Are we going to see riots this summer ?

[Lindermyer]

Looks more like he fired accidentally when the car hits him.

Would that then be an ND (albeit with extenuating circumstances) ?

 

[jockparamedic]

Would that then be an ND (albeit with extenuating circumstances) ?

Poor fekin trigger discipline.

 

[Blacula]

Looks more like he fired accidentally when the car hits him.

looking on the bright side once the minor crash damaged is sorted, a new windscreen is fitted & after a jolly good clean of the headlining.... somebody gets a cheap Lexus ?

 

[Listy]

As I get older I have found that it is much more relaxing, much less stressful to drive at the speed limit (or below if the conditions merit it). I set my cruise control to the speed limit, (my car has advanced cruise control which automatically slows the car if I get too close to another vehicle in front). How many times have I been tailgated or had morons pass me at stupidly high speeds? Innumerable.

The problem is, in the UK there are barely any traffic police, and everyone knows where the fixed cameras are. So the speeding driver slams on the brakes just before they get to the camera, then put the hammer down once they have passed it. I'll just continue at the speed limit and then catch them up at the next traffic lights, or truck, or tractor.

I too would extol the enjoyment of slowing the hell down. My current commute, means that I drive down lane one of the motorway at 60mph for fuel economy. By doing that I can make a full fuel tank last two weeks (Just!).
Meanwhile in lanes 2-4 there's people charging all over the place, slamming on breaks getting stressed and then accelerating. It's vastly calmer, and much more enjoyable, to just follow a HGV along in lane 1.

 

[Bus Pass 01]

Situation in Bristol might be worth watching, 400 or so families evacuated from tower block, evacuation looked like it was filmed in down town Mogadishu! Accommodation situation in Bristol is already dire with students and boat people. Some evacuated already restless. Block completed in 1958 so may well be at the end of it's life and repairs not an economic option?

Barton House evacuation: A week since Bristol residents left

Bristol City Council says it could take weeks to decide the future for the 400 Barton House residents.

www.bbc.co.uk

Beer and popcorn to be ordered?

 

[MoleBath]

The same city council that thinks it is qualified to regulate private landlords !

 

[Slime]

Situation in Bristol might be worth watching, 400 or so families evacuated from tower block, evacuation looked like it was filmed in down town Mogadishu! Accommodation situation in Bristol is already dire with students and boat people. Some evacuated already restless. Block completed in 1958 so may well be at the end of it's life and repairs not an economic option?

Barton House evacuation: A week since Bristol residents left

Bristol City Council says it could take weeks to decide the future for the 400 Barton House residents.

www.bbc.co.uk

Beer and popcorn to be ordered?

For clarification, the residents haven’t been evacuated, they have been told to leave, the difference being vast.
It’s a bit like those at Dunkirk being told to make their own way back to the U.K. at their own cost rather than the government organising the evacuation and providing the ships and small boats to collect the stranded soldiers.

Not everyone had left the block yet, and some that did leave have since returned.

The issue with these blocks has been known literally for decades, and it was only the fire brigades change to how they would respond d to a fire at the block that forced the (Labour run for decades) council to tell the residents to leave.

As to be expected, the local Labour MP has been trying to infer the Westminster Tory government need to sort this out.

 

[Slime]

As an add on to the above.
When this and other blocks were built Bristol had a need to clear lots of terraced slum dwellings. The government of the day offered tax breaks for buildings over six storeys high, so Bristol built as many tower blocks over six storeys as they could*, most of them being very poorly built from day one, and having known issues dating back to the ‘60s.
The issues with Barton house were well known, and many residents had spent years having water flowing into their flats from the internal structure.

As per above, despite residents pleading for repairs to be done, or pleading to be re housed it was the fire brigade who forced the council to act.

*The rash of ‘60s high rise building is why Bristol has some tower blocks built on the outskirts and surrounded by open countryside.

