Posts by Ana Simkiss
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ASMR! Lorde does it for me too. And Queens of the Stone Age, LCD Soundsystem... I never knew it was a thing!
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Fabulous Damian, great writing with lots of striking details. The staticky station-eek!
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Hard News: Trump's Dummkopfs, in reply to AndrewH,
That "grotesque foundation " is saving lives. Do your research before spouting right wing talking points. http://www.politifact.com/global-news/statements/2016/jun/15/hillary-clinton/clinton-clinton-foundation-helped-9-million-lower-/
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Fuck me, methadone for pain? Instead of cannabis? Now that is a dangerous drug. I have chronic pain but helpfully opioids make me sick so that's not on the menu!
Very positive initiative this. Just getting stories out like this and keeping it in the media helps.
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Hard News: This. Is. Crazy., in reply to Deborah,
It's very interesting. If MSD loans are not excluded, then the provisions of the CCCFA presumably apply & the loans could be oppressive, potentially void. I might go & do some research on this, I'm not sure if anyone else has.
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Good interview from Guyon this morning, and good to see John Campbell at his campaigning best on this issue. Now it just needs to stay in the headlines long enough to shame the government into doing something about it.
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So many bikes! And more e-bikes than I've ever seen in the wild before.
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Hard News: Friday Music: The Beatles'…, in reply to Russell Brown,
Commiserations Russell on the terrifying sounding surgery! Here's to a full recovery
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I confidently predict The Beths will be huge! I saw them maybe a year ago and they were superb live. I beleive they're at the Portland Public House on Saturday, if you can I urge you to go!
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Hard News: Judicial caprice is no way to…, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
To Rosemary McDonald and Katharine Moody:
As an admitted solicitor for 15 years and current holder of a practicing certificate I feel I ought to respond to this.
- you clearly have not bothered to learn about what the Law Society does to discipline its members. I assure you, they are very very effective.
- all lawyers MUST ACT ON THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THEIR CLIENT. I doubt you would enjoy a legal system where this were not true.
- some lawyers are better than others (including Crown Prosecutors). But just because you don't like Simon Bridges performance of his current job does not mean he lacks ethics or was no good at his former job.
- It's hardly unusual for the Crown to ask for a much higher sentence than is handed down (likewise, the defence would typically ask for a lower sentence).
- the person with discretion on the appropriate sentence here was THE JUDGE. Not the prosecutor.
- the ultimate responsibility here is with parliament, who WROTE THE LAW INCLUDING THE SENTENCING ACT.Lawyers of all kinds are the frequent butt of jokes and believe me we can take it. But by focusing on the individual here not only have you chosen the wrong person, you have taken your eye off the system.
