galmuth

joined 2 years ago
[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've never really thought of it as a bad thing. You can still say nothing, or "I want to speak with a lawyer before I answer any questions".

I've always considered it to be more about a line of questioning at trial. If you've invented an alibi, the prosecution can ask you "why are you only coming up with this excuse now but you didn't at the time?". You might then have a good reason for this, such as "I didn't think it was a good idea to answer questions without first consulting a lawyer".

The American model of having immunity if you just stay quiet is a bit odd in comparison.

[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

When you get arrested in England, you do have a right to remain silent, but it might be used against you. The police will typically say:

You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court.

[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 17 points 8 months ago

"There were some rare bats we were legally obliged to protect, but we just had to drive the tracks right through the woods. We couldn't come up with any viable solutions except an ugly shed, then when the council complained about how ugly it was, we went over their heads to central government and lawyered them into submission. Wow that was expensive, huh."

[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)
[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Is this on an electric bike? Ive never replaced my chain ring, but I ended up getting a hub-geared belt drive bike last year after getting fed up with crappy derailleurs and replacing broken chains. It's brilliant.

[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Valid, if they created this update before November 2023 when 6.6 was released, and have needed to test Steam OS with the 6.5 kernel for a whole year before releasing it.

[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 29 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Weird that they went to kernel 6.5 which is already a year old, rather than going to the LTS version 6.6 which is still in support.

[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 6 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Making short term rental completely illegal is not a good idea as it would impact on local tourism etc, but they should allow (or force) councils to limit licences for short term rentals to a certain percentage of housing.

[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 1 points 8 months ago

"Duh bruuthooth bwattery ish wunnin row"

[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I take it from the article that Times Radio specifically asked Louise whether Starmer had a problem with women as part of an interview - she's hardly going to say yes!

Times Radio probably asked her based on Duffield's shit-stirring and the fact that Sue Gray is a women. That makes two women who have left the government, therefore Starmer must hate all women! A pretty dumb conjecture by the Times, but I guess that's the right wing media's job.

[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If those rich people are willing to move to shitholes like Dubai to save a few quid in tax, they were probably going to do it anyway.

[–] galmuth@feddit.uk 36 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The last Austrian that did big damage to the world would beg to differ

view more: ‹ prev next ›