A Doctor Must Prove He Saved A Woman’s Life

A respected surgeon has been told to prove he saved a woman’s life or pay a £50 parking fine.

Dr Nick Lagattolla was returning to his car after visiting a bank in Dorchester, Dorset, when he spotted a woman having a cardiac arrest in the street on September 15. 

He brought the collapsed causality into the bank, where he gave her treatment for three hours, which ‘essentially saved her life’.

But while he was treating the woman, his car had been slapped with a £50 parking fine, with the council saying it requires proof of the good deed before withdrawing the fee. 

The Winterbourne Hospital consultant, with 40 years of experience, has accused the local authority of showing a ‘lack of goodwill’ towards him.

It’s not just a lack of goodwill; it’s a lack of empathy.

Describing the situation as ‘aggravating’, he explained that he received an email when he arrived home telling him his ‘ticket was invalid’ and that he would have to pay £25, which would rise to £50. 

‘I thought, okay, I’ll just tell them the story, and it will be okay, so I emailed and got in touch with them, and they basically responded saying that “we don’t believe you,’ he said.

‘I always buy a ticket, and frankly, it’s annoying and aggravating that I’m still being charged, despite helping a woman after suffering a cardiac event.

‘The fact that it’s come at this time of year is pretty unseasonal from Dorset Council and delayed, considering it took place months ago. I thought they dropped the matter after explaining it to them.

‘It strikes me that the council are being inconsiderate and inappropriate, and it feels like there is no goodwill from them, given these rather unique circumstances.’

Dorset Council stated it was ‘standard process’ to request proof from an individual to ensure ‘fairness, transparency and compliance’.

Fairness, transparency and compliance, my foot. Why don’t they just request the video footage of when he was in the Bank with the woman, attempting to save her life?

A spokesperson for Dorset Council said: ‘In line with our standard process, we’ve requested documentary proof directly from the individual.

‘We always include details on how to make payment, and we require supporting evidence for all appeals because this is a legal process.

‘Clear documentation is essential to ensure fairness, transparency, and compliance.’

I don’t suppose this doctor was even thinking about his car when he was attempting to help the lady, but then this is a vile world that we live in today, and it’s all about money, not human life.

Of course, there would be proof on the CCTV on the Bank’s security cameras, resuscitating the woman who had the cardiac arrest, and also evidence of the woman’s admission to hospital, plus testimony evidence from the Bank’s senior staff. The council are just being a jobsworth and difficult – they should be thanking this doctor for saving this lady’s life, and the fine should be revoked.

The council waited before contacting this man. Why was he not contacted by them sooner? That is because banks are only required to keep CCTV security footage for a specific amount of time. Did the council hope that the tap would be wiped over so there was no evidence? Mind you, in today’s economic decline, I would now be shocked if the Bank were still even open.

Hybrids Kill Three Times More Than Petrol Cars

Road safety experts were calling for an investigation on Saturday night as it was revealed motorists are three times more likely to die in hybrids than in petrol cars.

A total of 122 people died in hybrid car crashes last year, compared with 777 in accidents involving petrol cars, according to Department for Transport figures analysed by The Mail on Sunday.

But as hybrids are outnumbered by almost 20 to 1 on Britain’s roads by petrol models, that means hybrids are three times more likely to be involved in a fatal crash.

Experts believe the increased death rates could be explained by the combination of petrol engines, batteries, and electric motors in hybrids, which can be more difficult to control and more prone to fires.

The RAC Foundation, a transport research organisation, called for a ‘dedicated investigation branch’ to look into the trend. ‘It’s high time we had a specialist resource to address road safety risk’, director Steve Gooding said.

The cars’ batteries may also be to blame. They can be damaged by the heat of the engine, which burns at excessively hot temperatures, making them more susceptible to catching fire.

Passengers in collisions are also at greater risk because of the high electric current flowing through the vehicle. Due to the unique characteristics of hybrid fires and the possibility of poisonous gas leakage, first responders require specialised training and equipment.

Due to their fuel efficiency, many taxi drivers use hybrid vehicles, which some experts attribute to their high mileage. However, as the cars age, their performance declines and the batteries deteriorate, increasing the risks they pose.

The figures indicate that diesel cars are slightly safer, with electric vehicles (EVs) seen to be safest, yielding only 23 fatalities last year despite making up about 2 million of the cars on British roads.

Nicholas Lyes, of road safety charity IAM RoadSmart, said: ‘Plug-in hybrids are often heavier and more complex vehicles owing to the fact they run on both a traditional combustion engine and a battery.’

They have two power sources, two cooling systems and more complex electronics and wiring. They can create ‘complex fire scenarios’ which are more difficult for firefighters to put out.

Hybrids were found by a leading insurer of company cars, Tusker, to be more likely to explode into flames at higher rates than other vehicles. Among their fleet of 30,000 cars, hybrid vehicles had an almost three times’ higher risk with 3,475 fires per 100,000​​​​. 

There are fewer than a million hybrid cars in the UK, and their popularity has stagnated recently. Less than a third of voters back the proposed ban on new petrol and diesel cars as Britons’ enthusiasm for Net Zero cools.

Industry figures have privately raised concerns that demand for EVs and hybrids is not strong enough for the target to be met. With Labour’s ban due to take effect in five years, the new figures will be a concern for ministers as they grapple with a declining interest in hybrid vehicles.

If they catch fire, electric vehicles are like mobile furnaces.

Petrol doesn’t short-circuit, thereby igniting itself. Once ignited, petrol is fairly easy to extinguish – lithium isn’t. To make matters worse, lithium reacts violently to water, unlike petrol, and a lithium fire takes hold far more quickly than petrol. This means you have much less warning and less time to escape.

But does anyone recall the days when you could easily fill up your car with fuel or diesel, drive off, and no one gave a damn? Oh, how things used to be so easy in our lives, but now everything is so complicated.

