Good day to bury bad news - 20th jan 2025

You are kidding, trials are often reported on a daily basis Southport certainly will I expect much easier online

Its not that important but we can still expect rolling coverage the week it happens (sadly)

And the only one really with any real power to hurt the government is the Southport trial and that is big enough to upstage Trump

ee don’t have a front page in the same way online to a newspaper which carried one

on my phone bbc news has 3 easily seen as do others one line to take you through to the story

Tin foil hats on tight!

(Two of those are not like the other. The two high profile killings by mentally ill males obviously would make news, a fight at an airport and a councillor being free with his words would typically be a back page story if that.)

First I agree that bad news can get released on such days certainly in the past - less so with how news is delivered today

but

1. these are the first days of long trials where little will happen and certainly nothing major

2. we v much have the separation of powers between the government, Parliament and the judiciary

The scheduling of court dates is primarily managed by the individual courts and the HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS). The process involves various factors, including the availability of judges, courtrooms, and the specific requirements of each case.

Exactly. The courts aren't controlled by the government - why else would there have been all those embarrassing findings against them, e.g. about the unlawful prorogation of Parliament, the Post Office case, the successful negligence claims by soldiers? How can the government control the availability of witnesses, barristers etc?

You always know we have a crackpot conspiracy theorist on our hands when they start referring to 'msm'.

Seek help OP or at the very least step away from the Internet. You've been groomed to believe this bullshit. At best you look silly and people will be/are laughing at you. At worst, you will fall in so deep, you will develop significant anxiety and mental health issues. Just step away, it's not healthy.

@pdq123 I'm curious to know whether you know of any conspiracy theories which involve Andrew Tate or Elon Musk? Or are they the 'good guys'? Somehow?

OP, why do you keep ignoring the fact that the trials in question will last way longer than one day?

OP is right. It's not the first time it's happened.

CS Lewis and Aldous Huxley both died on 22nd November 1963. Which was also the day JFK was assassinated. It's like no one wanted to talk about the death of two literary luminaries, so the shadowy powers that control the media manipulated the news agenda.

Of course it will be covered. However, the idea that MSM are going to get so excited about it that it bumps everything else off the front pages for, potentially, several days or weeks, is frankly absurd.

Come off it. Unless something major happens at the inauguration, no-one in the UK is going to get that excited about it. Trials go on generally for several days, so verdicts will be happening when the inauguration is well over and done with.

I don't know if you missed it, but there's a Labour government in charge now. They don't need to hide things because they aren't doing them (proroguing parliament, funnelling money to fake PPE companies, watching porn in the House of Commons, sexually abusing their staff, etc).

It is rare that the conspiracy nut jobs come up with a theory that is so easily (and quickly) refutable. Well done

Manchester Airport case: there is a court appearance on the 16th. It's not the trial.

Southport trial: due to start on 20th. Expected to last 4 weeks.

Kent soldier stabbing: trial due to start on the 20th. Expected to last 3 weeks.

Labour councillor trial: due to start on the 20th. Expected to last 5 days.

It's not much of a conspiracy theory when you introduce a few facts.

The government timing an announcement (relatively simple and entirely within its control) is entirely different to setting the date for a potentially long and complex trial. And you’ve cited a mix of trial dates and hearings, which are different things, all around the country. You are being daft.

Yes. It used to be a fun, informative and interesting place for women to connect. Now it's simply just another forum for tinfoil-hatted weirdos to post about their current obsessions. No offence, like.

If these were 1 day trials, then perhaps it would look fishy - but they'll span multiple weeks. Day 1 (on Jan 20) will not be a big day in the context of the what comes out at trial.

This is well known and also 22+ years ago. It was very controversial at the time too. But “spin doctors” aren’t normally employed by courts diarists

"Guess what's happening on the 20th jan 2025 ?

• Manchester duo trial ( close but not quite 16th not 20th). Charges authorised over Manchester Airport incident | The Crown Prosecution Service
• Southport attacker trial. LIVE Southport stabbings murder suspect named as he appears in court - Manchester Evening News
• Mentally ill man who attacked the army officer trial. Kent soldier stabbing: Trial date set as victim leaves hospital - BBC News
• That cheeky little councillor trial who suggested some needed a close shave."

In technical terms it would actually be really difficult to manipulate different trials in different courts for a particular date because of all the assorted parties involved when fixing it. But the third week in January is not an odd time for major trials to be listed, because it's long enough after Christmas but enough time before Easter to get a good run at it.
But also, they aren't all standing trial on 20th Jan.
(1) Manchester duo - 16th not 20th January. Listed for an initial hearing, this isn't a trial date.
(2) Southport man - was listed in August for potential trial date on 20th Jan. I don't know if it is still listed for then. It was fixed months before Trump's election win, though.
(3) Army officer - was listed in August for potential trial date on 20th Jan. I don't know if it is still listed for then. It was fixed months before Trump's election win, though.
(4) Ricky Jones - was listed in September for potential trial date on 20th Jan. I don't know if it is still listed for then. It was fixed months before Trump's election win, though.

So four cases. Three were listed for 20th January well before Trump won. The fourth and last was listed after Trump won, for a first appearance. As there will be active criminal proceedings, there can't be much comment anyway on the first, only factual reporting of events.

Pretty dire conspiracy theory, TBH.