Showing posts with label moderm life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moderm life. Show all posts

Monday, 15 December 2025

Yes, Jamie, Haven't They Made It Perfectly Clear That's What They Are Doing?

The former Royal Marine, who is suing the authorities for £25,000, told The Telegraph: 'It makes no sense. It just seems to me they want to punish me because of my opinions and because my views don’t align with theirs.'

Bingo! As with the Joey Barton trial, that is indeed the deciding factor behing the decision - 'how dare you question your rulers' Even medieval kings didn't weild their power so cavierlierly, because they knew their castles weren't totally impregnable if the citizenry were riled enough...

Jamie Michael, from Penygraig in south Wales, was charged with inciting racial hatred following comments he made in a 12-minute Facebook video. The 47-year-old described some migrants as 'scumbags' and 'psychopaths' as riots spread across the UK in the aftermath of the Southport murders.

Some undoubtedly are. So what he said wasn't even wrong. 

Despite his acquittal Mr Michael was told a 'child protection concern' made against him had been 'substantiated' less than a fortnight after the jury delivered its not-guilty verdict. As a result the Football Association of Wales has now barred the father-of-two from coaching his daughter's team following a meeting held in private with a safeguarding officer and South Wales Police.

The Free Speech Union is taking up his case: 

Lord Young, the union's founder and director, said: 'Citing safeguarding concerns to silence people you disagree with is a scandalous abuse of the system.' He added the FSU has '15 people on our books' branded a risk to children due to their political views.
Safeguarding boards were established in 2004 following the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in Soham by a school caretaker.

A crime that  wouldn't have happened without the incompetence and laziness of the police record-keeping, and which lead to a host of shutting-the-stable-door legislation to prevent wrong un's with criminal histories slipping through the cracks in future. It was never intended to silence critics of the government's plans to flood the UK with boat people, but that's now how it's being used.

Friday, 9 May 2025

What’s With The Pronouns, How Many People Does She Think She Is..?

Londoners living with disabilities and chronic health conditions say they have struggled to use a Transport for London (TfL) scheme while travelling, with one even threatened by another passenger. The "Please Offer Me A Seat" badge and card scheme, which marks its eighth anniversary this month, is designed to help those with disabilities and health conditions by signalling, external to other passengers they should give up their seat if needed.

And what happens when those passengers have no visible disability? Like their example, a typical dyed-hair example of modern youth?

Eliza Rain, 28, who has a chronic pain condition, said when using the badge they were often challenged and one passenger "threatened to push me off the train because I'd asked for their seat".Eliza, a content creator from London, is one of the more than 140,000 people who use the badge. They said they used it for more than four years on their Tube commute and on buses and trains, but eventually opted to use their wheelchair while on public transport due to how many other passengers refused to give up their seat. "People wouldn't give me a seat, and I couldn't stand... without potentially having a dangerous medical episode," they explained.

Is 'dangerous medical episode' code for 'nervous breakdown', perhaps? She's clearly not operating with a full set of tools. 

When working in their old job, Eliza said it was stressful and "pretty much impossible" for them to get a seat on the Northern line to London Bridge using the badge, despite being at risk of passing out. They said: "I had someone basically just shout at me and flat out say 'no'. "Someone else threatened to push me off the train because I'd asked for their seat because I needed to sit down, and they were in the priority area and didn't have a badge. Obviously they could have said no if they needed the seat."

What makes you so sure they didn't need it, Eliza? Don't you believe in the 'invisible disabilities' yourself? 

On some days not being able to sit down on the Tube caused a symptom flare-up which left them unable to do daily activities like cook a meal.

She doesn't look like she's missed many...  

They said they had also been questioned in the past about "what was wrong" with them when using the badge.

Pity the author of this article didn't mention the fact she appears not to know how many people she is...