#Richard Mogg

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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in The Feathers Pub Fleet Street.1967 after their release from prison, for drugs offences.

In February 1967, two members of the Rolling Stones, lead singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards were arrested at Richards' home, Redlands, West Wittering, Sussex for drug possession. The raid had been preceded by a major campaign by the tabloid newspaper the News of the World, which Jagger was suing for libel at the time, and which carried lurid stories regarding Jagger and his girlfriend, Marianne Faithfull. Although convicted—and having spent a night in prison—a publicity campaign by their colleagues in the music industry encouraged popular support and criticism of the decision to prosecute them. Most notably, the traditionally-conservative newspaper The Times published an op-ed by William Rees-Mogg asking Who Breaks a Butterfly on a Wheel?, in which he criticised the prosecutions as unfounded and unnecessary.

- Wiki

[xylophonetangerine]

Conservatives are just getting stupider and more anti-intellectual by the day. We would never have agreed but with how things are I can't even muster up any kind of respect for them as interlocutors or intellectual peers because it's clear that they do not engage in any critical thinking ever. The G. K. Chesterton -type intellectual conservative is completely extinct

Illustrative example: In 1967 notorious conservative William Rees-Mogg wrote an editorial in The Times titled "Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel" where he criticised the harshness of the drug-possession sentences that had been given to Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. He was able to give a fair shake to the situation and didn't blind himself to the fact that the senteces really were harsher than average. He cared about a fair and impartial judiciary—which is a thing that conservatives claim to care about—even when the other side was at trial. I'm obviously not here to glaze William Rees-Mogg but you know that his stupid son Jacob Rees-Mogg would never do this because he wouldn't want to break ranks in the culture war.

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Mick Jagger and Keith Richards in The Feathers Pub Fleet Street.1967 after their release from prison, for drugs offences.

In February 1967, two members of the Rolling Stones, lead singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards were arrested at Richards' home, Redlands, West Wittering, Sussex for drug possession. The raid had been preceded by a major campaign by the tabloid newspaper the News of the World, which Jagger was suing for libel at the time, and which carried lurid stories regarding Jagger and his girlfriend, Marianne Faithfull. Although convicted—and having spent a night in prison—a publicity campaign by their colleagues in the music industry encouraged popular support and criticism of the decision to prosecute them. Most notably, the traditionally-conservative newspaper The Times published an op-ed by William Rees-Mogg asking Who Breaks a Butterfly on a Wheel?, in which he criticised the prosecutions as unfounded and unnecessary.

[not-a-matopoeia]

Stef: how does this look?

Cass: Cunt!

Jason: uh that’s not-

Tim: your face card never declines!

Damian: You will surely mogg all of them

Dick (to Jason): am I- are we getting old?! Is this what getting old feels like?!!

(Cass gets lessons from Stef and Tim, despite being older than Jason, she knows what’s up)

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Bruce (explaining a very strange and over complicated plan): the risk of failure is elevated if-

Stef: Bruce you’re such a yapper just put the fries in the bag already

Tim: Bruce just tell us the best way to take down this guy no borax no glue!

Duke: I fear this level brainrot

Bruce: what??

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Dick: Did you just take that off my plate?!

Damian: phantom taxed

Dick: …

Damian: it is April, they are due

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Jason: heads up-Penguins in the Bowery

Damian: Uhh Ohio, typical of a rizzless goon such as himself

Tim: did you just say gooner?! I’m telling Nightwing that’s disgusting!

Damian: do not misconstrue my words, I did not call Cobblepot a gooner! I do not want to think about him gooning, as that is-

Stef: He’s got that level 10 gyatt though

Tim: the amount of aura you just lost

Dick: you have an aura Tim are you ok? You’re not getting a migraine or anything?

Damian: See, Richard actually listens and does not purposefully ask idiotic questions regarding what had just been said! which is why he’s a goated Gigga Chad and you’re just a Mid beta!

Tim: He doesn’t even know what’s being said (no offense)

Damian: no he is sigma- so that is cap Drake

Dick: don’t call people sigma Damian…that’s not very nice

Tim: yooo

Jason: GUYS! GET YOUR ASSES OVER HERE SCARECROW JUST SHOWED UP AND- (gunfire over comms)

Stef: DIVA DOWN!!

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Dick: I passed some kids today that said “nightwing has a level 10 gyatt”

Jason: sometimes I think death was kinder than this

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I think more people need to play around with Damian's speech. Don't get me wrong, I love the antiquated Victorian child style of speech, but also he's a teenager that swears plenty in the comics. We really need more scenes like:

Damian: Father, I regret to inform you that I have been assigned in-school suspension for the next three days.

Bruce: What, why?!

Damian: My classmate Kevin was disparaging a female classmate for turning him down, so I called him 'a rizz-less, basic-ass neckbeard bitch' and said I was going to fuck his mom and give her a son she'd actually love.

Bruce: *is completely speechless*

Damian: That is all I needed to tell you. If you will excuse me, I have homework to complete before dinner and patrol.

[sleeppaw]

Working on Chapter 30 of 75 Years

For the Victors' Statuses as of the end of the 30th Hunger Games, and let's just say every Victor before the 22nd Hunger Games except Lucy Grey Baird is a parent to at least one child. Basically the current Victor Breakdown is like this:

Pre-Dark Days born Victors: Edgar, Virgil, Ginny, Horsa, Mmseyone, Paris, Chive, Samson, Hestia, Lucy Grey, Mags, Tammy and Molly.

Dark Days born Victors: Dinah and Kronos.

Volumnia Gaul Era Victors: Woof, Bailey, Maxmillian, Imogen, Caelus, Alexei, Helios, Rachel, Huyen, Eric, Aaron, Rheneas, Taliesin, Skarloey and Victoria.

So far, two sets of siblings have won the Games, Paris and Hestia Curl and the Rowe brothers. The latter is the reason why Victors cannot Mentor relatives. Two Victors are Second-Generation: Taliesin Georges and Victoria Curl, which will result in a 27-year gap of Second-Generation Victors.

Year of Birth for Victors:

B.D.D 17: Edgar Parlour

B.D.D 16: Virgil Barde

B.D.D 15: Ginny Canova, Horsa Georges

B.D.D 14: Mmseyone Musk, Paris Curl

B.D.D 13: Chive Carmichael

B.D.D 12: Samson Wilson

B.D.D 9: Hestia Curl

B.D.D 7: Lucy Grey Baird

B.D.D 6:

B.D.D 5: Mags Flanagan

B.D.D 4: Tammy Winchester, Molly Frost

B.D.D 3: Dinah West

B.D.D 2: Kronos Jackson

B.D.D 1:

A.D.D 1: Woof Casino, Bailey Thornton, Maxmillian Jaaskelainen

A.D.D 2:

A.D.D 3: Imogen Roosa, Caelus Harris

A.D.D 4: Alexei Gandy

A.D.D 5: Helios Molyneux, Rachel Oakley

A.D.D 6: Huyen Le Duc

A.D.D 7: Eric Vega

A.D.D 8:

A.D.D 9:

A.D.D 10: Aaron McFall, Rheneas Rowe

A.D.D 11: Taliesin Georges

A.D.D 12: Skarloey Rowe, Victoria Curl

Year of Birth of deceased Tributes:

B.D.D 17: Elizabeth Oates, Rocky Turner

B.D.D 16: Danielle Andrews, Wilma Wilson, Samuel Plumptre, Xavier Morgan, Jasmine Arnold, Trolius Critchley, Martin Norman, Gregory Burns

B.D.D 15: Natasha Adams, Eric Odegaard, Stuart White, Anita Bedford, Robert O'Brien, Erin Grealish, Tarquin Henshaw, Gemma Turner, Emeline Bader, Linda Swift, Ethelbert King, Ariana Birdwell, Hercules Roberts, Denny Hamilton

B.D.D 14: Wilbert Horrocks, Hazel Haaland, Rachel Leith, Florence Sykes, Yuna Wexford, Fern Norman, Elizabeth Plantagent, Clemont Albon, Evie Ahmet, Keanu Westwood, June Holloway, Amethyst Rickards, Jack Heyer, Ursula Lavene

