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Old Dutch. New Scot. Always European.
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Old Dutch. New Scot. Always European.
Also on @wanwizard@mastodon.scot.
My dad always used to say "given that tax is a percentage, the more tax I pay, the more I have in my pocket. I'll gladly pay millions in tax". And he was a bank director.
November 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My dad always used to say "given that tax is a percentage, the more tax I pay, the more I have in my pocket. I'll gladly pay millions in tax". And he was a bank director.
In effect they are not a "servant of the King", but of the government. Politics should stay out of the judiciary, and should limit themselfs to making laws.
It is one of the many, many things in the UK that is still firmly stuck in the 1800's.
It is one of the many, many things in the UK that is still firmly stuck in the 1800's.
November 30, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In effect they are not a "servant of the King", but of the government. Politics should stay out of the judiciary, and should limit themselfs to making laws.
It is one of the many, many things in the UK that is still firmly stuck in the 1800's.
It is one of the many, many things in the UK that is still firmly stuck in the 1800's.
Ok.
It us always possible to find something that proves your point.
This single case says nothing about juries being better than judges.
It maybe does highlight the absence of political independence in the judiciary.
It us always possible to find something that proves your point.
This single case says nothing about juries being better than judges.
It maybe does highlight the absence of political independence in the judiciary.
November 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Ok.
It us always possible to find something that proves your point.
This single case says nothing about juries being better than judges.
It maybe does highlight the absence of political independence in the judiciary.
It us always possible to find something that proves your point.
This single case says nothing about juries being better than judges.
It maybe does highlight the absence of political independence in the judiciary.
Courts should never be presided over by a single judge, but always by an uneven number, three or more. To rule out personal bias, concious or not.
November 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Courts should never be presided over by a single judge, but always by an uneven number, three or more. To rule out personal bias, concious or not.
Don't think that was ever sold in the country I grew up in. Looks like with a bit of tinkering you could get a decent speed of of that...
November 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Don't think that was ever sold in the country I grew up in. Looks like with a bit of tinkering you could get a decent speed of of that...
Cool, but no option for us, we would have been picked of the road in no time. The trick was having something fast and high powered that still looked like a 50cc 40 km/h moped, and the skills to loose the polis when they were on to you...
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Cool, but no option for us, we would have been picked of the road in no time. The trick was having something fast and high powered that still looked like a 50cc 40 km/h moped, and the skills to loose the polis when they were on to you...
It is bound to happen. Some of us are old enough to remember and have lost lots when the last dot-com bubble burst.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It is bound to happen. Some of us are old enough to remember and have lost lots when the last dot-com bubble burst.
I had an old Berini first, then when I was 14 a 70cc Benelli, and at 16 a 70cc watercooled Yamaha FS1. Highly illegal, but you have to do something when school is 20km away, and no money for the bus...
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I had an old Berini first, then when I was 14 a 70cc Benelli, and at 16 a 70cc watercooled Yamaha FS1. Highly illegal, but you have to do something when school is 20km away, and no money for the bus...
Thanks for the reminder. Done.
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thanks for the reminder. Done.
At least it makes it clear to everyone on which side of the BBC bias discussion we can find Robbie Gibb...
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
At least it makes it clear to everyone on which side of the BBC bias discussion we can find Robbie Gibb...
My sentiments exactly.
And a lot of the backlash isn't about the juries at all, but about the fear judges are not independent and can therefore not be trusted. If that is the case, than that should be fixed, not worked around.
And a lot of the backlash isn't about the juries at all, but about the fear judges are not independent and can therefore not be trusted. If that is the case, than that should be fixed, not worked around.
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
My sentiments exactly.
And a lot of the backlash isn't about the juries at all, but about the fear judges are not independent and can therefore not be trusted. If that is the case, than that should be fixed, not worked around.
And a lot of the backlash isn't about the juries at all, but about the fear judges are not independent and can therefore not be trusted. If that is the case, than that should be fixed, not worked around.
And the only point I wanted to make is that I think that having a panel of highly trained, independent judges is preferable to a group of random John Doe's from the street.
It is about correctly applying the law, not what average Andy thinks of it.
It is about correctly applying the law, not what average Andy thinks of it.
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
And the only point I wanted to make is that I think that having a panel of highly trained, independent judges is preferable to a group of random John Doe's from the street.
It is about correctly applying the law, not what average Andy thinks of it.
It is about correctly applying the law, not what average Andy thinks of it.
This isn't about trials.
It is about the usefulness of having a jury, made up of untrained and bored people, all wanting to be somewhere else, all easily and often heavily biased to due media exposure.
It is about the usefulness of having a jury, made up of untrained and bored people, all wanting to be somewhere else, all easily and often heavily biased to due media exposure.
