisham have been jailed for a total of 50 years at the Old Bailey today.The pair subjected their victims to a horrifying ordeal, ransacking their home before one declared himself as their ‘pimp’ and threatened to kill them if they failed to comply.But within days Ali and Basiru Deen were caught by police, and following a trial were sentenced to 20 and 30 years in prison respectively.