With the majority of the new pilgrims on our roads, have you noticed the decline in safe driving these days? Have you seen them drive in their own country or origin? They’re like suicidal madmen, and today’s average driver doesn’t have the cognitive ability to drive safely. Most of them are all nitwits with no common sense or physical and mental capacity to cope with risk and survival on our roads.

Postman Pat Has Been Given His Marching Orders

Postman Pat and his ilk have been given their marching orders.

The Royal Mail is advertising for ‘postpersons’ to deliver the nation’s letters and parcels.

The company is using the gender-neutral term to make the point that the position is not just open to first-class males.

Its new job ad states: ‘We are reinventing Royal Mail for the future and now is a perfect time to join us on that journey.’

The term ‘postman’ dates back to 1883, when the job was a strictly male-only affair.

Ironically, that term replaced the more gender sounding title of ‘letter carrier.’

The women’s association with the UK’s postal service dates back to 1870, but at that time, most women worked as telegraphists.

They were frequently kept apart from their male coworkers, and their working circumstances were not as advanced as they are today.

In 1876, the service introduced a marriage bar, which prohibited the employment of married women in any role other than that of sub postmistress.

While female delivery workers were not unheard of in Britain at the start of the twentieth century, during the First and Second World Wars, when millions of men were serving on the front lines, they were much more common.

In 1940, existing postmen were even encouraged to bring their ‘wives, sweethearts, sisters and lady friends’ to help with the Christmas mail delivery.

Applicants for the current vacancies are promised a full range of benefits, including an hourly rate of £13.60, paid overtime, a uniform, a competitive pension and an ‘excellent’ family package including maternity and paternity leave.

But perhaps the most significant perk, given the sky-high cost of postage, is ‘free stamps at Christmas.’

The term ‘postman’ has always been used regardless of sex, but perhaps it should be ‘postman’ and ‘postwoman’. I’m an oldie, so I’ll probably always say ‘postman’ because it’s what I’m used to, and as they say, ‘you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.’

Furthermore, the ongoing efforts to transform our society bear similarities to the events in Germany, and we are systematically destroying the UK and all that it stands for.

All these woke people need to give it a rest – even God had a day off!

The world has seriously become evil. Honestly, it doesn’t matter what a person considers themselves to be, because in a thousand years when we’re all dead, if we were to be dug up, they’re not going to say, ‘oh yes, this one indentified as such and such’, they will just say this one was male and the other one was female, they won’t care what you thought you were.

I sincerely feel terrible for the kids born into this absurdity, and the mental health continues – our country is done.

You are born, and you could call yourself a unicorn if you wanted to, but our genetics state otherwise.

Honestly, who facilitates these fools into positions where they can make such determinations? A postman can be male or female – midwives can be male or female. These people just have too much time on their hands. I would simply prefer that they offer a service where they deliver letters and parcels on time.

Postman Pat doesn’t offend anyone, so let it be and move on. Change is not necessary, and just because some people prefer to be genderless, it doesn’t mean we all have to be.

There are woMEN that are MANagers, and crikey, they are feMALE, whatever next. To be fair, I like being a woman in a world with real men.

Seeing Diana’s Biggest Fan At Sandringham, Prince William Calls Out

Prince William spotted ‘Diana’s biggest superfan’ in the crowd of people lined up to welcome the royals at Sandringham yesterday. 

But the Prince delighted him further by calling out to royal fanatic John Loughrey, 70, by name – before introducing him to Charlotte, Louis, and George. 

Mr Loughrey, sporting a hat clad in pins of the Royal Family and bearing gifts for William’s children, wished the family a merry Christmas and told Prince George, ‘Diana would be proud of you.’ 

The royal children politely greeted the superfan and thanked him for his gifts, with Charlotte adding, ‘Thank you very much, that’s so kind.’

The man who has been referred to as Princess Diana’s biggest superfan was even acknowledged by King Charles II.

As the monarch shook hands and greeted the festive well-wishers who were lined up outside the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk yesterday, he noted Mr Loughrey’s impressive badge collection, saying: ‘You’ve collected more badges since last year!’

John Loughrey, from Wandsworth, south west London, arrived at 9 pm on Christmas Eve and spent the night on a fold-up chair outside the gates and was first in the queue outside Sandringham’s War Memorial gates to welcome the royals on Christmas Day.

He told the Daily Mail: ‘It was cold, but I had heat pads inside my jumper and hand warmers.

‘There’s something special about sharing Christmas Day with the royals at Sandringham.’

The royal megafan also came armed with a portrait of himself, painted in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, from 2012, which he hoped to pass on to Prince William. 

The retired chef assistant was painted by artist Rebecca Francesca Cartwright de Fontenelle and featured in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters 2012 exhibition.

‘I have met him several times before,’ Mr Loughrey said of Prince William.

‘I last saw William at the Centrepoint homeless charity a few weeks ago, and I told him I would bring a special gift for him to Sandringham.’ 

Mr Loughrey had also met William back in March when he visited a mental health charity founded in 2017 by The Royal Foundation of The Prince and Princess of Wales called Mental Health Innovations (MHI) in White City.

Prince William also stopped in March to greet Mr Loughrey, where he discussed his plans to have more royal memorabilia commissioned.

The superfan well known to the Press is a frequent visitor to St Paul’s Cathedral and, when the Queen passed away in 2022, he planned to camp outside Buckingham Palace for ten days in mourning.

I guess some would say that this was an extremely odd obsession, but as they say, ‘whatever tickles your fancy,’ and who are we to say what is strange and what is normal?

To be fair, he sounds like a patriot and values his country. It’s a pity we don’t have more people like him – I would tip my hat to him if I wore one.

The man is harmless, and if it makes him happy, so be it, and it’s lovely that William and Kate paid attention to everybody, not just the important people.

You just have to recognise the genuine and authentic happiness some people have for the royal family, and it appears that the Wales family appreciate him and know him. The man is harmless, and they are well protected, so why not? The Wales children were brilliant with him and so mannerly.

