Comments by "iggle" (@iggle6448) on "BlackBeltBarrister" channel.

  1. So pleased to hear this. The decision in the UK case sounded off to me as soon as it was handed down. Indeed, the truth matters - as do people who have been abused not only by domestic partners but also by those partners' abuse of the legal system. The latter being commonplace in the UK. Unjustly, too often the abusive woman wins in our Courts.
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  2. Meanwhile, stalkers continue to get away with loitering around and walking up and down outside their victims' homes, workplaces, the victims' childrens' schools etc whilst thinking thoughts that amount to actual de facto criminal activity. Yes, certainly, one law for one and the lack of law for another in our society.
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  3. I'd be freaking furious. The Information Commissioner needs to be involved. Investigations need to be pursued. Fines need to be paid.
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  4. The choice isn't as black and white as you outline, Dan. Law enforcement has many laws and other tools at its disposal. They're not dependant on this single Act for catching criminals. They have always had the ability to look at individual online users' private communications with the requisite legal permissions. I know this as fact. The difference with the Online Safety Act is that all online users will be constantly under scrutiny: everyone is considered a potential offender. That's a huge change (in practice and psychologically) in how society and it's law enforcement systems deal with citizens' safety and security and will at least result in a huge diminution of respect and trust. Equally, without doubt, there will be gross overreach. That's always been the way with the powers that gvt grants itself. There are better, more focused ways to deal with crime which is facilitated via the internet.
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  5. Police routinely disregard stalking complaints. About 1.1 million people report stalking each year according to Suzy Lamplugh Trust. Do we hear about any of them?
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  6. Both a producer (or two) and some interviewees went public at the end of last year. They reported exactly what podnews is now catching up on. Subcontracting and an attempt at misrepresentation?
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  7. The number of times I've been bullied or intimidated for using a disabled spot EVEN THOUGH I have a visible Blue Badge. It's like they begrudge this help. Leads me to think that our society really doesn't like disabled people and seems to like taking out their spite on vulnerable people. It's an attitude problem.
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  8. Amazing how we humans have actually managed to survive the past 200,000 years being so terribly suppressed, painfully unable to be our true selves and live out our lives as the cute furry creature we really are. Personally, I'm thinking of transitioning to my true self as a well-loved and very coddled Old English Sheep Dog...I'm working through the sticking points: not being able to read and write, answer phones and emails, go out to work, balance my current account, etc. (But the pluses there are that I'll never have to pay bills ever again or clean the house, put the rubbish out, mow the grass. etc ...)
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  9. Exactly. And she was in and out of the guest house in the garden like a yo-yo. She always manages to screw herself. Not a very bright or insightful individual.
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  10.  brightfart  I think it probably is illegal to persistently mislead and threaten people. The government turns a blind eye.
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  11. Indeed, the fact that BBB regularly has to explain the law to us ordinary folk leads me to question who benefits most from the avalanche of complex laws that we're held to. It's impossible for anyone to know all the many laws.
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  12.  @chriscurtain1816  It certainly makes one wonder what sort of big stick they're wielding behind the scenes....whatever, it's such bad manners.
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  13. I wholly agree with you. It's a problem of their own making - and likely to annoy and alienate paying customers. No honest person takes kindly to being suspected of theft. Yet another instance where technology doesn't live up to the fantasies of would-be users.
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  14. It does appear to be looking more and more like a BBC+Police v. Cliff Richard hatchet job.
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  15. Certainly, today's gross overreach has changed my mind - I thought that people were over-egging the pudding at the weekend when they said it was a big plot to take him down. Those letters today have merely served to show that notion has merit.
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  16. Yes, someone should tell social media...
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  17. EGGSCELLENT NEWS! 🥚🍳🥚🍳 So well done BBB & BBB community!
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  18. Thank you so much for sharing your horrendous experience. What a very painful lesson to learn and at such a young age. I'm glad that you recovered and made those resolutions to powerfully defend yourself. As I look back, it seems to me that bullying, usually accompanied by false accusations, fundamentally infests the whole of our culture, in every sphere, high to low. I've certainly experienced it all. I avoid most people now precisely because of this hidden-in-plain-sight bullying that our society refuses to get to grips with and eradicate. Currently though, I'm helping to support a man whose crazy and probably narcissist ex-gf has accused him of 'coercive behaviour' and worse. This is also horrendous. The Court system supports women against men by default, IMO. My friend and his new wife have had their lives all but destroyed - and it hasn't even come to trial yet (mainly because his barrister had family issues and the new barrister doesn't seem to be too hot either!). The ex-gf has already found many ways to use the legal system, unsuccessfully, to harass and abuse him. Speaking as a woman, none of this is good justice.
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  19. I'm shocked. Forty per cent of UK MPs have criminal convictions? Can this be true?
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  20. That's all too common, regardless of whether the offender is male or female. See statistics at Suzy Lamplugh Trust
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  21. Well said. I consider their regular threats to constitute an offence. They really do cause me fear, alarm and distress. Many years ago, I stopped watching any live tv, just like many other people. The BBC can't get it into their heads that many people don't like broadcast tv now. But they're like scorned lovers who get obsessive and more and more obnoxious and harassing!
