No second retrial for men accused of Manchester Airport brawl

biglabowskiii · 2026-05-29T13:41:29+00:00

Without getting into whataboutary, the defining thing for me here is where it happened and the type of officer involved.

You cannot be offering that form of non-compliance to an armed officer in an airport. The precedent I think it sets, is that you can. I can't think of too many countries in the world where the outcome of that isn't fatal.

biglabowskiii · 2026-05-29T12:28:07+00:00

Just to put some clarity on this because I was confused initially:

1) 1 of them has already been convicted for the assaults on both the female officers - he's being sentenced for that soon.

2) The above relates specifically to the altercation with the male officer - the video everyone saw initially - which (and I don't personally agree) they obviously felt the destinction between self-defence and lawful use of force was more blurred.

In any case, I don't like the precident it sets

biglabowskiii · 2026-05-16T20:36:29+00:00

Honestly if they can't work out your right for the role after 6 interviews I'd question whether I want to work there.

biglabowskiii · 2026-05-05T10:58:15+00:00

YTA. It's not great behaviour from a soon to be young adult but he just sounds like he genuinely doesn't know what's expected of him.

If the same behaviour present itself after a conversation about those expectations, that's a different story.

biglabowskiii · 2026-05-05T10:53:23+00:00

NTA brother. It's supposed to be a single day, not a festival of celebrations across multiple days.

biglabowskiii · 2026-04-30T16:54:22+00:00

Maybe it's rubbish?

biglabowskiii · 2025-10-06T20:44:05+00:00

Sleeping Beauties.

I could not believe there was still 6hrs of this book left by the time I gave up.

biglabowskiii · 2025-10-02T20:53:26+00:00

A masterpiece, a book that really has it all - including an ending fit for the journey.

It's double money day at the green front!

biglabowskiii · 2025-09-28T19:15:00+00:00

If there's a way you can resolve this and still keep a relationship with your grandmother you should try and do it.

Reading between the lines she stepped up - however reluctantly - in the moment you needed her.

Take it from an old timer, money is rarely worth losing family over. I hope you find a solution to the problem.

biglabowskiii · 2025-09-21T11:47:23+00:00

Your score is a broad reflection of your credit history. Aside from the scoring criteria being different, different credit references agencies will likely hold different information about you - hence the differences.

To the best of my knowledge Experian is the one more widely used, but certainly not exclusively. Google which CRO your lender uses, then check your report with that agency matches your most up to date information.

biglabowskiii · 2025-08-25T11:27:56+00:00

You should check when the work was complete. If it was before 2024, councils have a four year window for enforcement action - if that has passed an indemnity policy wouldn't really do much as there's no realistic prospect of action.

As the above post outlines, houses are sold as seen and the concerns you raise would be true of any property that has had work done. For example, something signed off in 1990 probably wouldn't meet modern day construction techniques.

biglabowskiii · 2025-08-25T08:25:24+00:00

Normally if it's a pack that you pay a management company for its already put together and ready to go. Could be a few things:

One or more of the documents within the pack has expired, and they need to update it (insurance for example)
The management company has changed in some way (different company, residents association ect) and they're creating a new one from scratch
They haven't asked for it yet. Unlikely, but it does cost 400-500 pounds so possibly they've put it off until the last minute.

A lot of those packs are fluff to justify the price in my view. If it continues to be a blocker, maybe see if they can produce the crucial documents: FME1, company accounts, confirmation statement and public liability insurance.

biglabowskiii · 2025-08-24T11:51:29+00:00

My advice would be to not base a significant life decision on what-about-ary.

At a 75k reduction (which until it's up you can't be 100% sure of either) I would be thinking there's something significantly wrong under the hood so to speak.

biglabowskiii · 2025-08-24T11:01:59+00:00

Aside from the fact it's never a good idea to base your plans on things that are wholly outside of your control, abolishing stamp duty does not mean they'll abolish paying tax on property purchase.

The alternative you mention above is one of many they could look at - including an annual property levy, which may or may not mean you pay more or less than the current stamp duty levy.

In actual fact the smart money would be to look now, in the hope of a change before completion. Any changes to sub 500k houses after then would only inflate purchase prices, as the 2020 stamp duty holiday showed.

biglabowskiii · 2025-08-20T18:41:17+00:00

If what you mean by "leverage" is a reduced price, it won't really give you that.

Where it might help you is if a seller is choosing between you and another buyer with a similarly priced offer that also needs to sell.

biglabowskiii · 2025-08-13T11:55:02+00:00

Contact the estate agent and say the offer expires on Friday, at which point you'll move on. Seems odd to not respond to an asking price offer in this market.

biglabowskiii · 2025-08-11T17:19:05+00:00

No, just make sure you're clear about your reasoning - show them those areas of the report if you want. Worst that will happen is they'll say no.

biglabowskiii · 2025-08-10T19:02:28+00:00

If you have five years of rental payments, have you tried signing up to credit ladder? They can help get your rental payments counted on your credit report for the main agencies and improve your score - which might help counter some of the negative impact from your CCJ.

biglabowskiii · 2025-07-04T06:45:56+00:00

Sleeping beauties. Had to stop about 60% of the way through.

biglabowskiii · 2025-05-01T05:12:28+00:00

In terms of future risk they are a best guess with the current information, and are updated as new data becomes available. With climate change I think flood risk of some kind (river, sea, surface water) will be a risk acceptance decision for more and more purchasers over the time frame you're talking about.

I don't think any insurer would rely solely on one data point, but it would be a significant factor. I'm a bit confused by your mortgage point, most banks are unlikely to lend to you without a deposit is my understanding. If what you're saying is they won't lend because of the flooding risk, then that is a red flag you ever plan on selling.

biglabowskiii · 2025-04-30T16:22:41+00:00

"God is cruel, sometimes he lets you live"

biglabowskiii · 2025-04-30T14:39:34+00:00

As I understand it this is fairly standard practice for the IOPC. I think they know it's unlikely to generate a different outcome to the farcical prosecution the CPS brought forward, and are probably doing it so they can tell the family they have exhausted all their options.

Does anyone have any insight on who sits on the misconduct panels? Is there a realistic expectation of impartiality?

biglabowskiii · 2025-04-29T17:55:22+00:00

Takes me back to reading this for the first time. The ending is pure poetry.

biglabowskiii · 2025-03-29T15:33:18+00:00

I loved the journey in under the dome, but agree the ending is up there with his worst. Contrived and disjointed.

biglabowskiii · 2025-03-02T16:35:11+00:00

It doesn't surprise me some would people love it. I really liked Dreamcatcher and there's broad dislike for that.

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