“You are likely to hold Simon Richardson in contempt. That contempt may well manifest itself in a loathing of Simon Richardson and, in fairness, you are probably right to."

This is the defence lawyer talking. Just in case there was any doubt about how awful the driver is.

Of course they are, just look at what instance they’re from.

Sounds like this is not exactly surprising, when the publisher of the textbook is known to be controlled by part of the Chinese government.

Just because I might agree with some of these statements, like Brexit bring bad, doesn’t mean it’s not propaganda.

I enjoyed eating here the one time I went.

Diners, however, can expect little change to the menu, she said – and crucially, no scones. “It’s not a National Trust menu, this is a very successful business in its own right. There will be no scones. That’s not their business.”

Thank God for that!

Good news. Fed up of seeing this scruffy cheap tat all over the place.

I may be biased by my dislike of advertising in general, but I always feel surprised that this wasn’t done years ago. There’s something about gambling adverts that’s just especially annoying.

I feel lucky I had never heard of this idiot before this story. Hoping that the article ages well and he drifts back into obscurity

Sitting on one as I type this. I don’t think it’s that bad

Very cool to see there are anti-advertising groups doing this kind of work, it’s the first I’ve heard of them. This one is primarily against billboards but their website mentions a few similar partners. https://adfreecities.org.uk/

To be fair the motive could also be non-political like some kind of personal vendetta

If only it had occurred to someone that sometimes people can look similar to other people, then they might have seen this coming