JAG

He is the King of the United Kingdom (not the King of England). There are a considerable number of Muslims in the United Kingdom. That's why he is doing this. He does things to celebrate/mark Easter, Christmas and Divali as well, for his Christian and Hindu subjects.

Alex Belfield's sentence was a reflection of the fact that he attempted to use the trial as a platform to continue his campaign against Vine and the BBC. That is why the judge gave him a sentence at the top end of "the range".

Pedantic I know, but he is the King of The United Kingdom (England, Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland), rather than "King of England". Also of course 15 other Commonwealth Realms, including Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Perhaps easier to refer to him in International columns as "The British King".

There are certainly some distinct and deliberate parallels.

All at the same time? Blimey, talk about multitasking!

I knew Andrew Wakefield - rather well ( unfortunately as it happens). He was at school with me, a couple of years ahead of me. He was a liar, a bully and a cheat back then. I make no claim to being "Tom Brown" but he was definitely the prototype for Flashman. I was one of his favourite victims, and for several months he made my life a living hell. Things rather came to a head when he beat the living daylights out of me in a park on the way home from school. It required a visit to casualty, a lot of dental treatment and the loss of 3 teeth. He was the headmasters favourite, and the headmaster wanted to dismiss it as " high spirits". My father (also a schoolmaster) threatened prosecution, and the headmaster caved - he was a magistrate and the chairman of the Youth Bench. He (Wakefield) was allowed to stay at the school for his last 6 months to complete his A levels - he was clever and had very influential parents. The Headmaster was in something of a cleft stick, I suspect that he would have rather I left, ( my father threatened to take me out) but I had just won a scholarship to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst for my last two years which would have greatly embarrassed the school! When Wakefield came unstuck with his fraudulent research I must confess I opened a bottle of Champagne! Central to his fraud was that he had bullied parents into allowing him to use their children for research. Leopards and spots and all that!

Recidivism rates for women are approximately 20%, for men approximately 26% (UK Home Office figures). It is also generally the case that the prison regime for women is not so harsh. This suggests ( heaven help me - this is going to upset some) that longer and harsher sentences are not particularly effective!

Deep sigh, breathe regularly before responding; NOT AS SEVERELY!

So how about the much hyped warning system, buoys out at sea, warning sirens and announcements, survival plans and instructions as to where to go... No, I thought not. A lot of money was spent on establishing a system of buoys, well out to sea, to give warning of a Tsunami. Were they maintained, do they still work?

Budget constraints my dear chap. Burglars, shoplifters and thievery will always be with us, but these sort of people, who question the actions of their establishment betters, must be stamped on and hard! Scruffy bugger mincing around with his hands in his pockets wasn't he?

"The left wants to destroy the Greatest country on Earth." How dare they, that is Trump/Musk's job!

And while we are about it, let's go back to steam engines and sailing ships - finally technology I can understand!

You tink too mut!

Well, obviously they needed a place to hold audit inquiries into whether they need to build such premises! What is deeply sad is that the lawyers are gathering even whilst there are so many trapped, some may still be alive, under the rubble

Drunk: he has something of a track record... Incompetent, responsible for the alleged security breach: he is the Secretary for Defence, and was actively engaging in discussing classified plans for a forthcoming operation on an unclassified messaging app! That is about as incompetent and irresponsible as it gets. I don't have any "masters" owe no allegiance to any political movement, British or American. I don't flame or libel you ( where in my post did I even mention you?) I do respond to ridiculous suggestions and frothy mouthed commentary with mockery or sarcasm from time to time, and you often draw such a response - others (if not you) may see some correlation there! I think that the "sad" and "confused" emojis are pointless and a waste of time, have been on record several times as saying so, and so make a point of not using them.