Super-Twat

[Kim]

In a sane society, Lewis Hamilton would be forced to do his next Grand Prix dressed as Princess Peach from Mario Kart

https://twitter.com/frankieboyle/status/945962002832351238

Better would be for him to be beaten in his next Grand Prix by someone dressed as Princess Peach from Mario Kart.  Not least because it wouldn't be perpetuating the same reasoning that earned him super-twat status in the first place.

Actually, Formula 1 would be greatly improved by borrowing from Mario Kart generally.  Or Micro Machines.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Or Wacky Races.

[Polar Bear]

Peter Perfect

The joke was, of course, that he was far from perfect, expecially his car, which often ran into mechanical trouble — or fell apart. Still, this studly do-right managed to end up tied for the most wins on the series. His persona and dragster just seem a little too bland. This is Wacky Races after all.

[Kim]

Or Wacky Races.

The BHPC is thattaway -->

[Mr Larrington]

You have to wonder whether Dick Dastardly would have done a lot better if he hadn't squandered so much time and effort on cheating.

[Torslanda]

This much was elf-eveident at the age of 6³/₄.

An allegory for the tories...?

[Redlight]

Chrissy Teigen, whoever she may be

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42492467

First for using her phone to tweet away merrily from an airplane (unless it's now allowed) and secondly for thinking anyone gives a s--t.

[Kim]

I believe that WiFi on planes is now A Thing.

[TigaSefi]

 WiFi been on planes for yonks

[rogerzilla]

It's probably also more expensive per byte than an SMS message.

[clarion]

Chrissy Teigen is normally more sensible than this would indicate

[Kim]

To be fair, people tweet about all sorts of things that are far less significant.  Indeed, back before it was a means of being attacked by TERFs and gamergaters engaging with brands and celebrities, and was much more SMS-oriented, the one thing Twitter was obviously useful for was sending broadcast messages to anyone who cared when your travel plans were disrupted.

I've no idea who Chrissy Teigen is (I assume a celebrity brand to be engaged with), but that a flight would be diverted on the basis of what appears to be a ticketing issue is news to me.  It seems spectacularly wasteful, not to mention needlessly disruptive.  If it were a train, the passenger in question would be met by some stern transport police at the destination and/or directed to the next one heading back the way they came.

I can only assume it's a cover story for something unsavoury.  A criminal fleeing the relevant jurisdiction, or some such.

[mattc]

Well, the police shouldn't be communicating that to my employer. I'm not breaking any law. Besides, any scut present on my hard drive was put there by the Porn Fairy or is a legitimate piece of Thought Leadership. Tidy hair is, of course, important in such matters. No one wants to see a poorly groomed unicorn.

I've been thinking pretty much the same, but was too scared to say it; of course now that someone with Tidy Hair is onboard, I feel a bit safer owning up to this view 

[Mr Larrington]

Premier-league sanctimonious tax-dodging sillybollocks and general twat Bonio excels himself: Bono Is Sad Men Have No Outlet For Their Anger Now That They Let Women Make Music

H/t to Ms Gallumbits for the link.

[Redlight]

Premier-league sanctimonious tax-dodging sillybollocks and general twat Bonio excels himself: Bono Is Sad Men Have No Outlet For Their Anger Now That They Let Women Make Music

H/t to Ms Gallumbits for the link.

Nah. Stupid, opinionated artlcle, ableit about an opinionated dickhead who is probably no more stupid than me but has the misfortune to have his opinionated comments broadcast as though they were more important than any other stupid opinionated dickhead's.

For all his faults, I do get the sense that he wants to use his fame for good, even if that means that he sometimes seems to be a bit of sanctimonious  pratt.   Rather that  than Mick Hucknall telling us to vote Labour.

[T42]

Premier-league sanctimonious tax-dodging sillybollocks and general twat Bonio excels himself: Bono Is Sad Men Have No Outlet For Their Anger Now That They Let Women Make Music

H/t to Ms Gallumbits for the link.

Can't say I've ever taken any notice of him. Looks like I was right.

[mattc]

[Bono]  Rather that  than Mick Hucknall

Oh jeesus. Is that the choice we have to make?

It's like choosing between May and ... well one of the other useless wannabe leaders. I think we're doomed ...

[Polar Bear]

Well, the police shouldn't be communicating that to my employer. I'm not breaking any law. Besides, any scut present on my hard drive was put there by the Porn Fairy or is a legitimate piece of Thought Leadership. Tidy hair is, of course, important in such matters. No one wants to see a poorly groomed unicorn.

