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The ongoing stupidity of Home Secretary Priti Patel

There's enough to have a pop at about Patel without stooping to what she looks like, which is not on IMO
Normally I would agree but I think the photo above is about her looking evil in that particular photo, not saying that she looks permanently evil. I mean she is permanently evil but normally looks like a perfectly reasonable human being.
 
14 July 2021: Home Secretary Priti Patel: "From today, anyone possessing one of these deadly weapons unlawfully will face the full force of the law."

Six months later ...

11 January 2022: LBC buys deadly 21-inch blade to expose loophole in 'pointless' zombie knife law


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"Police officers have revealed that laws introduced last year to tackle lethal blades are “pointless” and frustration is growing that officers are unable to take these dangerous weapons off the streets."
 
My favourite thing about Patel is for years she built her brand as the straight-talking, no-nonsense, send them back, lock them up a Tory wet dream. When mere months into becoming Home Secretary she's now constantly one of the least liked MPs on the Conservative Home poll and any article in the Daily Mail about her comments section is litter with her former fanboys calling her a weak loser.

Nonsense vs. reality.
 
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My Mum had a huge carving knife that was like a small machete, and it could have made for a pretty fearsome slashing weapon, especially given the slight curve in its blade. Doing a quick Google search, I can find a very similar knife available to legally purchase. Not a bad price at £40 either. Who needs punch daggers or short swords when you can get a 35cm blade fairly cheaply from a butcher's supply shop?

So what are these "new laws" actually supposed to do then? Apart from being another legal cudgel to use against disadvantaged communities? I'm pretty sure it's been illegal to run around all tooled up for a lot longer than since last year.
 
John Crace was delightfully direct today 😀
Can't paste a link I'm afraid as I've forgotten how to do it on my phone. 😀


It is quite a good dig. I'm surprised to learn in there that the Speaker has allowed an urgent question tomorrow so that Pretty Vacant can show herself up as a nasty peice of work again.
 
Splendid question Pickers old bean, but is it possible she's merely puddle-headed ? "Do not ascribe to malice that which can be explained by incompetence" as somebody said once.
Problem is women are probably more likely to be labelled incompetent over malicious.
 
She doesn't. This is purely play acting. She is happy to do this in such a serious context because she doesn't actually care about the context at all. Her real concerns are firmly elsewhere and much much closer to home.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice
Yes indeed. I should have added that this was her keynote speech at the vermin's yearly conference, playing to the gallery.
 
Immigration bill vote tonight, unsurprisingly all the good stuff like sending immigrants abroad approved with flying colours.

Back to the Lords for another review then it'll be law I think.
 
I thought it was to the Tory party. How the fuck do you get away with a donation like that ?
Tell me like I'm 5, I really don't get it.
 
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