B.D.D 13: Thomas Graveson, Tanusha Armstrong, Quint Sampson, Henriette Waverley, Charles Sharman, Goddard Davis, Juliana Dean, Tilly Zane, Basil Reid, Horatio Styles, Oliver Shields, Danae Colwill, Deborah Glosswill, Jewel Chaney

B.D.D 12: Polly Lawson, Simon Thomson, Denzel Wallace, Corienne Sakata, Arianne Montford, Duncan Peake, Ash Blake, Jussi Branson, Quentin Springfield, James Kendall, Sophie McHale, Denis Rostron, Taliesin Searson, Ginger Carmichael, Wheat Murdoch, Flora Demaine, Swift Roswell, Harold Hennessey, Lachlan Hennessey, Theobald Wong, Athena Hislop, Granit McKennie, Fiona Grissom, Leah Andrews, Rolex Head, Ariadne Hopkins, Faith Dolman

B.D.D 11: Clive Campbell, Honeysuckle Lewandolski, William Zeriporath, Percy West, Daniella Hertzen, Francesc Dove, Saffie Pope, Carlos Spinner, Beatrice Draghi, Billy Thompson, Set Daniels, Gordon Wilson, Alicia Scott, Barbara Cantwell, Tabitha Reeves, Fabio Shepard, Ian Perez, Berry Birtwhistle, Moora Reinheldt, Meredith St. Laurent, Malik Hammond, Cedric Armstrong, Crystal Aramani, Hermes Steenson

B.D.D 10: Jack Oxenbridge, Esther Reinhold, Selene Ambrose, Summer Pearson, Tor Dybala, Danielle Verstappen, Gregory McDonald, Lucy Higgins, Samuel Lanegan, Fig Demaine, Amber McCready, Briony Goram, Josephine Knutsford, Cynthia Dobson, Rufus Goth, Fabrian Rees-Mogg, Acantha Coller

B.D.D 9: Emily Gore, Claire McNarama, Travis Hubble, Davy Poldolski, Vincent Biden, Johnathon Scott, Alastor Harris, Alexa Thompson, Dallas Gill, Gwen Maxwell, Europhia Whitmore, Zeus Thornford, Rollo Unsworth, Therin Lee, Dinah Beckham

B.D.D 8: Riko Tomiyasu, Lumber Hirsch, Richard Bellerin, Bessie Georges, Volts Shearon, Raihan Javeed, Mark Babbage, Rafferty McAuley, Xavier Daniels, Sarah Glosswill, Venetia Conrad, Buttercup Mort, Theseus Warman, Tethys Claxton, Coast Porter, Quiona Murdoch, Apis Weald, Becky Cox, Piers Wheatley, Margaret Plantagent, Samir Khan, Ondine Wharton, Samantha Renee, Alexander Wright, Vincent Cooper, Coleen Weir, Marcus Lance, Jessup Diggs

B.D.D 7: Allie Crean, Nell Hawkesworth, Eleanor Skarbinski, Natalie Devlin, Cordelia Barett, Raphael Sherwood, Ross Butt, Edmund Hartley, Matisha Young, Maeve Hill, Thor Chang, Kainalu Milton, Becky Mitrovic, Angelica Truss, Facet Boleyn, Sabyn Rosicky, Panlo Schafer, Brandy Kuse, Tanner Brutscheidt, Reaper Ash, Chardonnay Emerson, Ajax Hutcherson, Diantha Hood, Mollie Watkins

B.D.D 6: Dana Humble, Miriam McCullock, Graham Price, Korden Baker, Katrielle Marshall, Will Sinner, Dusty Carroll, Vladimir Gagarin, Kiki Palin, Plum Chambers, Ley McHale, Bede Griffin, Cherry Gore, Clovis Klass, Lacey Scholfield, Blossom Arteta, Heron Viera, Ashley Compton, Velvereen Howard, Circ Abold, Hy Dinkleage, Otto Blyth, Bobbin Gibson, Nova Trump, Callum Lampard, Dylan Colwill, Kylian Armstrong, Michelle Osment, Beryl Whittingham, Amaze Renner, Sandy Crouch, Achilles Evans, Kano Murrel, Buckle Crompton

B.D.D 5: Fredrick Hardman, Lesley Stafford, Chuck Ramsey, Passiflora Wallis, Layla Sharpe, Llewellyn Searson, Coral Lansing, Sol Benson, Lamina Boehm, Fifi Soucek, Oliver Matthews, Shardai Radcliffe, Richard Waddlingham, Graph Giedoric, Rose Lineker, Terance Gove, Cascade Benanti,Juniper Buschschluter, Phoenix Grealish, Venus Kroenke, Fabrege Tella, Squire Morelle, Mare Dani

B.D.D 4: Beta Zukerburg, Twine Saliba, Edric Drake, Ginnee Zegler, Treech Berrecloth, Wovey Sanchez, Dill Steeples, Gus Davis, Thimble Ball, Wilfred Mehrtens, Axel Dooley, Quiona Van Dyke, Daisy Dove, Jennifer Bale, Sorghum Yates, Eleanor Rice, Marvellous Bennett

B.D.D 3: Ewe Potter, Mizzen Dillon, Sheaf Liao, Miguel Keena, Bella Bradshaw, Amphere Powell, Daffyd Wilson, Polly Arkwright, Clover Mellark, Thora Andam, Maurice Kendall, Laura Norwood, Tingle Wilde, Juniper Haaland, Bramble Benham, Devon Dent, Agate Inch, Atlas Duncan, Shaun Hudgell, Hydrogen Molyneux, Farro Marginson, Olivia Penfold, Apatite Trump

B.D.D 2: Clara Scarpa, Avatrix Sturridge, Durian Obafemi, Sakura Mehmi, Ella Gower, Saturn Rashford, Planter Shelvey, Raphael Lukic, Maisie Zephyr, Eden Farrel, Jocasta Kerr, Timothy Cheng, Aalto Simms, Lyndsey Schirra, Marty Schirra, Velvey Wyn, Dekopon Luby, Rocky Correa, Sirius Dobson, Romney Sachar, Hersilia Bride, Aethra O’Callaghan, Corkie Rhyder, Justus Tuchel

B.D.D 1: Jude Giraldi, Summer Jamieson, Kellie Rutherford, Graham Darling, Mustang Raikov, Moana Odair, Demeter Whitehead, Bronze St. Laurent, Augusta Hopkins, Volta Lovelace, Kirsty Darvill, Birdie Potter, Brock Hale, Aquamarine St. Laurent, Brucite Naples, Sagitta Evans, Owen Lightoller, Brontes Bell, Homer Platz

A.D.D 0: Zap Yongge, Vinyl Worthley, Brett McCallum, Aja Chandler, Tamie Ward, Pork Russell, Apricot Tarrant, Belinay Chasson, Gull Wharton, Emilia Wilson, Bartlett Zusak, Annika Upson, Ezekiel Palma, Blue Martinelli, Bulgur Shaw, Chelsea McCann, Cheddar Relph, Anchor Calafiori, Gabriel Duckett, Dartmoor March, Lyla Jackson, Terrari Gill, Monty Heyer, Drusa Lansbury, Beck Hinton, Branch Appleby, Bee Mitford, Hermione Kerr, Adolphus Turner, Nobby Carmichael

A.D.D 1: Urania Bell, Paillette Rooney, Avel Stein, Violet Gore, Vivian Higgins, Carob Chambers, Declan Wheatley, Topaz Hirst, Antares Mayot, Adhira Rosati, Laguna Roseau, Ahana Sachar, Mae Ruvkin, Avery McCurdy, Clarabelle Ralph, Cornflower Murray, Blue Anderson, Mozzarella Ambros, Peridot Bennett, Alexandra Evans, Tiberius Hood, Pine Haaland

A.D.D 2: John Blakeway, Barak Zukerburg, Annona Thornley, Iseult Lowe, Radish Humble, Bria Hartley, Story Mancini, Wilbert Cantwell, Zapana Young, Rusty Finchett, Joanne Lukic, Emu Shelvey, Dragon Nielson, April Swift, Fife Crook, Hop Whittingham, Pearl Colwill, Francia Kirkland, Hector Aldrin, Coller Manthei, Tempest Calafiori, Silica Payne