I've been thinking pretty much the same, but was too scared to say it; of course now that someone with Tidy Hair is onboard, I feel a bit safer owning up to this view 

Ruffles hair: 

We are supposed to be the employers of politicians and thus have a right not only to know what misdemeanours they are up to but also should have the ability to give them the very sharp and swift elbow to the hurty place imo.  They have made up the rules to protect themselves whereas normally any other employee wouldn't have the same privilege of protection from their employer.  When a politician blatantly lies then in my book the line is crossed.  I don't care what party the politician is from and I believe that we should all be subject to the exact same rules.

If they were subject to the same rules as we are then I'd view this differently.   An exception deserves an exception.  Privilege should not protect.

Ok. so perhaps I should be ranting in POBI but I don't go in there.

That's my last word on this.

[ian]

I think you miss the point. The point is that it's not police business and I think there should be a reasonable expectation of confidentiality and certainly that the police (acting or former) don't use information they have in a political context. I think that's a dangerous path to take.

We're not, by-the-by, the employers of MPs. We elect them. I couldn't care less if he had scut, tbh. He's a bloke and I'd hazard not the only male to have glanced at ladies in sartorial distress and then blamed the Porn Fairy when caught. We had a chap once who didn't realise you had to empty the 'trash can.' Our official lab Frenchy made the point is splendidly gallic fashion by using said computer where full protective gear and gloves. "This," she loudly declared with the sort of withering disdain that only French women of a certain age can attain, "is because of your filthy nocturnal passions." Tbh, she's the only person I've ever met who has used the term 'filthy nocturnal passions.' Anyway, point made, he used someone else's computer for those filthy nocturnal passions. I will say that Emilie took about two hours sorting through that trash can to ascertain the precise level of filth, plot, and dialogue.

Of course, given that's Damian Green is an oleaginous smear of a man, schadenfreude isn't just a word I have trouble spelling.

[Polar Bear]

Actually, I think you miss my point but we could go on disagreeing forever. 

I don't agree with the police state but the investigation was triggered by leaks of confidential home office material by the then opposition, something else they shouldn't be doing.  the porn discovery was not made public at the time but only this year after Green's privilege of position contributed imo to Quick having to resign.

If any of us at our motherships was being investigated for one reason and porn was found on our computers, you can bet your bottom dollar that we'd be dismissed for gross misconduct and not simply shoved out of one high paying extra job but keeping at least two others.

It's funny how politicians see the police as the protectors of their tyranny until they get caught with the virtual jizz mag and outed for their behaviour toward a female journalist and daughter of a family friend if I am not mistaken.  Politicians only give a shit about procedure and potential injustice when they find themselves in the spotlight. 

[mattc]

That sounds like two-wrongs-making-a-right logic to me.

Sure, you're right to observe that MPs get away with shit because of their position; but that doesn't justify throwing away the rulebook on their rights, and how the police should act.

(Just as you can't piss on someone that drops litter in your garden.)

[fuzzy]

That sounds like two-wrongs-making-a-right logic to me.

Sure, you're right to observe that MPs get away with shit because of their position; but that doesn't justify throwing away the rulebook on their rights, and how the police should act.

(Just as you can't piss on someone that drops litter in your garden.)

But you can get them punished. Litter dropped from a public place into a private place is an offence.

Just saying, like

[Polar Bear]

Toby Young.

When your best defence is from Boris Johnson ...   


What are people really thinking when the like sof Young are appointed to such positions?

[Beardy]

What are people really thinking when the like sof Young are appointed to such positions?

As it's politics I suspect their own skin and little else. She needs to keep the Nazis right happy or they'll tear her to bits.

[mattc]

That sounds like two-wrongs-making-a-right logic to me.

Sure, you're right to observe that MPs get away with shit because of their position; but that doesn't justify throwing away the rulebook on their rights, and how the police should act.

(Just as you can't piss on someone that drops litter in your garden.)

But you can get them punished. Litter dropped from a public place into a private place is an offence.

Just saying, like

Yes, you follow a LEGAL PROCESS to get them convicted. You don't phone up some dodgy copper (whom you may or may not know from a cycling forum) and
get him to release embarrassing details of someone's life for public consumption (and prurient finger-pointing).

Do you see the difference? Just asking, like!