People had some terrible things to say about this individual. The man should be left alone, and people should just mind their own business. So what if the Royals are the centre of his existence?

Can you imagine the poor man reading all of the nasty comments about him, and at Christmas as well? I thought this was the time of year when everyone was nice to each other, and if people have got nothing good to say, they shouldn’t say anything at all!

GPs Will Receive £11,250 A Month To Treat Migrants Facing Deportation

GPs are being offered £135,000 a year to provide ‘first-class’ healthcare to foreign criminals and illegal migrants facing deportation.

Earnings of up to the equivalent of £11,250 a month are being waved at doctors to look after migrants held in immigration removal centres (IRCs).

Healthcare provider Practice Plus Group, a contractor working on behalf of the Home Office, is advertising for a taxpayer-funded GP at Heathrow Airport IRC.

The position involves providing ‘first-class healthcare to a mixed patient population’ and adds that doctors will develop knowledge in areas which are not usually experienced in standard GP practices or A&E settings.

‘Within this role you will be working closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality patient care,’ the job advert states.

‘You will deliver clinical sessions, inpatient ward rounds and blood screening. Ideal applicants would enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where no two days are the same, and have some experience with patients who have a history of substance misuse needs and detox.’

Promotional material also encourages possible applicants to ‘not let stereotypes hold you back’ from working with foreign criminals and illegal immigrants.

‘Our residents are vulnerable, and they deserve the same level of care as anyone else,’ a principal pharmacist at Heathrow IRC said. 

‘Many don’t have access to medical records or even speak English, so every day brings new challenges. But that’s what makes the job so rewarding. It requires emotional intelligence and empathy.’

The 40-hour-a-week position is in stark contrast to an NHS GP, who earns an average of £79,000 a year.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said that it is disgraceful that the ‘red carpet treatment’ is being given to potential foreign criminals.

‘No wonder illegal immigrants from all over Europe flood across the English Channel when the Government spends billions of pounds of our money to cosset them,’ he added.

‘We need to leave the ECHR, and then these illegal immigrants can be deported within a week of arrival.’

Detained migrants are given the same ‘range and quality’ of NHS treatment available to the public due to Home Office rules.

A Home Office spokesman said: ‘We do not directly fund these roles. We are making sweeping reforms to tackle illegal migration, which will make Britain a less attractive destination for illegal migrants and allow us to remove and deport people more easily.

‘We have already returned nearly 50,000 people with no right to be here and delivered millions of pounds in savings across the immigration system.’

When greed takes over, won’t it make things worse for us British people who already have trouble getting appointments?

Our government just won’t admit that they have a problem, and it’s blindingly evident when you go to visit your doctor that most of the people in the waiting room don’t come from this country. It’s not the elderly that are clogging up the NHS, it’s migrants.

It’s the same within the NHS as well because seeing a white British doctor is extremely rare, along with the majority of the staff.

What is our government telling migrants? If you’re sick or have a severe illness, come to the UK, commit crimes and get all your ills treated, complimentary, but the lunacy continues, and the UK is the laughing stock of the world.

Meanwhile, Brits who actually pay into the system have very little prospect of seeing a GP – broken doesn’t even begin to describe what is going on, and if you think that Keir Starmer cares about you, think again.

There is nothing we owe these individuals. Despite having entered our nation illegally, they are treated better than individuals who have made long-term contributions to the NHS.

‘Reframing history’: Imperial War Museum

The Imperial War Museum has been accused of ‘reframing history’ to give it ‘woke appeal’ in a new tour featuring trans people in battle.

Created to celebrate the 25th anniversary since the Government lifted its prohibition on gay people serving in the Armed Forces, the new digital tour tells ‘personal stories from the LGBTQ+ community’ in times of war.

However, almost one-third of the displays focus on transgenderism, including narratives detailing the challenges faced by homosexual and lesbian military members.

Examples include a frock worn by a man for a ‘show’ in a deadly Japanese prisoner of war camp during the 1940s, as well as a Land Army girl who wanted to be called ‘John’.

Tour curators also claimed reconstructive surgeries for injured soldiers in World Wars I and II ‘laid the foundation for the future of transgender medicine’.

He criticised the institution, revered around the globe, for ‘trivialising’ often brutal moments in history to portray a woke narrative.

‘The experiences of what we now call the LGBTQ+ community are no less worthy of understanding than those of “straight” service personnel,’ he said.

‘But with this display, they trivialise true stories of bravery and courage and – what is worse – appear to be doing so in order to reframe the lessons of history to make a woke appeal to young Brits on behalf of a highly controversial special interest group.

‘I hope the IWM will think again about this. History should never be rewritten to proselytise or normalise any particular lifestyle.’

The free tour can be accessed by scanning a QR code, which lets visitors find objects in the museum and read an LGBTQ+ perspective on them.

The promotional page, which features the transgender rainbow symbol, reads: ‘The LGBTQ+ community has always been present during times of conflict, and these stories reveal how individuals navigated the cultural and social landscape of the time…

‘These histories are often sadly erased or hard to verify, but… this trail redirects traditional narratives to reveal a broader spectrum of human experiences in times of conflict.

‘IWM is committed to representing diverse experiences that reflect the world around us, and through this trail, we are looking to improve the visibility of LGBTQ+ stories across our collection.’

The exhibits, almost exclusively in the First and Second World War galleries at the museum’s London and Manchester sites, feature some trans stories alongside those about gay servicemen.

One centres around a dress made from a mosquito net that was worn, apparently, for ‘drag shows’ during the Second World War.

The wearer was Gunner Charles Woodhams, who donned it to dance with an officer during a makeshift ‘theatre revue’ in Changi Prison, Singapore – a notorious Japanese prisoner of war camp where 850 British soldiers were executed or died from maltreatment.

