The team discuss the news from across the pond, plus Labour’s record-breakingly short honeymoon; and MD, AKA Phil Hammond, reveals the uncertainties of the Lucy Letby case.
On Trump talking about "The late, great Hannibal Lecter", the current theory making the rounds is that Trump always seems to mention him when discussing asylum seekers, and that it seems he doesn't understand that "asylum" has more than one meaning, and so word associates them with a fictional character who lives in an asylum
So does that mean Trump is going to talk about the Joker and Harley Quinn. They both lived/live in an asylum and they'll be in the news shortly due to the Joker sequel. :-D
In the rambling rally speeches, it is used as a one liner (I'm sure Trump has convinced himself he invented it, so tickled he is with delivering it) seque to the migrant crime wave fiction. His schtick is insult comic and he needs one liners as a palate cleanser from time to time. His talent at this is just slightly higher than JD "Crickets" Vance
Let's all remind ourselves that this is the man who referred to Nepal and Bhutan, between them home to 31 million people, or about 50 Wyomings, as "Nipple" and "Button". Because he'd never heard of either. Keep the nuclear codes away from grandad, General Turgidson.
The real question here is why the KC defending Letby put up such an astonishingly weak case This was a big case for him with lots of attention from the media and peers and he appears to have phoned in a half hearted defense that a legal aid intern (or random journalist) could easily have surpassed So he's either guilty of total incompetence or threw the case for some reason - to this day, experts willing to defend Letby still don't know why they weren't called to give evidence A simple defense would be: 1) There's no evidence of any murder occurring, all the autopsies were completely normal 2) There is no evidence at all of Letby ever harming a child 3) The prosecution's expert witness is highly dubious, with many other experts disagreeing completely with his ludicrous hypothesis 4) Most of Letby's colleagues believe she is innocent and were willing to give glowing character references That alone is enough to put reasonable doubt in the minds of any juror
You sound like a goddamn bleeding-heart liberal. Which is what people in the Zealot Wing of Conservatism would call me. Thanks for the layout of the points. To be clear, I have no firm belief of Lucy Letby's innocence, but it seems to me as though her Counsel failed, perhaps because it was not going to be popular if she was found Not Guilty. Certainly I hope that some grounds are found for an appeal. If only to better hone the Justice system. My favourite quote from the analysis, "Clearly it shows that Lucy Letby was on duty, when Lucy Letby was on duty." Using data (not really worthy of the title "Statistics") to prove multiple counts of murder, is a frightenly flawed basis. Overwhelming evidence was not presented, and contrary evidence, or reframing the question, was not used as a defence. Not encouraging.
"The Trump campaign had been built entirely around the idea they were going to run on competency and Biden's age" - competency ?!? Has everyone really forgotten what it was like for the four years Trump was president?
Penn Jillette has said in an interview that Trump "has no knowledge or understanding of music". Might explain why he completely misses the irony of Village People - Macho Man being played at his absurd events.
I liked the description of the Milwaukee RNC described by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as "The worst thing to happen to Milwaukee since Jeffrey Dalmer!" 🤣🤭
@stevemitchell9176 sort of. Our printed press is a horribly monopoly (Murdoch is from here, afterall) and we're losing what small publications, but we have had some quality satirical content on TV. You might have come across Utopia, internationally titled Dreamland. Earlier shows are Clark and Dawe (look up the front fell off .. it's gold), The Games, The Chasers, Planet America. For a couple of decades we had a show with a similar setup to Have I Got News For You called Good News Week, and another news satire called Glasshouse.
Fascinating contribution by Phil Hammond on the Lucy Letby case. I agree wholeheartedly that the trial was not satisfactory, our adversarial system does us no favours in such cases. So she languishes in prison, quite possibly completely innocent, whilst more violent and aggressive offenders are let out early to counter prison overcrowding. Well, they had no make some room for the vicious Just Stop Oil mob.
@@jansmith286 Phil is getting fundamental facts incorrect, I’ve informed him of this but he refuses to correct his error with regard to the objective facts, Eg. There are 13 deaths in the time period in question and lucy Letby is present for every one of them. Phil likes to feed the idea that deaths occur when she wasn’t around, that is simply not true. If he can’t be trusted to report even the most basic of facts correctly. How can we trust any of his opinion based theories? The guy is incredible.
Difference between Pelosi and Biden, mentally, is measured in decades, with Nancy on the low end ... Now, for the VP choice, I recommend a really folksy, mid-western, Good Old Guy ..., possibly a veteran, teacher, and coach ...
