'Extremely drunk' barrister punched and grabbed hair of bar manager...

[Inca]

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Good Grief Elo........I doubt more than 4 or 5 lines of that report are factually correct....never normally are.

[charitynjw]

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I am certainly not defending her actions, but barristers have no immunity to the same things that everyone else experiences. They can be prey to addictions, to work related stress (18 hour days and no weekends do that to anyone!), mental and physical ill health..... and anything else, good or bad, that life throws at you.

What is perhaps more interesting than the story is the fact that we assume all the facts to be full and correct and presented in a fair and coherent manner so that we can pass comment on what we "know" about this person and the incident. Funny that - I never noticed much credence given to the same publications headlines when they consist of "unemployed scroungers to be made to work for benefits" or "too many fraudsters claiming disability".

A step too far, methinks!
Questioning the veracity of that noble rag & inferring a less than impartial reportage of the news!

Now, about that motor.............

[Angry Cat]

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Glad to hear that her area of law is not, Consumer Credit Law!!!:tinysmile_aha_t:

[Angry Cat]

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One can just picture the scene:

Wigged & Robed, up against the likes of RBS...but breaks into song:

There's an old mill by the stream, Nellie Dean! Where we used to sit and dream, Nellie Dean! And the waters as they flow Seem to murmur soft and low. You're my heart's desire. I love you, Nellie Dean! Sweet Nellie Dean! HA HA HA HA HA!

[Sapphire]

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Oh lord that takes me back my old granddad used to sing that song as well as There's only a Shanty in old Shanty Town.

[charitynjw]

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Lol - ".....Takes me back"?

Takes me legs'n all at my age!

[enquirer]

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No there isn't.

Stop it, you're killing me ...

[CleverClogs]

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What is perhaps more interesting than the story is the fact that we assume all the facts to be full and correct and presented in a fair and coherent manner so that we can pass comment on what we "know" about this person and the incident. Funny that - I never noticed much credence given to the same publications headlines when they consist of "unemployed scroungers to be made to work for benefits" or "too many fraudsters claiming disability".

Whatever one might think of the Daily Wail, that pustulent organ is hardly noted for its veracity.

[PlanB]

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Oi Cloggy :rant: For those of us (moi) who trained on The Daily Mail and wrote a column for the paper for some years, I find your post both cynical and entirely accurate :lol: