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Veterans Day (US) and Armistice/Remembrance Day (UK) both mark 11 November 1918. The UK tradition centres on the fallen, with two-minute silences, wearing a poppy, and formal Cenotaph ceremonies. The US version honours all who served as a federal holiday, distinct from Memorial Day.
The recent Wetherspoon episode, where staff briefly treated poppies as potentially “political” amid local protests, shows why we should keep these symbols clear of partisan politics.
They work best as shared, non-partisan markers of service and sacrifice.
Both countries use the day to pause, remember, and reaffirm respect for those who served—something that still brings people together.
My highest regards to those who serve, and especially those who have fallen, on both sides of the pond, Europe and elsewhere.
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I thought it was the attempt that's celebrated every year. 🙃
421 years ago today Robert Catesby, Guy Fawkes and others attempted a plot to destroy Parliament with gunpowder. Their failure is celebrated every year with bonfires and fireworks, making them the sworn enemy of pets across the country.
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There's a rather thin line as it happens, between being a morally bereft womanising cad, and being guilty of sexual assault - as Brand has now discovered.
Politics may play a part in his current predicament. That doesn't mean he's innocent..
So @rustyrockets (Russell Brand) has been found ‘guilty’ of one charge of rape and three charges of sexual assault. I have full respect for the jury and the rule of law.
That respect though does not diminish my right to have a wholly different opinion from the jury. I do not for a moment believe the women in this case against Brand. Yes, his behaviour was drunken, boorish and he behaved like a cad. But rapist? No.
Every single one of the women involved had at some stage ‘consented’ to some form of sexual contact.
Brand had become enormously conscientious and as such trashed the status quo drawing huge attention to his utterings. Almost as if this was coordinated a group of ‘wimmin’ come out making horrendous allegations.
The same tactics were used against both the Tate brothers and a host of others who the system wants to quieten.
As Brand is now facing an 8-12 year prison sentence I congratulate myself on my conscious decision NEVER to drink, smoke or take drugs. Further, the idea of having casual sex with women I don’t know or like fills me with utter dread.
I will though continue to say what I like online. Period.
Good luck Russell. You are going to need it.
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The online rage is predictable and mostly unhelpful. One side treats the airport arrest and bail conditions as proof the state is hunting nationalists for merely “reporting the truth.” The other treats Simon’s videos as sufficient evidence she orchestrated the damage. Neither is well supported by what’s public.
Police were investigating dozens of real attacks on HMOs. Simon had been publicly identifying specific addresses that were later hit. That correlation gave them grounds to arrest on suspicion of conspiracy, interview her, and impose conditions aimed at stopping further public targeting of those premises. They have not charged her, and other people have been arrested for the physical damage itself. The armed boarding of the plane was disproportionate theatre for a property-crime suspicion, and the speech restrictions look like a disruption tactic more than a strong conspiracy case. That is a legitimate criticism of policing style.
It is not evidence of a coordinated political purge, nor is it proof she is innocent of any facilitation role. The facts currently available sit in the middle: a reasonable investigation that used heavy-handed methods and broad conditions, against a backdrop of actual criminal damage that someone else carried out. The rest is tribal noise.
Ashlea Simon had only just landed in Manchester when the police launched this operation to arrest her. The sort of effort you'd expect to see when going after highly dangerous criminals, such as those involved in the RAF Fairford case. But, of course, those individuals are already back on the streets, aren't they?
She was taken to Swinton police station, held in a cell overnight and questioned by CID officers the following morning. Before that, police had raided her home and turned the place upside down, with plain-clothes officers involved too. An operation like this, aimed at someone who speaks out about illegal migration in her own country, is appalling and unlawful. The police treat you like a terrorist, while the real monsters remain at large, planning their next attacks.
They're wasting time and millions of pounds in taxpayers' money arresting someone whose only 'crime' was to express an opinion they don't like. And to make matters worse, the police have imposed seven bail conditions on her. It's utterly ridiculous. One of them reportedly prevents her from discussing the very subject at the centre of her arrest. In other words, if she wanted to be released on bail, she had to agree not to talk about the issue at all. That was the main condition imposed by Greater Manchester Police.
