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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 30th August 2023, 05:14 AM
Replies: 2,164
Views: 74,690
Posted By Architect
Let's assume, firstly, that he means drinking...

Let's assume, firstly, that he means drinking water (which is debatable).



In all fairness, he's partially correct. The Drinking Water Quality Regulator for Scotland (DWQRS) has confirmed that...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 30th August 2023, 05:08 AM
Replies: 2,164
Views: 74,690
Posted By Architect
The problem is actually a bit different...

The problem is actually a bit different different.


Nitrate and phosphate contamination occurs as a result of industrial processes (notably agriculture) but also, importantly, residential...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th August 2023, 04:09 AM
Replies: 2,164
Views: 74,690
Posted By Architect
I understand that housing developers (in England)...

I understand that housing developers (in England) may now not have to comply with environmental standards for nitrate and phosphate discharges.


It has been a mantra of Westminster, notably in...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 11th June 2023, 10:23 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 9,651
Posted By Architect
As a general rule, anyone being questioned as a...

As a general rule, anyone being questioned as a suspect by the police should exercise their right to silence.



In any event she has now been released without charge. This is all part of a...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th May 2023, 08:43 AM
Replies: 673
Views: 16,367
Posted By Architect
I have a problem with the propositional logic...

I have a problem with the propositional logic here, inasmuch as it is based on an unsubstantiated assumption that the Police will not respond sufficiently rapdily to an armed attack.

Whilst I...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th May 2023, 08:16 AM
Replies: 673
Views: 16,367
Posted By Architect
The problem is the use of language which is...

The problem is the use of language which is clearly intended to evoke an emotional response. "Hide" and "hand over" are both misleading given the actual legislative backdrop.

In all fairness, I...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th May 2023, 08:01 AM
Replies: 673
Views: 16,367
Posted By Architect
As ever, it's a little more complex. ...

As ever, it's a little more complex.

Proportionate force is set out in Palmer v R (1971) and section 3 of the (English) Criminal law Act 1992.

Section 76 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th May 2023, 07:55 AM
Replies: 673
Views: 16,367
Posted By Architect
Well I have done previously, but by the time I...

Well I have done previously, but by the time I unlocked the cabinet and loaded the shotgun the Police would have arrived anyway.


Acquited of manslaughter or culpable homicide, depending on your...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th May 2023, 07:51 AM
Replies: 673
Views: 16,367
Posted By Architect
Argumentum ad passiones. The principle...

Argumentum ad passiones.


The principle objective as seen through the eyes of European and Commonwealth legislators courts is the preservation of life: goods are replaceable.

In any event, if...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th May 2023, 06:38 AM
Replies: 673
Views: 16,367
Posted By Architect
Yes, in theory. However if you could not...

Yes, in theory.

However if you could not because there were, for example, vulnerable people in the premises (sleeping children) then it would be tested against the group rather than the individual.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th May 2023, 06:35 AM
Replies: 673
Views: 16,367
Posted By Architect
I'm not sure that this is technically accurate. ...

I'm not sure that this is technically accurate.

In Scotland, for example, self-defence is a special and complete defence to charges alleging illegal use of force. There are, however, three...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th May 2023, 03:38 PM
Replies: 673
Views: 16,367
Posted By Architect
And what conclusions do you draw from other...

And what conclusions do you draw from other countries where this might, hyperbole aside, have been or is the case? Western Europe in particular? And can you also talk me through what evidence you...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th May 2023, 08:55 AM
Replies: 673
Views: 16,367
Posted By Architect
This is a refrain which we see in the USA...

This is a refrain which we see in the USA whenever the UK, Australia, and NZ are shown as examples of the way forward. The inferrence is that only farmers and their ilk are permitted firearms.
...
Forum: Trials and Errors 22nd April 2023, 03:06 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 3,030
Posted By Architect
Except it wasn't, for the reasons explained above.

Except it wasn't, for the reasons explained above.
Forum: Trials and Errors 22nd April 2023, 03:05 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 3,030
Posted By Architect
No, they're not the law but they are approved by...

No, they're not the law but they are approved by the High Court of the Judiciary and judges are required to follow them. The guidelies are developed and issued by the Scottish Sentencing Council, an...
Forum: Trials and Errors 21st April 2023, 10:02 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 3,030
Posted By Architect
I'm not sure what the problem with using...

