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I am genuinely very concerned about the
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state of things in the UK at the moment
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police arrested two parents because of
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comments they made in a private WhatsApp
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group about their school because they
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had concerns about the school they were
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raising the I mean whatever regardless
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of what they were saying in this private
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group should have remained private and
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quite frankly whoever it was that
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reported it could be liable for breach
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of confidence but we'll talk about that
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in this video and also Kia st's raging
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success of releasing prisoners early and
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what's happened with that more about
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that in the second half of the video so
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pleas please do stick around we're here
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thoughts here but also I even I feel the
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need to caveat what I'm saying here and
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that is to say that this is legal
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commentary opinion piece and based on
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the public interest and I feel that this
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is Justified to talk about and I feel
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the need to say that these days because
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of the story that I'm going to tell you
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here this is quite horrendous now the
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the long story of it short is that they
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decided the police decided there was no
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further action because there wasn't
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enough evidence but then why arrest them
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in the first place they arrested them
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because of reports that were made based
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on accusations by the school without any
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real credible evidence now I don't know
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what the school provided to the police
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but the police ultimately said there was
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not no evidence to support these
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accusations of these crimes but let's
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talk about this story here because I I
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will link a video of a great interview
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by times radio with the chap involved in
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this and it's this one here I'll link
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this below watch it in full I'm not
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going to play it in full although um
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there'd be an argument about copyright
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and so on but I prefer to respect the
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copyright and the hard work of times
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radio you can go and watch it yourself
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but suffice to say six police officers
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arrived unannounced at this guy's house
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arrested both parents in front of their
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three-year-old daughter who I understand
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has um uh certain needs as well um and
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he was on a zoom call at the time and he
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saw this little um image pop up the
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police behind him arresting his partner
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and then they arrested him and they kept
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them in custody for 12 hours they
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alleged allegations of harassment and
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malicious Communications now those are
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they're quite horrific offenses to be
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accused of you can go to prison for
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those this is the police caught on on
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camera here however many police three
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police cars you can see at the back on
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the and including a van on the left hand
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side over there and at least four police
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officers in shot here five if you
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include this shot here and this honestly
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looks completely ridiculous I have to
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say my genuine honest opinion of all of
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this as not just as a barrister but as
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an individual citizen of this country a
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country that Champions free speech and
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we should be able to say things uh
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without this sort of threat of having
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police turn up and and drag you away
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under arrest we should have the freedom
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to say these things that we want and
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unless it is grossly offensive and
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oppressive to a point that a a person of
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a reasonable fness should not be
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expected to Bear such comments it has
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been held in court that we should have
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the freedom to say these things that we
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wish now the this chap doesn't even know
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yet what it is
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that they're accused of doing and saying
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and sharing and and what is supposed to
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be harassment and such
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like but uh the School threatened
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initially to ban them from the school if
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they uh didn't stop making comments or
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contact in the school and so on and then
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did ban him from the school obviously
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having serious repercussions on on their
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daughter this was a copy of the letter
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again I caveat this is public interest
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it is a matter of public interest so I'm
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going to share this and look at this
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section here the school said I would
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like to remind all parents that the
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school will take action where comments
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are aimed at individuals within the
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school Community or as a result cause
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disharmony within the school or distress
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to members of the school Community now
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they go on to say you know make your
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complaints in the the proper way using
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the proper complaints procedure which is
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perfectly fine Etc however if parents
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are in a private WhatsApp group and they
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want to air their frustrations within
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that private group that is absolutely
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their prerogative to do so
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even if comments that they make are
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somewhat disparaging and whatever in a
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word tough because that there's no law
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against airing your views unless they
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cross a threshold a criminal threshold
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which on the face of it these didn't and
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in a moment I'll give you one or two
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examples don't go away stepping aside
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for a bit of trivia and something that
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will help you with a huge dose of irony
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I'll explain that in a minute um a lot
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of people have asked me why and how I
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blur out images on websites that I show
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you when many other YouTube creators
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don't do that well the simple reason is
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copyright and that comes with a few
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quirks so allow me to explain so if I
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take the express by way of example
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forgive me Express but you're the first
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one I thought of maybe that's a good
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thing for them so if you take this as an
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example you'll see there's one image
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I've already blurred out here using a
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tool built into uh well an extension for
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Chrome that's a Getty image's image and
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the reason I've blurred it out is
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because if I were running an article
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like the express here and use their
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license accreditation etc for the image
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that's fine because it's purely
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editorial as soon as I put that into a
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video and it's monetized on YouTube then
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obviously that then crosses the
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territory potentially to be commercial
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and they don't allow it so they could
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very easily raise a copyright complaint
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and tag my video so um with the others
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here I'm perfectly fine because they're
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adverts and I'm sure they'll be happy
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that the adverts are being shown for
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free for example Tesco at the top there
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they are adverts and so I use a tool to
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blow those out so that's how and why so
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how does this help you and why am I
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talking to you about this well aside
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from needing to remove some of those
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images you can also see just how
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cluttered this article is here um if we
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look at the bit that we can actually
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read we've got the headline here we've
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got the subheadline here and then we've
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got the author information and that's it
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page apart from that you have to scroll
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down and then you start to get some of
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the article but even then you've only
