HeadNun

The only way would be cameras and facial recognition. I saw two cyclists collide on Lordship Lane last night and an altercation followed. Much like others' experience on here, one man had stopped at the red lights / pedestrian crossing, and a cyclist, who had no plan to stop, went into the back of him. Anyone elderly and / or infirm crossing at that moment could have been badly injured.

I want more bat sightings! Can't remember the last time I saw one. Utterly fascinated by them.

Quite. But there has to be a sacrificial lamb if the PM wants any chance of survival. Sorry Rolflick, I'll keep it on topic from now on.

Harsh. Cry babies cry for no reason, she's crying cos she's clearly exhausted, she's massively ballsed things up and is being chronically briefed against by her own MPs in the press and she knows the PM - Morgan McSweeney - and his deputy - Keir Starmer - are about to hang her out to dry. I reckon she'll be gone by Friday.

Yeah, agreed, cos I really want to ask... has anyone seen the photo of Rachel Reeves in tears at PMQs just now?! She's toast.

Yes, true Sephiroth. And Moovart's right in that, whatever direction it's coming from, it disenfranchises the electorate and gives rise to populism. It certainly doesn't help achieve social justice, or bring about meaningful change. Mind you, nor does so-called pragmatism and idealogical neutrality, as we're seeing today. So who bloody knows what the answers are now.

I agree, Moovart. There's something very aggressive about language like that - it's not big and it's not clever. Some of the angry energy that comes from the far left is pretty self-defeating.

Either the car was on blues or it wasn't, maybe OP can clarify? But I still don't get why it would be a good thing that the cyclist escaped from two police vans - they would have either arrested or protected him, depending on the scenario.

Yeah, I'm confused now too.

In my experience working with police, esp Roads Policing, they don't drive erratically and dangerously. Most of them will be TPAC trained, or done advanced driving at the very least. Police in car chases live in fear of injuring or killing a member of the public, it genuinely is one of their worst nightmares. So I feel safe assuming that whatever the kid on a bike had done, the pursuit and tactics were justified. That's assuming the car was police... you suggest it was, but I'm not so sure. I don't understand "Thank God the cyclist got away before 2 police vans arrived to help". Help the car, or the cyclist?

It's a good time to be in the AC business. Soizic, may I ask how many units you had fitted and roughly how much it cost?

Well done for managing in this heat today!

I hate the idea of someone with a genuine disability losing money, it's heart-breaking. I thought the whole idea of these cuts was to get kids with mental health issues, which we used to call 'the human condition', off benefits and into a job. Before anyone says anything, I'm not talking about people with severe autism. If the tests are so astringent, Spartacus, how come healthy youngsters with anxiety are getting benefits? It's ludicrous. This from The Times: Then there is mental health. This is the fastest-growing category of claim; anxiety and depression is now the single biggest reason to claim PIPs, accounting for 16 per cent of spending. Including problems such as autism and ADHD, there are 1.4 million people claiming for “psychiatric disorders”, almost 40 per cent of the total. NHS figures on Thursday found that 23 per cent of people of working age now have a mental disorder, up from 18 per cent a decade ago, rising to 26 per cent in 16 to 24 year-olds. Young people are most likely to claim benefits for mental health problems and there is growing concern about a generation who may do so for decades. The number of children on disability living allowance, the precursor to PIPs, will reach a million by the end of the decade, double pre-Covid levels. Most of these are for behavioural problems such as ADHD or learning disabilities

Also, Mal, I’d not be surprised if Biibi reminded Trump that his pulling out of the 2018 deal is the reason Iran has got to where it has with its enrichment programme, and strong/-armed him into ‘finishing off’ the sites, (which he most likely hasn’t; they’ve moved their uranium for sure).

The NYT ( that right wing alarmist rag) has reported that Iran told Qatar so they could prepare. Iran and Q are on good terms so Q won’t retaliate, esp as Iran is only targeting US bases, which everyone knew to expect. If anything, it draws Qatar into the dialogue and Q will privately be urging Iran to back down.