A.D.D 3: Steve Kelce, Darn Garfield, Custard Clarkson, Paul Dooley, Clotch Crompton, Chardonnay Lord, Lithium Soucek, Trench Calafiori, Whatnot Radcliffe, Bay Osment, Audhulma Lanegan, Crow Weir, Quartz Aramani, Pearl Rickards, Hilaria Morelle, Corentin Winchester, Sycamore Rykwert, Kaniwa Schwartz, Gouda Smithills, Amy Grissom, Buttercup Webb, Ametrine Grande

A.D.D 4: Umeme Manville, Ociel Musk, Flora Carmichael, Wattson Andam, Craig Giraldi, Turbine Dafoe, Anna Chapdelaine, Calico Arkwright, Loin Devlin, Edmund Roswell, Wheaton Gbangbola, Faraday Plummer, Serena Peazer, Cartier Duncan, Kendall Verstappen, Malik Hammond, Dougal Irons, Chicory MacFarlane, Alstaia Ramsdale, Bluebell Rice, Rain McGee

A.D.D 5: Bluebell Johnson, Amber Easton, Clemmie Birtwhistle, Pixie Powell, Pi Stanley, Kaito Flanagan, Lucillia Kerr, Tantualla Tesch, Keira Glosswill, Pulley Withers, Corn Deary, Rouse Croft, Dion Sullivan, Charlotte Piper, Terry Dendonker, Alexandria Banda, Derby McGuire, Thisbe Flattum, Vincent Caprotti, Sawdust Hession, Dyla Sinfield, Hip Moreno, Chanel Angloumeme, Cliff Laverne, Neil Spivey

A.D.D 6: Cheesecloth Bolton, Alizee Zengel, Quentin Molyneux, Miller Perez, Hope Carroll, Cotton Jenrick, Polaris Swiatek, Ranto Plett, Boa Osimhen, Edie Barraclough, Pick Leggett, Paula Kerr, Muir Dyrdyra, Mellan Rojas, Esme Bianchi, Silver Heyer, Boudicca Jensen, Seaweed Woodson

A.D.D 7: Katka Mulino, Marianne Garvin, Harvest Benyaer, Exmoor March, Wirelett Andam, Branchlynn Allen, Treck Moore, Clinton Boscotti, Honda Churchwood, Wycombe McDonald, Firya Burrow, Kyranite Stanway, Plutonia Maywell, Whitt Allen, Virginia Osimhen, Collie Piper, Slate Lavene, Ariel Cox, Indigo Havilland, Treasure Parlour, Crown Van Day, Athena Phillipson, Valour Amesbury, Thetis Colwill, Anchor McGregor, Stuart White II

A.D.D 8: Marty Knutsford, Argyle Houghton, Erjon Feist, Naan Stokes, Buttercup O’Hara, Levinia Paley, Pincushion Withers, Bacchus Sullivan, Ronnie Otten, Ebony Rostron, Jack West, Quiona Stokes, Seville Demain, Ashton Parry, Alcreme Musk, Awen Clark, Fifi Kramphaus, Romney Fields, Apus Dehaney

A.D.D 9: Marconi Powell, Cordalie Oritz, Polonina Bachega, Hannah Kackurri, Sourdough Ferguson, Damla Heard, Styx Cernan, Plantine Trendak, Edward Rowe, Felicia Levykin, Steelson Glenn, Thread Crouch, Mercedes Glenn, Alban Rostron, Woola Garvin, Violet Letts, Leonard Otten, Opal Windsor, Cinnabar Trump, Valkyrie McGraw, John Shields, Jacqui Moore, Johnny Withers, Sequin Ogliviy, Bacchius Brown, Artemisia Black, Scutum Wallis

A.D.D 10: Moto Schmidt, Couscous Ferguson, Alisa Gedling, Timadeuc Brychczy, Janelle Curie, Jamie Upton, Annabelle Mordaunt, Barklyn West, Teal Gore, Clara McCullock, Fern Thornley, Orage Lubetkin, Lake Dyrdrya, Jordan Calafiori, Oregon Weigman, Tiger Osment, Elionwy Smithills, Straw Gbangbola, Snowdrop Crook, Gravel Hale, Moana Dyrdyra, Kai Port, Tarpaulin Barde, Tessa Dench, Glisten Stanway, Shine Clahane, Io Luu, Blade Rutte

A.D.D 11: Anise Perez, Atom Maywell, Berry 'O'Hara, Artemis Lovell, Cabinet Easton, Brandon Ramsdale, Tabbock Nielson, Edwina Thompson, Mattias Feist, Michael Appleton, Patric Crook, Tomato Maupay, Kaylene Havertz, Ptolemy Harris

A.D.D 12: Eve Barraclough, Cutlet Ribery, Neil Ishiba, Perun Tym, Feltette Radcliffe, Lavender Schwartz, Karis Okonkwo, Juniper Allen, Cress Arestrup, Jersey March, Rose Benham, Amphitrite Colwill, Surf McGee, Ennie Okonkwo, Honey MacFarlane, Rhiannon Croft, Lama Seadeaux, Tinsel Windsor, Cleopatra Wallis, Star Markle, Driftwood Heard, Hengist McDonald

A.D.D 13: Nghia Le Duc, Dangira Milmo, Jimmy Irons, Maple Deary, Tad Shelvey, Neo Rojas, Moises Moore, Tyger Osimhen, Susan Hulton, Hera Okonkwo, Goldenrod Gore, Bruce Collins

A.D.D 14: Esther Hatton, Rotwein McCann, Ciela Curie,Telstar Weigman, Twig Kackurri, Silkie Jenrick, Goose Sullivan, Alec Molyneux, Volvo Nketiah, Miriam Patino, Olive Moyes, Swallow Maupay

A.D.D 15: Elesia Nadella, Cackle Oritz, Boulder Collins, Tilda Boateng, Josephine Cantwell, Lori Moreno

A.D.D 16: Brindle Otten, Oak Trossard

A.D.D 17: Thread Osimhen, Poppy Dendocker

So that's the breakdown of the timeline in "75 Years" so far. I will do the list again once chapter 30 is posted

[wankerwatch]

Commons Vote

On: Finance (No. 2) Bill: Third Reading

Ayes: 215 (98.6% Con, 0.9% Ind, 0.5% DUP) Noes: 19 (94.7% SNP, 5.3% PC) Absent: ~416

Likely Referenced Bill: Finance (No. 2) Act 2010

Description: A Bill to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Unassigned Bill Stage: Royal Assent

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (211 votes)

Aaron Bell Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alex Burghart Alex Chalk Alicia Kearns Alok Sharma Amanda Milling Andrew Griffith Andrew Jones Andrew Lewer Andrew Murrison Andrew Percy Andrew Selous Andy Carter Angela Richardson Anna Firth Anne Marie Morris Anne-Marie Trevelyan Anthony Browne Antony Higginbotham Ben Everitt Ben Spencer Ben Wallace Bernard Jenkin Bill Wiggin Bim Afolami Bob Blackman Bob Seely Brandon Lewis Caroline Ansell Caroline Nokes Charles Walker Cherilyn Mackrory Chris Clarkson Chris Grayling Chris Green Chris Philp Conor Burns Craig Tracey Craig Williams Damian Hinds Daniel Kawczynski Danny Kruger David Davis David Duguid David Jones David Rutley David Simmonds Dean Russell Dehenna Davison Derek Thomas Desmond Swayne Duncan Baker Edward Argar Edward Leigh Elizabeth Truss Elliot Colburn Esther McVey Felicity Buchan Fiona Bruce Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gareth Johnson Gary Sambrook Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Gillian Keegan Graham Brady Graham Stuart Greg Hands Greg Smith Guy Opperman Harriett Baldwin Heather Wheeler Helen Whately Holly Mumby-Croft Huw Merriman Iain Duncan Smith Iain Stewart Jack Brereton Jack Lopresti Jackie Doyle-Price Jacob Rees-Mogg Jacob Young James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Davies James Duddridge James Sunderland James Wild Jane Hunt Jane Stevenson Jeremy Quin Jerome Mayhew Jo Churchill John Glen John Howell John Lamont Jonathan Djanogly Jonathan Gullis Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Julian Smith Julian Sturdy Justin Tomlinson Katherine Fletcher Kelly Tolhurst Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Farris Laura Trott Lee Rowley Leo Docherty Lia Nici Liam Fox Lisa Cameron Louie French Lucy Frazer Luke Hall Marcus Jones Mark Fletcher Mark Francois Mark Garnier Mark Logan Martin Vickers Matt Hancock Matt Warman Matthew Offord Mel Stride Michael Ellis Michael Fabricant Michael Gove Michael Tomlinson Mike Freer Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil O'Brien Nick Fletcher Nick Gibb Nicola Richards Nigel Huddleston Paul Beresford Paul Holmes Paul Howell Pauline Latham Penny Mordaunt Peter Aldous Peter Bottomley Philip Dunne Philip Hollobone Priti Patel Ranil Jayawardena Rebecca Harris Rebecca Pow Rehman Chishti Richard Bacon Richard Drax Richard Fuller Rob Butler Robbie Moore Robert Buckland Robert Courts Robert Goodwill Robert Halfon Robert Largan Robert Syms Robin Millar Robin Walker Royston Smith Sajid Javid Sally-Ann Hart Saqib Bhatti Sara Britcliffe Sarah Dines Scott Mann Selaine Saxby Shailesh Vara Sheryll Murray Simon Baynes Simon Clarke Simon Fell Simon Hart Simon Hoare Simon Jupp Stephen Metcalfe Steve Baker Steve Brine Steve Tuckwell Stuart Andrew Suzanne Webb Theo Clarke Theresa May Theresa Villiers Thérèse Coffey Tobias Ellwood Tom Hunt Tom Pursglove Tom Randall Tom Tugendhat Tracey Crouch Vicky Ford Victoria Atkins Victoria Prentis Wendy Morton Will Quince William Cash