The guide notes: ‘Drag performances in Changi Prison in Singapore during the Second World War were vital for prisoners’ morale.’

It also features a recording from a former British POW, Dudley Cave, who later became an ‘LGBTQ+ rights advocate’, who recalled of the camps: ‘Certainly as far as the transvestites went, they were popular – they were liked.’

Running until April 2026, another shows a photo of a worker in the Land Army – made up of civilian women who took over farm duties from men who were called to the military.

The guide says that one such worker was Enid Mary Barraud, who ‘challenged gender norms’.

It notes: ‘Enid preferred to identify as male, known to friends as “John”, and she lived with her female partner “Bunty”.

‘She has become a significant LGBTQ+ figure as later generations consider her memoirs to be an important documentation of a life lived outside of conventional gender expectations.’

A third exhibit is a portrait of the Queen’s Hospital for Facial Injuries, Frognal, Sidcup, with injured servicemen being operated on in 1918.

The guide notes that one of the doctors who worked there was Dr Harold Gillies, hailed as the father of modern plastic surgery after he developed skin graft techniques on hurt soldiers.

It notes that after the wars, he used his expertise to ‘perform the first ever phalloplasty’ on transgender man Michael Dillon in 1946.

Dr Gillies ‘used surgical techniques originally developed for wounded servicemen to create a penis,’ it notes.

In 1951, this was followed by the first vaginoplasty – the construction of a vagina – on transgender woman Roberta Cowell.

‘These trailblazing procedures not only transformed Michael and Roberta’s lives, but also laid the foundation for the future of transgender medicine,’ the guide concludes.

Also included is a modern-produced comic telling the story of Flight Lieutenant Caroline Paige, who ‘made history in 1999 as the first serving RAF officer to transition gender’.

It tells of ‘living a top-gun lifestyle all while grappling with the emotional toll of hiding her true identity for much of her career’, the guide notes.

Professor Glees said of the exhibits: ‘The story of the notorious Changi jail, scene of appalling brutality towards British and Commonwealth servicemen, cannot be illustrated with reference to “drag artists”. Almost 1,000 were killed there.’

He added: ‘The idea that surgical skills developed in wartime found their fruit in gender “re-assignment surgery” as told by the IWM seems tendentious at best.’

An IWM spokesman said: ‘This year is the 25th anniversary of the UK Government decision to lift the ban on LGBT people serving in the military. To mark this anniversary, visitors to our IWM London and IWM North museums can find out more about some of these stories by scanning a QR code next to exhibits in our galleries.

‘We are proud to play our part in telling some of the lesser-known stories of lives affected by war and conflict.’

This isn’t about changing the past; rather, it’s about honouring the contributions of people who were present because back then, you could or would be jailed for being gay.

Because homosexuality was illegal in the UK at the time, Alan Turing was prosecuted for gross indecency. He was chemically castrated, which is incredibly tragic given how far society has come. We wouldn’t even bat an eyelid now.

In 1952, Turing was prosecuted for homosexual acts. He apparently accepted hormone treatment as an alternative to prison, but he died on 7 June 1954, aged 41, from cyanide poisoning. An inquest determined his death was from suicide, but there was also evidence of accidental poisoning – we will never actually know.

Following a campaign in 2009, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown made an official public apology for the appalling way Turing was treated, and Queen Elizabeth II granted a pardon in 2013.

The term ‘Alan Turing Law’ is used informally to refer to a 2017 law in the UK that retroactively pardoned men cautioned or convicted under historical legislation that outlawed homosexual acts.

In actuality, a person’s inclinations are irrelevant. I might consider more pressing issues, such as the end of the world.

As long as you’re a decent person, it doesn’t matter who you are.

People come from all walks of life. After all, Winston Churchill might have had ADHD, and it’s frequently speculated that Albert Einstein might have had dyslexia or perhaps traits of autism, and that Ludwig van Beethoven was deaf. They were different, but we wouldn’t go burning them at the stake, and if you did, you actually wouldn’t be right in the head.

Of course, rewriting history is literally the job of historians, and history is a construct – more history is a good thing, especially when teaching our children that we have gone from barbarians to peaceful citizens. Not sure when that time will come, but we can live in hope!

Just remember, there are two types of male oysters, and one of them can change gender at will, and before man crawled out of the muck, maybe he had the same option. Maybe originally we were supposed to be able to switch genders, and being born with just one sex… is a mutation.

Donald Trump’s Nutty Behaviour

Joe Rogan said that Donald Trump’s behaviour has been ‘nutty’ of late, prompting concerns about the 79-year-old president’s age.

Fellow comic Tom Segura appeared on Rogan’s show and suggested that Trump was ‘losing it’ based on some recent decisions, including the renaming of the Kennedy Centre after himself. 

‘I think everybody does when you get to a certain age,’ agreed Rogan, before agreeing that Trump’s recent behaviour was ‘nutty.’

Rogan, who supported Trump in 2024, then brought up the president’s new ‘wall of fame’ plaques that brutally trolled Joe Biden and Barack Obama on his podcast. 

‘There’s nothing nuttier than the plaques underneath the president’s names,’ Rogan said. 

Biden is referred to by his nickname ‘Sleepy Joe Biden’ and dubbed ‘by far, the worst President in American History’ in his plaque.

As Rogan went on reading the plaques, he asked: ‘How is this real? How are you allowed to do that?’

Amid his befuddlement, Rogan suggested that Trump get ‘a right-hand man’ who would talk him down from his worst impulses.

Given Trump’s age and the strain of his work and life in recent years, Rogan speculated that it might be something he needs.

‘The stress of going through what that guy went through, where they were trying to jail him when they were going after him with the Russia thing, the Russia hoax, and all that s**t,’ he said.

He also pointed out that the president was still under 18 months from when he faced an assassination attempt.

 ‘Like they were trying everything they could to destroy him, just that alone has gotta break your brain, and then they took a shot at him.’

