Notices by Fitheach (fitheach@mstdn.io), page 24

@gemlog @bob @andyc @StuC @GreenandBlack

I saw a Tweet from the Met' saying they have received several complaints. I should hope something will now happen.

I've also seen several barristers opine that it was an assault, and a former chief prosecutor (Nazir Afzal) at the CPS also called it an assault.

@gemlog @bob @GreenandBlack @StuC @andyc

Note also that his portfolio "covers climate change".

It is beginning to look like Mr Field had some scores to settle.

@gemlog @bob @GreenandBlack
@StuC
@andyc

M'lud, I'd like to present Exhibit 1, a letter from Mark Field MP to the Met' Police where he asks that they:

"take a much firmer grip..." on climate protesters.

I rest my case.

@debacle
Oh, right. I hadn't appreciated there was a split like that.

@orbifx posted this link for Jabber/XPMM:
https://search.jabbercat.org/rooms/1

Is there something similar for Matrix?

@gemlog
Conveniently, banker is also rhyming slang.

@bob

@gemlog
Of course, they were a bunch of bankers.

@bob

@gemlog
Thank heavens I didn't give it the -c -c double option or it would have been at it all weekend.

So, Chris Davies (Con) is removed as an MP, triggering a by-election. This was the result of a sufficient number of his constituents signing a recall petition in response to him faking expenses.

This reduces the Tory+DUP majority by one. Potentially a winnable seat for the LibDems if national polling were applied in Brecon and Radnorshire.

Here's hoping Mr Field could also face a recall petition.

@bob
Last night's protest was entirely non-violent. The response by Field certainly was violent. It would set a dark precedent if field wasn't prosecuted for his actions. It didn't appear as if Field tried to "reason" with her, he very quickly moved to push her out by the neck.

@andyc
Really? That sounds like the kind of excuse Field would come out with to justify his attack. I'm seeing reports that the women had invites to the event and weren't trespassing. Regardless his actions were completely disproportionate and were an immediate reaction. Where was his request for the protestors to desist or leave?

BTW can you have "aggravated trespass" in a building?

https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/trespass-and-nuisance-land

@StuC
Indeed. The whole thing is dripping with Victorian attitude.

Mark Field MP
Mansion House dinner.

As far as I am aware Mr Field was not under attack, nor was anyone else. In which case it wasn't self-defence.

Video evidence suggests that he assaulted the Greenpeace protester, that is completely unacceptable. I should hope the Metropolitan Police will press charges and the CPS should pursue a case against him.

#Greenpeace #MansionHouse

@reinhard
You got it!

https://mstdn.io/@fitheach/102309137499590178

@yukiame
They are quite a bit bigger than ice hockey pucks, about 10cm diameter. Much smaller than traditional Gouda rounds. I've never measured one, but they look to be around 30-40cm diameter. I watched some cheese makers do a display with cheeses in Gouda.

@SunDancer @trebach @iona @jk @bruno

@SunDancer @trebach @iona @jk @yukiame @bruno
If you said cheese you were correct.

Our neighbours brought it back as a gift for us. They got it in Schiphol airport, Amsterdam. I think it was a great idea. Each one is a different Gouda: red = plain, yellow = herbs, green = pesto and white is a Gouda made from goat's milk.

Only eaten a little of the plain one, so far, and it was really tasty.

#food #Gouda #cheese

Can you guess the object?

@wizardofosmium
True.
@orbifx

@orbifx
TBF sun is still rising until noon. 😃