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  22.  Eidelmania  Check your Magna Carta
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  23. Yes, something similar has been said to me. I'd gladly be able to park anywhere and they're welcome to have my condition in return.
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  24. 💯 Her attempts to manipulate the public are utterly repugnant.
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  25. My immediate thought this morning on hearing this report news. Regional police services are no different. And so say all here who've commented on nationwide policing.
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  26. Yes, this new regulation is a study in outrageous cowardice and disingenuousness.
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  27.  @steve10  I agree mostly, though it seems to me that recruitment policies and the need for greater rigorousness in intellectual and psychological aptitude is the place to start improving the police service.
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  28.  jackiepaper101  Perhaps not. But it severely prejudices a fair trial if the gvt's shunning you and encouraging others to shun you.
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  29.  @carolynlewis572  Maybe he has secrets that are known to the demanders...? It seems to me that this goes a bit further than just him being a very weak man... What if he's trying to protect others? Or at least keep things quiet until after the big day...?
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  30.  @RomanHistoryFan476AD  I share the same fear, based on much of the treatment I've received, and the experience of my mother's strokes and my siblings equally disgusting treatment. Not to mention the countless experiences of other patients who've recounted their stories to me in strict confidentiality in case they become known as critics and treated even more badly.
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  31. Very well said. Though may I nitpick...?! There is no justification for them signing themselves 'yours'! They are so very far from ours now that we may even be looking at a Runymede situation in our future!
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  32.  @thatwhitewolf5222  You may well be onto something there. It's perverse, but it often appears that the whole justice system is allergic to supporting the innocent and helpless victims. It is true though that offenders and suspects have legal protection whilst victims do not.
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  33. We've seen just this in our family.
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  34.  @sandyCP  I rather think that we were kindly giving them the benefit of the doubt. And hoping at each turn they'd stop and decide to behave decently, responsibly. But, extraordinarily out of control, they carried on and on and destroyed themselves.
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  35.  @Steves_fish  No, they most certainly are not allowed/empowered to enter your home. They have the same status and as little entitlement as any cold caller at your doorstep.
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  36. Yes, that's just what I wondered this morning. They're also hoovering up the IDs of all who post against their activities.
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  37. If you or I were persistently targeting people and sending them threatening and confusing letters that cause fear, alarm and distress like the BBC does, then we'd be prosecuted for harassment.
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  38. If you and I were to do this, it would be considered harassment. There are no special exemptions for the BBC.
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  39.  @colinscutt5104  This is true. Many officers have contempt for victims of crime.
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  40. Exactly so. Reading the .GOV information, it's clear that this is the extremely complex thin end of the wedge. I have no doubt that this 'optional' ID scheme would end up being compulsory with high fines and custodial sentences for non-compliance. The benefits for citizens are not attractive. It could and should be argued that those providing goods and services should instead make them more accessible rather than compelling participation in this scheme. Also that providers should make their existing systems far more secure to thwart criminals. Similarly, who wants perhaps scores of 'digital identity registrations'? One would use them as a means of trying to stop aggregation of personal data for profiling. It would and up that most people would, for convenience, capitulate and accept one general digital ID....in other words, a citizen ID much beloved of dictatorships the world over.
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  41. Yes, same here. I used to be terrified by these letters, I haven't had a tv for 17 odd years now and just don't watch tv broadcasts. When I discovered e.g. You Tube I used to be so scared that I wouldn't even look at ordinary You tubers' live chats just in case they could somehow find out and accuse me of watching 'live tv'. It made watching anything online worrisome. You're right, it really made me sick and tired too. Then I got proper legal advice which really cleared up a lot of things. Then I thought, 'Why would I want to pay for the products of companies that frighten me witless and think I'm guilty of crimes against them?' Obviously I wouldn't. And obviously, the BBC's funding model is completely wrong and out of date. But if they went to subscription they'd lose many millions of viewers.
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  42. Yes, indeed. And the exercise of this culture of fear is disgustingly inflicted on patients who are bullied and gaslighted - and worse - if they dare to raise complaints or even concerns.
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  43.  @timg1246  Yes, indeed that's my point. Stalking is an epidemic in the UK.
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  44.  @lightsoutforever  Also, add in that the police were told she has a painful physical disability too. Yet they still dragged her about like a rag doll. Inexcusable.
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  45.  @radman8321  Except that we know that his substance abuse started at a young age. The Palace PR did a great job in occluding a lot of it, but some facts did get into the media - like his dad publicly taking him to a rehab centre.
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  46. 'green' never did equal cheaper. Mostly all smoke and mirrors.
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  47.  @patglenholmes7393  What a coincidence. Said no one.
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  48. @Selena Coincidences abound in their magical lives...
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  49. Hear hear.
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  50. Sadly, it's not just tiktok that's so obtuse towards innocent wronged members. The whole social media landscape is littered with platforms that respond to complaints, if they do, with proforma dismissiveness. Creators and subscribers are treated alike - with no care or concern. IMHO, the platforms are complicit in making social media the unpleasant minefield that it too often is.
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