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video for example and they give examples
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because they don't know exactly what it
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is they're accused of doing and saying
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uh this one message from Rosalind the
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lady in this story says yes the person
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involved manipulates people into
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thinking that she's their buddy then spy
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for her she's a control friend freak she
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said now this is just airing your
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opinions any such things like these are
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airing your opinions and if there wasn't
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enough irony in the story already this
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message takes the biscuit she then said
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can you imagine what the action is that
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the school say they'll take hello 999
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one of the school moms said something
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mean about me in a school mom WhatsApp
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group please can you arrest them and
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that sounds absolutely ridiculous does
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it not and yet that is exactly what
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happened so we are in a time at the
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moment where police are turning up and
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arresting people and there's a backstory
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to all this and that is that the the
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head teacher was retiring and there was
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an immediate appointment of a deputy
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without advertising the job the school
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then said they were going to solicit
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assistance from outside to do this
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professionally and so on and um I have
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to include for completeness uh that
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there is I'll bring it on screen that
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there is a uh statement from the police
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on this story they say following reports
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of harassment and malicious
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Communications which are criminal
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offenses a man and a woman uh were both
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aged in their 40s were arrested on
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Wednesday the arrests were necessary to
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fully investigate the allegations as his
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routine in these types of matters
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following further investigations
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officers deem that no further action
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should be taken due to insufficient
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evidence now with the greatest respect
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to the police here if there was
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insufficient
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evidence so far then why arrest them in
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the first place I can only assume and
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make a leap of logic here that they were
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hoping that in those interviews they
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would admit to harassment or malicious
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Communications and that would be the
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evidence that they would need because
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don't forget evidence can come from the
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alleged uh perpetrator at the same time
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so that could be evidence that they
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could use against them so if they've
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said something in an interview which
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could amount to an admission and a
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confession because don't forget a
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confession is not just yes fair cop I
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did it a confession is any statement
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written or otherwise which could be
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verbal could be um a gesture could be a
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diagram could be anything of the sort
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any statement which is adverse to or
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even partially adverse to the maker of
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that statement so if you said for
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argument sake they deserved it that is a
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sort of confession because you're saying
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something that is adverse to you and if
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you are accused of harassment and you
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say something that hints that you agree
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that you were doing that but obviously
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don't outright admit it but whatever you
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say is adverse to you the maker of the
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statement that is a form of confession
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that might be sufficient evidence and
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this is why I stressed ladies and
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gentlemen that you do not speak to the
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police unless you've had the benefit of
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legal advice and you should be advised
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that you have the benefit of legal
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advice and that has also changed um in
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in the pace codes Pace code C where if
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you you are interviewed or questioned
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outside of the police station it used to
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be a bit of a loophole that they would
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use to um get around the providing you
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the free access to legal advice and so
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on that was changed so now the practice
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is they're supposed to do it at a police
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station or if in outside the police
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station they to remind you that you have
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access to that advice but I'll link the
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full story below and you can go and
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listen to it absolutely horrendous
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absolutely ridiculous and um for that
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reason uh I encourage people to be a
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member of uh Free Speech Union not a
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sponsored video by Free Speech Union
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they've not asked me to that I think
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that is uh uh money well worth spent in
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case you ever get because I'm sure these
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uh parents did not expect to be arrested
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by the police okay Second Story of the
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day early release of prisoners and what
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effect did this have well I don't think
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anyone will be surprised to hear that
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some prisoners that have been released
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early on this early release scheme let's
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just remind you that this early release
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scheme was designed to free up some
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prison space because they were
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imprisoning so many people because of
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the violent disorder and they needed
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extra prison space so therefore they
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decided that certain prisoners that had
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served a certain proportion of their
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sentence barring the most serious
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offenders would be released early well
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again no surprise that some of those
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have gone on to reoffend and not only
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that um the BBC reports today that this
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prisoner that was released
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early killed somebody on the first day
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he was released the BBC reports a Man
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convicted over a fatal knife attack had
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been let out of prison on the same day
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of the government early release scheme
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leam Matthews who was found guilty of
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manslaughter had been released from hmp
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home house that morning he was convicted
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at teaside Crown Court alongside two
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others and now found guilty of murder
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anj spokesperson said that they vowed to
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investigate this case fully but said the
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government had been left with no choice
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but to introduce an emergency early
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release program I respectfully disagree
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and suggest that there could be a number
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of alternatives for example there are
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thousands of illegal migrants currently
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in prison in the UK right now each of
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whom could be deported to free up those
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spaces because to put it bluntly they
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shouldn't have been here in the first
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place and so if they are here and
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committed a criminal offense here um
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there is strong argument to say that
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they should just be deported and not
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taking up prison space that if they are
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running out of prison space that is
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certainly one way of freeing up this
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space but this Chap's early release came
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in the first month of uh these emergency
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measures to free up space for
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overcrowding and of course now he's
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going to be hauled back to prison
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regardless but those are just two
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stories for today there are yet further
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embarrassing stories of this
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government's failure one of which at
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least one of which on money I will put
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that on my money Channel linked below
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as well but as I say be careful what you
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say and if you say something just be
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mindful that you might have to answer to
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it at some point and it's it's really a
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sad State of Affairs that we have police
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