Rogan’s age concerns arise at the end of a year in which the administration has consistently sought to clarify the president’s health.

Earlier this month, a leaked version of his schedule showed that Trump is regularly working over 10 hours a day.

Over nearly two weeks, the president averaged about 21 meetings a day, with travel and other events adding to the long, gruelling hours in the White House.

The president regularly begins his day at about 8:30 in the morning with a string of calls, then takes an average of 21 different meetings with staff, politicians, and dignitaries. One day, he had a meeting with an unidentified ‘television personality.’

The president also regularly checks in with America’s business community, as meetings with various CEOs populated 10 of the 12 days. 

Some of these meetings take as little as a few minutes, but others can go on for much longer, as Trump met with the likes of ‘Ice Maiden’ Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, and other key cabinet figures.

On December 3, Trump held a total of 32 events, easily his busiest day, while the day of the Pennsylvania rally, December 9, was his longest, running from 9:46 am to 10:55 pm.

The average day doesn’t tend to end for Trump until well after 8 pm, though he doesn’t even hold to that sometimes, as his appearance at the primetime Congressional ball showed Thursday.

This came after a New York Times piece claimed that, on average, Trump would start scheduled events at 10.31 am during his first term in 2017.

However, this year, the President began attending events later in the afternoon, on average at 12.08 pm.

‘Name-calling and personal insults don’t change that, nor will our journalists hesitate to cover this administration in the face of intimidation tactics like this,’ A Times spokesperson told the Daily Mail.

‘Expert and thorough reporters like Katie Rogers exemplify how an independent and free press helps the American people better understand their government and its leaders.’

The overall number of Trump’s official appearances at White House events has declined by 39 per cent compared to his first term, according to the New York Times’s analysis.

Earlier this year, images emerged from the Oval Office showing Trump with bruising on his hand, which was sometimes covered up by makeup. The White House claimed the bruising originates from the president shaking too many hands.

After images showed him with swollen legs and ankles, the White House announced in July that he had been diagnosed with Chronic Venous Insufficiency – a condition where leg veins can’t send blood back to the heart efficiently.

On Tuesday, Trump travelled to Mount Pocono, in the northeast part of the commonwealth, to give what was billed as a speech on the economy. 

In fact, the event had the makings of a campaign rally, as he defended his second-term record ahead of next year’s midterm races in front of a boisterous gathering of MAGA faithful.

During Joe Biden’s presidency, Trump and his Republican supporters criticised the Democratic leader for his advanced age, lack of public appearances, and cognitive decline.

There’s nothing normal about Donald Trump’s ongoing loathing and emotionalism. Not once did Joe Biden call Trump or another leader demeaning names, and as for Trump’s behaviour. Hasn’t he been like this the entire time?

Obviously, we can’t be sure what is wrong with Donald Trump, but evidently, something is wrong; on the other hand, he’s no spring chicken, and nobody can beat becoming old, but then there’s knowing when to quit and leave office for someone else to take over.

At this point, you can’t seriously with a good conscience look at Donald Trump and not think that he is losing his marbles, and anybody who doesn’t is incredibly delusional to listen to the absolute nonsense that comes out of his mouth.

Death Certificates Reveal New Details About Rob And Michele Reiner

Rob and Michele Reiner’s bodies were cremated after their brutal murders, it has emerged.

The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner previously said that the couple died after suffering ‘multiple sharp force injuries’, and newly-released death certificates add that this was caused ‘with a knife, by another’. 

Their remains were given to their oldest son, Jake, and they were cremated at Mount Sinai Mortuary, according to the New York Post. 

Online records reveal the Hollywood legend and his photographer wife died on December 14, the same day they were found in their $13.5 million mansion.

Both of their deaths have been ruled homicides, with the place of death recorded as their home.

Nick was arrested on December 14 and charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the slayings of his 78-year-old father and 70-year-old mother.

Prosecutors added special circumstances of multiple murders and use of a dangerous weapon, a knife, meaning if convicted, Nick could face life in prison without the possibility of parole or even the death penalty.

The 32-year-old made a brief court appearance on Wednesday, wearing an anti-suicide vest, where he did not enter a plea.

Nick’s famous defence attorney, Alan Jackson, asked the judge for a continuance, saying that he ‘needed more time’ to prepare his case.

When the judge asked a blank-faced Nick ‘if he agreed that his arraignment should be continued’, he answered, ‘Yes, your honour.’

His arraignment was rescheduled for January 7, and he was ordered to be held in jail without bail.

Jackson addressed the media after the hearing and asked people not to ‘rush to judgment’ about the case.

‘This is a devastating tragedy that has befallen the Reiner family,’ Jackson said.

‘There are very, very complex and serious issues that are associated with this case. These need to be thoroughly and very carefully dealt with.

‘We ask that throughout this process you allow the system to move forward in the way that it was designed to move forward, not with a rush to judgment.’

Soon after the hearing, the couple’s other children, Romy and Jake, released a heart-wrenching statement on their deaths.

‘Words cannot even begin to describe the unimaginable pain we are experiencing every moment of the day,’ the grieving siblings said.

‘The horrific and devastating loss of our parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, is something that no one should ever experience.

‘They weren’t just our parents; they were our best friends. We are grateful for the outpouring of condolences, kindness, and support we have received not only from family and friends but people from all walks of life.’

The pair asked people for ‘respect and privacy’ and urged the public to treat any speculation with ‘compassion and humanity’.

Jake and Romy said they wanted their parents to be remembered for the ‘incredible lives they lived and the love’ they gave.

The couple were discovered slaughtered on Sunday afternoon after Romy was called over by a massage therapist who had arrived at the residence but could not get in.

A source close to the investigation told the Daily Mail that they had their throats slashed and were killed in their bed.

Images obtained by the Daily Mail revealed the exact hotel room Nick allegedly left covered in blood following his parents’ horrific slaying. 

