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  1. #1
    Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
    It really, really wasn't. There simply wasn't anywhere near enough credible evidence to put his guilt beyond reasonable doubt.
    Yes, but he was clearly of the criminal classes, wasn't he? And if he hadn't done that, he'd done something else. Best to lock him up and be on the safe side imo.

  2. #2
    Quote Originally Posted by Burney View Post
    Yes, but he was clearly of the criminal classes, wasn't he? And if he hadn't done that, he'd done something else. Best to lock him up and be on the safe side imo.
    Well he was a junkie with mental health issues but there was no mention of a criminal record. He was appallingly common, granted, but we can't lock all the common people up, can we? Who would serve us?

  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
    He was appallingly common, granted, but we can't lock all the common people up, can we? Who would serve us?
    Middle class foreigners, of course. That's what the EU is for, after all. Move capital around to where it is most profitable, and ship all the labour around after it to make sure it is cheap.

  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by Ash View Post
    Middle class foreigners, of course. That's what the EU is for, after all. Move capital around to where it is most profitable, and ship all the labour around after it to make sure it is cheap.
    Middle class foreigners is practically everybody nowadays though, isn't it. That's the trouble. And no-one says anything about the movement of capital until they lose their own job, do they.

    Thing is, what's wrong is wrong, always, all the time, and not just when it affects you personally.
    "Plenty of strikers can score goals," he said, gesturing to the famous old stands casting shadows around us.

    "But a lot have found it difficult wearing the number 9 shirt for The Arsenal."

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by Sir C View Post
    Well he was a junkie with mental health issues but there was no mention of a criminal record. He was appallingly common, granted, but we can't lock all the common people up, can we? Who would serve us?
    It doesn't sound like this fellow would be much good at serving, tbh.

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