And that's before we get to legal pleas on behalf of those who may have committed a minor, or anti-social offence, aren't rich and famous, but are a figure of local interest or ridicule. One brick chucked from a passing car and this guy will be getting criticised by the coroner.
But: it pleases the base. And when legal challenges come, it'll please the base to blame woke-activist-lawyer-human-rights-blah-blah.
The fact is, it's not legal to do what he's suggesting.
Imagine if someone running to be PM had been convicted of affray, assault, or some other domestic-related offence and sentenced to community service.
Imagine if that person was a) recognisable b) a hate figure c) likely to stand out on a 'chain gang'.
Boris no likey at ALL.
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In lockdown, after I bitched on here about Thatcher selling off BT, my former student @hwewalker sent me this. (I've been sent it 3,000 times in the past 24hrs by men telling me they already know what I wrote and what I should have written). 2/
It's one interview from a man recalling events of 30 years past and making some sweeping assertions. There's no independent evidence to back it up, and it's got one major fact very wrong which is that Thatcher was booted in 1990 and therefore made no policy decisions in 1991.
30 years ago, the government felt there was no need to invest in the internet, as people only needed telecoms for things like phone calls and Teletext.
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Scroll forward a few years, and the Tory ideology that the marketplace could be left to its own devices has been proven utterly false.
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Britain has the worst broadband speeds in Europe, and 97% of us get online using Victorian tech that has barely changed since it was first invented to carry Morse code.
We get asked about this a lost on #theNewsAgenda, so this may help some. A thread on #epilepsy, the #vaccination, and what to do when you get left off the priority list. 1/
A while ago my mum, who'd read something about the neurological aspects of #COVID19, said to me: "You should be among the first to get your shot." I didn't feel particularly at risk, so I went mmm, yeah, right. 3/
Donald Trump has never lost anything in his life. His dad paid for someone to sit his exams, he dodged the draft, he litigated every business failure, and even multi-million dollar debts turn into a gain. /1
He had never even run for city council, never been rejected by the public, before he ran for the most important job on Earth. He is, psychologically, a 2-year-old learning for the first time his will does not form the world, that other people are equally, or more, valid. /2
Most children get over this with a few tantrums. He's facing it for the first time aged 74.
He doesn't need lawyers, or commentators, or a militia. What this guy needs is a really good shrink, and failing that, the naughty step.
In 1958, Eric Denson was ordered into a nuclear blast in order to conduct an experiment on his plane's radiation readings.
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He was sent home, covered in burns, vomiting, and with an altered personality. For 20 years he suffered with undiagnosable mental illness. The MoD said nothing was wrong with him. /2
Eric had crippling headaches and said he was in a suffocating black cloud. Twice his wife Shirley saved him from suicide. Eric killed himself on the third attempt in 1978, saying he couldn't take it any more.