The police haven't even formally charged her with an offence, yet they've imposed seven conditions on her, including a curfew requiring her to stay at home every day from 7pm until 7am. Corruption in Manchester is so rampant that, rather than deal with it, they have to mount operations like this to distract from the real issue: Bev Craig being neck-deep in scandals.
But then, none of this should come as a surprise, should it? We're even seeing 11-year-old children taken to the police station simply for flying the St George's Cross. While Labour lets dangerous criminals out in droves, they dream up absurd cases like this. #ukpoliticsnews #UKDebate #BritishPolitics
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The irony of Western countries culture and society changes resulting in the emasculation of men - to then get called up to die not for their country, but for the geopolitical ends of political elites that couldn't give a fcuk about them.
In ww2, men got seen off at the railway station by their weeping wives. This time it will be by their councillors. – at Aberdeen, Scotland
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This is weird lol. Imagine wanting independence from UK, just to give it away to the EU.
This is what's crazy here right now. Those who want to leave the UK want to be governed by the EU. Those who want to stay in the UK wanted to leave the EU.
It seems no matter what side you're on, you still need a master..
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Current government policy simplified:
Making people poorer and less safe, then giving back a small portion while claiming benevolence, protection and generosity. Problem, Reaction, Solution.
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The irony of us Scots not being able to agree on which Union we want to be ruled by..
Those who want to be in the UK voted to leave the EU. Those who voted to leave the UK wanted to remain in the EU..
I must be an outlier in that I wanted to stay in both.
Not to get political but then you checkmate him with the factoid that allegedly 62% of Scots voted stay yet they still Brexited because the UK said so. 😳🤷🏼 How can he complain about me generalizing “UK” when that happens? 😵💫🤭
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This reminds me of a college tutor I had back in the day who liked to put up an absurd statement, split the class in two, then make one side argue for and the other side argue against.
One day he wrote this on the blackboard:
"A woman's place is in the kitchen, in the bedroom, and in the wrong."
His process:
Everyone is sitting with their besties of course. He goes round pointing at each in turn with a group number, 1 & 2 alternately
They must all move to the half of the class their group will be in. Both groups are well represented by both sexes.
They get some time to get together and come up with their argument and pick someone to deliver it.
Both groups take their turn to present their argument. All this is standard stuff of course.
Anyway, I was in group 2 (against the motion - thank God 😂)
The girls in my group all persuaded me to deliver the argument - they wanted a coherent guy delivering a positive message on behalf of women - clever.
The girls in group one also wanted a guy to deliver the argument - and made zero attempt at watering down his sexism - genius.
Guess who won the debate? – at Aberdeen, Scotland
To work on my daughter’s critical thinking skills, I had her choose an issue that she has a strong opinion on and I’m going to have her argue from the opposing viewpoint.
She chose abortion.
This should be fun.
Remember when we actually did stuff like this in school? 😅
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A high pressure environment does not present an excuse to behave like a bully.
So yes - good for her.
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The problem isn't the tech. It's the fact it's still limited enough that there is too much friction in its use. – at Aberdeen, Scotland
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Since it's philosophically impossible to prove a negative, its impossible to prove there is no afterlife.
Since it's impossible to prove anything exists beyond our capacity to perceive it, it's impossible to prove that there is an afterlife.
The same is true for the existence of God, and for spiritual experiences.
Does this mean that blind faith is required whichever way you decide to go? – at Aberdeen, Scotland
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The Cannonball Run 2026 remake lol. – at Aberdeen, Scotland
Essex Police just seized 13 supercars on the M11 . We all know who was driving these car's with their mob mentality!
Lamborghinis, a Ferrari, a Porsche and the rest after a convoy of them decided the motorway was their personal racetrack during rush hour.
Accelerating hard.
Slamming the brakes.
Bunching up.
Using the hard shoulder to undertake other drivers.
Peak time. Busy motorway. Multiple members of the public calling it in.
They got stopped. Cars seized. Warnings issued.
Good.
These aren’t “car enthusiasts.” They’re entitled idiots who think horsepower gives them the right to endanger everyone else.
The law is supposed to apply to everyone including the ones in the expensive toys.
More of this, please.
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