Young people not so proud of being English

krish

Not exactly like for like with the compare and contrast there ... one is the person, the other is fans of the person.

The twitterverse probably also has Moggmentum types angry at a lefty liberal BBC sketch mocking their hero.

Sonic67

That was why "compare and contrast." But yes, Corbyn's fans went crazy that a sketch should be done of him, Mogg thought it was funny and posted it.
Nothing seen so far. A search on Ullman still links back to the upset Labour tweets. A search on Mogg links to him.

Toko Black

Translation for you:

According to legend [Accounts [all of which should be considered mythical] tend to agree] that he was a Roman soldier.

Accounts [all of which should be considered mythical] differ regarding whether George was born.

krish

Probably because he got in there first. Now they love him even more.

Sonic67

Agreed. He was around nearly 2000 years ago, difficult to be accurate. I was surprised at him being said to be "Greek" as I thought he was Turkish/Palestinian and all accounts of his birth are speculative. Both Wikipedia and my link agree on that.

Sonic67

And he also adopted his Walter The Softy connection.

                                                                       

justincase

Yes that is correct,,his plea was guilty, case closed
Footage online,,anyone could judge for themselves.

" You'll find most trials have various reporting restrictions placed upon them, sometimes from minor issues to protecting the identity of witnesses and defendants."

Most,, are you sure about that ?
I've never disputed the validity or necessity of the reporting restrictions in this case,all i know is there were no such restrictions in place when i was on the jury of a sex offence but i don't care either way...My point all along has been that the judiciary may have given ammo to the right wing or left wing or any other wing for that matter

You said " The Far Right are merely taking advantage of people's ignorance of contempt of court laws (which are designed to prevent trials from collapsing due to juries being unduly influenced etc"

Which is clearly not true...They were and never have been designed for any such thing..
The reporting restriction was to serve the purpose of preventing the jury being unduly influenced not a contempt of court law,,the defiance of the court ordered reporting restriction is the contempt

They will most certainly take advantage of this situation for all they can..As i understand it the LAW is you can film or photograph anything that you can see from a public place

My point is if you want to say that anyone is ignorant of contempt of court laws it would pay to be correct about it yourself

As for my comment  about  knowing the difference between lawful and legal it actually had no bearing about this debate at all,,,i just wish everybody did know the difference..

Have a nice evening

Cliff

I think the difference is that the Cornyn sketch was just too close to the rather unpleasant truth about his former friends and associates.
I didn't find it very funny- ---clever and so close to the truth, yes.
I did smile when Jerry Adams retorted that he wasn't a member of the IRA either, though.

robel

Yes I was most surprised to see Gerry Adams make a cameo appearance.....

Sonic67

They haven't gone away you know.