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Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th March 2024, 02:59 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Vince made a threat of legal action against...

Vince made a threat of legal action against Michael Fabricant for retweeting Staines (Guido).
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 4th March 2024, 03:06 AM
Replies: 52
Continuation Electric Vehicles II
Views: 1,633
Posted By Filippo Lippi
"things stop working on old cars - shock" ...

"things stop working on old cars - shock"

Also, that original app is rubbish. It doesn't work at important times like on cold mornings when you want to press heat your Leaf. "Luckily," my...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 29th February 2024, 02:26 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Esther Webber tweets

Esther Webber tweets
Forum: Trials and Errors 22nd February 2024, 10:17 PM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Post Office still being bastards...

Post Office still being bastards (https://twitter.com/nickwallis/status/1760707311704703359?s=19)
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 20th February 2024, 11:56 AM
Replies: 1,706
Continuation Musk buys Twitter II
Views: 70,244
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya has had...

Alexei Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya has had her account suspended - and then restored - on social media platform X...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 19th February 2024, 06:52 AM
Replies: 1,706
Continuation Musk buys Twitter II
Views: 70,244
Posted By Filippo Lippi
X suppressing free speech in India ...

X suppressing free speech in India (https://twitter.com/zoo_bear/status/1759554463138725955?t=jLkjoJN7VImQTns78x-HVA&s=19)
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 8th February 2024, 04:00 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Those figures seem light Eta - the impartial...

Those figures seem light

Eta - the impartial BBC say "an extra £200 million will be invested" every year.

Invested is a loaded word
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 7th February 2024, 11:42 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Please don't get dragged into the performative...

Please don't get dragged into the performative nonsense
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 4th February 2024, 11:48 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Pig Sticking, what?

Pig Sticking, what?
Forum: Trials and Errors 29th January 2024, 10:16 PM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
4 years before Horizon, no wonder the Top Brass...

4 years before Horizon, no wonder the Top Brass felt under pressure not to fail again
Forum: Trials and Errors 29th January 2024, 06:20 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Who wrote the Capture system, silly?

Who wrote the Capture system, silly?
Forum: Trials and Errors 29th January 2024, 04:51 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Who wrote that?

Who wrote that?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 26th January 2024, 11:36 PM
Replies: 2,170
Views: 166,019
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Ah, we're back to Billy claiming that he's under...

Ah, we're back to Billy claiming that he's under psychiatric care. I had forgotten he'd claimed that before - I'm out
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 26th January 2024, 11:32 PM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Michelle Mone’s former lawyer says he wants...

Michelle Mone’s former lawyer says he wants apology for ‘damage to reputation’...
Forum: Trials and Errors 26th January 2024, 06:44 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
I wondered about the professional bodies...

I wondered about the professional bodies representing the lawyers, what action are they taking?
Forum: Trials and Errors 25th January 2024, 10:12 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
As soon as Dailly the investigator said the other...

As soon as Dailly the investigator said the other day, "we had quotas to fill" this news was inevitable
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 24th January 2024, 10:48 AM
Replies: 2,170
Views: 166,019
Posted By Filippo Lippi
dupe

dupe
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 24th January 2024, 10:44 AM
Replies: 2,170
Views: 166,019
Posted By Filippo Lippi
They were* on the pavement outside his building,...

They were* on the pavement outside his building, iirc


* not
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 24th January 2024, 09:03 AM
Replies: 2,170
Views: 166,019
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Was this the pretend fundie Christians who...

Was this the pretend fundie Christians who threatened Billy's life?
Forum: Trials and Errors 23rd January 2024, 09:15 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
An excerpt of the BBC live feed reporting on the...

An excerpt of the BBC live feed reporting on the enquiry




"Recovery targets?" They were well down the slippery slope
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 23rd January 2024, 04:14 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
No, his strategists think it might distract a few...

No, his strategists think it might distract a few people for a short while if the Tory party claim that the BBC is biased, that way they won't be asked about the myriad ways in which the country is...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 22nd January 2024, 01:03 PM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
I have seen it argued that Blue hydrogen -...

I have seen it argued that

Blue hydrogen - an excuse for keeping pumping hydrocarbons

Green hydrocarbons - a really inefficient* use of electricity produced from renewable means


*probably...
Forum: Trials and Errors 20th January 2024, 07:47 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
As noted above, very few of those staff have come...

As noted above, very few of those staff have come forward so far
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 20th January 2024, 07:41 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
mumble mumble Big Oil mumble mumble

mumble mumble Big Oil mumble mumble
Forum: Trials and Errors 20th January 2024, 03:15 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Would normal retention rules, given data...

Would normal retention rules, given data protection regs, not make it unlikely that reports from people were not kept? Factor in Post Office and Fujitsu are quite likely to be motivated to apply...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 18th January 2024, 06:45 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Phillips no longer in the Shadow Cabinet, iirc

Phillips no longer in the Shadow Cabinet, iirc
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 17th January 2024, 09:05 AM
Replies: 2,179
Views: 135,413
Posted By Filippo Lippi
What do you get the man who has everything? ...

What do you get the man who has everything?

