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Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisanceFive supporters of the Just Stop Oil climate campaign who conspired to cause gridlock on London’s orbital motorway have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms by a judge who told them they had “crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic”.Roger Hallam, Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu and Cressida Gethin were found guilty last week of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance for coordinating direct action protests on the M25 over four days in November 2022. Continue reading... Source link :

Lady Hallett says failure to challenge consensus views on UK’s readiness to respond to pandemic was ‘acute problem’Groupthink underpinned the flawed thinking behind the UK’s pandemic response, a succession of witnesses at the heart of government told the Covid-19 public inquiry.Ex-PM and chancellor, David Cameron and George Osborne admitted it; as did the current and former chief medical officers Prof Chris Whitty and Dame Sally Davies. Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt and Cabinet Office minister Sir Oliver Letwin agreed. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/18/covid-inquiry-hallett-prescribes-red-teams-as-antidote-to-flawed-thinking Author : Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent Publish date : 2024-07-18 16:05:01 Copyright for syndicated

The Good Place actor speaks out about the ‘flattering’ outcry over his role being reduced to non-speakingThe Good Place actor Manny Jacinto has spoken about his Top Gun: Maverick dialogue being cut, explaining that “Tom Cruise writes stories for Tom Cruise.”Jacinto, recently seen in Star Wars spin-off series The Acolyte, was cast as one of the fighter pilots in training in the big-budget sequel alongside Miles Teller, Glen Powell and Lewis Pullman. The Filipino-Canadian actor underwent “superhero” training but when he watched the film, he found that all of his dialogue had been cut and he was reduced to a

President publicly insists he will be party’s nominee as leaders in Congress tell him they doubt he can beat TrumpJoe Biden has reportedly become more open in recent days to hearing arguments that he should step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate after the party’s two main congressional leaders told him they doubted his ability to beat Donald Trump.While continuing to insist he will be the party’s nominee in November, the president has reportedly started asking questions about negative polling data and whether Vice-President Kamala Harris, considered the favourite to replace him if were to withdraw, fares better. Continue reading...