The couple’s son checked into room 207 at The Pierside Santa Monica about 4 am on Sunday.

It is a $400-a-night boutique hotel located about 1,000 feet away from the world-famous Santa Monica Pier, and a five-minute walk to the LA Metro line that goes directly to the Exposition Park area, where Nick was ultimately arrested by the police.

When hotel staff came into Nick’s room later on Sunday morning, the shower was said to be ‘full of blood’, with splatters across the bed.

The windows in the room were covered by bed sheets, detectives found when they arrived at the hotel on Monday to gather evidence.

The director’s son had been living in the guesthouse of his parents’ mansion in the LA suburb of Brentwood at the time of their deaths.

Reiner was increasingly worried about Nick, who had a history of drug addiction and mental breakdowns, and took him to a holiday party Saturday night to ‘keep an eye on him,’ sources have said.

At Conan O’Brien’s Christmas party, Nick allegedly caused anxiety among A-list attendees by arguing with comedian Bill Hader and forcing his parents to leave.

Before his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, were killed, Nick Reiner was reportedly receiving treatment for schizophrenia. However, schizophrenia doesn’t necessarily make someone more prone to violence.

The Los Angeles Times and KNBC both reported, quoting sources, that Nick was being treated with medication for the mental illness. According to NBC, Nick was first diagnosed with schizophrenia years ago.

Schizophrenia is a widely misunderstood—but treatable—condition.

Psychosis is a term that actually encompasses a wide range of experiences.

This can result in symptoms including delusions, hallucinations, suspicion, and social disengagement and usually involves changes in a person’s thoughts, perceptions, or beliefs.

People may have disorganised speech and thought patterns, as well as altered movement patterns. Lack of motivation, social disengagement, and cognitive abnormalities, such as difficulties with memory, focus, and attention, can also occur in them.

During a bout of psychosis, “a person’s thoughts and perceptions are disrupted, and they may have difficulty recognising what is real and what is not.

Schizophrenia, which affects about 1 per cent of the U.S. population, is caused by a combination of genetic, biological, and environmental factors, and is typically diagnosed in someone’s late teens or early twenties.

Nick Reiner, who is facing murder charges in the slayings of his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, was being treated for mental illness before the couple’s deaths, according to reports.

Nick Reiner had publicly discussed his years-long battle with drug dependence, which included periods of homelessness. The screenwriter told People magazine in a 2016 interview that he made his first visit to rehab at 15 and would return 17 times. He said he became homeless due to his refusal to return to rehab.

Reiner was taken into police custody on Dec 14 and booked for murder by the Los Angeles Police Department after Rob and Michele Reiner were discovered dead in their Brentwood residence.

Two days after Rob and Michele Reiner’s deaths, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office charged Nick Reiner with two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance of multiple murders. Nick also faces a special allegation that he personally used a dangerous and deadly weapon, i.e. a knife.

The special circumstance of multiple murders can entail a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty. However, district attorney Nathan J. Hochman said, “No decision at this point has been made with respect to the death penalty.”

However, I don’t believe that his parents would have ever wanted him to receive the death penalty.

If you have ever known somebody who is schizophrenic, one would comprehend what a malignant disease it actually is, and it can take over your life without even realising it, and clearly, medical professionals had let him down. Perhaps he should have been put in a mental facility where he could not harm others or himself.

I’m not talking about rehab, I’m talking about a secure unit where he would not have been able to get out until they deemed it was safe for him to do so. If that had happened, then his parents might still be alive.

Keir Starmer Considers Social Media Ban For Teens

Sir Keir Starmer is weighing up an Australian-style social media embargo for children aged under 16. 

The Labour Prime Minister formerly said he was ‘personally’ against the ban for teenagers but is understood to be ‘closely monitoring’ the policy.

The world-first law was introduced on December 10 by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and sees under-16s banned from Facebook, Instagram, Kick, Reddit, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube and Twitch.

The social media platforms face fines of up to £25 million if they fail to take reasonable steps to remove children’s accounts.

Earlier this month, the Prime Minister said, ‘it’s more about how you control content children can see’ as he appeared to rule out introducing the scheme. 

But Health Secretary Wes Streeting challenged his party to ‘think much more radically’ about online safety restrictions, with social media now a ‘place of bullying, intimidation, sometimes misogyny, even radicalisation’.

Cultural Secretary Lisa Nandy last week revealed the Government were considering the ban but had concerns over ‘enforceability’.

Downing Street is now said to be ‘closely monitoring’ the policy.

Discussions have begun between Sir Keir and Liz Kendall, the Technology Secretary, about introducing a similar law if the Australian ban proves successful, according to The Telegraph.  

A Government spokesperson said: ‘We understand parents’ concerns about the impact of social media on children, which is why we’ve taken some of the boldest steps globally to ensure online content is genuinely age-appropriate.

‘It’s important we protect children while letting them benefit safely from the digital world, without cutting off essential services or isolating the most vulnerable.

‘The Government is closely monitoring Australia’s approach to age restrictions. When it comes to children’s safety, nothing is off the table, but any action must be based on robust evidence.’

Mr Streeting on Sunday said children are able to access ‘the most extreme content’ and contrasted it to the difficulty he faced trying to get into a 15 or 18-rated film at the cinema as a child.

Social media is becoming more ‘anti-social media’, he added. ‘That’s why I think what Australia’s doing is interesting and we should follow the results closely and see if that’s something we should consider doing here.’

Ms Nandy added: ‘We’re obviously keeping a very close eye on the way that this is playing out in Australia because we know that young people are really struggling with the amount of time that they spend online and what is happening to them online.’

Ms Kendall has previously expressed her objection to the restriction and is currently negotiating the policy with the Prime Minister.

Earlier this month, at a House of Commons select committee, she said there was ‘really important balance to be struck’ between helping children deal with the online world, while making sure that they do not face harmful content.’

