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Post by michaelc on May 23, 2024 14:49:08 GMT
What isn't? Sky trying to undermine freedom of the press by breaking well known media rules or them being asked to leave? I'm surprised they weren't asked to stop filming (and possibly even deleting what they had filmed) given they were presumably on private property. I think they are pi$$ed they are nowhere near as influential as they once were. When you watch the video you get no indication of the context (thankfully provided by ilmoro ) that they had breached media arrangements. If you accept it at face value (which I did), it looks like inappropriate and heavy handed treatment of the press. ie a "bad look". It looks rather different when you have the wider context. He said in the video "....we are being removed because there are reporter arrangements in place."
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Post by michaelc on May 23, 2024 12:56:49 GMT
That's... not a good look. What isn't? Sky trying to undermine freedom of the press by breaking well known media rules or them being asked to leave? I'm surprised they weren't asked to stop filming (and possibly even deleting what they had filmed) given they were presumably on private property. I think they are pi$$ed they are nowhere near as influential as they once were.
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Post by michaelc on May 22, 2024 20:37:42 GMT
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Post by michaelc on May 22, 2024 18:26:30 GMT
Many years ago I was playing pool with my team mates on a Tuesday night. It was best of 9 and we were 4 - 0 down when this came on the jukebox.
We lost 9 - 0
It wasn't best of 9 then....
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Post by michaelc on May 22, 2024 17:53:23 GMT
Inflation is down. Energy prices brought under control. Immigration to follow.
All delivered by a leader of great charismatic stature.
What's not to like ?
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Post by michaelc on May 22, 2024 13:13:45 GMT
The map of countries which don't recognize the State of Palestine is almost a map of Greater Western Europe which likes to call itself "the West"
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Post by michaelc on May 21, 2024 14:15:11 GMT
... which is probably why it courted so much publicity. I think the reason it courted so much publicity is because she's alleged(?) to have killed a load of babies. Alleged? She was found guilty !
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Post by michaelc on May 21, 2024 13:06:31 GMT
There is a long and damning article in New Yorker magazine that is blocked from view in the UK. www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/20/lucy-letby-was-found-guilty-of-killing-seven-babies-did-she-do-itIt describes this case in detail and builds up a picture of a mismanaged and inadequate unit of the hospital, a self promoting TV medical expert with a theory, police too keen to find a new Harold Shipman, a hospital happy to blame a person for their own failing systems. I had no opinion before reading this but it has fully persuaded me. Now I expect to see the justice system like the hospital did, upholding its wrongful decision in this case to protect its own system. It is a scandal, and one we have seen over and over again. Fortunately, there was a weeks long trial where all the evidence was thoroughly tested, by skilled barristers, in front of a skilled judge, and with a jury there to see if the presumption of innocence could be overturned. It was. I'd put a lot more money on that system getting the right verdict than a journalist, from another country, with a different legal and healthcare system, wanting get an "angle", needing to sell copies of a magazine, starting with the answer and working backwards to "build up the picture", cherry picking the facts along the way. It is not impossible that there was a miscarriage of justice, they do happen, but it's unlikely. EDIT: And the legal process isn't yet finished - an appeal may well find issues with the trial if they are there - again, that's why we have the legal due process. skilled jury, unskilled jury, lucky jury ? Yes the court system is all we have and we must agree with its decisions. That does not mean it gets it right anywhere near 100% of the time. How can it when some cases are card to prove? I haven't followed all the ins and outs of this one but does seem very odd indeed and not a slam-dunk case which is probably why it courted so much publicity.
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Post by michaelc on May 20, 2024 15:50:07 GMT
Ahh for once you've posted a useful link Re RT, I've told you I don't know how many times but I don't do anything special to read it. I just checked on my Kharkiv proxy and unsurpisingly its blocked from there (probably both ways!)
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Post by michaelc on May 20, 2024 13:57:36 GMT
Interesting, I can read it from my Kharkiv proxy. It suggests she was innocent.
CC do you have any evidence anywhere that the article was blocked in the UK? I mean we can't see it but did someone make that a conscious decision?
