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Then why did the Tory UK government propose youth mobility schemes to some EU countries?

I didn't accuse them of regret, I said realism. A hard brexit was always going to be softened over time as the reality of the problems caused by it came to light. I didn't think the Tories would have been the ones to start it or so soon though.

The UK can cherry pick which countries they try to make arrangements with, but if those countries are in the EU and the agreement is for something that is an EU competency, any agreement will be with and cover the EU as a whole not individual countries. Still. The important bit is that the UK government is finally showing signs of realism about the benefits that freedom of movement brings.

The PO staff definitely seem to be preparing the groundwork for an 'I was incompetent' defence ahead of any police investigations.

You obviously didn't read it very carefully: So "little old UK" tried to smarmy their way up to some EU countries by proposing youth mobility deals and the EU have responded by saying it's got to apply to all the EU. It appears brexiters still haven't got their heads around the fact that the EU will not let brexit undermine the single market.

Let's be clear. The Tories started making allegations against Rayner, despite the police having previously investigated her and decided there was nothing for her to answer for, so they could repeatedly throw mud in the hope some would stick and discredit her. It's exactly what they did to Starmer over 'beergate'. The Tories don't care whether any of their allegations are true or not, they just want the opportunity to throw mud and, as with Starmer, getting the police to investigate just gives them more mud to throw. That Labour/their supporters are now using the same tactic against those associated with the Tory Party is entirely the fault of the Tory Party for opening up this can of worms in the first place. As with the Tories, the nature of the allegations don't really matter - it's just an opportunity to throw mud in an attempt to discredit the opposition. Additionally, if allegations against Tories, however tenuous, are made of a potentially criminal nature the police won't have a choice but to investigate because to do so for one political party but not another would demonstrate political bias. All those people who got away with their PPE fraud because the Tories decided it would be too embarrassing for their supporters to be investigated, might find themselves having sleepless nights.

Nice in theory. Now you've just got to stop politicians using sport for politics.

From the page alchresearch linked to:

24/7 news channels usually have a half hour cycle for reporting all the topics they are covering (which isn't everything in any case). It's usually much quicker to press the red button and look up the text for the things you're interested in.

In this case, the victim was handcuffed to a bed in the prone position (known to be risky) at a hospital, not out on the street looking for an opportunity to run away.

Bondi Junction was the shopping centre stabbings, the church stabbing was in a different district. The difference in the level reporting could be down to several people killed versus four injured. But the church stabbing is not going unreported. The Guardian's report on the church stabbing includes this about the attacker: A search for "sidney church stabbing" will produce reports from other mainstream media sites with similar details.

I do like they way they called it the National Conservatism Conference even though it is very much an International event. Presumably their supporters wouldn't like them using 'International' because it would imply they were cooperating with foreigners - even though that is exactly what they are doing.

It would have been very useful for poor families trying to do online schooling during the pandemic.

People don't get called conspiracy theorists for being skeptical of western mainstream media, they get called it for the sources they trust, without any skepticism, instead.

That would imply "that person holding an ideation" to use the police's words. Apart from the police saying it wasn't terrorism everything else is speculation at the moment.