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[–] fonix232@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Reform at this moment (fortunately) isn't on government, so unlikely that they'll handle anything.

and given the way things going, they couldn't organise a pissup in a brewery... let alone a pardon for a rapist.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reform can always make time to pardon a rapist - it's an important part of their recruitment process for their councillors and mayors.

[–] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Criminals cannot be pardoned by Parliament in the UK, only by the reigning monarch, and given the current status of the King's little brother I think that is highly unlikely.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sorry, yeah, pardoning is the wrong term for this. It's more a case of "get the special lawyers who make difficult allegations disappear, in exchange for blackmailable loyalty".

[–] teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

You do realize labour is throwing the country into the arms of reform, now supported by the fucking cia. You are fucked.