So glad about these pod casts. I started a PE subscription due to Ians amazing showing on radio and TV and its not really for me if i'm being honest so I leave my dad to read it as a counter to the telegraph paper. :) But i'l keep the subscription going to ensure Ian keeps working! ;) End the team keeps going.
I think we could be looking at a horrifying miscarriage of justice in the Letby case. One thing you don't cover though is Letby's diary, which the press at any rate made a great deal of. Personally I don't consider it compelling evidence of guilt - it could equally be evidence of mental breakdown or brain-dumping under pressure -, particularly since on the very same page she appears to confess to the crimes she also appears to deny them, but it would be good to have MD's take on this. Could this even have been a failing department seizing on a convenient scapegoat?
Lucy Letby agreed in court that there was undoubtedly a poisoner working her shift. There are also no deaths when she wasn’t around. There were actually 13 deaths in her final year, she was present at ALL of them. There are also two children here who have serious liver trauma, an expert likened it to something you’d see in a car crash.she falsified medical notes and stole confidential paper work relating to these baby’s and stored it under her bed in a box labelled keep… she searched for the parents of these babies on social media years later in clusters, and remember no one had grouped these babies together at this point, she wasn’t just searching for dead children’s families, how does she explain grouping these children together before anyone else. You have her in her police interview denying knowing what air embolisms were, when she’d taken a course explaining them in the months before the murders… babies do NOT die unexpectedly at such an alarming rate. There are exceptions to the rules but there aren’t 7 this is a coincidence too far, Lucy is guilty, she did this on purpose because she is not good enough to care for them, she is evil
One of the key thing that was not talked about here was the keep sakes/trophies being saved for these children and research into the families after the deaths by Letby. There is also a confession written out although it could be that she was blaming herself for a mistake not a deliberate action. I was actually quite disappointed these were not raised in the discussion here. These do have possible explanations too but are very suspicious.
"Bye-Biden" ? This was suggested to me several times, and I decided initially that I did not want to devote 49 minutes to a forensic examinationi of the man. I have always had time for Dr. Hammond (and Dr. Goldacre, and others) and did not realise that amongst the "Burn The Witch" hysteria surrounding Lucy Letby, there was a deeper level that had not been given quite so much coverage. Therefore, I would have listened to this earlier if the title had been expanded to include some of the other subjects.
Thanks folks. Abraham Wald and the Center For Naval Analyses story is my favourite example of how easy it is to misinterpret the information in front of you.
Would Private Eye like to ‘investigate’ why the UK has no requirement for building designers to be qualified in any way? After the Grenfell Tower fire the new Building Safety Act does require building designers to be ‘competent’ and immeasurable quality. It would be easy to legislate that ALL building designers needed to be registered/licensed/chartered building design professionals. Most developed nations on the planet do only allow the appropriately qualified person to design buildings. Even dog walkers must be registered within some local council areas!
The ''designer'' was an Architect aka registered. He relied on specialist cladding fabricators, who relied on information given by cladding manufacturers. The contractor/ site supervision also could/should have raised queries . The report should be out soon , so interesting to see its conclusion. ''Competency '' is defined in some situations eg gas fitters, electricians , but just because someone is not demonstrably competent, does not mean they are incompetent !
@@bsastarfire250, half correct. The decisions not to follow the architect’s original specification were made by client and contractor because they wanted it cheaper. The materials they chose had fake fire safety certificates, the building had been ‘repaired’ and ‘altered’ by the client such that it no longer met the requirements of the building regulations of its original construction. The architects had to agree as they, by that time were contracted to the contractor not council or end-user. Beware of what the media tell you. All media reports need to be fact-checked these days!
@@johnkellett7797 The original Architect had no experience of high-rise design . The materials ''Fire Certification'' was based in some cases on fire testing procedures which had been dodgy , if not illegal. The ''alterations'' o the building included an upgrade of the existing smoke ventilation system and removal of a central fire alarm system. I have spent many hours watching the inquiry and it is interesting, educational , sad, a pot-pouri of errors which accumulated . eg lifts were not working properly , water pressure too low, fire service communication failures etc etc.
@@bsastarfire250, indeed. Most of the failures had nothing to do with the architect and most were due to failures of management of the building by client or contractor. The reason why it takes a minimum of seven years to qualify as an architect is to provide us with the necessary skills to design any building type. I had never designed a house or housing estate before doing so. I had never designed a hospital either before doing so. That is why the UK needs architects not un(der)qualified building designers who, in most countries are not allowed to design buildings without qualifying and registering. Why does the UK not introduce such legislation? Corruption or ‘vested interests’?
A falling population is okay. If the birth rate goes gently down, then because of technological advances (and perhaps migration) people can still enjoy their standard of life.