Independent (2 votes)

Mark Menzies William Wragg

Democratic Unionist Party (1 vote)

Jim Shannon

Noes

Scottish National Party (18 votes)

Allan Dorans Amy Callaghan Angela Crawley Anne McLaughlin Brendan O'Hara Chris Law Chris Stephens David Linden Deidre Brock Joanna Cherry John Nicolson Kirsty Blackman Marion Fellows Owen Thompson Peter Grant Philippa Whitford Richard Thomson Stewart Malcolm McDonald

Plaid Cymru (1 vote)

Hywel Williams

[d2kvirus]

Dickheads of the Month: June 2023

As it seems that there are people who say or do things that are remarkably dickheaded yet somehow people try to make excuses for them or pretend it never happened, here is a collection of some of the dickheaded actions we saw in the month of June 2023 to make sure that they are never forgotten.  

Who could have guessed that OceanGate sending people to the Titanic wreck in a steel tube that can only be opened from outside, which is operated with a knockoff Xbox controller, that has no communications system or a rescue beacon in case of trouble could go wrong?

...although why The Sun and Daily Mail splashed that over their front pages the following morning, rather than their boy Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson having several hundred people vote to agree he was a liar does post a few pertinent questions

...and then billionaire manchild Elon Musk had a meltdown all because Snopes pointed out that Starlink were providing the internet support for the ship the death tube submarine was launched from.  But on the plus side, at least he didn’t accuse anyone mounting the rescue operation of being a paedophile, so I guess that counts as personal growth

...and then along came proven liar Boris Johnson to use his Daily Mail column to waffle some utter bollocks about “pushing human frontiers” instead of “rich people having a jolly at something which was discovered in the mid-1980s” all as an excuse to have a pop at his political opponents...sorry, let me narrow that down, his left-wing political opponents, given both sides of the aisle are sick and fucking tired of him at this point

The tantrum thrown by proven liar Boris Johnson when he reached the “...and find out” part of the transaction after he was found to have breached ministerial code, lied to parliament, and when facing a potential suspension he resigned as an MP so he could harrumph about Harriet Harman having it in for him as if the five Tories on the panel also didn't vote for him being a sociopathic fuckwit who thinks the rules don't apply to him while pretending he was thrown out by an undemocratic cabal while coincidentally dodging a by-election

...with sycophants such as Andrea Jenkyns and Brendan Clarke Smith eager to prove their mettle as proven liar Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson's versions of Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene

...and yet in spite of Jacob Rees Mogg and Lia Nici (to name but two) all talking a big game prior to the vote that proven liar Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was an honest and decent man, when the vote came they abstained en masse, leaving him with just seven votes saying he wasn't a bullshitter

In the mind of Luke Akehurst sharing a stage with Ken Loach is now grounds to be dismissed from Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and not, say, deciding that Jamie Driscoll - the democratically elected as mayor of North Tyne - is not good enough to be included on the longlist for the prospective Mayor of the North East as they want another Blairite drone installed, and may as well tar Ken Loach as an antisemite in the process when scrambling to give a reason

...and yet when Keir Starmer’s Labour Party were asked for the reasoning for Discoll not being considered they fobbed that off with saying they wouldn't comment on individual cases...while “a source” repeated the incoherent babble about Ken Loach which echoed what Luke Akehurst and Lee Harpin were posting to their personal Twitter accounts on the subject to the letter

...and then it was the turn of Paul Richards to state the Starmerite case with an appearance on Newsnight where he debated Driscoll...if by “debated” you mean yelling pre-prepared soundbites at him while dodging Driscoll’s direct questions about what rules he had broken or if he was calling Ken Loach an antisemite, while also acting like an arrogant twunt not least when he leterally said “I know more about the North East than you” or comparing Driscoll to David Brent in a line he was sure sounded more cutting when Akehurst and/or Harpin handed him the piece of paper with the comment written on it

Ultra-relatable nice guy Rishi Sunak decided to prove what an ultra-relatable nice guy he is by suggesting to people concerned that their mortgages would be increasing yet again hold their nerve as opposed to, oh I don’t know, his neck between their ever-constricting hands

Billionaire manchild Elon Musk got Pride Month off to a great start by planning to force a notification to every Twitter user when Matt Walsh’s transphobic documentary went live on the platform - and when Twitter's brand security manager told him that was a fucking insane idea, Musk forced them to resign

...and by the end of Pride Month billionaire manchild Elon Musk decided that the words “cis” and “cisgender” were slurs and using them would lead to an immediate Twitter ban, all because one of the right-wing meatbags that he's desperate to appeal to as nobody else is dumb enough to pay to use a free social media platform cried about being called cis, but remember the billionaire manchild is all about that FREEZE PEACH

One question about Matt Walsh and that transphobic documentary of his: why does he show so many pictures of naked minors?

Frowning thumb Joe Rogan somehow manages to be pig ignorant about vaccines and how they work, yet also knows full well what he's doing when he’s siccing his followers into harassing Dr Peter Hotez to the point they show up to Hotez’s house and films themselves yelling incoherently at him all because he refused to appear on Rogan's podcast alongside Robert Kennedy Jr for fear of giving Kennedy and his utterly batshit opinions credibility - especially as Rogan would, by balance of probability, have been backing up Kennedy throughout

Not only is Kari Lake still screaming that she didn't lose the Arizona gubernatorial election last November, she's now also screaming about Donald Trump being charged with breaking the law and started babbling like a crazy person about using the NRA as a militia to overturn whatever verdict

In the space of a week Keir Starmer’s Labour Party twice got caught trying to bury bad news when attention was elsewhere, firstly by ditching their green energy pledge when Trump was arraigned under the misguided belief that papers wouldn't be looking to put anything but Trump being arraigned on the front pages, and then ditching their Universal Childcare pledge when proven liar Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson was harrumphing out of Commons

...and a week later Keir Starmer’s Labour Party were at it again, sneaking out that they were backing out of the North Sea oil pledge just as the video of the Tory HQ pissup from December 2020 was released to the public 

To nobody's surprise Suella Braverman was not happy when the Rwanda deportation policy was ruled unlawful.  Also to nobody;s surprise, her response was the exact sort of buzzwords Tufton Street handed to her which would also be on the front page of the next day's Daily Mail

Barking MP Margaret Hodge definitely does not like it when anybody suggests her talk where she howled about people with “different faces” and “different food” moving into middle class areas sound remarkably like Margaret Hodge being comfortably racist in her centrist safe space

Of course Nadine Dorries is the sort of person who will show up on TalkTV saying she won't trigger a by-election even if she were elevated to the House of Lords - and then a few hours later trigger a by-election by announcing her immediate resignation as an MP as she wasn't elevated to the House of Lords

...only for it to turn out that, while Nadine Dorries made a big song and dance of her immediate resignation to any TV channel that would give her an inordinate amount of time to screech about resigning, she hadn't actually gone through with the tedious details of actually resigning

...and then Nadine Dorries started demanding all the evidence from the enquiry that saw her precious BoBo found to have been guilty of the things he was caught doing multiple times, because she wanted to perform her own investigation - and did I mention she still hasn't resigned after saying she was resigning with immediate effect?

