Monkeys Fist

Cheers man. I went a little bit off there above, the main point I was trying to make is that if they think Victim rights have taken the lead over prisoner rights, they’re welcome to put a bid in for the bridge I’m selling ( once the council have finished repairing it). The more extreme cases, unsurprisingly, seem to lead the calls for this, and I’m fully behind those involved getting their views aired and heard, but the absolute basics, which I hope I highlighted above, are still very much weighted towards the offender. As direct family of his victim, and therefore victims of his crime ourselves, we have been kept in the dark about the most simple, reasonable, requests for information. It boils my piss tbh. I will reiterate, the poor lass who’s job it is to tell me I can know fuck-all, is clearly hugely frustrated by the whole thing. One thing I asked was , would we be told where he was living once he’s released, more specifically, if he came back to the North East. She said we aren’t allowed to be told, but that offenders like him ( murderers), have to go to a 24hr supervision halfway house first, and that they almost invariably then live in that area. She then said, “ You can ask me if there are any 24hr hallway houses up here…” I did, and she could barely wait for me to finish before she said, “No there aren’t ” Good lass

Hey, come on, none of this is Nigel’s fault, it’s those awful hordes of brown folk paddling around the North Sea that have turned the place in to a right wing shitshow.

Was going to post this in Yes Gemmill, but this thread felt more appropriate. Baroness Newlove , Victim’s Commissioner. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3dn394z90ro The reason I’m posting is this bit, from Lammy. “Her leadership shaped the Victims' Code, strengthened victims' voices in the criminal justice system, and ensured that the Victims and Prisoners Act progressed with victims' interests at its heart.“ Not in my experience it hasn’t. I had a phone call from the Parole board victim liaison on Monday, telling me that the cunt who killed my brother had has hearing adjourned until next year. Fair enough. I then had a chat with her, covering various things, and mostly her answer was ” I’m not allowed to tell you that” Because of his “rights”. I wasn’t asking deeply personal stuff, either, pretty basic questions. She was, to her credit, extremely apologetic and wasn’t shy In expressing her frustration at how little she can do. It’ll probably help if I summarise what’s gone on recently- Boyo has been moved down through the prisons from Cat B where he did most of his time, to Cat D , which is open prison, in preparation for release. He’s done something since then, while in Cat D which has resulted in him being put back in high security. Thing is, I’m not allowed to know what it is he’s done, just that he’s been put back. Some examples, in my experience, of how the Victims and Prisoners Act hasn’t progressed with victims' interests at its heart are… I’ve asked what his behaviour has been over the course of his sentence- again, basic stuff like has he kept his nose clean or not, any violent incidents, drug free. Stuff you’d want to know about a bloke who went armed with 2 kitchen knives and a meat cleaver, and used all three. Not allowed to know. We were told we could prepare impact statements about how his actions have affected our family, to be read out at the parole meetings. Which, firstly, was a pretty tough thing to do, digging up all the emotional impact of his murder, when it happened and how it’s impacted us since. But, I did one. Helping my mam do hers was incredibly hard, she was a stoic woman, but she fell to bits when we sat down to write it. But, we thought it’s worth doing so that he’s aware of what he did, both to my brother and to us. Only to then find out that he has the option of not having to hear them being read out, which I believe he took. One of the conditions of release is him staying away from us- an exclusion zone, fairly large tbh, was agreed, based on my Mam’s home and mine. I asked if I could see a recent photo of him, so that I’d recognise him if he broke the zone conditions, a fairly obvious and reasonable request I thought. I saw him briefly at court, 17 years ago, and I’d imagine his appearance has changed quite a bit since then- he was in his mid twenties so now in his forties, and I can’t imagine prison life has left him at his best. Nope. My only option for that, is to attend a parole hearing ( remotely, at their Shields office), so taking time off work, when I’d be able to see him on screen. But, he’d be told I was “in attendance” and has the option not to attend. ffs. Victims interests by big, hairy, arse. Rant over, gan radge.

Is Trigger Point the one about the bomb squad lass with a bog brush on her head? Mrs F. made me watch an episode- utter shite.

I think if we’re looking at former TV personality replacements, Carol Smilie and her arse would be a suitable candidate. She’s used to leading the line, on Changing Rooms, but also able to play a back-up role, a la Wheel of Fortune, but the most compelling reason is , clearly, her arse.

“Secrets”

Relax man, they’ll end up with bits of pink tinsel again.

If a single penny of my license fee is paid to Mango Man, I’ll be dipping out of ever having a license again.

1st amendment

He’ll be fine unless a spasm hits midway through.

Fyp

HMHM was closest with San Marino. It’s the Principality of Seborga, in North West Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Seborga Basically, the Italian version of Sealand, where some chancer thinks they can call themselves King.

As a distraction from all the away form shite, here’s a little trivia question. Which current European flag is this? No cheating, obvs.

WTF is that? A penina?

It’s just outright, craven, avarice at this point in proceedings.

I looked for a positive post of his the other day… nada.

Also @The Fish

Left a -10 rating on Just_the_TipAdvisor. “ Two pump dump, then blamed the height of the bins.”

Fuck me Gloomy sounds bad. Hope you get it sorted ASAP. Bonus though, you're not at the match today.

Ffs

Never mind.

Odds on Ramsdale saving this?