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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If they prepare court proceedings against Farage, anything Starmer could say might be seen as prejudicing those. So he was right to keep his mouth shut.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I don't think the guardian editors are very bright. For some time now, the tone of the article has had the intellectual comprehension of a 12-year-old. Anyone with even moderate critical thinking skills can work this out.

  1. He used to be a lawyer
  2. As a former lawyer he will be acutely aware of legal processes
  3. Therefore when you ask him to comment about something that may soon be going to undergo a legal process he's going to be aware that it's a bad idea to answer
  4. You essentially have no story.

Then they go the extra step and publish it anyway.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

The Guardian was by no means the only outlet that reported on this

[–] JohnSmith@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago

Alternative headline: journalist is upset when the PM didn’t say what he wanted the PM to say

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Farage and his like are always waiting on non-white/Muslim people to commit crime so they can jump on it and push their blatantly racist agendas.

Worse still, the kid who carried out the Southport attack was born and raised in the UK, and has no known links to Islam at all. So these people are rioting based on false information or simply because the kid is black.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They're rioting because they're lowlife racist scum.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 3 points 1 month ago

Won't argue with you on that one!