I've been reminded of another children-and-bombsites film to fit into my schema of these postwar British productions. And it suggests that by 1954 these unofficial open spaces were just as dangerous to adults as they were to children. Talking Pictures TV showed The Eight O'Clock Walk the other day. This was a film born out of concern with the death penalty and reliance upon circumstantial evidence. As you can see in the clip above, Richard Attenborough has an April Fool trick played on him by a little girl who says she's lost her doll on a bombsite. Being in a ...
In a Liberal England first, the website Futurism wins our Headline of the Day Award. The judges were heard to quote Keir Starmer's judgement that AI offers a chance to turbocharge growth, create the companies of the future and radically improve oviewur public services.
As a solicitor working in the field of criminal law, I see people charged with offences involving controlled drugs every day. There are many offences, but to name just some: Possession with intent to supply Being concerned in the supply Cultivation Driving under the influence of drugs Fraudulent evasion of a prohibition on importing/exporting a controlled drug Supply (and intent to supply) psychoactive substances And of course, the one everyone is most familiar with, the offence of simply being in possession of a controlled drug. The Law The law on controlled drugs is quite simple and codified in the Misuse ...
The Guardian reports that Kemi Badenoch has been urged by a former Conservative pensions minister to clarify "what on earth she means" by suggesting the pensions triple lock could be means-tested, amid alarm within the party that she will lose support among older people. The paper says that the Conservative leader suggested she could back a major policy shift away from the universal promise introduced by the Liberal Democrats when in coalition with her party that the state pension will rise each year by whichever is highest out of 2.5%, inflation, or earnings: When asked during an LBC phone-in whether ...
They were celebrating in Gaza City when the ceasefire was announced on Wednesday. Men, women and children ran into the streets to shout, cry and pray. Then the Israeli bombs started to fall again. 110 more Palestinians died. Shortly afterwards it was announced that a last-minute hiccup had delayed Israeli cabinet approval. Will the ceasefire hold? The deal is the result of constant 24/7 negotiations brokered by Egypt, Qatar and the US. The bones of the agreement were announced by Biden in May. Benjamin Netanyahu, however, rejected it at the time. Donald Trump and Joe Biden can both take a ...
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