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Battles past
Saturday quiz
Well, so-so this week. 6/10, same as political journalist John Rentoul. I did not know the answers to questions 1, 2, 7, and 9.
From the newspapers
We must get rid of the migrant-invaders. We must stop them crossing the Channel, sinking their boats if necessary, to deter others.
Tweets seen
The range may just be sufficient to reach Israeli territory, depending on the location of launch.
Bravo!
Remember the political prisoners.
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“Unsuspecting people are being accosted, threatened and ‘reverse robbed’ on Britain’s high streets as part of a sinister new ‘prank’ trend being nurtured by algorithms on websites like YouTube and TikTok across the world.“
[Daily Mail].
Such nuisances should be eliminated.
Please refer to previous comment.
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The chaotic shambles of post-colonial Africa…(in this case Nigeria, 63 years after “independence”).
Incidentally, 200,000 naira is worth just under £350.
The Kiev regime is not going to negotiate a peace.
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For “Jack Monroe” to be invited onto BBC Question Time just reinforces how irrelevant and sleazily corrupt the BBC (and much of the msm bubble) now is.
Much of the pro-“Jack Monroe” stuff on Twitter (apart from that posted by her, under pseudonyms) consists of “the Tory Government is evil and corrupt and gave billions in contracts to cronies, so why single out poor “Jack Monroe”, who only picks a pocket or two, only trolls her critics, who has only defrauded donors, and who only begs money from genuinely poor and vulnerable people, money that she spends or has spent on booze, drugs, and online purchases of all sorts?“.
Not very plausible.
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Ian Robert Millard 
Brilliant words by David Morgan. I hope he has a good lawyer because I am sure “they” will not leave him in peace. By “they” I was not referring to (((the usual suspects))) but to whole System or Establishment formed by dozens of thousands of willing executioners/lackeys.
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Claudius:
Since I first saw the tweets of David Morgan, about 2 months ago (I think), I have been mostly fairly impressed, bearing in mind his age. I too hope that he will both survive and thrive.
I would bet, though, that “they” (((they))) *are* the ones who instigated the police activity.
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My wife noticed that many (if not all) criminals in the UK who have been convicted for a felony are expected to serve only half of their sentence, which makes the whole thing a joke. Is this the result of some change in the law? I am asking on her behalf because she told me that in the past (I think she refers to the 1990s) 10 years meant 10 years.
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Claudius:
I am afraid that I have to say that Senora Claudius is, on this occasion, not correct. “Release on licence” (parole, in effect), or other early release, has *always* been part of English law, at least for over 150 years.
Various times have seen various “early release” schemes and criteria, such as “for good behaviour”, even in the late 19th century.
In the 1990s, if I recall aright, a prisoner could be released early after two-thirds of the sentence had been served, if the sentence was over (again from memory, may not be 100% right) either 2 or 4 years. People with light sentences of only a few months served all of the time (I think).
In fact, dependent on various criteria, a prisoner can now be released quite a few *months* ahead even of the halfway mark. I think (sorry for the imprecision…I am very rusty on such matters now) 135 days ahead of the halfway mark.
The problem is that, in the early 1980s, the prison population was about 45,000. Now— about 85,000. Drugs in society, the increasing numbers of non-whites in society, longer sentences for many of the more serious crimes, are all factors. Also, the increase of the general population from about 56 million to at least 66 million now (probably far more).
The prisons are now full (by decent standards, not by Central American, or some other standards in Asia, Africa etc). That is why one sees quite serious crimes of violence and acquisition resulting in non-custodial sentences now. Often suspended sentences combined with other penalties.
In fact, whole areas of minor crime are now scarcely treated as criminal unless repeated, or worth much money. Minor drug possession, shoplifting etc.
Incidentally, English law abandoned the distinction between “felony” and “misdemeanour” in the late 1960s. In the USA, it is different. There, there are still felonies, misdemeanours and mere “violations” such as the least serious motoring or parking offences, split into “moving” or “stationary” violations.
The English criminal courts used to be (pre-1968) split into magistrates’ courts, quarter-sessions, and assizes. Now there are only magistrates’ and Crown Courts, as well as a few others such as youth courts for defendants 10-17 years.
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Thank you for your explanation. I found very interesting the difference between felony and misdemeanour. The former are offences that would carry a minimum of a year in prison, the latter less than that.
As far as I know, here in Argentina, where the Law is based on the Napoleonic Code, crimes are just crimes or “delitos” from the Latin verb “delinquere” (to stray from the right path). Hence the expressions “delincuente” (in English: delinquent) o “criminal” used here to describe offenders.
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