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David Lammy has launched a drive to encourage people as young as 18 to volunteer as magistrates to help tackle the courts crisis. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/eighteen-year-olds-urged-to-sign-up-as-magistrates/ar-AA1Tu4Qj?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=695918eb7cef4a06979b9964f9c491bb&ei=17 Makes me wonder what David Lammy is on getting Eighteen-year-olds urged to sign up as magistrates🤔

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/12/iran-protests-donald-trump-us-military-options Donald Trump has claimed Iran has reached out and proposed negotiations, as he considers “very strong” military action against the regime over a deadly crackdown on protesters that has reportedly killed hundreds. There was protests about economic problems which seem to have boiled over into violence, with the protesters killing police and setting things on fire. Now the government have opened fire on some of the protesters. Looks like a bit of a bloodbath

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdyvn176lzo Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife has been captured by the US in "large-scale" strikes on the South American nation, Donald Trump has said. Absolute disgrace from the US, anda disgrace that our government hasn't condemned this attack. We would undoubtedly be saying more if Russia had attacked Ukraine and captured Zelensky and taken him to Russia, what's the difference?

https://www.firstpost.com/world/ireland-pushes-for-mandatory-id-verification-on-social-media-across-eu-13963777.html It's interesting that they frame this as a move that defends democracy. I would say that in a democracy you need to have the ability to criticize your government anonymously, and not worry about retribution. How safe do you think a Chinese person would feel criticizing Xi Jingping online, knowing that the CCP can track that criticism right back to them?

Even by the desperately grim standards that are becoming all too familiar, the case of two teenage migrants jailed for raping a 15-year-old girl marks a new low in depravity. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15369169/illegal-migrants-raped-abused-girls-Britain.html 🤬

Police and crime commissioners will be abolished in a move Labour claims will save taxpayers £100million. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15287437/Labour-abolish-Police-Crime-Commissioners-bid-cut-red-tape-giving-oversight-councils-mayors.html Always said police don,t need Crime commissioners .👍

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpnz05kr8o Security minister Dan Jarvis has said the government will not tolerate "covert and calculated" attempts to interfere with the UK's sovereign affairs, after MI5 warned MPs of the risk from Chinese spies. I always laugh at the holier than thou approach the government seems to have in these stories. Yes we need to be alert and take security seriously, but all countries spy on each other and that is nothing new. Our own security services will no doubt be up to all sorts of covert actions and attempting to interfere with Chinese sovereign affairs, which their security people will be trying to detect and shut down. None…

https://news.sky.com/story/gaza-hostages-israel-hamas-war-latest-release-palestinian-prisoners-sky-news-live-13443931 Hamas is releasing all the remaining 48 hostages, and in return Israel is releasing 1,950 Palestinians. Hopefully this is an end to the fighting, but it's a 20 point peace plan that includes Hamas disarming (something they have ruled out) and a path to statehood for Palestine (which Netanyahu apparently won't accept) so not sure how it's going to go.

Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper were among those who spoke out about a video that came to light on social media in the wake of the attack https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/2089105/Airport-Manchester-Labour-thug-assault 🤬🤬 They need to back our police not kick them down 😠be glad when this government are gone.

Retired police officers will be forced to give evidence to an inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave - which will begin later this year despite claims it is a 'waste' of taxpayer money. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14924495/Retired-police-officers-forced-evidence-Battle-Orgreave-inquiry-amid-concerns-probe-held-40-years-miners-strike-clash-sheer-waste-taxpayers-cash.html I agree this is a waste of money on this Orgreave inquiry👍

A secret operation smuggling migrants TO Britain is being run by ministers who signed off the projected £7billion cost while a 'superinjunction' kept taxpayers and MPs in the dark. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14901607/Afghan-secret-migrant-airlift-ministers-gagged-Daily-Mail-superinjunction.html Why was the people of the UK😠 not told about this?

As a techie, I've always known that RFID is easy to copy but I got more of a shock when I realised that Barclays has decided to send me a contactless card. A simple Google search just shows so many stories about how easy it is to read all the data from a credit/debit card and copy it. Yes, I know it's only maximum of £10 or £15 per transaction, but that's what makes it scary. It's so little, I probably won't even notice if I had been 'phished'. Read the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_identity_theft Especially the last paragraph: (See the following video regarding that last paragraph:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X034R3yzDhw And watch this: …