A rechargeable electrical device that can both trim and blow string. "Never be caught with a piece of unblown, overlong twine"
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 16th January 2024, 01:52 PM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Claims to be a massive Notts County fan. Now,...

Claims to be a massive Notts County fan. Now, local politicians tend to be useful to clubs and vice versa, it's a good photo opportunity, lots of constituents in one place, rich people buzzing about,...
Forum: Trials and Errors 15th January 2024, 12:25 PM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
David Aaronovitch says next we need to understand...

David Aaronovitch says next we need to understand the perpetrators (https://davidaaronovitch.substack.com/p/the-fatal-flaw-in-mr-bates-vs-the/)
Forum: Trials and Errors 14th January 2024, 02:18 PM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
:rolleyes::D Can I throw in "pensions?" A...

:rolleyes::D

Can I throw in "pensions?" A lot of people were (less so now) playing the long game in organisations like the Post Office and looking to retire on fat, final salary pensions. Why...
Forum: Trials and Errors 14th January 2024, 01:19 PM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Robert Peston on X

Robert Peston on X
Forum: Trials and Errors 13th January 2024, 04:42 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Discussing contract tendering with a mate last...

Discussing contract tendering with a mate last night, he said that Fujitsu were known to submit broad, cheap tenders where "could you just," would be "that would be extra" and that seems to have...
Forum: Trials and Errors 13th January 2024, 04:32 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Yes, yes, yes, no (they would not), yes, no

Yes, yes, yes, no (they would not), yes, no
Forum: Trials and Errors 12th January 2024, 06:03 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Yep

Yep
Forum: Trials and Errors 12th January 2024, 04:54 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
BBC's Panorama in 2015 featured Richard Roll's...

BBC's Panorama in 2015 featured Richard Roll's disclosure about Fujitsu in 2015 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67884743)

Not given any prominence by ITV, funny that
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th January 2024, 11:39 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
A former postmaster on BBC East Midlands Today...

A former postmaster on BBC East Midlands Today has just said that he was being investigated for a £7000 discrepancy by representatives of the Post Office and Fujitsu in his shop when they all...
Forum: Trials and Errors 11th January 2024, 09:28 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
I hope that investigator cannot sleep at night...

I hope that investigator cannot sleep at night (see comments above about It staff), but at least he's come clean. There's loads more who haven't
Forum: Trials and Errors 10th January 2024, 06:22 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Urgent Question, rather. The Tories contrived to...

Urgent Question, rather. The Tories contrived to announce the proposed exoneration via a a tame question at PMQ's
Forum: Trials and Errors 10th January 2024, 05:59 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Urgent statement in the House now

Urgent statement in the House now
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th January 2024, 03:22 AM
Replies: 2,179
Views: 135,413
Posted By Filippo Lippi
The only stories about BYD in Canada I can see...

The only stories about BYD in Canada I can see are about buses, sorry.

Meanwhile, sub-£20k ev coming to UK soon (https://www.dacia.co.uk/dacia-news/dacia-spring-is-coming-to-the-uk.html)
Forum: Trials and Errors 9th January 2024, 08:33 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Summary on the BBC website...

Summary on the BBC website (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67925872)
Forum: Trials and Errors 9th January 2024, 07:19 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
There was a KC (former chair of the bar council,...

There was a KC (former chair of the bar council, IIRC) on the radio talking about a blanket pardon yesterday. He said that the sub-postmasters don't want one, they want, in the main, to go back to...
Forum: Trials and Errors 9th January 2024, 01:40 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Yes, one guy. Hat's off to him. Because, as you...

Yes, one guy. Hat's off to him. Because, as you say, there was, at least, one team of support staff fixing things on a system developed by a team of programmers, tested by a team of testers, with...
Forum: Trials and Errors 9th January 2024, 12:40 AM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,150
Posted By Filippo Lippi
There's an army of contemptible people involved...

There's an army of contemptible people involved in this, but I must admit to holding a particular odium for that army of workers who were involved in the project at Fujitsu, but have remained silent....
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th January 2024, 10:21 AM
Replies: 2,179
Views: 135,413
Posted By Filippo Lippi
BYD sells more EVs than Tesla in Q4 of 2023...

BYD sells more EVs than Tesla in Q4 of 2023 (https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/02/cars/china-byd-ev-sales-increase-tesla-intl-hnk/index.html)
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 7th January 2024, 04:01 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
They will be preparing their dead cats now

They will be preparing their dead cats now
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 4th January 2024, 11:52 AM
Replies: 1,709
Views: 46,227
Posted By Filippo Lippi
And on that note, Pippa Crerar reports

And on that note, Pippa Crerar reports
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th December 2023, 01:46 PM
Replies: 80
Views: 2,374
Posted By Filippo Lippi
Stick it to them, LK

Stick it to them, LK
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 27th December 2023, 08:30 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 2,565
Posted By Filippo Lippi
I believe some of the use of alternative sports...

I believe some of the use of alternative sports aids by stars is actually distraction from plain old cheating
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 27th December 2023, 08:07 AM
Replies: 80
Views: 2,374
Posted By Filippo Lippi
I worry he may have done something rash. He might...

I worry he may have done something rash. He might have been in deep cover doing that crossing job?
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