...and then in stomped Lee Harpin to yell at any journalists who reported on the words which Hodge had said, because apparently it is not in the matter of public interest to report a sitting MP using a pet shop’s worth of dogwhistles in a speech and asking if Keir Starmer’s Labour Party intended to actually say or do something about this

In the space of 24 hours the BBC interviewed Andrew Tate and Philip Schofield, meaning that they platformed somebody who is on rape charges in the UK and a litany of charges including people smuggling in Romania, then somebody who is in the public eye because GB News would rather talk about that story (with heavy homophobic overtones) than dare mention the whole “Tories being bigger shits than usual over that Covid inquiry” thing that is actually headline news

...which looked particularly good when Andrew Tate was charged with rape and human trafficking by Romanian authorities three weeks after the BBC interview.  Funny how BBC Verify wasn't brought up at that moment, eh?

The grown-up in politics that is Keir Starmer showed just what a political grown-up he is by harrumphing that children should not identify as cats - in other words, regurgitating that culture war bollocks Katharine Birbalsingh has been spouting for months almost word-for-word that we’ve also seen GB News pick up on, all pretending the source isn't some American alt-right douche twisting schools having cat litter in classrooms so kids have somewhere to pee when the school is in lockdown due to there being an active shooter into the usual gender-based culture war bollocks

...although that didn't stop Kemi Badenoch demanding a snap Ofsted inspection of the school where nobody identified as a cat contrary to what Birbalsingh of GB News repeatedly claimed even after it was proven the entire story was complete and utter bollocks

Quite the stance from Rick Scott when saying that anybody who does not share his exact political ideology is not welcome to live of vacation in Florida, then banging on about liking “freedom” in the same sentence

We have reached the point where Rosie Duffield feels empowered enough to tweet out casual transphobia knowing that Keir Starmer’s Labour Party won't do a damn thing about it, since they haven’t done a damn thing about the numerous complaints of her homophobia and transphobia before

The lack of self-awareness from Lance Armstrong when he decided to get in on the anti-trans grift and deciding the platform he'd use was to wail about fairness in sports is quite astounding, given the amount of asterisks the Tour de France now has entirely because Lance was so disinterested in fairness in sports he took so many steroids his balls shrivelled up and died

Washed-up husk of a sitcom star Roseanne Barr decided to try for the double whammy of not only denying that the Holocaust happened, but saying that the Holocaust should have happened due to Jews causing all the problems in the world.  Gee, I wonder why her career is deader than a diplodocus...?

The one thing that GB News shows any form of aptitude for is sinking even lower, as ably demonstrated by Lewis Schaffer saying on air that Covid doesn't exist and government aides know this - leading to Leo Kerse trying to diffuse the situation (and desperately try to avoid Ofcom fines) by claiming this was a joke when it clearly wasn't, while drawing attention to the fact Kerse was sat there looking gormless as Schaffer said it

There was two issues with Fiona Bruce blurting out that Question Time vets audience member’s social media before letting them on: firstly that’s creepy as fuck, and secondly if they vetted people’s social media then they should be able to tell if somebody is a Tory councillor or has stood for election as a member of the National Front, but apparently that slips their attention quite a lot 

...especially the following week, where Question Time thought nobody would notice UKIP’s Cain Griffiths was in the audience and, by complete coincidence, was given the first question of the night where he said something remarkably dogwhistly about Rishi Sunak

Thanks to Philip Collins we know there is a place for racism in Keir Starmer’s Labour party: as Starmer’s speechwriter, given Collins responded to Rishi Sunak tweeting in support of England at the Ashes by dogwhistling very fucking loudly about how Sunak should be supporting India - and when called on it, said his half-Indian children support India as if that somehow counters telling somebody born in Southampton they can't support England

Once again the BBC proved just how spineless they are by benching Clive Myrie from hosting their news programming because he made jokes about proven liar Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson when hosting Have I Got News For You - that is the HIGNFY which the BBC legal department reviewed the script for prior to the taping, the taping which was a day before the BBC aired the episode, so had plenty of opportunities to remove the “offensive” material if they so wished - but, of course, before it aired the Daily Mail hadn't had the chance to whinge and the BBC overcompensated in a way that only serves to make them look both weak and totalitarian - just as they did with Gary Lineker 

Perhaps if Brendan Clarke-Smith spent a fraction of the energy he puts into yelling on Twitter at women who criticise him into being an MP, maybe his constituents wouldn’t already be planning for life after him

Soon-to-be-convict Andrew Tate decided to share his wisdom with the world and says that depression isn't a real thing.  That sound you heard was innumerous people bookmarking that tweet, ready to quote it back to him for the inevitable “I’m so depressed in jail” whining he’ll be giving us soon enough

...and then billionaire manchild Elon Musk parroted those same arguments, and as is typical of him he attempted to pass the comments off as his own because all he can do is copy, paste, or do a racism

Waffling gargoyle Nigel Farage was quite upset that his bank wants nothing more to do with him or his business.  Of course, what he neglected to mention was his account is with Coutts, which has just the one branch and you need to have savings worth at least £3m to open an account, as that little detail wouldn't fit in with pretending he isn't a grifting turd with a lot of gullible saps making it possible for him to open an account with Coutts that £500,000 worth of Russian money can be deposited into

How can Chelsea Mitchell be the “fastest girl in Connecticut” as she has dubbed herself when she came sixth in a race which featured one trans athlete - a trans athlete who didn't win the race, who Mitchell had beaten in races several times that season, and contrary to Mitchell’s claims had no role in her failing to get a scholarship - due to the minor fact that Mitchell had already got the scholarship she claims to have been denied.  But no, may as well get on that Riley Gaines grift instead

Failed nepo baby Lawrence Fox not only seemed to be weirdly determined to make Pride Month all about himself, but spent Fathers Day lurching around all on his lonesome on his patio burning Pride flags and posting the video of him doing so to his Twitter

No, seriously, why did Colleen Ballinger think the best way to address grooming allegations was to whip out a ukelele and sing for ten minutes while skipping over that whole “apologising” part of an apology video - and then release the apology singalong a second time, but with better reverb?

The paupers at Disney are apparently so hard up for cash that, rather than pay somebody to create the opening titles for Secret Invasion, instead they just used AI art, which is really good to know just before they hike the subscription fee for their streaming platform

Perhaps if Time did their research they wouldn't have run the headline suggesting the Kakhova Dam collapse could be Ukraine's Chernobyl, what with Chernobyl being Ukraine's Chernobyl and all that

...although the New York Times decided to one-up them with a headline about Alternative für Deutschland staging a comeback meaning the far-right have taken control of Germany for the first time

Beanie-wearing testicle Tim Pool got so wound up at Tom Morello bringing up the German saying that if nine people sit at a table with a Nazi without protest meaning there are ten Nazis at the table (I wonder why that triggered Tim so much...?) that he responded in the only way he knew how: by recording a  cover of Killing in the Name so cringe-inducing that it's barely worth pointing out that it's obvious he doesn't even know what the song’s about

...and because beanie-wearing testicle Tim Pool is such a mature and serious person, the mere suggestion that his cringe-inducing cover version of Killing in the Name has shitty audio is enough to get him red-faced and ranting about a psy-op which meddled with its audio somehow, which is one of the many reasons his interview with Emma Vigeland was hilarious even before the beanie-wearing testicle started crying on his own show

It was quite amusing to see the far-centre extremists ranting and raving about the Percy Shelley poem which Jeremy Corbyn tweeted, because they are that far removed from common sense that they see Corbyn tweet something so immediately assume it was his work and so must be chastised and criticised immediately - which worked out so well for them that even The Guardian said they were being moronic

Perhaps the Tories shouldn't let Oliver Dowden handle PMQs anymore if the best he can offer is trying to make a direct comparison between the £200m+ of taxpayer’s moneys that (Tory peer) Michelle Mone siphoned off into her bank accounts with Angela Rayner claiming a pair of Air Pods on her expenses

And finally, there’s registered sex offender Donald Trump completely and utterly losing his shit to being charged for stashing classified documents by his toilet in his bathroom, which for some reason has a chandelier in it

[year-of-the-rabid-dog]

|“Analog Nightmares: The Shot On Video Horror Films of 1982-1995″|

Author;  Richard Mogg

[riotatthemovies]

Thank you Richard Mogg for joining us in the second of our weekly videos leading up to this months Terrible Two Day fest!

