An update on the Just Stop Oil campaign from the Grauniad -
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Given that defending teams are often said to have been "saved by the woodwork", I wonder what sort of divine intervention, and what sort of woodwork, might be involved there...Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
Noting that Trump believes God was onside when the bullet only touched his ear, are we therefore to assume Almighty Intervention whenever would-be goal strikers hit the bar?
"Well, Brian, it was a game of two halves, and things got better after we were washed in the blood of the lamb..."Comment
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Talking of 'woodwork' the two Just Stop Oil protestors who threw tomato soup at Van Gogh's Sunflowers and damaged its 17th Century Italian frame have been found guilty of criminal damage.Originally posted by EnemyoftheStoat View Post
They are due to be sentenced by the same Judge who sent the Just Stop Oil activists to prison for 5 years. He has already indicated that these two can expect to go to prison as well.
"Judge Christopher Hehir told the pair to be "prepared in practical and emotional terms to go to prison" when they are sentenced on 27 September.
Judge Hehir said they "came within the width of a pane of glass of destroying one of the most valuable artworks in the world"."
"I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
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