In his RNC speech Trump talked about: ~ The US building a nationwide "Iron Dome", like the Israeli one, presumably to protect the US from all those short range attacks...maybe from Puerto Rico, lobbing back those paper towels, he threw at them after explaining, to the great uninformed, that Puerto Rico was: “an island surrounded by water, big water, ocean water!” ~ He also appeared to address Scott Walker, as if he was the Wisconsin governor; he isn't. ~ Mr Trump confirmed, that people were impressed with his acumen for naval architecture. In case there was any doubt, he hasn't picked up any Ship Technology insight. Recent history shows, quite rightly, if Biden had made similar gaffes, claims, &/or lied, they'd dominate global news cycles. Such blatant disregard, for any expectation of veracity, from the possible POTUS-in-waiting is baffling. Of course, Harris has an awkward laugh, we can't underplay the significance of that... Am I in an episode of Black Mirror that was too far-fetched to air?
The Democrats should have done this a year ago. They should have tried to get Biden to resign and make Harris the president then, given her the incumbency advantages
I think you're wrong there. Republicans are already saying that if Biden can't run for another 4 years he should stand down now. Can you imagine if that had been their narrative for the past year? As it is, the GOP have been entirely wrong footed by Kamala Harris and she has so much momentum going into the crucial last 100 days.
I swear Ian Hislop brings up Sarah Palin more than Alaskan politicians do. He'd better buy a gun, I don't think momma grizzly will date a man who doesn't own one.
Can I make a plea for Kamala's name to be pronounced correctly? The inflection is on the front two syllables, KAMA-la, not Ka-MALA. Lookin' at ypu, Ian.
Thanks. Got to hand it to team Trump though, who've come out with the nickname Commie-La. That was a stroke of genius. Never suspected they had the brains or the wits to think that one up.
Hmm, Rational National is canadian but he mostly covers US politics. You could also try The Deprogram podcast which is international and has guests from all over the world. They've had a few canadians on, perhaps seek out those episodes and go from there if they say anything that strikes you as interesting?
@@satyasyasatyasya5746 thank you ! I’ll check these out … tvo with Steven and JMM have a great UA-cam channel but they are on summer hiatus and focus only on Ontario
@@youtubewatcher2 Yes I know. The comment was very much tongue in cheek. I lived in Buffalo, NY for 15 years and am very fond of Toronto and Ontario - although not the QEW or the Leafs (Go Sabres). I was really just riffing on Canadian stereotypes.
@@hermatred572 completely false, we have two babies deliberately harmed with insulin Lucy Letby herself accepted this and that it happened on her shift
@@hermatred572 Police interviews Letby was interviewed by police in July 2018 about that night shift. She remembered Child F, but had no recollection of the incident and "had not been involved in his care". She was asked about the TPN bags chart. She said the TPN was kept in a locked fridge and the insulin was kept in that same fridge. She confirmed her signature on the TPN form. She had no recollection of having had involvement with administering the TPN bag contents to Child F, but confirmed giving Child F glucose injections and taken observations. She also confirmed signing for a lipid syringe at 12.10am, the shift before. The prosecution say she should have had someone to co-sign for it. "She accepted that the signature tended to suggest she had administered it." "Interestingly, at the end of this part of the interview she asked whether the police had access to the TPN bag that she had connected," Mr Johnson added. In a June 2019 police interview, Letby agreed with the idea that insulin would not be administered accidentally.
Ringo Starr - 84 yrs old, Mick Jagger - 80 yrs old (just wrapped up a big tour), Keith Richards - 80, Ronnie Wood - 77. Lets drop the age comments and go with how they are.
There was other evidence in the case beyond her work schedule. Her behaviour witnessed by parents and doctors and other colleagues. Her presence in the wrong room where a baby died instead of being in the room she was supposed to be in providing 1 to 1 care to another baby. Her written entries in documents found at her house showing her true thoughts. AND her work schedule.
More likely Trump needs to be very careful from now on making any public appearances with his VP choice.... Vance is the sort of guy where "accidents Happen" and a flight of stairs or an escalator etc. are hazardous places to be....
