Recent content by Bernie174

I agree, it is very much a perspective thing. And I certainly don't wouldn't and never have trusted Politicians, the press or union leaders. One exception to that, was a Union leader who at the time of the miners strike I went out with his daughter. Nice bloke but was horrified at Scargill's...

Now but when Thatcher took it away from us School Kids, everyone had the right hump...except me, I hated it!

So Scargill & the Tory Government in the 1970's didn't happen? 3 day week? Power cuts? What do you think the 80's minors strike was all about? It had little to do with his members Jobs, it was about getting rid of Thatcher. They were not all going to keep their jobs, they'd priced themselves...

The question you should be asking is why SYP spent money on other things. Given that how money that Police are given is spent isn't, and shouldn't be a political decision. There's a number of reasons, the worst one being the fear of senior officers of being accused of being racist. A quick...

No, it wasn't perfect, on that you're right. Not sure I agree with your assessments of why, but then it's easy to be wise after an event. And perhaps it's just not there and they did it all off their own back. I see why you wouldn't want to accept that possibility, but it is there.

This is where I think your idea falls over. You might be right, but given it's really better for everyone if there was grooming/persuasion/coercion and the easy of looking at past communications, why wouldn't the Authorities be screaming it from the rooftops? There's no secret squirrel...

On that I agree!!!!

Generalization? Did I mention this thread in there? Erm, no, I didn't. Please stop assuming. I actually meant in terms of the press and Muslim community. But you could have cleared that up much easier than going on the attack couldn't you? I've explained the reasons behind it the point, so I am...

Yes, it's cheaper on the face of it, but you still have to pay it even if you don't want to watch BBC. Also, it gets you at best 5 (not inc HD versions of SD channels) channels, OK, might be more if you watch sport, v how many Sky ones? So is it really cheaper?

I doubt we'll see them back in the UK unless 1. they are pregnant or 2. IS get the boot from Syria after they get the boot from Iraq. In the latter, then we really will have far more to worry about than them. In the former, they'll be much huff and puff, and then it will die down in case the...

Yes. There's a number of 'it could be' reasons. First the lack of evidence. And yes, not wishing to upset the Muslim Community is possibly amongst the others. If simply thinking MI5/MI6 is watching you somehow causes you to turn from Mild Mannered IT support Tech to head removing Muslim...

The Head of the Met Police, and the Head of Anti Terrorist Branch said that in evidence before the Home Affairs Select Committee earlier this week. So its a done deal.

I think you'll find that you've hit the nail on head, and why I asked what I did about why everyone seems to be hell bent on proving there was help and grooming. The fact that these are apparently sensible, level headed intelligent people, and have apparently of their own volition run off to...

It doesn't really matter what anyone thinks. What is important is whats provable. I don't think IS operate like the Labour Party for example, they don't have a register of members and cards handed out to people when they join. Given thats the case, you can't prove they 'joined' IS. Besides, as...

Assaults are all basically the same thing, seperated by degrees of injury. So at the bottom end there's common Assault Battery follows that But in general both the offences are referred to as common assault. The offenses go up in severity, along with the degree of injury - ABH, GBH, GBH...