LONDON TIMES (AND UK POLICE) NOW STEALING OUR TAKE ON SIR DAVID AMESS MURDER

The Times having a long, leisurely rummage through our disgusting filthy
 trash to steal our red-hot takes on the latest political murder

It looks like the Times of London (founded 1785) has been going through our trash looking for stories on the latest political murder in the UK.

A couple of days ago we ran this story:

Now here is today's Times:

POLICE EXAMINE QATAR LINK OVER KILLING OF SIR DAVID AMESS

Amess had ties to Gulf state involved in Somalia

The close ties between Sir David Amess and the Gulf state of Qatar are being investigated by police after his murder. The Conservative MP was chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on Qatar and returned from his latest visit there on Wednesday last week.

Security sources emphasised that all avenues were being explored as they examined the killing. The man being questioned over the stabbing, Ali Harbi Ali, 25, is the son of a former prime ministerial adviser in Somalia. Qatar backs the present Somali president.[...]

Amess was chairman of a parliamentary group on QatarAmess was chairman of a parliamentary group on Qatar. The Qatar group at Westminster seeks to foster good relations between Britain and the kingdom. Amess registered trips to Qatar in 2018 and 2020 funded by Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs worth a total of £8,700.

In July this year he accepted £700 of hospitality and accommodation to attend the Goodwood horseracing festival, which Qatar sponsors.

The veteran Tory MP invited the then ambassador, Yousef Al-Khater, to Southend in 2019. Amess held talks with him again in March this year, seeking Qatari investment for a £60 million marina development in the resort.

This, with a few additional details, is exactly what we pointed out in our story:

Where the Times is still behind the curve is in emphasising the anti-Qatari stance of the killer's family, including his father. No doubt another rummage through our trash will set them right.