Dr Hall’s conclusion is extremely flawed. He says he thinks these babies were far sicker than the prosecution portrayed, however in his report for baby K. He cannot rule old the prosecution experts conclusions of air embolism as this baby’s cause of death, he also can offer no alternative to what the prosecutions regarding cause of death, if the babies are “sicker” than portrayed then why can’t he put forward a cause of death? Ultimately we are left with no one putting anything other than air embolism forward as a cause of death for at least baby A. What are we supposed to believe? Dr Hall does try to mitigate this fact though by saying the air embolism could have been “accidental” and i mean you might get away with that once, but not for 3-4 deaths…
@@yingyang1008 there were two babies in this case that Lucy Letby herself AGREED were deliberately poisoned with insulin, so we already have foul play. SOME of the babies that died did have post mortems yes, however many of these post mortems didn’t end in a cause of death being recorded. Granted foul play wasn’t found at the time, but you have to remember these children NEVER left the hospital, pathologists, rightly or wrongly are looking for natural causes with a biased eye, again these babies never left the hospital.
@@slingo1246 The fact is that there is no proof of a murder having taken place There is also no proof of any kind of Letby ever harming a child Call me old fashioned - but if was a juror on a murder case, I would first what to see proof that a murder had actually occurred All we have is a hypothesis by a very dubious 'expert' - a hypothesis which is found to be ludicrous by plenty other experts The entire case is a shambolic embarrassment and actually quite terrifying I genuinely find it terrifying that people like yourself may one day be required to serve on a jury
Why can't you pronounce Kamala's name as she does, i.e., correctly? Is it that large an intellectual leap? I don't even think it's an accident. I think its a pompous English choice - 'I'll say it as I think it should be said'
You caaaaant be English if you don't stretch a vowel or two, deeeear. I lived in that country for 4 years. I was regularly referred to as "that Irish guy" because the non-rhotic English had trouble with an R in the middle of my surname. Or suuuuhname, if you will. They call Fiorenza "Florence", Munchen "Munich" and gay Pareee boring old "Paris". It's just their thing, mispronunciation. They have their good qualities, too. Sometimes. I recall.
@@johnmckiernan2176 The Italian for Florence is Firenze and the German for Munich is München (the umlaut is not just decoration like it is with heavy metal bands). I'm sure your colleagues were trying their best with your surname and the contributors to this podcast are doing the same with K'muhlla here.
@@FoggyD Fiorenza was the medieval name in the Florentine dialect which gave rise to standard Italian and it's been "Florence" in English since that time. I'm old school like that. And I have no idea how to type an umlaut because it appears in no language I speak, read or write. So ner ner ne ner ner. As for my colleagues; not a chance. Not even with palate surgery. Be assured ""that Irish guy" was about the most polite thing I was called...
The Hulk Hogan bit was straight out of the film Idiocracy. Turns out it wasn't just a silly film but a prediction.
Unlike Trump though the President in Idiocracy sought out experts and took their advice!
A documentary if you're a Republican 😂
On Trump talking about "The late, great Hannibal Lecter", the current theory making the rounds is that Trump always seems to mention him when discussing asylum seekers, and that it seems he doesn't understand that "asylum" has more than one meaning, and so word associates them with a fictional character who lives in an asylum
So does that mean Trump is going to talk about the Joker and Harley Quinn. They both lived/live in an asylum and they'll be in the news shortly due to the Joker sequel. :-D
That is amazing. Terrifying beyond belief, but so so funny
Wouldn't surprise me if he thinks they'll be a load of elephants trying to climb his wall.
In the rambling rally speeches, it is used as a one liner (I'm sure Trump has convinced himself he invented it, so tickled he is with delivering it) seque to the migrant crime wave fiction. His schtick is insult comic and he needs one liners as a palate cleanser from time to time. His talent at this is just slightly higher than JD "Crickets" Vance
Let's all remind ourselves that this is the man who referred to Nepal and Bhutan, between them home to 31 million people, or about 50 Wyomings, as "Nipple" and "Button". Because he'd never heard of either. Keep the nuclear codes away from grandad, General Turgidson.
The real question here is why the KC defending Letby put up such an astonishingly weak case
This was a big case for him with lots of attention from the media and peers and he appears to have phoned in a half hearted defense that a legal aid intern (or random journalist) could easily have surpassed
So he's either guilty of total incompetence or threw the case for some reason - to this day, experts willing to defend Letby still don't know why they weren't called to give evidence
A simple defense would be:
1) There's no evidence of any murder occurring, all the autopsies were completely normal
2) There is no evidence at all of Letby ever harming a child
3) The prosecution's expert witness is highly dubious, with many other experts disagreeing completely with his ludicrous hypothesis
4) Most of Letby's colleagues believe she is innocent and were willing to give glowing character references
That alone is enough to put reasonable doubt in the minds of any juror
You sound like a goddamn bleeding-heart liberal. Which is what people in the Zealot Wing of Conservatism would call me. Thanks for the layout of the points.