‘I am not currently in favour of a ban on smartphones until 16. It is good they are not at school, and there is more we have to do to help kids deal with it.

‘I am worried about chatbots, and I am worried about sleep. If you said, ‘nothing until you are 16’, then how are they going to cope? That is how I am thinking about it.

Albanese described the social media ban as ‘one of the biggest social and cultural changes our nation has faced’.

‘It is a profound reform which will be a source of national pride in years to come,’ he added.

While some may argue that this is the epitome of communism, children should not be allowed to use social media. The internet should only be used for academic purposes. It has nothing to do with being autocratic; rather, it is about our children’s safety.

I’m extremely glad that I didn’t have to deal with social media as a child, but sadly this has been going on for an extremely long time, and now people will say that it’s a huge infringement on their civil liberties, but do people actually want their children to be subjected to bullying, misogyny and harrassment, to name a few via the internet?

To be honest, if I had young children in this day and age, they would never be allowed a phone with internet or the internet itself.

However, Keir Starmer needs to consider this rationally. If you are deemed too immature for Facebook, or any other sites for that matter, then they are undoubtedly not adult enough to vote.

If parents don’t want their child using the internet for things like social media, then they shouldn’t; that’s what parental controls are for. Unfortunately, parents no longer have control over their children, but mark my words, this is another push for online digital IDs, which will lead to a loss of anonymity on the web. Everything will be tracked (oh, what am I talking about), it’s tracked already. The digital prison is already growing around us!

I’m So Determined Not To Raise A Brat

A mother has taken caring for her child to another level. One that we have not seen for an extremely long time.

When she was eight months pregnant and still at work, a colleague had given her a 1950s book entitled ‘Mothercraft.’

‘You’ll need this,’ she muttered, adding, ‘the old way’s the best way.’

I COULDN’T AGREE MORE!

The book is a parenting manual authored by midwife Sister Mary Martin in 1950. Yes, yes, I know, it’s old, but ‘Mothercraft’ champions parents to not bring up entitled brats through a somewhat robust approach, which this expectant mother was onboard with.

These days, mums feel compelled to entertain their little ones with grimy soft plays and hours of ‘brainrot’ screentime. Who actively sidestep any form of conflict in case it causes upset to their little angels, but ‘Mothercraft’ tells you to follow this retro parenting bible for a no-nonsense approach to raising children.

She said that when she was pregnant with her son, now seven, she was bamboozled by the overload of parenting info online, including unsolicited advice on social media from quasi-experts.

The problem is, the main message that we get these days seems to be that we must do everything in our ability not to damage the minds of our young, with this fairly new phenomenon, ‘gentle parenting’, which is widely cultivated into the minds of adults, who would believe it!

There are about 287,000 videos devoted to it on TikTok alone. The soft parenting trend suggests that we should wear our babies around our necks 24/7 like some oversized backpack accessory, rocking them to sleep and holding them while they sleep. No wonder we have children who can’t even wipe their own backside adequately at the age of 5 years old.

Gentle parenting also advocates the acceptance of behaviour that might once have been considered misbehaving, because our child might be having ‘big feelings’.

This simply makes mothers terrified that they are going to turn into a hot mess, and ultimately they do, but ‘Mothercraft’ indefatigably says that ‘Children should be a joy, and never a burden.’

This young lady chose to follow the vintage rules to a T with her young son. The first sensible one was to let her baby nap alone outside, otherwise known in the book as ‘air bathing.’

Popular in Sweden, the concept is based on ‘friluftsliv,’ meaning open-air living, where parents let children sleep in cold conditions outside in prams, believing that fresh air regulates their immune system and keeps them healthy and strong.

In 1950s Britain, mothers would happily stick the pram in the street by the front door.

Living in central London, she felt that this might be dangerous, so when her son was born, she opted for her teeny back patio instead. 

The book says that it’s completely normal to be nearby, getting on with your knitting and needlework or, in her case, relaxing on her phone.

Today’s earth mothers may think that rocking their baby to sleep and holding them for hours on end while they sleep is the ultimate connection, but this young mother said ‘That holding the baby while he slept sounded like a mild prison sentence, and how would she get anything done?’

‘Mothercraft’ demonstrates that indulging your child just won’t work unless, of course, there is something physically wrong, such as a wet nappy, and that sleep training is a good solution.

The same goes for the endless breastfeeding. Forget the five-year-old rascal sliding into the marital bed for a midnight chow! 

‘Mothercraft’ also recommends weaning at about 12 months old.

This lady followed the book and started sleep training from day one. The rule is to do it in short intervals – check all is well, comfort them, leave the door open, but don’t take them out of the cot or rock them to sleep.

Today’s parents may say sleep training is cruel, but in the words of another parenting guru, Gina Ford, ‘Sleep is taught, not stumbled upon.’

The book’s motto is, ‘Happy mother, happy baby.’ So, for this young lady, that was all she needed to know.

When she first brought her son home, she stuck to the sleep training advice, and within two weeks, he was napping and sleeping well.

The next sound suggestion by ‘Mothercraft’ was to start toilet training your baby in the first few months.

After each feed, she would hold her son above the toilet so he could get used to the feeling of ‘going.’

She said that she did it at a toffy garden party in Notting Hill over a rose bush, which the men were not impressed by, but, as ‘Mothercraft’ suggests, with the wind on their bottom, the baby starts to get the notion of how toileting works, and she’s not alone – comedian Katherine Ryan started toilet training her babies when they were four months old, and suggests that children can be completely toilet trained within a year.

The book suggests that parents need to just listen for sounds indicating they need to go, such as grunts, and when they can sit up, pop them on ‘the chamber with a toy’.

She said that there were plenty of accidents along the way, but her son was swiftly toilet-trained at a year and a half, and going into his toddler years, she saved a fortune on nappies.

Unlike today’s children, when it comes to playing and developing, ‘Mothercraft’ enthuses not to bother with costly toys and eye-wateringly expensive days out.

