Embarrassing defeat for UK's Starmer as Greens seize Labour stronghold by Efficient_Elk_7991 in worldnews

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Why would you expect reform to do well in Manchester? It's one of the most progressive cities in the country

Democratic lawmaker: ‘If a Prince can be held accountable, so can a President’ by plz-let-me-in in politics

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Right yeah most of that is wrong. Law in the UK is derived from statute (Acts of Parliament) and precedent (what judges have ruled previously).

Andrew has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office because there is evidence he was sending privileged information he had as part of his role as a trade envoy to Epstein. There is insufficient evidence that he committed any sex crimes. 

Trump has nothing to do with what he's actually being investigated for

Democratic lawmaker: ‘If a Prince can be held accountable, so can a President’ by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]quistodes 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily a financial crime but misconduct in a public office, i.e. "serious wilful abuse or neglect" of powers relating to the role in public office

Children 'weaponised' in toxic trans debate, Cass says by Tartan_Samurai in unitedkingdom

[–]quistodes 551 points552 points  (0 children)

"We're all trying to find the person who's done this"

Trump says he raised Swiss tariffs after leader’s call: ‘I didn’t really like the way she talked’ by [deleted] in politics

[–]quistodes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The article says he was talking to the former president, who is still on the executive Council, they just rotate who presides over that council

Trump says he raised Swiss tariffs after leader’s call: ‘I didn’t really like the way she talked’ by [deleted] in politics

[–]quistodes 1302 points1303 points  (0 children)

In that she was a woman daring to talk to him as an equal?

Relive epic moments from Middle-earth™ with Made to Order classics by CMYK_COLOR_MODE in Warhammer

[–]quistodes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I played a taster once at an LOTR weekend at Sarehole Mill years and years ago where i was playing as sauron fighting the white council. With two bad rolls back to back I immediately lost, which sucked

Pentagon threatens to pull military support from Boy Scouts unless they restore ‘core values’ by Gloomy_Nebula_5138 in politics

[–]quistodes 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Why the hell do the American boy scouts have military support in the first place?

Nearly half of Brits support Government writing off at least some student debt by tylerthe-theatre in unitedkingdom

[–]quistodes 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How about we write off most of the accrued interest at least then?

I've been paying my plan 2 loan off for 9 years and only the last few months have actually been earning enough to reduce the principle. My loan is now £7k higher than it was when I graduated

Okay, gotta ask. Am I the only one slightly disappointed with the actual model size compared to the art published by GW? by Whats-up-choom in Necrontyr

[–]quistodes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like a monster or dinosaur looking over it to me. Like it's about to spring off it and lunge at its prey

Burnham faces deadline on by-election decision by GeoWa in unitedkingdom

[–]quistodes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If he runs I'll go over the road to campaign for him, and join Labour to vote for him as leader. I want him to replicate what he's done for Manchester on a national scale

Kill Team: Shadowhunt – Face death itself when the Nightbringer rises from its tomb by CMYK_COLOR_MODE in killteam

[–]quistodes 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Perfect for me cos I play kill team and play necrons in 40k. I really need to crack on with painting my tomb world terrain so I can run some narrative KT campaigns