To be clear, I have no firm belief of Lucy Letby's innocence, but it seems to me as though her Counsel failed, perhaps because it was not going to be popular if she was found Not Guilty. Certainly I hope that some grounds are found for an appeal. If only to better hone the Justice system. My favourite quote from the analysis, "Clearly it shows that Lucy Letby was on duty, when Lucy Letby was on duty."
Using data (not really worthy of the title "Statistics") to prove multiple counts of murder, is a frightenly flawed basis. Overwhelming evidence was not presented, and contrary evidence, or reframing the question, was not used as a defence. Not encouraging.
Bye-bye Biden? He's still going to be the president for 360% longer than Truss was PM. :)
Say "bye bye", Pop-Pop
@@johngilmore697 The remaining pop-pop will be saying bye-bye from jail soon.
"The Trump campaign had been built entirely around the idea they were going to run on competency and Biden's age" - competency ?!? Has everyone really forgotten what it was like for the four years Trump was president?
Sadly yes. Or maybe they just don't care.
I fear it's gone beyond saying anything positive about your plans/record. It's all about the other side is far far worse.
Penn Jillette has said in an interview that Trump "has no knowledge or understanding of music".
Might explain why he completely misses the irony of Village People - Macho Man being played at his absurd events.
I liked the description of the Milwaukee RNC described by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as "The worst thing to happen to Milwaukee since Jeffrey Dalmer!" 🤣🤭
Let's not forget trumps "giving two guys a tug dance."
‘Jerkin Tudix’
Wish Australia had anything like Private Eye
Canada has the walrus but it’s not as funny
Privote Oye?
@@tychothefriendlymonolith heh
Can Australia do satire?
@stevemitchell9176 sort of. Our printed press is a horribly monopoly (Murdoch is from here, afterall) and we're losing what small publications, but we have had some quality satirical content on TV.
You might have come across Utopia, internationally titled Dreamland.
Earlier shows are Clark and Dawe (look up the front fell off .. it's gold), The Games, The Chasers, Planet America.
For a couple of decades we had a show with a similar setup to Have I Got News For You called Good News Week, and another news satire called Glasshouse.
Maybe he's realised he's too old for this shit. Don't blame him
Harris 💙🩵💙
Fascinating contribution by Phil Hammond on the Lucy Letby case. I agree wholeheartedly that the trial was not satisfactory, our adversarial system does us no favours in such cases. So she languishes in prison, quite possibly completely innocent, whilst more violent and aggressive offenders are let out early to counter prison overcrowding. Well, they had no make some room for the vicious Just Stop Oil mob.
@@jansmith286 Phil is getting fundamental facts incorrect, I’ve informed him of this but he refuses to correct his error with regard to the objective facts, Eg. There are 13 deaths in the time period in question and lucy Letby is present for every one of them. Phil likes to feed the idea that deaths occur when she wasn’t around, that is simply not true. If he can’t be trusted to report even the most basic of facts correctly. How can we trust any of his opinion based theories? The guy is incredible.
@@slingo1246 He literally brings this up 36:45
@@zezblit he said there were other deaths that happen when she wasn’t present. A complete lie
@@slingo1246 Your point has already received response in the articles published in the Daily Telegraph, Guardian and New Yorker.
Difference between Pelosi and Biden, mentally, is measured in decades, with Nancy on the low end ...
Now, for the VP choice, I recommend a really folksy, mid-western, Good Old Guy ..., possibly a veteran, teacher, and coach ...
So glad about these pod casts.
I started a PE subscription due to Ians amazing showing on radio and TV and its not really for me if i'm being honest so I leave my dad to read it as a counter to the telegraph paper. :)
But i'l keep the subscription going to ensure Ian keeps working! ;)
End the team keeps going.
Donald Trump talking about Hannibal Lecter like he is a real man is definitely the highlight of any convention for me!
The late great Hannibal Lecter
His "windmill", dish washer, toilet flushing, & electric car skits are genius too...inspired!!
Truly missed his calling as a Late Night comedian
So instead we get Dear Leader Trump
I think we could be looking at a horrifying miscarriage of justice in the Letby case. One thing you don't cover though is Letby's diary, which the press at any rate made a great deal of. Personally I don't consider it compelling evidence of guilt - it could equally be evidence of mental breakdown or brain-dumping under pressure -, particularly since on the very same page she appears to confess to the crimes she also appears to deny them, but it would be good to have MD's take on this.
Could this even have been a failing department seizing on a convenient scapegoat?