 

[Bus Pass 01]

For clarification, the residents haven’t been evacuated, they have been told to leave, the difference being vast.
It’s a bit like those at Dunkirk being told to make their own way back to the U.K. at their own cost rather than the government organising the evacuation and providing the ships and small boats to collect the stranded soldiers.

Not everyone had left the block yet, and some that did leave have since returned.

The issue with these blocks has been known literally for decades, and it was only the fire brigades change to how they would respond d to a fire at the block that forced the (Labour run for decades) council to tell the residents to leave.

As to be expected, the local Labour MP has been trying to infer the Westminster Tory government need to sort this out.

Evacuation, my choice of words, when this story broke it looked like a panic move - yes, some refused to go and remain at there own risk - Bristol's finest has not been sent in to evict them. Still looks like accute backside covering by the Council. But is block now at the end of life or economic repair? Tories Grrrrrrr,

 

[Slime]

Evacuation, my choice of words, when this story broke it looked like a panic move - yes, some refused to go and remain at there own risk - Bristol's finest has not been sent in to evict them. Still looks like accute backside covering by the Council. But is block now at the end of life or economic repair? Tories Grrrrrrr,

The local msm have been using ‘evacuation’. This has annoyed me as the council didn’t initially offer alternative accommodation, but instead asked residents to go and stay with friends or relatives.

The cynic in me just saw this as the council trying to get out of providing accommodation for the residents.
After all, if someone from Barton House goes to stay with a friend or relative and gets access to a kitchen and bathroom the council can wash their hands off them as they wouldn’t be homeless.

 

[MoleBath]

As an add on to the above.
When this and other blocks were built Bristol had a need to clear lots of terraced slum dwellings. The government of the day offered tax breaks for buildings over six storeys high, so Bristol built as many tower blocks over six storeys as they could*, most of them being very poorly built from day one, and having known issues dating back to the ‘60s.
The issues with Barton house were well known, and many residents had spent years having water flowing into their flats from the internal structure.

As per above, despite residents pleading for repairs to be done, or pleading to be re housed it was the fire brigade who forced the council to act.

*The rash of ‘60s high rise building is why Bristol has some tower blocks built on the outskirts and surrounded by open countryside.

open countryside. and burnt out cars

 

[Gone2ratshat]

Situation in Bristol might be worth watching, 400 or so families evacuated from tower block, evacuation looked like it was filmed in down town Mogadishu! Accommodation situation in Bristol is already dire with students and boat people. Some evacuated already restless. Block completed in 1958 so may well be at the end of it's life and repairs not an economic option?

Barton House evacuation: A week since Bristol residents left

Bristol City Council says it could take weeks to decide the future for the 400 Barton House residents.

www.bbc.co.uk

Beer and popcorn to be ordered?

Students are paying up to £4k per month for 5 bedroom house in central Bristol , I was there a couple of months ago and the GPS taken me down some back streets , as you said Mogadishu sums it up, maybe with a bit of Karachi thrown in, quite sad to see the country spiralling to the bottom at such a rapid rate.

 

[Gabion Groyne]

Situation in Bristol might be worth watching, 400 or so families evacuated from tower block, evacuation looked like it was filmed in down town Mogadishu! Accommodation situation in Bristol is already dire with students and boat people. Some evacuated already restless. Block completed in 1958 so may well be at the end of it's life and repairs not an economic option?

Barton House evacuation: A week since Bristol residents left

Bristol City Council says it could take weeks to decide the future for the 400 Barton House residents.

www.bbc.co.uk

Beer and popcorn to be ordered?

Just a small thing I noticed. First names only for non-whites but Christian name and surname for whites. Why's that?

 

[Dicky Ticker]

Just a small thing I noticed. First names only for non-whites but Christian name and surname for whites. Why's that?

Reporter can't spell?

 

[Londo]

Just a small thing I noticed. First names only for non-whites but Christian name and surname for whites. Why's that?

Unpronounceable ?