Instead, ‘Mothercraft’ claims that ‘children ask for love, not riches’. 

Boredom is good for them, and for social development, so give them a saucepan, wooden spoon and cardboard box.

She said that she has always let her son be actively bored because it stimulates him to use his imagination and be creative.

Of course, there were few TV screens in the 1950s, but even so, the book firmly states, ‘Do not confuse mothering with spoiling.’

She said that she only lets her son watch documentaries and occasional TV shows like Blue Peter and Horrible Histories, not hours of ADHD-inducing, mind-wilting YouTube.

She has observed babies on the bus watching TikTok, kids arriving at nursery with their iPad, and she’s even witnessed a dad at the doctors who couldn’t wrestle his phone away from his toddler, so just weakly let him watch Coco Melon on full blast.

In today’s consumerist society, too many of us are obsessed with the doctrine that any boredom or confrontation is terrible.

It all begins when you attend those awful National Childbirth Trust (NCT) classes that prospective parents are urged to attend as a way to meet other families nearby, and then they give you a long list of things to buy.

She said that as she wandered around John Lewis with a list chock-full of breast pumps and maternity pads, she referred back to the book, and while she may not have gone as far as ‘Mothercraft’s’ suggestion of using a padded box on a saw-off chair as a first cot, she decided to heed the advice that babies don’t need much.

She tossed the list, got some second-hand bits, and the only splurge she was instructed to make was a large perambulator. The firm favourite was a Silvercross Balmoral pram.

‘Mothercraft’ also advises new mums to let the baby be entertained at home and in the garden. New mums have it shoved down their throats now that as soon as a bundle of joy arrives, they should be signed up for baby massage, sensory classes or yoga.

She said that after her son was born, she joined one of those musical baby classes, but as the mums clanged away on triangles and spoon-fed their babies from pureed pouches, she decided to make a speedy departure.

Instead, she gave her son the ‘Mothercraft’ special: meat such as steak, rabbit, liver, bacon and chicken that should be given two to three times a day, even if the baby has just a few teeth. As a treat, she was advised to give a slice of Madeira cake for pudding.

She said that it was nice to share meal times too, rather than giving her son jars of ultra-processed baby food.

The manual promotes the child fitting into your life… not the other way around, and as soon as they are old enough, they can start setting the table and clearing away.

She said that her son helps set plates and does his bit around the house as per the book, and with a few add-ons, she will ask him to order food in restaurants and to ask for the bill, as well as requesting things in shops, and to always say thank you.

The parenting book suggests that the more independence children have, the more they will be able to handle the world in an ever-changing landscape.

One chapter aptly says, ‘Good impressions have lasting results,’ and how children converse is paramount, and ‘Mothercraft’ suggests other useful tips, including spraying cologne in your child’s hair if it’s tangled, flannel washing in a warm blanket, and that cod liver oil will sort out most ailments.

It has a superabundance of women’s advice, too, such as ‘chest exercises’ to keep the bust from sagging, and soaking your vagina in iodine to keep it super fresh.

She said that many people believe that women did all the work in the 1950s, and that dads just sat there ignorant with a pipe by the fire, but she was pleased to say there was a chapter named ‘Fathercraft’ too.

In the book it explains that dads should send their wives away for a break if they have morning sickness, bring them tea in bed and the pinnacle, ‘that both parents share the responsibilities, as well as the interests and joys in their family’, so that it has a ‘combination that leaves a deep and lasting impression in the minds of their children.’

That’s because authoritative parenting (not to be confused with authoritarian) has been proven, with positive reinforcement, to give children the discipline and skills they need in life, generating higher educational scores and mental well-being.

With today’s ‘gentle parenting’, in numerous cases, this is not the case.

There have been numerous online threads featuring mums frustrated because dad has checked out, and after relying on namby-pampy techniques, they then wonder why they have ended up with ‘anxious, insecure and entitled’ brats.

Such demands include multiple ‘duvet days,’ letting them play Roblox repeatedly and disregarding everyone around them, should they feel like it. This is not a functional, healthy or happy way to live.

Life is about choices, but when they are children, it is not up to them to make big decisions.

By letting them run amok, they will become grown-ups with no motivation, confidence or anything to aspire towards. And you can forget good manners.

If people believe that this woman is mad and that we’ve moved on from the 1950s parenting styles, well, this woman said she doesn’t care.

She said that as parents, we never know how our children will turn out, but she hopes that by putting a moral compass in place, even if her son veers off, he will eventually return to the place of morality, sensibility, kindness, and a strong backbone.

Some of you would have been born into an age that adhered to these principles, but these days we have children who are dummies because they are allowed too many electronic devices, all easily accessible because most young people use them these days. A mother attached to her phone with no communication between parent and child. What a horrible sight to see!

Most mums before the 1990s raised their children the ‘old way’, and most of their children have grown up to be grounded adults. Clearly, there are still some that don’t.

Teachers are now nursemaids, especially in the early years, because of Gen Z parenting. Some kids don’t know how to use cutlery, go to the toilet, take off their coats or play, but the little darlings can work their way around an iPad, though.

And you would be surprised at how many nursery kids have no concept of what a nursery rhyme is.

How this lady is bringing up her son is precisely the way that I was brought up, and my children as well. We were told to go outside and play and to find something to do, and guess what, we did. We all ate the same food at the dinner table, and we had to watch our P’s and Q’s and treat others how we wanted to be treated ourselves. It’s basic, really, but the trouble is, kids these days don’t even know how to wash up.

These days, sending kids to school in nappies, providing them with no cognitive or mental stimulation, and putting them in a corner or on the couch with a gadget are all contributing factors to a variety of physical and mental issues.

I watch people who are 20 years old who have to be told basic things at work. Who are offended by everything and believe that they are entitled, so really, we should salute this woman and others like her. We have no room for soft-touch adolescents here!

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