Lucy Letby agreed in court that there was undoubtedly a poisoner working her shift. There are also no deaths when she wasn’t around. There were actually 13 deaths in her final year, she was present at ALL of them. There are also two children here who have serious liver trauma, an expert likened it to something you’d see in a car crash.she falsified medical notes and stole confidential paper work relating to these baby’s and stored it under her bed in a box labelled keep… she searched for the parents of these babies on social media years later in clusters, and remember no one had grouped these babies together at this point, she wasn’t just searching for dead children’s families, how does she explain grouping these children together before anyone else. You have her in her police interview denying knowing what air embolisms were, when she’d taken a course explaining them in the months before the murders… babies do NOT die unexpectedly at such an alarming rate. There are exceptions to the rules but there aren’t 7 this is a coincidence too far, Lucy is guilty, she did this on purpose because she is not good enough to care for them, she is evil
There is no doubt she did this, the two insulin cases and the car crash like injuries to baby o really drive that home
One of the key thing that was not talked about here was the keep sakes/trophies being saved for these children and research into the families after the deaths by Letby.
There is also a confession written out although it could be that she was blaming herself for a mistake not a deliberate action.
I was actually quite disappointed these were not raised in the discussion here. These do have possible explanations too but are very suspicious.
"Bye-Biden" ? This was suggested to me several times, and I decided initially that I did not want to devote 49 minutes to a forensic examinationi of the man. I have always had time for Dr. Hammond (and Dr. Goldacre, and others) and did not realise that amongst the "Burn The Witch" hysteria surrounding Lucy Letby, there was a deeper level that had not been given quite so much coverage.
Therefore, I would have listened to this earlier if the title had been expanded to include some of the other subjects.
Thanks for your injection of true professionalism. 😎
Thanks folks.
Abraham Wald and the Center For Naval Analyses story is my favourite example of how easy it is to misinterpret the information in front of you.
Would Private Eye like to ‘investigate’ why the UK has no requirement for building designers to be qualified in any way? After the Grenfell Tower fire the new Building Safety Act does require building designers to be ‘competent’ and immeasurable quality. It would be easy to legislate that ALL building designers needed to be registered/licensed/chartered building design professionals. Most developed nations on the planet do only allow the appropriately qualified person to design buildings. Even dog walkers must be registered within some local council areas!
The ''designer'' was an Architect aka registered. He relied on specialist cladding fabricators, who relied on information given by cladding manufacturers. The contractor/ site supervision also could/should have raised queries . The report should be out soon , so interesting to see its conclusion. ''Competency '' is defined in some situations eg gas fitters, electricians , but just because someone is not demonstrably competent, does not mean they are incompetent !
@@bsastarfire250, half correct. The decisions not to follow the architect’s original specification were made by client and contractor because they wanted it cheaper. The materials they chose had fake fire safety certificates, the building had been ‘repaired’ and ‘altered’ by the client such that it no longer met the requirements of the building regulations of its original construction. The architects had to agree as they, by that time were contracted to the contractor not council or end-user.
Beware of what the media tell you. All media reports need to be fact-checked these days!
designers construct visions of tomorrows utopia, planning laws bring them back down to earth
@@johnkellett7797 The original Architect had no experience of high-rise design . The materials ''Fire Certification'' was based in some cases on fire testing procedures which had been dodgy , if not illegal. The ''alterations'' o the building included an upgrade of the existing smoke ventilation system and removal of a central fire alarm system. I have spent many hours watching the inquiry and it is interesting, educational , sad, a pot-pouri of errors which accumulated . eg lifts were not working properly , water pressure too low, fire service communication failures etc etc.
@@bsastarfire250, indeed. Most of the failures had nothing to do with the architect and most were due to failures of management of the building by client or contractor. The reason why it takes a minimum of seven years to qualify as an architect is to provide us with the necessary skills to design any building type. I had never designed a house or housing estate before doing so. I had never designed a hospital either before doing so. That is why the UK needs architects not un(der)qualified building designers who, in most countries are not allowed to design buildings without qualifying and registering. Why does the UK not introduce such legislation? Corruption or ‘vested interests’?
+1 "stoned aunt vibe"
So many people feel that they can't afford to have children. With a falling population we need to support those that do have children
A falling population is okay. If the birth rate goes gently down, then because of technological advances (and perhaps migration) people can still enjoy their standard of life.
What made Milwaukee famous” has made a loose out of him ( hopefully)
In his RNC speech Trump talked about:
~ The US building a nationwide "Iron Dome", like the Israeli one, presumably to protect the US from all those short range attacks...maybe from Puerto Rico, lobbing back those paper towels, he threw at them after explaining, to the great uninformed, that Puerto Rico was: “an island surrounded by water, big water, ocean water!”