I'm not sure what the problem with using technically correct language - on a skeptic forum - might be. If someone, especially someone very vocal, declines to acquaint themselves with such issues and...
Forum: Trials and Errors 21st April 2023, 06:07 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 3,030
Posted By Architect
In England there is, I understand, specific...

In England there is, I understand, specific provision for whole life sentences. Scotland is different:

https://www.scottishsentencingcouncil.org.uk/about-sentencing/myth-buster/


This is the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st April 2023, 06:02 AM
Replies: 446
Views: 17,389
Posted By Architect
Just to clarify for our US posters, whilst...

Just to clarify for our US posters, whilst ordinary Police in the mainland UK are not armed there are specialist Armed Response Vehicles (ARVs) for each force or division who are placed such as to...
Forum: Trials and Errors 21st April 2023, 05:50 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 3,030
Posted By Architect
Just to take this a little further, what the...

Just to take this a little further, what the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009 actually says is:


2 Sexual assault by penetration

(1)If a person (“A”), with any part of A's body or anything...
Forum: Trials and Errors 20th April 2023, 11:17 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 3,030
Posted By Architect
That would be assessed under the "protection"...

That would be assessed under the "protection" element.
Forum: Trials and Errors 20th April 2023, 02:18 PM
Replies: 71
Views: 3,030
Posted By Architect
So why is the law the problem rather than, for...

So why is the law the problem rather than, for example, sentencing guidelines?
Forum: Trials and Errors 20th April 2023, 08:44 AM
Replies: 71
Views: 3,030
Posted By Architect
A friend of mine, sadly passed away, was normally...

A friend of mine, sadly passed away, was normally Chief Inspector of Prisons for the Scottish Government. He did not deal with sentencing of course, but noted that this considered three strands...
Forum: Trials and Errors 18th April 2023, 04:03 AM
Replies: 1,609
Views: 39,396
Posted By Architect
I'm not sure if either jeremyp or zooterkin have...

I'm not sure if either jeremyp or zooterkin have been questioned by the Police or cross-examinated at some point, so apologies if I'm moving into mansplaining mode.

In preparing for questioning or...
Forum: Trials and Errors 17th April 2023, 01:01 PM
Replies: 1,609
Views: 39,396
Posted By Architect
You would have to show that the signage didn't...

You would have to show that the signage didn't comply with the 2016 regulations and other guidance first, in this hypothetical example. In the UK any highway with streetlights at 200m centres r less...
Forum: Trials and Errors 17th April 2023, 11:44 AM
Replies: 1,609
Views: 39,396
Posted By Architect
I live and work in jurisdictions where the judge...

I live and work in jurisdictions where the judge and jury are not allowed to draw any inferences from that, the right to silence being generally unqualified, and make no comment beyond observing that...
Forum: Trials and Errors 17th April 2023, 11:35 AM
Replies: 1,609
Views: 39,396
Posted By Architect
Questioning and cross-examination are not at all...

Questioning and cross-examination are not at all like people see on TV, and this is a typical example. Officers will not, typically, ask a question to which they do not know the answer. Memory is...
Forum: Trials and Errors 14th April 2023, 05:49 AM
Replies: 1,609
Views: 39,396
Posted By Architect
The direction to the jury is quite interesting.

The direction to the jury is quite interesting.
Forum: Trials and Errors 14th April 2023, 02:24 AM
Replies: 1,609
Views: 39,396
Posted By Architect
I recently read a third party account of a case...

I recently read a third party account of a case where I was an expert witness.

In that role, I had access to considerably more evidence than the commentator(s). That evidence would not have been...
Forum: Trials and Errors 12th April 2023, 08:08 AM
Replies: 1,609
Views: 39,396
Posted By Architect
"parts of the UK" would be more accurate then,...

"parts of the UK" would be more accurate then, yes?
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th April 2023, 05:24 AM
Replies: 1,609
Views: 39,396
Posted By Architect
That depends on your definition of "UK", doesn't...

That depends on your definition of "UK", doesn't it?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th January 2023, 05:58 AM
Replies: 291
Views: 9,816
Posted By Architect
I've decided that Channel 4's "The Windsors" was...

I've decided that Channel 4's "The Windsors" was actually quite accurate.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 20th October 2022, 05:45 AM
Replies: 3,153
Views: 174,040
Posted By Architect
Liz who?

Liz who?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 20th October 2022, 05:33 AM
Replies: 3,153
Views: 174,040
Posted By Architect
Some cack-handed effort at "this lady's not for...

Some cack-handed effort at "this lady's not for turning" perhaps?


