Max Power Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, doc.fixit said: You say many wise things, but the bit about travellers is the best yet. Having had a few run ins with them I couldn't agree more. See the reports today about their attitude to covid and the massive input of help given to a group of them by the local authority. A friend of mine had a motorhome stolen in the UK, all on CCTV and well organised, towed away with the alarm going off in the middle of a city. The police knew who it was, they knew where the vehicle was, but wouldn't go onto the gypsy site to get it back. The insurance company were not very impressed but what could they do! They are shits and the police are scared of them. Have a look at this, I heard from someone who is in the know that the affair was a lot worse than reported... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-44288992 Edited July 27, 2020 by Max Power 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 Some people ultimately got jailed for that. Also, there was a theory that the brewery wanted it to happen so they could advance plans to demolish it. But thats one of those pub style stories. Been demolished and sold now though... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Max Power said: A friend of mine had a motorhome stolen in the UK, all on CCTV and well organised, towed away with the alarm going off in the middle of a city. The police knew who it was, they knew where the vehicle was, but wouldn't go onto the gypsy site to get it back. The insurance company were not very impressed but what could they do! Probably not gypsies, but "travellers". Where I lived for a long time in South London many years ago, there were many permanent traveller sites. One of the favoured activities would be to arrange early morning trots on major roads, including the M25! They would flog two wheel, horse drawn trotting carts up and down the road. No regard for the other users of the road or the animals, unless it was a good horse, of course. Never an arrest made as I can remember. Lots of other stuff, like pretty open theft, scamming, usually vulnerable victims, harassment, extortion and so on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 7 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: Some people ultimately got jailed for that. Also, there was a theory that the brewery wanted it to happen so they could advance plans to demolish it. But thats one of those pub style stories. Been demolished and sold now though... The new brewery was on the point of being commissioned I was told? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, Max Power said: The new brewery was on the point of being commissioned I was told? Yeah yeah, Thwaites were due to move to it (and now have) but the traveller invasion sped it up. https://www.cps.gov.uk/north-west/news/family-sentenced-over-ps240000-theft-and-damage-thwaites-brewery 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 I recommend anyone who doesn’t support the equality and inclusion aims of BLM or doubts white privilege, and the level of discrimination that does exist, to watch Antony Walker on catchup. TV dramatisation of a true story. The Jimmy McGovern screen play and story telling device is powerful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, John Wright said: I recommend anyone who doesn’t support the equality and inclusion aims of BLM or doubts white privilege, and the level of discrimination that does exist, to watch Antony Walker on catchup. TV dramatisation of a true story. The Jimmy McGovern screen play and story telling device is powerful. Yes apparently the screenplay by a white 70 year old man really captures what it’s like to be young black and violently killed. Edited July 27, 2020 by thesultanofsheight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 John, I think most people support equality and inclusion, but not BLM. There is a huge difference. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 BTW,I am watching the BBC series on Iraq at the moment. I have recorded the dramatisation "Anthony". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shake me up Judy Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 20 minutes ago, John Wright said: I recommend anyone who doesn’t support the equality and inclusion aims of BLM or doubts white privilege, and the level of discrimination that does exist, to watch Antony Walker on catchup. TV dramatisation of a true story. The Jimmy McGovern screen play and story telling device is powerful. My understanding was that it wasn't a true story but an imagined dramatisation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 8 hours ago, Shake me up Judy said: My understanding was that it wasn't a true story but an imagined dramatisation. It's an imagined dramatisation of the life Anthony Walker could have lived had he not been killed in a racist attack at 18. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.K. Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 10 minutes ago, Declan said: It's an imagined dramatisation of the life Anthony Walker could have lived had he not been killed in a racist attack at 18. That seems to me a strange subject to dramatise. But then with no play yesterday in the Third Test against the Windies because of the Manchester Monsoon the Beeb replaced it with "Celebrity Antiques Roadshow" thus showing a complete lack of understanding of today's cricket fan. For a start there wasn't a single Beer Snake....! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 12 hours ago, Gladys said: BTW,I am watching the BBC series on Iraq at the moment. I have recorded the dramatisation "Anthony". If ever a nation had a reason to hate the West.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 2 hours ago, Max Power said: If ever a nation had a reason to hate the West.... Indeed. I often wonder what the real reason was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Money. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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