~ He also appeared to address Scott Walker, as if he was the Wisconsin governor; he isn't.
~ Mr Trump confirmed, that people were impressed with his acumen for naval architecture. In case there was any doubt, he hasn't picked up any Ship Technology insight.
Recent history shows, quite rightly, if Biden had made similar gaffes, claims, &/or lied, they'd dominate global news cycles.
Such blatant disregard, for any expectation of veracity, from the possible POTUS-in-waiting is baffling.
Of course, Harris has an awkward laugh, we can't underplay the significance of that...
Am I in an episode of Black Mirror that was too far-fetched to air?
a master stroke- switching at last min. hope her security is good. If we judge nations by there leaders, God help us
The Democrats should have done this a year ago. They should have tried to get Biden to resign and make Harris the president then, given her the incumbency advantages
I think you're wrong there. Republicans are already saying that if Biden can't run for another 4 years he should stand down now. Can you imagine if that had been their narrative for the past year? As it is, the GOP have been entirely wrong footed by Kamala Harris and she has so much momentum going into the crucial last 100 days.
23:45 Andrew insists there are multiple causes for more children, I submit that pretty much it's just heterosexual sex.
A bit early to rule out storks at this stage IMO.
Children are starving in the North of England....
children are starving in Gaza show me the skeletons
Maybe they should move then
I am looking forward to seeing the Trump campaign's attempt to be versatile in the face of a complete change with the Democrats.
The Dr Phil story is important. Thnks
"RELEASE THE KRAKEN! Oops, I mean, RELEASE THE DELEGATES!!!"
At last questions over the Letby Case is being questioned. Off course there has never been an mis carriage of justice.
Read the court reports from the Chester standard. You wont think she’s innocent afterwards
@@slingo1246I have
@@applepie8772 so what did you make of Lucy admitting there was a poisoner working her shifts?
@@slingo1246have you read the actual court transcripts ? Did you read the article from the actual journalist in the room?
Have your read the New Yorker article?
Vance now seen wearing an "I'm With Stupid" t-shirt
And saying "He taught me everything I know"
Bye bye then
Not quite as noble as Cincinnatus...but close.😊
I swear Ian Hislop brings up Sarah Palin more than Alaskan politicians do. He'd better buy a gun, I don't think momma grizzly will date a man who doesn't own one.
this is what i should be paying my licence fee for - major f uckup
Can I make a plea for Kamala's name to be pronounced correctly?
The inflection is on the front two syllables, KAMA-la, not Ka-MALA. Lookin' at ypu, Ian.
Thanks. Got to hand it to team Trump though, who've come out with the nickname Commie-La. That was a stroke of genius. Never suspected they had the brains or the wits to think that one up.
Anytime you folks need an American correspondent to help you out on a hectic United States election season you let me know.
Second cement
Correct
I would like to see credits in the description.
I would like to see your subscription fee
Anyone know of similar content on podcast or UA-cam for Canadian politics ?! I love this channel and should get into my domestic politics
Hmm, Rational National is canadian but he mostly covers US politics. You could also try The Deprogram podcast which is international and has guests from all over the world. They've had a few canadians on, perhaps seek out those episodes and go from there if they say anything that strikes you as interesting?
@@satyasyasatyasya5746 thank you ! I’ll check these out … tvo with Steven and JMM have a great UA-cam channel but they are on summer hiatus and focus only on Ontario
Can Canada do satire? Is Mike Myer's rather puerile comedy as good as it gets?
@@stevemitchell9176 No, the list is much longer.
@@youtubewatcher2 Yes I know. The comment was very much tongue in cheek. I lived in Buffalo, NY for 15 years and am very fond of Toronto and Ontario - although not the QEW or the Leafs (Go Sabres). I was really just riffing on Canadian stereotypes.
40:44 what!?
what what! bye jove!
@@hermatred572 completely false, we have two babies deliberately harmed with insulin Lucy Letby herself accepted this and that it happened on her shift
@slingo1246 care to share that evidence
@@hermatred572 Police interviews
Letby was interviewed by police in July 2018 about that night shift.
She remembered Child F, but had no recollection of the incident and "had not been involved in his care".
She was asked about the TPN bags chart. She said the TPN was kept in a locked fridge and the insulin was kept in that same fridge.
She confirmed her signature on the TPN form.
She had no recollection of having had involvement with administering the TPN bag contents to Child F, but confirmed giving Child F glucose injections and taken observations.
She also confirmed signing for a lipid syringe at 12.10am, the shift before. The prosecution say she should have had someone to co-sign for it.
"She accepted that the signature tended to suggest she had administered it."
