Liverpool terror attack

[andyhinch]

Funnily enough.....

I saw the very same Bill Clinton in the Starbucks on the corner of Mount Street & Peter Street in 2006 when he was at the Labour Party conference at GMex. Was a little unexpected to put it mildly.

Unfortunately me and my colleague had to go to a meeting but with all his security, and the fact it isn't a big place, there wasn't much room anyway.

I’m shocked, you go in Starbucks ? Thought you had more class than that mate.

 

[KS55]

Sorry this is just daft. It's like saying levantine arabs can't be antisemites because they are also semites, or "I'm not homophobic because I'm not scared of homosexuals but I still like giving them a good hiding".

Words can have different definitions besides the "common sense" obvious one that one might assume.

In my first year of my degree I can remember a lecturer stating that using dictionary definitions for essays was wrong and it was correct to refer to definitions in subject source materials.

If you need extra incentive to consider why you are wrong, maybe ask yourself why Onslow is liking your post?

Well, I am @Fode N The Hole phobic!
Your simile in the second sentence is not vaguely analogous and the first sentence is bonkersly irrelevant.
So you would say my objection to theistic religion is religiophobic even tho it is based on logic and evidence, rather than irrational fear or prejudice?

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

I’ll hold off before I send him my £20. The video shows no heroics, literally a taxi pulling up at its destination and a bomb going off before the taxi had even come to a stop.

A family friend has confirmed what the driver did. Locked the **** in the car so he couldn’t get out to murder and maim.

He is literally a hero. I hope he gets tens of thousands raised for him and his family. Not too sure there will be an insurance clause for ‘terrorist twat’

 

[bluemoon32]

So lucky it didn't go off properly, many would have died i'd imagine as it was driven right up to the building.
I don't see the driver getting out beforehand though, at least not in the video from the BBC

 

[Craig]

A family friend has confirmed what the driver did. Locked the **** in the car so he couldn’t get out to murder and maim.

He is literally a hero. I hope he gets tens of thousands raised for him and his family. Not too sure there will be an insurance clause for ‘terrorist twat’

Hmm

 

[The Northern Baptist]

A family friend has confirmed what the driver did. Locked the **** in the car so he couldn’t get out to murder and maim.

He is literally a hero. I hope he gets tens of thousands raised for him and his family. Not too sure there will be an insurance clause for ‘terrorist twat’

We’ve all seen the video. The doors would have been locked anyway whilst the car was in motion, the bomb went off before the vehicle stopped.

 

[DrBlueBob]

Funnily enough.....

I saw the very same Bill Clinton in the Starbucks on the corner of Mount Street & Peter Street in 2006 when he was at the Labour Party conference at GMex. Was a little unexpected to put it mildly.

Unfortunately me and my colleague had to go to a meeting but with all his security, and the fact it isn't a big place, there wasn't much room anyway.

!?

 

[Bozo]

Christ, how did the driver survive that?!

 

[hammocity]

Nice story mate, but I'm sure @Prestwich_Blue will be along shortly to give a story of meeting another minor celebrity to blow you out of the water :)

I know he’s met a lot, that was a top trip to Barca though, 4 days of mayhem, we packed so much in and to meet Clinton just topped it off, been back 3 times since, my favourite European City, love it.

 

[hammocity]

Like these football autobiographies where they add details for authenticity, but get the wrong guy as president.

If you’re referring to Bush as being the President which he was, I believe the protocol is still to call ex presidents “Mr President”.

 

[Zuriblue]

Police say they think that the intended target was the women's hospital. I reckon it might be one of those incel nutcases.

Incel or anti-vaxxer.

A couple ofthem were sent down last week. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-cumbria-59274090

 

[Gray]

Sorry this is just daft. It's like saying levantine arabs can't be antisemites because they are also semites, or "I'm not homophobic because I'm not scared of homosexuals but I still like giving them a good hiding".

Words can have different definitions besides the "common sense" obvious one that one might assume.

In my first year of my degree I can remember a lecturer stating that using dictionary definitions for essays was wrong and it was correct to refer to definitions in subject source materials.

If you need extra incentive to consider why you are wrong, maybe ask yourself why Onslow is liking your post?

Think we can all agree that Religion in what ever form has caused more trouble over the years than it has done good.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I’m shocked, you go in Starbucks ? Thought you had more class than that mate.

Not somewhere I'd usually frequent I admit but it was handy as the meeting was just off St. Peter's Square and my colleague was coming up from Milton Keynes and arriving quite early.

 

[Gray]

I met George Foreman outside a jewelry shop in Caesar's Palace Las Vegas and have the video to pove it. He was an extremely nice man.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Well, I am @Fode N The Hole phobic!
Your simile in the second sentence is not vaguely analogous and the first sentence is bonkersly irrelevant.
So you would say my objection to theistic religion is religiophobic even tho it is based on logic and evidence, rather than irrational fear or prejudice?

Maybe start a thread discussing politicised language if you feel so strongly, rather than take the moderator's general request to refrain from bigotry and insinuation as a direct criticism and derail the thread.

 

[Gray]

Police saying that the driver picked up the passenger in Rutland Avenue and he requested that he was taken to Liverpool Women's Hospital, so other speculation is unfounded.

Also as others have pointed out the bomb (detonator) went of a split second before the vehicle had stopped and the driver exited the taxi shortly afterwards.

 

[west didsblue]

Christ, how did the driver survive that?!

It wasn't a very big explosion.

 

[Blue Mist]

Ah but there aren’t just steps in a house are there?

Think about it. You spend ten years living in a bungalow and then head into a building with steps and the lift is broken. Your time in a bungalow has made you soft, you’ve forgotten how to safely traverse them.

It may be more dangerous for bungalow dwellers in the long run.

But surely even if you live in a bungalow you walk through the front door and you have steps going up to the bedroom.

Well so Dion Dublin told me.

 

[kaz7]

The UK's terror threat level has been raised from "substantial" to "severe", meaning an attack is now judged to be "highly likely

Liverpool explosion: UK terror threat level raised to 'severe' following hospital blast - attack now 'highly likely'

The move, confirmed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, follows an explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool which police have declared a terror incident. The UK's terror threat level had been "substantial" since February 2021.

news.sky.com

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

The UK's terror threat level has been raised from "substantial" to "severe", meaning an attack is now judged to be "highly likely

Liverpool explosion: UK terror threat level raised to 'severe' following hospital blast - attack now 'highly likely'

The move, confirmed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, follows an explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool which police have declared a terror incident. The UK's terror threat level had been "substantial" since February 2021.

news.sky.com

About time...