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jt's avatar

Hello Northumberland! Good to see You again this fine Friday.

I'm sorry to hear Burnham is more progressive than Starmer. Here's hoping for Al Carns. And I'm sorry to hear about the PB trial. And especial the Conversion Therapy ban. Toby Young is right. And I agree with Jo Bartosch that heads should roll.

That's amazing about the Herculaneum scroll being read. And that's a lotta taxes.

I'm glad to see the bees are doing so well, and Paddy looks great, as always. Glad to hear the writing progresses.

And, as always, TY Michelle. Great roundup.

Michelle Styles's avatar

Good to see you as well JT.

I am just amazed at the conversion Therapy ban draft bill. There are so many ways that it could used as a weapon. And there is no statutory defence. Nothing for parents (for example) to say -- I was doing my best. I wanted my child to grow up to be a lesbian who did not suffer from the side effects of cross sex hormones and therefore I refused to fund private prescriptions.

There is a newly released Nowak police video which shows the two tier policing. Digwa is never handcuffed. His story was believed even as Nowak was undergoing CPR. It is jaw dropping . https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/26/police-failed-to-handcuff-nowak-killer-new-video-reveals/ or https://archive.ph/iMNDF

Bruce Miller's avatar

Sorry but if you vote Labour you are a traitor to your land. Shouldn't that be abundantly clear to anyone with a firing, functional neuron?

Michelle Styles's avatar

Unfortunately many people did and this is why we are in such a mess. It was a lacklustre landslide because the Conservatives made such a mess of it.

The whole conversion therapy ban bill was a promise from Teresa May in 2018, for example.

Bruce Miller's avatar

Yes the Tories, especially the laughable May, were fools, but that doesn't excuse stupidity in voting for something vastly worse just to make a "statement."

Michelle Styles's avatar

Because my blood pressure just sky rocketed. The police have released further Nowak footage. The police knew he had to be on the balance of probabilities lying as Nowak has just died from stab wounds but they never hand cuff him, unlike how they treated the innocent Nowak. https://x.com/sotontimes/status/2070466791332045217