Some similes need to adapt with changing technology - a 5W LED bulb can actually be quite bright 😀💡. Certainly brighter than the MPs in the UK House of Commons last Friday who supported an insane eco-mentalist Bill designed to take us back to the halcyon times of the Stone Age. My MP (Lib Dum) was listed as supporting the Bill before the debate, as were most Lib Dums including their intellectual giant of a leader, Ed Davey.

Robbo,

Good! And I hope they all die in prison.

In regards to the EU's "unPRESIDENTed" (see what I did there ;) shift in climate catastrophilia one would think that with America about to enter a new golden age (thanks to all Biden's plans just happening to come to fruition during Trumps Presidency), that the EU would be setting itself up to benefit off all that lovely cash and oil and gas thats about to flood the American homeland!!

But no, these intellectual midwits who are about as bright as 5w lightbulbs, just cant help themselves when it comes to hating OMB and they'd rather spite their face by cutting their noses off than get in bed with the Orange One and also benefit off his economy. It's almost as if these lightweights hate their own people.

These people are going to buy American made cars and Trump is going to tarif the f88k out of BMW and the EU did this to themselves.

Mailman,
Sentences looked a bit stiffer than that. Starting around p7 there are minimum custodial sentences of 17y, 12y, 20y ... with the effective sentences being double these (i.e. remain answerable to parole board for 34y, etc.). Seem to be the right order of magnitude. Court seems to be doing its job; the corruption is in the original failure to investigate or prosecute.

tomo,
Photoshop surely?

Conservative Woman on rape gangs and Southport stabber and Starmer's inquiry/deflection. Yes, let's blame the knives.

In less depressing news: this year's Australia Day ceremonies showed some pride in the nation. Hitherto, the trend had been apologetic, call it Invasion Day; what John Howard described as the black armband view of history. Not sure if the lifted mood is due to Trump's return or to the strong "No" result in The Voice referendum. Whatever the reason, glad to see it.

Jo Nova reckons Trump *is* the reason for the EU starting to backpedal on green nonsense. Pretty sure she's right on that one.

Robbo,

From going through the court document I could make out that pretty much those Pakistani men got little slaps on the hands, being sentence to 7 years in total which means they are all out of prison now (and probably got out after a couple years being locked up with many of their fellow nationals so no real hard time being done.

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Fair bit of good news in that lot. Not keen on the anti-abortion views listed for Ed Martin though. The point of the overturning of Roe v. Wade was that it *wasn't* the federal government's business. Taking this on would be making the swamp bigger again.

tomo,
Drag queen at Number 10: just bizarre. Who benefits? I suppose it fits Burns Night to the extent of providing prospects drear (though those are probably catered for well enough with four more years of the present government).

New article at Judith Curry's on the heavy hand of peer pressure in science. It includes anecdotes from climate and psychology but also gives passing mention to the coverup of "a heinous crime". Hadn't heard about "grooming gangs" in Oxford before. Not clear on the nature of the "coverup". Was it a coverup by the university, or the same turning a blind eye by the authorities as happened furthern north?