She's a Poundland politician, and that may be a bit hard on Poundland.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 20th October 2022, 05:31 AM
Replies: 3,446
Views: 219,618
Posted By Architect
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imageh...

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/imagehosting/thum_1146663513fb20ae8e.jpg (http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=35967)
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 20th October 2022, 05:27 AM
Replies: 3,446
Views: 219,618
Posted By Architect
http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/data:i...

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAxIAAAKoCAYAAADj4slsAAAgAElEQVR4Xux9B3yb1bn+Y8e25CXJ2/GIHTt7B8ggA8LIhBAIYVPacsvspXTf29veXv69vZ0UaCkrUCgzYQXCyK...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 20th October 2022, 05:20 AM
Replies: 3,153
Views: 174,040
Posted By Architect
There's allegedly going to be some handwaving...

There's allegedly going to be some handwaving masquerading as a speech at 1.30pm.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 20th October 2022, 05:17 AM
Replies: 697
Views: 48,510
Posted By Architect
Apaprently undersea cable links have gone offline...

Apaprently undersea cable links have gone offline to the northern isles in Scotland and hence the Faroes. Eyebrows being raised in the Scottish press.......
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 20th October 2022, 05:13 AM
Replies: 3,446
Views: 219,618
Posted By Architect
Scottish press is raising an eyebrow or two about...

Scottish press is raising an eyebrow or two about the sudden "loss" of the IT and phone cabling linking the northern isles to the mainland and, seperately, to the Faroes given the damage to the...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 13th October 2022, 04:42 AM
Replies: 3,153
Views: 174,040
Posted By Architect
It's a common insult here, yes.

It's a common insult here, yes.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th July 2022, 07:31 AM
Replies: 3,119
Views: 140,445
Posted By Architect
I observe in passing that the Daily Fail has...

I observe in passing that the Daily Fail has changed its initial headline ("no case to answer") to an inflammatory "another establishment stitch-up", the latter allegedly the claim of the...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 6th July 2022, 01:24 PM
Replies: 3,119
Views: 140,445
Posted By Architect
Am I going to wake up in a moment and realise...

Am I going to wake up in a moment and realise it's just a comedy dream?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th June 2022, 09:39 AM
Replies: 176
Views: 7,495
Posted By Architect
I'm sorry but that is painting with an...

I'm sorry but that is painting with an excessively broad brush.


The party remains split between the gradualists, who I suspect would be happy to wait a few more years for Indyref #2 (so, for...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th June 2022, 09:35 AM
Replies: 176
Views: 7,495
Posted By Architect
Speaking as someone who also comes from the...

Speaking as someone who also comes from the periphery, I think the extent to which some centralisation is suggested as problematic is overly simplified. SFRS, for example, still operates using...
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th June 2022, 02:43 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,273
Posted By Architect
Mojo Wrong. Different qualification,...

Mojo


Wrong. Different qualification, different training, different legal system and....different legal aid system. For a start we didn't have the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of...
Forum: Trials and Errors 28th June 2022, 01:28 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,273
Posted By Architect
As an aside, this is not the system in the whole...

As an aside, this is not the system in the whole of the UK. It is quite different in Scotland.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 21st June 2022, 05:35 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,529
Posted By Architect
I merely observe in passing that there was...

I merely observe in passing that there was evidence of frequent breaches of Swedish territorial waters in the 1980s, the source of which was generally thought to be the USSR although there was some...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 21st June 2022, 04:10 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 3,529
Posted By Architect
I can understand that it is inconvenient for...

I can understand that it is inconvenient for Russia but, inasmuch as the materials/materiel can be transported by sea then it's hardly a blockade. I therefore wonder if they're reacting to a slap...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 27th February 2022, 10:37 AM
Replies: 3,211
Views: 113,363
Posted By Architect
I wouldn't say that in jest, given the apparently...

I wouldn't say that in jest, given the apparently rash decisions he has been making of late.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th February 2022, 05:52 AM
Replies: 46
Split Thread: Vaccine accessibility
Views: 1,985
Posted By Architect
That UK density figure is misleading. The...

That UK density figure is misleading. The Scottish Highlands, for example, have a population density of 8 people per sq.km. In the islands - say, North Ronaldsay - you're a 2hr40 ferry trip each...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 18th December 2021, 01:47 PM
Replies: 3,709
Views: 178,674
Posted By Architect
You are correct: it wasn't.

You are correct: it wasn't.
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