What Has Made You Laugh Today ?
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'I am only the UK's sixth black female QC'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-englan ... n-61101239Nneka Akudolu was told she had little chance of becoming a barrister after getting pregnant in her second year of university, now she's a Queen's Counsel recognised for her excellence.
Ms Akudolu is only the sixth black female QC in the UK and has worked her way up to now deal with the most serious criminal cases - and is asking people to see the "possibilities beyond any obstacles"
I'm unfamiliar with the numbers and a brief search didn't bring up a figure for the numbers of QCs. I'm unclear whether she's the sixth ever, or one of six currently active. I see this year's batch of promotions involved a hundred and one active lawyers and eight more honorary ones. I think around a hundred a year may be typical
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new- ... ancellor-1
Even she seems to be suggesting this is because people set their sites low, rather than the law not having equal opportunities.
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Sixth black female QC ever in the UK (though the seventh was also appointed in the same ceremony).thirdcrank wrote: ↑18 Apr 2022, 3:42pmI'm unfamiliar with the numbers and a brief search didn't bring up a figure for the numbers of QCs. I'm unclear whether she's the sixth ever, or one of six currently active.
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DaveReading wrote: ↑18 Apr 2022, 6:17pmSixth black QC ever in the UK (though the seventh was also appointed in the same ceremony).thirdcrank wrote: ↑18 Apr 2022, 3:42pmI'm unfamiliar with the numbers and a brief search didn't bring up a figure for the numbers of QCs. I'm unclear whether she's the sixth ever, or one of six currently active.
Thanks for that. To be thread to needle, I presume she's the sixth black female QC ever.
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Slightly out of date figures but as of December 2021thirdcrank wrote: ↑18 Apr 2022, 6:57pmDaveReading wrote: ↑18 Apr 2022, 6:17pmSixth black QC ever in the UK (though the seventh was also appointed in the same ceremony).thirdcrank wrote: ↑18 Apr 2022, 3:42pmI'm unfamiliar with the numbers and a brief search didn't bring up a figure for the numbers of QCs. I'm unclear whether she's the sixth ever, or one of six currently active.
Thanks for that. To be thread to needle, I presume she's the sixth black female QC ever.
(link)There are just 5 black British / black female barristers in the Queen's Counsel and 17 male black British / black QCs in England and Wales. This compares to 1,303 white men and 286 white women.
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Oops, yes, corrected.thirdcrank wrote: ↑18 Apr 2022, 6:57pmDaveReading wrote: ↑18 Apr 2022, 6:17pmSixth black QC ever in the UK (though the seventh was also appointed in the same ceremony).thirdcrank wrote: ↑18 Apr 2022, 3:42pmI'm unfamiliar with the numbers and a brief search didn't bring up a figure for the numbers of QCs. I'm unclear whether she's the sixth ever, or one of six currently active.
Thanks for that. To be thread to needle, I presume she's the sixth black female QC ever.
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Changing the subject completely but staying with the thread.
I had to laugh this morning when the lorry driver that negotiated our narrow, single track lane to deliver a large pallet of honey jars and lids couldn't unload because he'd forgotten the key to activate the lorry's tail-lift. He's now on the way back to the depot to get one. Muppets everywhere.
I had to laugh this morning when the lorry driver that negotiated our narrow, single track lane to deliver a large pallet of honey jars and lids couldn't unload because he'd forgotten the key to activate the lorry's tail-lift. He's now on the way back to the depot to get one. Muppets everywhere.
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This morning approaching home after a meet with some friends I realized I hadn't put the bin out and said to the wife " wonder if the bins have been collected yet? Bet I've missed them again " -- she pointed to the neighbors bin. The bottom of their bin had split and the puddens bursting out. -- " that answers that question then"
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Lambs in the fields. Don't know why they evolve into boring, grass easting machines - but having 5-6 lambs running alongside the fence to look at the bike, is a bit uplifting! And two, playing with an exciting turnip. Looked like they didn't know if it should be "nosed" along
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This one reminded me of the various driverless vehicle threads
Lorry stuck on narrow country lane near Wellington in Somerset
Lorry stuck on narrow country lane near Wellington in Somerset
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-61179935"I just couldn't believe it, why would such a huge vehicle try and get down such a tiny space", said Angela.
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Doesn't really surprise me cos when we travel over in England there's wee single track lanes they call roads -- it's sometimes difficult to know when your roads turn into lanes or what we'd call lanes. Over here a lane that width won't be part of the public highway.thirdcrank wrote: ↑21 Apr 2022, 10:20pm This one reminded me of the various driverless vehicle threads
Lorry stuck on narrow country lane near Wellington in Somerset
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-61179935"I just couldn't believe it, why would such a huge vehicle try and get down such a tiny space", said Angela.
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These vehicles often do multi-pickups of single cars that have been sold via ‘we buy any car’ type traders. The driver was probably told the access was fine (and it was) but wasn’t given any info on how to get out afterwards. Having been a delivery driver myself it’s common to have many awkward routes and sometimes you got totally fed up of it, or rather, the system that allows it to happen and the pressure you are under to complete the job. It wouldn’t surprise me if some drivers just resign themselves to failure with that particular employer and just abandon the truck at the worst possible place for them to sort out the resultant mess.thirdcrank wrote: ↑21 Apr 2022, 10:20pm This one reminded me of the various driverless vehicle threads
Lorry stuck on narrow country lane near Wellington in Somerset
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-61179935"I just couldn't believe it, why would such a huge vehicle try and get down such a tiny space", said Angela.
The older I get the more I’m inclined to act my shoe size, not my age.
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Sorry. I wasn't making any comment about how this happened, but rather the way the report attributed this to the vehicle rather than the driver - as in "driverless"
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I'll try harder to avoid weak jokes that need an explanation