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Not before plastering the faces of an innocent couple nationwide. I think they deserve reparation for this.
Newspapers reported their names, usually that happens off the back of neighbours tipping off the papers for cash about the police knocking on doors.
This country ( UK ) is highly prone to mass psychosis. Not really ascribing anything negative there, just an observation. A few winters ago there was minute by minute updates on Bird Flu. The press was covering swans and ducks found dead on the ground. Each individual fowl corpse was covered in breathless detail amongst infographics and timelines The government was manoeuvred into buying close to a billion pounds of…
This country ( UK ) is highly prone to mass psychosis. Not really ascribing anything negative there, just an observation. A few winters ago there was minute by minute updates on Bird Flu. The press was covering swans and ducks found dead on the ground. Each individual fowl corpse was covered in breathless detail amongst infographics and timelines The government was manoeuvred into buying close to a billion pounds of…
They didn't say this to avoid spooking the public, and having a whole lot of people cancel their flights and holidays (plus it would have been major fuel for the Yellow Vests).
This country ( UK ) is highly prone to mass psychosis. Not really ascribing anything negative there, just an observation. A few winters ago there was minute by minute updates on Bird Flu. The press was covering swans and ducks found dead on the ground. Each individual fowl corpse was covered in breathless detail amongst infographics and timelines The government was manoeuvred into buying close to a billion pounds of…
£9bn was about the total prescription medication budget at the time, so I think you've gone wrong somewhere.
Not before plastering the faces of an innocent couple nationwide. I think they deserve reparation for this.
> The suggestion there may not have been any drones at Gatwick Airport was a "miscommunication by police", a government source has told the BBC. > During a conference call between ministers, chaired by Transport Secretary Chris Grayling, it was agreed the 67 drone sightings were legitimate. ( https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-46670714 ) As much as "it was all a false alarm" would make a killer headline (and clear…
The Police in the UK often say the most ludicrous things in statements, and the basic public speaking skills of the people they choose to put out is often very limited. They always look like they're caught in the headlights while trying to sweatily stumble through reading some words off a page. I'm not sure what institutionally causes this, but it must be something causing it as it's always the same. Remember when re…
There was also the scandal where a v senior copper on the Cyber side was found cheating.
Not before plastering the faces of an innocent couple nationwide. I think they deserve reparation for this.
The paper's that did that made clearly libellous claims - because the couple had not yet been charged with an offence when their names were published. Those paper's can now expect libel claims against them, although given the clear breach of libel law I expect they will wish to settle out of court rather than take on the extra expense of a court case they can't win.
And yet, from the article: "investigators do have more to work with after they recovered a fallen and damaged drone from the north side of the airport."
Which technically can mean a lot of things, that drone could have been there for a while, and just been found when they combed everything for a drone.
Not before plastering the faces of an innocent couple nationwide. I think they deserve reparation for this.
As far as we know it wasn't the police who reported their names and addresses. Police typically don't release names until someone is charged. Newspapers reported their names, usually that happens off the back of neighbours tipping off the papers for cash about the police knocking on doors.