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This isn't about trials.
It is about the usefulness of having a jury, made up of untrained and bored people, all wanting to be somewhere else, all easily and often heavily biased to due media exposure.
It is about the usefulness of having a jury, made up of untrained and bored people, all wanting to be somewhere else, all easily and often heavily biased to due media exposure.
You make no sense.
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
You make no sense.
Depends on how you look at it.
That "right wing party" is just that, not governing, and therefor in the short term not relevant.
Contrary to the US of A, which has a facist party and a facist president in charge.
That "right wing party" is just that, not governing, and therefor in the short term not relevant.
Contrary to the US of A, which has a facist party and a facist president in charge.
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Depends on how you look at it.
That "right wing party" is just that, not governing, and therefor in the short term not relevant.
Contrary to the US of A, which has a facist party and a facist president in charge.
That "right wing party" is just that, not governing, and therefor in the short term not relevant.
Contrary to the US of A, which has a facist party and a facist president in charge.
Because she was forced into a U-turn by Zack Polanski's rise and her backbenchers rebelling, not because she wanted to.
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Because she was forced into a U-turn by Zack Polanski's rise and her backbenchers rebelling, not because she wanted to.
Yes, I do, and yes, it is.
But the existence of juries doesn't stop that, only a reform of the judiciary so that they are truely independent and not under control of the MoJ will achieve that.
But the existence of juries doesn't stop that, only a reform of the judiciary so that they are truely independent and not under control of the MoJ will achieve that.
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yes, I do, and yes, it is.
But the existence of juries doesn't stop that, only a reform of the judiciary so that they are truely independent and not under control of the MoJ will achieve that.
But the existence of juries doesn't stop that, only a reform of the judiciary so that they are truely independent and not under control of the MoJ will achieve that.
This distills to "I fear brown people"
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This distills to "I fear brown people"
In any propery organized country, the tax man knows what you are earning, and can pre-populate your self assesment.
Like it happens in many other countries, as long as you don't have any non-standard income, all you have to do is check, confirm, send.
Like it happens in many other countries, as long as you don't have any non-standard income, all you have to do is check, confirm, send.
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In any propery organized country, the tax man knows what you are earning, and can pre-populate your self assesment.
Like it happens in many other countries, as long as you don't have any non-standard income, all you have to do is check, confirm, send.
Like it happens in many other countries, as long as you don't have any non-standard income, all you have to do is check, confirm, send.
Which also proves the real reason for blocking independence is to continue using Scotland as a cash-coo...
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Which also proves the real reason for blocking independence is to continue using Scotland as a cash-coo...
I can't comment on that, as I don't know the details.
The point I was trying to make was that having juries is not the solution for the lack of trust in the government. That can only be solved by reforming the legal system.
The point I was trying to make was that having juries is not the solution for the lack of trust in the government. That can only be solved by reforming the legal system.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I can't comment on that, as I don't know the details.
The point I was trying to make was that having juries is not the solution for the lack of trust in the government. That can only be solved by reforming the legal system.
The point I was trying to make was that having juries is not the solution for the lack of trust in the government. That can only be solved by reforming the legal system.
If your problem is "I don't trust the indepence of judges (because they work for the government I don't trust either)", your problem goes a lot futher than jury's or no jury's.
In NL, they don't work for the state, they report (ultimately) to the Supreme Court. Which is independent.
In NL, they don't work for the state, they report (ultimately) to the Supreme Court. Which is independent.
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If your problem is "I don't trust the indepence of judges (because they work for the government I don't trust either)", your problem goes a lot futher than jury's or no jury's.
In NL, they don't work for the state, they report (ultimately) to the Supreme Court. Which is independent.
In NL, they don't work for the state, they report (ultimately) to the Supreme Court. Which is independent.
It does mean you would need a lot more judges that there are currently, but it would speed up cases.
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It does mean you would need a lot more judges that there are currently, but it would speed up cases.
As someone used to EU courts: “destroy justice as we know it” isn't necessarily a bad thing, trained judges are much better at judging than the average Joe Public, who is easily influenced and manipulated.
In the EU courts are presided over by 3,5 or 7 judges, dependent on the (level of the) case.
In the EU courts are presided over by 3,5 or 7 judges, dependent on the (level of the) case.
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
As someone used to EU courts: “destroy justice as we know it” isn't necessarily a bad thing, trained judges are much better at judging than the average Joe Public, who is easily influenced and manipulated.
In the EU courts are presided over by 3,5 or 7 judges, dependent on the (level of the) case.
In the EU courts are presided over by 3,5 or 7 judges, dependent on the (level of the) case.