General News Thread

(11-05-2022 09:47 )circles_o_o_o Wrote:  Adidas sports bra advert banned in UK after complaints.
This was up on billboards for a while until it was ordered to be taken down.
Makes the "Hello Boys" look rather tame.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/m...witter-asa

Yep it does. It's s positively X-Rated compared to "Hello Boys"

(11-05-2022 18:01 )Charlemagne Wrote:  No both have lots of money but lack a bit in the brains department

What's the betting the judge will walk out after two days telling them both they are wasting valuable high court time?

Newsnight Economics Editor Ben Chu takes a look at whether the Queen's Speech addresses the cost of living crisis

How the high court allowed the trial to go ahead is beyond me and should been sent to a crown court

(19-05-2022 20:03 )lovebabes56 Wrote:  How the high court allowed the trial to go ahead is beyond me and should been sent to a crown court

We have these funny things called rules that say defamation cases of any value are dealt with by the Queen's Bench Division and usually heard at The Royal Courts of Justice in London.

BBC Ros Atkins on a windfall tax

You have to admire the RMT leader Mick Lynch.
He's brilliant at media, he never ducks an interview and he runs rings around the interviewer. Remember him tell Richard Maddley 'Richard, sometimes you do talk a load of twaddle' and he told Sky TV's Kay Burley that 'Your questions are nonsense'.

If only our politicians (on both sides) were as good on interview.

I must point out that I don't agree with the strike.
Both sides will have to come to an agreement sometime, maybe with the help of ACAS. But there's no need for the paying public to be so severely affected.