jonski43

I don't give him long. Several reports in the press of the Tories concerned about him and the mail is very critical of him too now. Gove has gone quiet so wouldn't surprise me if there's a leadership challenge shortly. And yes, we all know he's a laughing stock as we think the same!

Yipes. That's all so sad especially the young guy. But where do they get a million dollars from to get this done? And they all look fine before. Back implants though

Literally in the last hour, a tory MP has been stabbed to death at his constituency surgery (where people can talk to their MP) by a 25 year old Somalian. This is the second MP murdered in six years since the killing of Jo Cox. Truly shocking. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2021/oct/15/david-amess-conservative-mp-stabbed-latest-updates

This is shocking and quite random. At least five people have been killed and two others injured in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg by a man armed with a bow and arrow, police said. The attacker’s motive was not yet clear, Aas said, but police were not ruling out terrorism. “One person has performed these actions alone,” he said. “It is natural to consider whether it is an act of terrorism. But the man has not been questioned and it is too early to come to any conclusion.” https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/13/several-killed-bow-and-arrow-attack-norway?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other&__twitter_impression=true

Wasn't it their crackdown on the LGBT community that started all this off? I thought the EU threatened some kind of sanctions? And I read the Danes, Dutch and Italians were all considering leaving in the last few years. But this is the only one where it's because of a clash with the EU.

Millions of documents reveal offshore deals and assets of more than 100 billionaires, 30 world leaders and 300 public officials. This could get interesting! They include the ruler of Jordan, King Abdullah II, who has amassed a secret $100m property empire spanning Malibu, Washington and London. The king of Jordan declined to answer specific questions but said there would be nothing improper about him owning properties via offshore companies. Tony and Cherie Blair saved hundreds of thousands of pounds in property taxes when acquiring a London office building from an offshore company partially owned by a prominent Bahraini minister. The files also show that Azerbaijan’s ruling Aliyev family has traded close to £400m of UK property in recent years. The prime minister of the Czech republic, Andrej Babiš, who is up for election this week, is facing questions over why he used an offshore investment company to acquire a $22m chateau in the south of France. https://amp.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/03/pandora-papers-biggest-ever-leak-of-offshore-data-exposes-financial-secrets-of-rich-and-powerful?__twitter_impression=true

There is some evidence that it works and it's currently being looked at which I think it's driving this but yes, still doesn't mean this version is suitable for human consumption. It's quite shocking to see how people have behaved over the past couple of years.

China bans 'sissy men' from TV, demands masculine role models and orders broadcasters to stop promoting 'vulgar internet stars' as President Xi expands his war on fame and capitalism. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9951089/China-bans-sissy-men-TV-new-crackdown.html

There's a very famous quote that you should never invade Afghanistan as you won't win although I can't find the original source. I don't see how there could be a positive outcome whoever was in charge of withdrawing the US troops although Biden seems particularly unprepared.

No it really is the financial institutions but it's because there was child porn being loaded up. IIRC they're not a publicly listed company so it won't affect share price and perhaps they can create a business based around content creators like fitness instructors etc and lose the porn tag. More like Instagram. There are plenty of porn replacements.

There's actually people on there like fitness instructors who can charge for their services which is a good idea but can they grow that enough to have a business? The reason given is that they were not stopping explicit content featuring under eighteen year olds. I wonder what the value of the company will drop by!

Hands up how many of you will be affected.