[moviesandmania]

Analog Nightmares: The Shot-on-Video Horror Films of 1982 - 1995

Analog Nightmares: The Shot-on-Video Horror Films of 1982 – 1995

Analog Nightmares: The Shot-on-Video Horror Films of 1982 – 1995 is a 2018 American book by Richard Mogg (director of Massage Parlor of Death ; Bigfoot Ate My Boyfriend; Teenage Slumber Party Nightmare; Easter Bunny Bloodbath; et al), issued by RickMoe Publishing.

“The most comprehensive, all-inclusive look at the history and evolution of shot on video horror films. In 1982, BoardingHousebecame…

[meandrichard]

Richard Armitage Brexit blues

Richard Armitage Brexit blues

I don’t always pay a great deal of attention to what you say, but having swallowed the pill and having accepted that we’re leaving, are you now campaigning for Remain..because, with respect, you make a great case for that position? https://t.co/ljXPvxDQIu

— Richard Armitage (@RCArmitage) April 5, 2019

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[ianchisnall]

We need all politicians to work together Nicola

We need all politicians to work together Nicola

On Thursday this week there was a discussion in the House of Commons under the title of Business of the House and one of the MPs stood up to call for a Parliamentary debate that related to her setting which tragically was related to the way in which her local Police and Crime Commissioner has responded to the current issues on the theme of stop and search. Now this is of course a matter that MPs…

[psyce]

max bemis of say anything moon knight run fucking acquired also leaving richard valley recommended by simon hanselmann of megg and mogg fame of which i just finished the crisis zone compilation today. and i got a mcdonalds iced coffee

[wankerwatch]

Commons Vote

On: Holocaust Memorial Bill Committee: New Clause 1

Ayes: 11 (100.0% Con) Noes: 182 (98.4% Con, 0.5% DUP, 0.5% Ind, 0.5% LD) Absent: ~457

Likely Referenced Bill: Holocaust Memorial Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision for expenditure by the Secretary of State and the removal of restrictions in respect of certain land for or in connection with the construction of a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Lords Bill Stage: 1st reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (11 votes)

Bernard Jenkin Charles Walker Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Henry Smith Jacob Rees-Mogg John Stevenson Karl McCartney Lia Nici Peter Bottomley Richard Graham Tom Randall

Noes

Conservative (179 votes)

Aaron Bell Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Alok Sharma Amanda Milling Amanda Solloway Andrew Lewer Andrew Murrison Andrew Percy Andrew Rosindell Andrew Stephenson Andy Carter Anna Firth Anne-Marie Trevelyan Anthony Browne Antony Higginbotham Ben Everitt Ben Spencer Bill Wiggin Bob Blackman Bob Seely Brandon Lewis Brendan Clarke-Smith Caroline Ansell Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Caroline Nokes Cherilyn Mackrory Chris Clarkson Chris Grayling Chris Green Chris Loder Chris Philp Craig Tracey Craig Williams Damian Collins Damian Green Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Duguid David Jones David Simmonds Dean Russell Dehenna Davison Derek Thomas Duncan Baker Eddie Hughes Edward Argar Edward Timpson Fay Jones Felicity Buchan Fiona Bruce Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gary Sambrook George Eustice Gordon Henderson Graham Stuart Greg Smith Guy Opperman Heather Wheeler Helen Grant Helen Whately Holly Mumby-Croft Huw Merriman Iain Duncan Smith Iain Stewart Jack Brereton Jackie Doyle-Price Jacob Young James Davies James Grundy James Morris James Wild Jamie Wallis Jane Hunt Jeremy Quin Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman John Hayes John Howell John Lamont John Whittingdale Jonathan Djanogly Julian Lewis Julian Sturdy Julie Marson Justin Tomlinson Karen Bradley Katherine Fletcher Kelly Tolhurst Kevin Foster Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Laura Farris Laurence Robertson Leo Docherty Lisa Cameron Louie French Luke Hall Maggie Throup Marcus Jones Maria Caulfield Mark Fletcher Mark Logan Mark Spencer Martin Vickers Mary Robinson Matt Warman Matthew Offord Michael Ellis Michael Fabricant Mike Freer Mike Wood Mims Davies Miriam Cates Nadhim Zahawi Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Nick Fletcher Nicola Richards Nigel Huddleston Nigel Mills Paul Holmes Paul Howell Paul Scully Penny Mordaunt Peter Aldous Philip Dunne Philip Hollobone Priti Patel Rebecca Harris Rebecca Pow Richard Drax Richard Fuller Robbie Moore Robert Courts Robert Halfon Robert Largan Robert Neill Robert Syms Robin Millar Robin Walker Ruth Edwards Sally-Ann Hart Saqib Bhatti Sara Britcliffe Sarah Dines Scott Mann Selaine Saxby Shailesh Vara Shaun Bailey Sheryll Murray Simon Baynes Simon Clarke Simon Fell Simon Hart Simon Hoare Simon Jupp Stephen Metcalfe Steve Baker Steve Brine Steve Double Steve Tuckwell Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Theo Clarke Theresa Villiers Tobias Ellwood Tom Hunt Tom Pursglove Tracey Crouch Trudy Harrison Will Quince William Cash

Democratic Unionist Party (1 vote)

Ian Paisley

Independent (1 vote)

William Wragg

Liberal Democrat (1 vote)

Wera Hobhouse

[rockandrollstorytime]

Rock and Roll Storytime #6: The Rolling Stones Against the Establishment (Or: The time 3/5 of them went on trial for drug posession)

Let’s face it, I think every now and again, we all have those moments where we’re glad that we live in the time and place we do at this very moment. This particularly goes out to the musicians, who seem to get in trouble for drugs less frequently nowadays, in favor of worse charges... 

But that wasn’t always so. 

Once upon a time, the threat of rock stars getting long prison sentences for first time offences was very omnipresent, and this story is about that bygone era. A time and a place where even a hint of subversive behavior meant that adults lost their shit and went on literal moral crusades. 

Enter Sgt. Norman Pilcher, or, as John Lennon called him in “I Am the Walrus”, Semolina Pilchard. He was a detective in his 30′s and was dead-set on getting drugs off the streets, which meant that, invariably, he primarily set his sights on rock stars. His list of arrests includes Donovan, John Lennon, George Harrison, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Brian Jones. He would’ve nabbed Eric Clapton, but Eric bolted out the back door as soon as he heard there was someone at his doorstep with a “special delivery.”

For now though, we’re just going to focus on the Stones, and how this whole drug trial business may have accelerated the decline of one of its members. 

Given how trying to get rock stars busted for drugs was practically a sport in 1967, the now-defunct tabloid News of the World decided to capitalize on this by publishing a three-part “story” entitled, “Pop Stars and Drugs: Facts That Will Shock You.” In it, the tabloid alleged that many popular musicians of the time were not only doing drugs, but also holding drug parties at their homes, including Donovan, Pete Townshend, and Ginger Baker (R.I.P). Part Two seems to have primarily targeted the Rolling Stones, and it was alleged that Mick Jagger had taken several Benzedrine tablets, displayed a bit of hashish, and invited his companions back to his flat for a smoke, one of whom just so happened to be an undercover reporter. As it turns out, the person in question was actually little Brian Jones, who was being way too casual with his drug use. Mick tried to sue the paper over that one. 

I just want to ask, how the hell did they mix up Mick and Brian? One’s blond and has a cherubic face, and the other’s brunette and has massive lips!

