Woman who threw drink over Nigel Farage

1finny said:
Almost burst out laughing at the hyperbole of the judge - a threat to democracy……Jaysus

Throwing a milkshake - threat to democracy, sorry, I find it laughable
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I don't know if you have seen the Corbyn incident. The man didn't lob the egg, he had it enclosed in his fist when he punched him in the head
 
Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret said:
The crown courts are currently listing trials for 2028 by the way. And we've got a district judge wasting his time on this.
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I rember in the 1980s we had so many characters on Eastenders having drinks thrown on them that they had to create ‘The Bill’ just to cope with the backlog of unpunished liquid beverage assaults that required stern custodial sentences.

In fact I believe prison cell block h was created on the back of the crimes committed during the flying doctor and suns and daughters.. thankfully the show worked as such a good deterrent that the crime was almost unheard of by the time neighbours came about.. and most certainly when home and away can to out to sets.

Terrible to think that we might be on the cusp of a soda pop genocide.. let’s just hope that we can put a Netflix series together on time so that the public can be made aware of the serious punishments that can arise from the very serious crime of slightly wetting or damping of a berk.

Send them to the towers!!
 
Quicksilvera said:
Hardly a major point though is it?

A man was canvassing for his political party, it shouldn’t matter who that is or what it is they are canvassing for.

I’m as left wing as most on here but I don’t find it acceptable as some do, like I said earlier if this was Keir Starmer there would be uproar. (and rightly so)
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People are asking for extra protection for MPs or a bigger sentence, just pointing out he wasnt a MP so wouldnt have applied
 
wilkos_perm said:
Of course there shouldn't be a custodial sentence. It's a milkshake, there's no element of danger to it. A suspended sentence is way over the top. If she's caused danger to the "victim" or other members of the public then that's a different matter.
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I understand what you’re saying , but am worried that she is showing someone who plans a more dangerous attack that it is possible to get near them
2 MPs have already been killed
As others have said Farage is not a nice person, but we shouldn’t be using anything to attack him. We need to get more robust in holding him to account
 
TeessideCleveland said:
I understand what you’re saying , but am worried that she is showing someone who plans a more dangerous attack that it is possible to get near them
2 MPs have already been killed
As others have said Farage is not a nice person, but we shouldn’t be using anything to attack him. We need to get more robust in holding him to account
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I get that, but i just don't see a milkshake incident would influence a violent event. People who want to commit a violent attack would look for an opportunity accordingly, they don't need someone throwing a drink to demonstrate that it's possible. Everyone knows MPs etc make public appearances.
 
TeessideCleveland said:
I understand what you’re saying , but am worried that she is showing someone who plans a more dangerous attack that it is possible to get near them
2 MPs have already been killed
As others have said Farage is not a nice person, but we shouldn’t be using anything to attack him. We need to get more robust in holding him to account
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That’s how they got JFK

Lee Harvey Oswald saw a milkshake based assault only two weeks before the assassination. ‘Magic Nutribullet Theory’
 
wilkos_perm said:
I get that, but i just don't see a milkshake incident would influence a violent event. People who want to commit a violent attack would look for an opportunity accordingly, they don't need someone throwing a drink to demonstrate that it's possible. Everyone knows MPs etc make public appearances.
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I can see how it could influence a violent event. If the person had got away with no punishment then Farage, and others (even the good guys), would be pelted with milkshakes every time they left the house. And there’s always someone who starts to take things too far.
 
king_hellfire said:
I can see how it could influence a violent event. If the person had got away with no punishment then Farage, and others (even the good guys), would be pelted with milkshakes every time they left the house. And there’s always someone who starts to take things too far.
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They wouldn't though, and each case has to be treated in it's individual basis. She threw one milkshake.
 
wilkos_perm said:
They wouldn't though, and each case has to be treated in it's individual basis. She threw one milkshake.
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Throwing a milkshake on someone because you don’t agree with their views is unacceptable. It’s against the law and needs to be punished.

There is a weird thought process with a lot of posters on here (not necessarily you) whereby if something bad happens to somebody they don’t like they deem it to be acceptable, regardless of the severity of the act. Whereas if I see something unacceptable occur I consider it to be unacceptable regardless of whether I like the person or not. I have nothing but disdain for Farage and everything he stands for, but you can’t expect to throw something (anything) at him and not expect consequences. I’ll not lose any sleep over it but it would be hypocritical of me to say it’s fine to do it to him but not to someone I like.
 
king_hellfire said:
Throwing a milkshake on someone because you don’t agree with their views is unacceptable. It’s against the law and needs to be punished.

There is a weird thought process with a lot of posters on here (not necessarily you) whereby if something bad happens to somebody they don’t like they deem it to be acceptable, regardless of the severity of the act. Whereas if I see something unacceptable occur I consider it to be unacceptable regardless of whether I like the person or not. I have nothing but disdain for Farage and everything he stands for, but you can’t expect to throw something (anything) at him and not expect consequences. I’ll not lose any sleep over it but it would be hypocritical of me to say it’s fine to do it to him but not to someone I like.
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Nah, there’s a weird cult of.. the legal punishment is never enough.

It comes from all sorts of angles making the crime much worse than it is.. sometimes making up a crime even when there is none.

What it is was much worse, what if something else happened that was much worse.. anyway just to cover all scenarios both real and imagined.. the best course of action is the worst punishment ever.. that has ever been.

Then and only then can our conscience rest and our imaginations be set at easy.. and over the top punishment that doesn’t fit the crime and in itself is unlawful.

Let’s make mountains our out molehills and strike down anyone who tries to take away our tiny mind spades.
 
With all the issues with over crowding in Prisons , and early release schemes to appease this.
The crisis in Court back logs, and the strain on all parts of a crumbling Criminal justice system

Of all the concerns about soft sentencing, wonder why this one?

A suspended custodial sentence , plus community work ...
for a person with no previous convictions , throwing a milkshake at a fella campaigning to be an MP ?
 
newyddion said:
Nah, there’s a weird cult of.. the legal punishment is never enough.

It comes from all sorts of angles making the crime much worse than it is.. sometimes making up a crime even when there is none.

What it is was much worse, what if something else happened that was much worse.. anyway just to cover all scenarios both real and imagined.. the best course of action is the worst punishment ever.. that has ever been.

Then and only then can our conscience rest and our imaginations be set at easy.. and over the top punishment that doesn’t fit the crime and in itself is unlawful.

Let’s make mountains our out molehills and strike down anyone who tries to take away our tiny mind spades.
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Has your medication worn off again?
 
king_hellfire said:
Throwing a milkshake on someone because you don’t agree with their views is unacceptable. It’s against the law and needs to be punished.

There is a weird thought process with a lot of posters on here (not necessarily you) whereby if something bad happens to somebody they don’t like they deem it to be acceptable, regardless of the severity of the act. Whereas if I see something unacceptable occur I consider it to be unacceptable regardless of whether I like the person or not. I have nothing but disdain for Farage and everything he stands for, but you can’t expect to throw something (anything) at him and not expect consequences. I’ll not lose any sleep over it but it would be hypocritical of me to say it’s fine to do it to him but not to someone I like.
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No one seems to be disagreeing that it was wrong or that she should not be punished, she has been. She now has a criminal record and has been fined and has to complete community service and has a suspended prison sentence hanging over her, that's quite a punishment for what happened, people are just disagreeing whether or not she should be serving time in prison for the severity of the offence.
 
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