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Post by michaelc on May 17, 2024 14:47:38 GMT
But I thought you're quite happy for companies based or doing business in the UK to be owned abroad? Or is it only the staff you're quite happy to be from Europe but you'd rather the companies themselves were British owned? I just want to understand what it is you would like to see? Wha...? Sorry, you've lost me. In case you've forgotten, it's been publicly listed for north of a decade. Can any publicly listed company really have a nationality ascribed to it? The single largest current shareholder, 28%, is a Luxemburgish asset management house, Vesa Equity Investment, which is the vessel for Daniel Křetínský's investments. He's merely buying another 42% of equity from the other global investment houses that form the rest of the top ten largest shareholders, and the remaining 30% from people like me... I hope a change of ownership (if that's what it is, from 28% to 100%) feeds down into management and they become more competent. Beyond that... <shrug> It was you that highlighted that Royal Mail will be under foreign ownership. I was wondering what you'd like to see eventually? Perhaps no countries and a united states of the world ? Or what ?
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Post by michaelc on May 17, 2024 14:01:09 GMT
Something I sent out to a (as it turned out, incomplete) UK address in March was returned as undeliverable yesterday. The return sticker is dated 19/3... Hey-ho. Royal Mail is going to be Czech-owned soon. The 2013 floation price was 330p. The offer price is 370p. But I thought you're quite happy for companies based or doing business in the UK to be owned abroad? Or is it only the staff you're quite happy to be from Europe but you'd rather the companies themselves were British owned? I just want to understand what it is you would like to see?
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Post by michaelc on May 16, 2024 14:07:14 GMT
Fico is not a Russian Puppet any more than Orban, he is just an independently minded politician from a country with historical links with Russia who is acting in the best interest of his country. Hopefully he will make a full recovery. The guy who shot him is probably some moron who does not think for himself and is caught up in all the emotional propaganda, there are a lot of those about these days... Fico and Orban both where opposed financial support for Ukraine. They are both russian puppets. Perhaps Fico did not go low enough on his knees and this wasn't liked at kremlin. independently minded politicians - really ? acting in the best interest of his country - really ? there are a lot of those about these days... - tell me We're all Russian puppets but we don't speak russian and you don't speak english.
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Post by michaelc on May 14, 2024 14:36:41 GMT
I do not have a preferred endpoint I am merely pointing out how Russian Nationalists - such as Putin - see things from my understanding of their perspective. My only interest in this situation is to see this war end ASAP since it is very obvious to me the only thing that is going to happen is a large number of Ukrainians are going to be killed in a war they cannot win AND more importantly I do not want to die in a nuclear war. Ukraine and Russias dispute over territory is nothing to do with me and I dont believe in getting involved in things that are not my concern outside of humanitarian and self preservation interests. As you are already aware I am of the view that western meddling in this situation has made it ALOT worse for Ukraine.
Err, Budapest Memorandum anyone ? "Under the agreement the Russian Federation provided security assurances to Ukraine in the form of promising to neither attack nor threaten attack them." Well as usual, you cant believe or trust a russian !
I believe the US and the UK have an obligation to support Ukraine for them giving up the nukes. Do you think russia would still have attacked had Ukraine kept hold of the nukes
Do you honestly think they didn't want to take Kiev back in February '22, 60km tailback of military vehicles, remember that ? Of course they had every intention but through bad intelligence, bad planning and a dire operation they were pushed back in retreat (oh sorry, a goodwill gesture from russia I think they called it !)
<My numbering>
1/ So yes, it IS your concern.
2/ Yes, they will push further into Ukraine given the opportunity. 3/ Yes, we need to continue providing weapons for as long as Ukraine want to continue.
4/ Yes, russia cannot be allowed to "win" 5/ Yes, russia needs to be held accountable and slung out of of every international group, committee, council, organisation. 6/ No, we dont need russia.
rant over ..
That (bolded) is an obvious but good point IMO. I agree with point 2 also but think that would be based on opportunism rather than something they would seek in an eventual settlement. i.e. if they broke through the lines and there will little more defences they'd march on.... 3 probably but as part of a team not a loan wolf waiting for its head to be struck off On 4, we can't stop it. 5 agree 6 agree Oh way, didn't you also say I'm a Russian spy or did you just agree with someone that did? What weight should we give to the arguments of someone who enjoys goading victims?
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