In either case, like with how Donovan was arrested and charged after the first issue came out, the article attracted the attentions of authorities, and in particular, one Semolina Pilchard. News of the World was also more than a little interested in avoiding a major lawsuit, even to the point of allegedly wiretapping and paying off informants (it’s shit like that which is the reason why they ultimately became defunct in 2011, after a phone hacking scandal). Ultimately, on February 12, 1967, eighteen police officers raided Keith Richards’ home, Redlands. Mick, Keith, and an art dealer friend, Robert Fraser were arrested and charged with amphetamine possession, allowing his home to be used for the smoking of cannabis, and heroin possession respectively. 

In addition, salacious rumors started to swirl around that Mick was found eating a Mars Bar out of Marianne Faithfull’s... nether regions. Truth of the matter is, while Marianne was only wearing a fur rug, there weren’t any orgies taking place. She even wrote in her autobiography, “The Mars Bar is a very effective piece of demonizing. It was so overdone with such malicious twisting of the facts. Mick retrieving a Mars Bar from my vagina, indeed! It’s a dirty old man’s fantasy – some old fart who goes to a dominatrix every Thursday. A cop’s idea of what people do on acid.”

Their manager, Andrew Loog Oldham, was supposed to help these kids figure out what to do about the impending drug trials, but instead, he fled to America, leaving his role to Allen Klein (Andrew was fired in September). Lawyers told Mick, Keith, and Brian that, essentially, since they were the most visible of the Rolling Stones, to not talk to the press and even to temporarily leave the country. And so, Mick, Keith, and Brian (bringing along his girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg) set off for Morocco. This is something I’m going to have to go into more detail about another time, but suffice it to say, it ended with Anita leaving Brian for Keith and Brian being stranded in Morocco for about two days. 

On May 10, Mick, Keith, and Robert were marched into court where they were formally charged with the aforementioned charges. Mick and Keith decided to plead not guilty, Robert pled guilty, and all three elected to undergo trial by jury. That same day, twelve officers raided Brian’s home, and though he allegedly tried to clean up the place before the coppers arrived, they still managed to find a “purple Moroccan-style wallet” with cannabis in it. Needless to say, Brian and his friend, Prince Stanislaus “Stash” Klossowski were also arrested and charged with drug possession. On June 2, they were formally charged in court and elected to undergo trial by jury. However, Brian decided to plead guilty, a move that would come back to bite him in the ass later on. 

Starting with Mick, Robert, and Keith’s trial, the odds were against them from the very start. For one thing, the judge they were up against, Judge Leslie Allen Block, was notoriously unforgiving. Given that two of the people on trial were Rolling Stones, it quickly became apparent that the people running the show would very much be gunning for long jail sentences. It can also be argued that, since Pilcher knew what press would come if he made some high-profile celebrity arrests and didn’t arrest anyone with a status lower than Donovan, it could easily be argued that he was only making these arrests to gain some serious cred for his task-force. Going back to the original point though, at one point, as Mick’s trial was wrapping up, the judge even told the jury to dispel any notion of reasonable doubt. 

The last time I wrote this, that sounded seriously ethically dubious, even considering that the usual phrase here would be “innocent until proven guilty” (though it usually plays out the other way around, it seems). Well, I did eventually ask my mom about it (she’s a paralegal and she knows a thing or two about U.S.A. law), and she said that it would depend on the case and if the reasonable doubt presented was excluded by a previous court order. 

Granted, I know that’s dealing with U.S.A. law and that I can’t find anything saying that there was a court order barring reasonable doubt, but I guess that’ll have to do. 

In either case, on June 27, Mick was found guilty of illegally possessing Benzedrine (despite the fact that it was purchased legally in Italy), but because Keith’s trial hadn’t begun yet, Mick and Robert were sent to Lewes Prison overnight. 

Keith’s trial began in earnest the next day, and Keith really didn’t help his case when he said, “We are not old men. We are not worried about petty morals.” However, the trial remained unfinished at the end of the day, so Mick and Robert (who were being held in a cell under the courtroom) were escorted back to Lewes. 

The trial finally came to a close on June 29, and all three of the defendants were summarily sentenced. Mick was sentenced to three months for the aforementioned drug possession charges, Robert was sentenced to six months for heroin possession, and Keith was sentenced to twelve months for allowing cannabis to be smoked in his home. Additionally, all three were fined. Mick was sent to Brixton and Robert and Keith were sent to the notorious Wormwood Scrubs. 

By today’s standards, these would definitely be considered harsh sentences, and might not even happen the same way (I’ll save more of these details for the ending). Back then though, surprisingly, there was actually quite a bit of support for the Stones and not just from fans. Even newspapers that had once viciously mocked them, voiced their support. In fact, William Rees-Mogg, a well-known conservative, wrote an article for The Times called “Who Breaks a Butterfly Upon a Wheel” in which he criticized Mick Jagger’s sentence, essentially saying that the only reason he got three months was because of his being a Rolling Stone, and that had he not been, the consequences would have been much less severe, considering he was a first-time offender. The Who also voiced their support for the Stones, saying “The Who consider Mick Jagger and Keith Richards have been treated as scapegoats for the drug problem and as a protest against the grave sentences imposed on them at Chichester yesterday, The Who are issuing today the first of a series of Jagger-Richards songs to keep their work before the public until they are again free to record themselves.” The New Law Journal wrote, “The three-month prison sentence on Jagger for a first offence, and the introduction at this trial of evidence about a girl in a skin rug are two disturbing features of the case.” Some fans even protested outside News of the World’s headquarters, including Keith Moon’s girlfriend (later wife), Kim Kerrigan. 

However, there were still some sources who agreed with the judge’s decision. In particular, Charles Curran wrote for the Evening News: “I hold that people who break the law ought to be punished. The law that Jagger and Richards broke is not a trifle either. For it seeks to prevent people from using dangerous drugs for fun... Look at Jagger and Richards. Each of them is a millionaire at twenty-three. How does it come about that they are so rich? Their wealth flows from the fact that they are manufactured pieces of wish-fulfillment... Their lives tend to represent, in reality, what their admirers’ are in fantasy. So as long as the pop idol sticks to bawling and wailing- well, we can put up with that. But once he starts to add drugs to his drivel, society must take immediate note of it.”

The next day, Mick and Keith were released on appeal, and went to appeals court on July 31. Years later, Bill Wyman wrote, “The appeal was on five grounds: (1) That the evidence made a cornerstone of the case by the prosecution was wrongly admitted. The evidence of the girl, her dress or undress, was ‘wholly inadmissible’; (2) That if it was held to be admissible, the evidence should have been excluded by the discretion of the judge, because it was so prejudicial; (3) That the chairman misdirected the jury about what the prosecution had to prove as to the meaning of the word ‘permitting’; (4) That he failed to detail the lack of evidence regarding the knowledge of the cannabis drug; (5) That he failed to put fully the defence to the jury.” Keith’s sentence was completely overturned, while Mick was sentenced to a year’s probation, though he wound up spending another night in jail. 

Robert, who ended up serving his full sentence, apparently alleged that everything at Keith’s house that night had been his, and that he’d been taking heroin pills for an upset stomach (sort of like how Kurt Cobain claimed to be on heroin because of a stomach condition that may well have been psychosomatic). 

With Brian’s trial, it is important to note that, as I’ve said, he didn’t really take the affair as seriously as he could have, Also, there’s the fact that Allen Klein, in a misguided attempt at trying to protect Brian, told him to stay away from the other Stones as much as possible, which had the effect of isolating Brian from his band even further at a time where he needed them most. In fact, according to Stash (who was later acquitted), “Brian was not OK within a month of us getting busted. I was at Robert Fraser’s apartment when Brian came in, and, much to my horror, he proceeded to hit about twenty objects, banging into the walls and ricocheting across the room like a ping-pong ball. That was the terrible effect of those downers. He took them because he felt alienated, worried, and it was the only way he could isolate himself into some kind of security blanket. It was a one-way street. He had a disaster written in neon lights all over him and none of us could do anything about it.”

