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Woman alleged to have broken law has to go to court. Weather at 11.

Still at least they realise you can't grow concrete... 1452953890975014912

Juries are expected to act on the weight of evidence, not of their own personal convictions. Have you ever watched "12 Angry Men"?

Few assault convictions on the way there.

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Oh I agree wholeheartedly with virtually everything there. What I think counts against Churchill during this period is his indifferent, many would say callous, attitude to the Bengal famine which tarnishes that period (only slightly mind). However I personally (with my historian hat on) am...

In my experience with old Winston in the last few years it's less "he's a baddie" but more "he's not as unquestionably good as he was seen as being a few decades ago".

If you're having trouble booking time off work I'd suggest contacting your local Union rep.

Can I ask the same question to you about Brexit?

I didn’t realise not wanting to make the planet uninhabitable was “woke” now?

But the point about the woman having a stroke is not relevant other than as an indirect consequence. In the same way if while driving you don't let someone out of a junction, they then get caught by a level crossing and miss the birth of their child it cannot be claimed you were intentionally...

If you want to suggest illegal activity that's up to you.

The traffic jam is not the indirect result, the woman having a stroke is. As I suspect you knew in your attempt to be glib.

That's absolutely tragic, but it's also clearly not the intended aim of the protestors. Are we all to be held accountable for the indirect results of our actions now? It used to be the case that when there was a traffic jam (which happened all the time even before these protestors rocked up...

Right, so are we also banning protests in central London in case an ambulance or fire engine needs to travel down Whitehall?

So protests should only be allowed when nobody is inconvenienced by them?

The suffragettes also annoyed loads of people with their protests back in the early years of the 20th century. They were on the right side of history too.

Their actions are incredibly annoying. You know what else is incredibly annoying? That beeping noise you get in smoke alarms when the battery is dying. Do you know why it is annoying? Because it makes you do something about it. Same principle applies.