"Interestingly, at the end of this part of the interview she asked whether the police had access to the TPN bag that she had connected," Mr Johnson added.
In a June 2019 police interview, Letby agreed with the idea that insulin would not be administered accidentally.
Are you sure about the transfer of $$?
ll getting away with murder until it got embarrassing
How many cliches can be used in a podcast in 20 minutes?
Can we move on from comparative laugh styles to comparative dance styles. please.?
I put a large bet on Biden . I'm hoping he changes his mind , storms to the nomination and beats Trump .
Ringo Starr - 84 yrs old, Mick Jagger - 80 yrs old (just wrapped up a big tour), Keith Richards - 80, Ronnie Wood - 77. Lets drop the age comments and go with how they are.
Singing along to a track isn't the same as running a country
There was other evidence in the case beyond her work schedule.
Her behaviour witnessed by parents and doctors and other colleagues.
Her presence in the wrong room where a baby died instead of being in the room she was supposed to be in providing 1 to 1 care to another baby.
Her written entries in documents found at her house showing her true thoughts.
AND her work schedule.
None of that proves her guilt.
Private Eye Front Cover 'TRUMP STEPS DOWN'........ page 2 'dont be stupid'
More likely Trump needs to be very careful from now on making any public appearances with his VP choice.... Vance is the sort of guy where "accidents Happen" and a flight of stairs or an escalator etc. are hazardous places to be....
British people talking about US politics is so depressing
And vice versa.
Dr Hall’s conclusion is extremely flawed. He says he thinks these babies were far sicker than the prosecution portrayed, however in his report for baby K. He cannot rule old the prosecution experts conclusions of air embolism as this baby’s cause of death, he also can offer no alternative to what the prosecutions regarding cause of death, if the babies are “sicker” than portrayed then why can’t he put forward a cause of death? Ultimately we are left with no one putting anything other than air embolism forward as a cause of death for at least baby A. What are we supposed to believe? Dr Hall does try to mitigate this fact though by saying the air embolism could have been “accidental” and i mean you might get away with that once, but not for 3-4 deaths…
The babies had perfectly normal autopsies - there was no suggestion of foul play of any kind
@@yingyang1008 there were two babies in this case that Lucy Letby herself AGREED were deliberately poisoned with insulin, so we already have foul play. SOME of the babies that died did have post mortems yes, however many of these post mortems didn’t end in a cause of death being recorded. Granted foul play wasn’t found at the time, but you have to remember these children NEVER left the hospital, pathologists, rightly or wrongly are looking for natural causes with a biased eye, again these babies never left the hospital.
@@slingo1246 The fact is that there is no proof of a murder having taken place
There is also no proof of any kind of Letby ever harming a child
Call me old fashioned - but if was a juror on a murder case, I would first what to see proof that a murder had actually occurred
All we have is a hypothesis by a very dubious 'expert' - a hypothesis which is found to be ludicrous by plenty other experts
The entire case is a shambolic embarrassment and actually quite terrifying
I genuinely find it terrifying that people like yourself may one day be required to serve on a jury
Gave up on this one i'm afraid.
Bye Genocide Joe.
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You've done well
Premature articulation.
Why can't you pronounce Kamala's name as she does, i.e., correctly? Is it that large an intellectual leap? I don't even think it's an accident. I think its a pompous English choice - 'I'll say it as I think it should be said'
You caaaaant be English if you don't stretch a vowel or two, deeeear. I lived in that country for 4 years. I was regularly referred to as "that Irish guy" because the non-rhotic English had trouble with an R in the middle of my surname. Or suuuuhname, if you will. They call Fiorenza "Florence", Munchen "Munich" and gay Pareee boring old "Paris". It's just their thing, mispronunciation. They have their good qualities, too. Sometimes. I recall.
@@johnmckiernan2176 The Italian for Florence is Firenze and the German for Munich is München (the umlaut is not just decoration like it is with heavy metal bands). I'm sure your colleagues were trying their best with your surname and the contributors to this podcast are doing the same with K'muhlla here.
@@FoggyD Fiorenza was the medieval name in the Florentine dialect which gave rise to standard Italian and it's been "Florence" in English since that time. I'm old school like that. And I have no idea how to type an umlaut because it appears in no language I speak, read or write. So ner ner ne ner ner. As for my colleagues; not a chance. Not even with palate surgery. Be assured ""that Irish guy" was about the most polite thing I was called...
@@FoggyD Also, you'll notice that there is no city called Paree. Your pedantry is miniscule compared to mine. Microscopic, in fact.
@@johnmckiernan2176 *palate surgery