*The Archers thread
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bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
In the time honoured tradition of The Archers, it's a DEFRA message. Asian hornets are a new and serious threat to bees and other pollinators.
It was utterly crass of them to link it to Asra and Zainab!
weltweit
Well-Known Member
If George has a decent lawyer there will be a chance of a suspended sentence because of how he saved people from the river - but on the other hand he framed Alice and didn't tell the truth, until he was forced to by his mum calling the police.
It seems likely he could go down, at least for a while.
It seems likely he could go down, at least for a while.
Elpenor
Dancing as fast as I can
“That Snell woman” as Joe Grundy would put it got on my nerves last night. I can imagine she will now try to atone for her offensiveness in the most excruciatingly Linda way over the next week. Perhaps the village play will be the Arabian Nights
I wasn’t clear what drink was being boycotted but I am not one for fizzy pop, was it a subtle reference to boycotting Israeli products?
I wasn’t clear what drink was being boycotted but I am not one for fizzy pop, was it a subtle reference to boycotting Israeli products?
kalmatthew
Lurker Extrodinaire
Well of course his bravery was only needed because of his actions which I feel does diminish it slightly!
PTK
Paul Kegan
Indeed. Will prison improve George, though?
And being pissed while driving.
He'd had a couple I think so if not pissed, at least potentially over the limit. And was he driving without insurance too?
I don't really listen to it consistently (generally just if it comes on while I'm cooking) so I'm not the person to ask really.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
ISTR he's being done for perverting the course of justice and dangerous (or was it just careless?) driving. Not TWOC or driving under the influence or wthout insurance, though those should have stuck. IRL they would have thrown the book at him.
Astonishingly, Alice hasn't been done for being drunk in charge, which would have been an easy collar even if her keys were in the glovebox.
But this is Ambridge, which bears very little resemblance to real life. So it's possible George will get a suspended sentence, so that he feels foolish and sheepish when all the prep for going to prison turns out to be not needed and there is a general sense of deflation and resentment all round, which will fester. But it would be cleaner dramatically if he was sent down for a year or so. Then everyone can say Told You So, and attention can turn to the growingly obvious racism and unexamined privilege in the village.
Astonishingly, Alice hasn't been done for being drunk in charge, which would have been an easy collar even if her keys were in the glovebox.
But this is Ambridge, which bears very little resemblance to real life. So it's possible George will get a suspended sentence, so that he feels foolish and sheepish when all the prep for going to prison turns out to be not needed and there is a general sense of deflation and resentment all round, which will fester. But it would be cleaner dramatically if he was sent down for a year or so. Then everyone can say Told You So, and attention can turn to the growingly obvious racism and unexamined privilege in the village.
kalmatthew
Lurker Extrodinaire
Maybe Alice (actually it feels more Brian) will mount a private prosecution for TWOC when he doesn't do time for dangerous driving or perverting the course.
kalmatthew
Lurker Extrodinaire
Taking without owners consent but yeah close enough
PTK
Paul Kegan
I think, but I am not sure, that the "discount" does not operate in the same way with a concurrent sentence.
Monte
You can't say lavatory without saying tory.
We don't know that.
He only had one bottle of cider that we know of.
We very rarely if ever get anything from outside of Ambridge in the first person.
I don't think we heard Freddie's experiences in prison. Only him relaying his experiences later. Not sure if we even got prison visits first hand.