In fact, Brian was in such dire straits, he wound up being admitted to the Priory Clinic for psychiatric analysis on July 5, and was discharged as an out-patient on July 12. When his trial finally came around on October 30, he admitted in court to possessing cannabis without authority, but denied that he’d used cocaine or methedrine. His defense pleaded with the judge not to send him to jail, since he’d taken responsibility for the cannabis (the prosecution was more willing to accept that Brian might not have known about the stronger drugs) and that Brian had a nervous breakdown after the arrest and had suffered greatly. In fact, Detective-Sergeant David Patrick said that, while all drugs were serious, the amount of cannabis found was relatively small, and Brian’s psychiatrist said that his client should be hospitalized rather than imprisoned, and that Brian wouldn’t be able to handle prison. 

However, it all came to naught, as the judge, Reginald Seaton, sentenced Brian to three months in jail for cannabis possession, nine months for allowing his home to be used for smoking cannabis to be served concurrently, and a fine, stating, “I have given your case anxious and careful consideration. The offence of being the occupier of premises and allowing them to be used for the purpose of smoking cannabis resin is very serious indeed. This means that people can break the law in comparative privacy and so avoid detection for what is a growing canker in this country at the present moment. No blame attaches to you for the phial of cocaine, but there are people who come to this sort of party and that is how the rot starts, from cannabis to hard drugs. You occupy a position by which you have a large following of youth, and therefore, it behoves you to set an example... Although I am moved by everything I have heard, I would be failing my duty if I did not refer to the seriousness of the offences by passing sentence of imprisonment.” Brian ended up spending the night in Wormwood Scrubs, where, apparently, guards threatened to cut off the long, blonde hair he was so proud of. 

Looking at pictures of Brian right after his initial arrest and right after his sentencing, the toll that these proceedings took on his physical and mental health becomes quite clear. 

As with Mick and Keith’s sentences, Brian’s conviction caused an uproar. Eight people were arrested as a peaceful protest practically turned into a riot, including Mick’s brother, Chris. In addition, The Daily Sketch wrote, “...dishing out a nine-month sentence is as likely to turn a pop star into a martyr as to deter his fans. Besides, if the Appeal Court later reduces or quashes a harsh sentence, as happened in the case of Jagger, the authority of the law is lessened.” Similarly, The Sun (yes, the same guys who botched their coverage the Hillsborough Disaster and got largely banned from Liverpool) wrote, “Such a sentence, far from convincing young people that cannabis (hemp) is harmful, is too likely to make a martyr of this wretched young man and invest it with false glamour.” 

Brian, though shaken, was released the next day on appeal. What helped his case, though, was when Judge Block made a rather tactless statement: “We did our best, your fellow countrymen, I, and my fellow magistrates, to cut these Stones down to size, but alas, it was not to be, because the Court of Criminal Appeal let them roll free.”

Though Block later claimed he was being sarcastic, Les Perrin issued a statement of his own: “In view of Brian Jones being on bail it seems deplorable that a member of the judiciary should so contravene the normally accepted practice in a case being sub judice, as to joke and poke fun. He made an unprecedented observation both on the trial he conducted at Chichester, and the subsequent findings of the Court of Criminal Appeal. Is this the kind of justice Brian expects? Is this man typical of those who hold the title, the high and esteemed office to try and sentence people? How can the public believe, in the light of this utterance by Judge Block, that the Rolling Stones can get an unbiased hearing? His statement smacks of pre-judgement, a getting-together, ‘to cut the Stones down to size’ because of who they are. It is a pity that he did not observe the ethics of sub judice in a like manner to Mr Jagger, Mr Richards, Mr Jones by remaining silent.”

At the appeal on December 12, Brian’s doctors again said that he had become potentially suicidal as a result of the trial, and its effect on his mental health. When all was said and done, his sentence was reduced to three years’ probation under the condition that he pay a £1,000 fine and that he receive psychiatric help, with the judge saying, “Remember, this is a degree of mercy which the court has shown. It’s not a let-off.”

Later on, Stash would note, “An artist can be hounded into a state in which his mental health will deteriorate and that’s what happened to Brian, I’m sure. I was very angry and blamed the authorities, but ultimately, an individual has to blame himself.”

On December 14, Brian’s chauffeur found him collapsed in his flat and called 999. After an hour, Brian walked out, against doctors’ orders that he should stay overnight. He went straight to the Priory Clinic, and the next day, went in to the dentist to get two teeth pulled due to having a raging toothache. Brian later said that the collapse had been a reaction to the trial. 

And even so, that is not where the story ends, though I honestly wish it did. On May 21, police showed up at Brian’s door again, this time being led by Detective-Sergeant Robin Constable. Once again, police found cannabis, and Brian was utterly distraught, saying such things as “This can’t happen again, just when we’re getting on our feet”, “Why do I always get bugged?”, and “Why do you always have to pick on me?”

Speculation exists to this day that this second search was a carefully orchestrated plant, but whether or not it was will likely never be known for certain.

While the substance was taken away for testing, Brian found himself being dragged to the courthouse shortly before 10 AM. You can probably imagine the press had a field day, and by this point, Brian was completely mentally drained. 

Brian appeared in court on June 11, 1968, where this time, he pled not guilty to the charges of cannabis possession. By this time, there was a new procedure under the Criminal Justice Act, preventing the need for evidence to be given in detail in court (which was a provision that hadn’t been present the first time around). Brian also elected to once again undergo trial by jury. 

Brian’s second trial occurred on September 26, 1968. He was also looking very sickly; his skin was pale, he’d gained weight, and the bags under his eyes were more pronounced now than at any other time in his life. Brian was charged with illegally possessing 144 grains of cannabis, and once again, he entered a plea of not guilty. Brian’s defense was that he’d been staying in the flat that actress Joanna Pettet had moved out of just two hours before while a house that he’d recently purchased was being decorated. Pettet later claimed that she’d left the ball of wool there, but denied any knowledge of the cannabis found inside it. Brian also claimed to have been receiving medical treatment since the last trial, and his doctor said, “Nothing suggested to me that Jones was playing around cannabis. If I put a reefer cigarette by this young man, he would run a mile.”

Chairman Reginald Seaton (the same guy at Brian’s first trial) in his last address to the jury said that the burden of proof should rest with the police, considering that all that was found in Brian’s flat was the cannabis, but no evidence that it had been smoked. Despite this though, the jury returned 45 minutes later to pronounce Brian guilty. Luckily for him, Seaton took pity on him, only giving him a fine, stating, “I think this was a lapse and I don’t want to interfere with the probation order that already applies to this man. I am going to fine you according to your means. You must keep clear of this stuff. You really must watch your step. You will be fined £50 with 100 guineas [£105] costs. For goodness sake, don’t get into trouble again or you really will be in serious trouble.” 

Of this second trial, Brian himself later said, “When the jury announced the guilty verdict, I was sure I was going to jail for at least a year. It was such a wonderful relief when I heard I was only going to be fined. I’m happy to be free. It’s wonderful. This summer has been one long worry to me. Someone planted the drug in my flat, but I don’t know who. I will state till my death that I did not commit this offence.”

The rest, as most would say, is history. Brian continued to spiral out of control, losing interest in the Stones until he was eventually fired on June 8, 1969, and replaced by Mick Taylor. Twenty-five days later, Brian drowned in his backyard swimming pool at the tender age of 27, becoming one of the first members of what would eventually be dubbed the “27 Club.”

I do have a theory that Brian’s death was primarily caused by sleeping pills and alcohol, maybe even some combination of heart failure, liver failure, and/or undiagnosed epilepsy exacerbated by the side-effects of some of the drugs he was allegedly prescribed right before his death, but that, dear readers, is another story. 

Meanwhile, the Stones are still rolling and Mick and Keith are still alive (obviously), the latter of whom celebrated his 76th birthday while I was writing this, by some miracle. 

While I was unable to ascertain whether using one’s home for drug abuse still carried the steep penalties it did in 1967, I was able to find UK law regarding drug possession. Sentencing largely depends on the quantity of the drug and whether or not there was an intent to sell, but amphetamines and cannabis can still land you with a fine and a jail sentence of up to five years. 

If there is a silver lining to be found in this whole mess, Pilcher was eventually found guilty of perjury (though not for possibly planting dope on rock stars), and was himself sentenced to four years in prison for claiming a drug smuggler was innocent and had served with the police (not true in the slightest, as he was actually caught red-handed in the act of selling). 

What can I say? Karma’s a bitch. 

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