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catsmate said:
I see Gove's failure to deliver on his promise to ban electric-shock collars for animals is back in the news.
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I can see why he’s backed away from the ban, how would they ever get Johnson to sit and stay if they didn’t have him wear a shock collar.
 
P.J. Denyer said:
I think they should still be available for specific purposes. Like SortedFood "Shock The Chef" episodes!
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Oh we have several, modified or intended for human use. We'd never use them on animals though.

Darat said:
I can see why he’s backed away from the ban, how would they ever get Johnson to sit and stay if they didn’t have him wear a shock collar.
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At the risk of heading OT, there are BDSM versions that attach......elsewhere.
That's what I'd recommend for BoJo.
 
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P.J. Denyer said:
You know how you can get games controllers that come with really fast, constant, 'autofire' switches.................

ETA: And are they available in a mains version?
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There are a wide range of electrical ''devices' that use mains (stepped down), batteries or the ever popular hand crank (for the 'Tucker telephone' traditionalists). In general batteries are quite sufficient for most scenarios.
 
catsmate said:
There are a wide range of electrical ''devices' that use mains (stepped down), batteries or the ever popular hand crank (for the 'Tucker telephone' traditionalists). In general batteries are quite sufficient for most scenarios.
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Stepped down? Not suitable for this application..
 
catsmate said:
Here for example. The furor over the YouTube videos seems to have reminded people of Gove's promise to ban the devices in the UK (excluding Wales) back in '18.
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Thanks!

The article seems to lump together all remotely activated collars, both those that deliver an electric shock and those that do something harmless. The article refers to 'noxious' substances, but the ones we used released either citronella or simply compressed air. It was a waste of money, as our beautiful but brainless saluki was too stupid to make the connection between her barking and the noise or smell from the collar.
 
zooterkin said:
Thanks!

The article seems to lump together all remotely activated collars, both those that deliver an electric shock and those that do something harmless. The article refers to 'noxious' substances, but the ones we used released either citronella or simply compressed air. It was a waste of money, as our beautiful but brainless saluki was too stupid to make the connection between her barking and the noise or smell from the collar.
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Knew someone who used a compressed air one on their red setter, all it did was make the setter bark more.
 
Darat said:
Knew someone who used a compressed air one on their red setter, all it did was make the setter bark more.
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I remember a one pleasant park in small town USA when some idiot introduced air-horns to deter dog fights.
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“It is not a project that is likely to survive beyond the initial technical & cost appraisal phase” - Philip Hammond on Johnson’s Northern Ireland bridge/tunnel plan

But some of his cronies will get a lot of cash while it lasts in consultancy fees, feasibility studies, etc just like for his London 'Garden Bridge'
if you can charge £2.5m for a bit of IKEA & paint for a briefing room, think what you could charge for mulling over an undersea spaghetti junction!
 
Captain_Swoop said:
“It is not a project that is likely to survive beyond the initial technical & cost appraisal phase” - Philip Hammond on Johnson’s Northern Ireland bridge/tunnel plan

But some of his cronies will get a lot of cash while it lasts in consultancy fees, feasibility studies, etc just like for his London 'Garden Bridge'
if you can charge £2.5m for a bit of IKEA & paint for a briefing room, think what you could charge for mulling over an undersea spaghetti junction!
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The blue will be a godsend for video editing.
 
James Wild Tory MP for NW Norfolk tweeted

@jamesowild
Today the @CommonsPAC scrutinised the BBC on its strategy.
As well as asking about licence fee, commercial income, and efficiency, I asked about the Flag of United Kingdom as I cldnt spot any in its 268 page Annual Report.
 
The Tories have promised to protect leaseholders from cladding costs no less than 17 times.
Tonight, they voted against this in Parliament for the third time.

Nice that they can afford a new jet for Boris though.
 
Captain_Swoop said:
The Tories have promised to protect leaseholders from cladding costs no less than 17 times.
Tonight, they voted against this in Parliament for the third time.

Nice that they can afford a new jet for Boris though.
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And a refurbished home paid for by alleged undeclared* donations because, after all, the Prime Minister of Great Britain deserves no less than the President in the White House.

Next the two-hundred bullet-proof limousine entourage, to be transported abroad everywhere the most highly honourable one goes. His Excellency deserves no less.

*All these thoroughly scurrilous claims designed to undermine the very fabric of the UK government - the scallywags should be taken out and shot at dawn [That's quite enough~ Ed.]
 
Captain_Swoop said:
James Wild Tory MP for NW Norfolk tweeted

@jamesowild
Today the @CommonsPAC scrutinised the BBC on its strategy.
As well as asking about licence fee, commercial income, and efficiency, I asked about the Flag of United Kingdom as I cldnt spot any in its 268 page Annual Report.
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Thankfully he's being thoroughly roasted in the replies, with some pointing out that the 2019 Tory election manifesto had zero union flags as well.
 
Boris has spoken about the BBC 'Union Flag' controversy and the lack of them in the annual report.

He says the BBC are 'out of touch' and too 'metropolitan'

Expect lots of flags all over the next one.
 
The UK government has asked for the union jack to be flown on all UK government buildings every day of the year from now on.

Currently, union flags are only required to be flown on all UK Government buildings on designated days.
New guidance is for the flag to be flown all year round, unless another flag is being flown, such as another national flag of the UK.
where dual flagging ( that is two flags on one pole.) will now be allowed

If there is only one pole and another flag needs to be flown for a designated reason the Union jack should be flown above whatever other flag is to be flown, they are using the example of the union flag alongside the saltire.

Where buildings have two flag poles, they're now advised to fly the Union flag will fly alongside any other flag,

The new guidance applies to England, Wales and Scotland only. Northern Ireland has separate legislation dealing with flag flying, due to the obvious sensitivities.

SNP is not impressed.
"This idea seems to have been inspired by Tory ministers watching an episode of the Thick of It...If Tories think an overload of Union Jacks on buildings is the answer to promote the strength of the Union, it shows how thin the case is."
 
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Do you remember in The Sound of Music how the authorities were insisting that all buildings flew the Nazis flags?
Is that where they got the idea from?

You just know that there’s a Tory MP with a close relative who owns a newly founded flag making company in China.
 
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Captain_Swoop said:
Do you remember in The Sound of Music how the authorities were insisting that all buildings flew the Nazis flags?
Is that where they got the idea from?

You just know that there’s a Tory MP with a close relative who owns a newly founded flag making company in China.
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You ninja'd me. This is a disturbing development which made me think of certain definitions of 'fascism' - enforced nationalism etc. I hope that Wales, Scotland and N.I. tell the Tories to shove it.
 
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