Earl Aelfheah

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ....Poets, writers attached > themselves to the cause of Independence in > Ireland. Sure, but they didn't torture and murder people. You can support the cause of independence in many ways, but those who attack and kill civilians without regret (even once the fight is over), probably aren't particularly nice people.

OF course it is speculation, yes. But like I say, I've always had a suspicion that certain people have violent tendancies and if they can will gravitate to violent movements.

ive always had a sneaking suspicion that people like McGuiness (and for that matter the guy who ran people over in Westminster), attach themselves to causes largely as a way of rationalising /excusing their violent tendencies and desire to hurt people. If he'd grown up in a different era, he'd have probably still been hurting people but perhaps under some different banner, or none.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yep, we're currently on the reduced timetable that > was introduced due to works at LB. > > I understand that the Thameslink platforms won't > reopen until next year.. whether this (and other > ongoing construction) has any bearing on our > service, I don't know. But I strongly suspect that > we're being shafted, and the reduction is > permanent. Yeah, that was my worry. Got a terrible feeling that after all the disruption we're going to end up with a permanently reduced service.

Just get them from your garden. How to catch, clean and cook garden snails: http://www.them-apples.co.uk/2012/07/how-to-catch-clean-and-cook-garden-snails/

I heard it was being knocked down for flats and a supermarket

So what is the official timetable now? It appears that the morning trains run roughly 5 an hour in peak times, are irregularly spaced and now take 20 minutes to get to London Bridge. Is this correct? Now that the LB works are largely finished is there any chance of getting back to 6 trains every 10 minutes taking 12 to get to the station? After years of disruption it would be good if we could at least see a service that isn't worse than what we had prior to the rennovations starting. Perhaps even some improvements? Is this crazy talk?

Think it's a bit late unfortunately.

Comfortable generally, but they make me a bit to warm.

For the snail lovers amongst you: http://www.them-apples.co.uk/2012/07/how-to-catch-clean-and-cook-garden-snails/

I'm feel increasingly estranged from most of England, outside of the Capital. It feels insular and regressive and ever more illiberal. Maybe time to move to Berlin.

"English politicians have frequently had a tin ear when it comes to other people?s nationalism, imagining that it can be satisfied by material concessions or rebutted by arguments about independence inflicting unacceptable economic damage" This reminded me of Farage on LBC the other day, giong on about how the Scottish were 'economically illiterate' if they thought they 'could turn their back on their biggest trading partner' (England). The man seems to have no self awareness whatsoever. The hypocrisy around all would be laughable if it wasn't all so serious. The Brexit rhetoric of 'independence', 'self determination', 'taking back control', doesn't sit comfortably with the idea of an unequal union between Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales. I suspect that Scotland will go. Northern Ireland is going to be a difficult situation post brexit. England and Wales are going to slowly decline and London will increasingly operate as a virtual city state. The sense of the rest of the country being left behind is likely to become even more pronounce imo. But you know.. 'will of the people' and all that.

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Jules-and-Boo Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > yes - Top Bloke. Very much more respected than > the > > MP who tweeted "hiding in my PAs office" > > That's not necessarily fair. Those in Parliament > were given instructions by the police and security > forces ? I know, as I had a friend there. > Similarly, I thought it was cheap point-scoring > for some to point out (on social meeja, natch) > that the PM was whisked away as if this showed > some sort of cowardice rather than it being a > crucial security matter for the head of government > to be protected from danger. Yeah, MPs inside the Palace of Westminster wouldn't have been helping anyone if they'd all started running outside in a misguided attempt to be heroic

Oh FFS - Katie Hopkins mouthing off on the Fox news too, doing the extremist's job for them.

For a long time he was part of the problem. Then he wasn't. He did some terrible things, for which he never expressed any regret. I don't think he should be lionised. Maybe his passing should be seen as an opportunity to put another bit of a generally shameful past behind us.

I see that Farage has already been all over US TV saying that's its't he result of uncontrolled immigration. Hasn't wasted a second in exploiting a tragedy, the odious little sh*t.

That's actually very good (and likely quite accurate) steveo.

Yeah, not sure why they've changed the name. The sign looks cheap (mind you, so did the old one).

I cringe whenever I see people applying eye liner on a moving bus.

Gentrification

Nobody really likes snails. People like garlic butter that's all. People like garlic butter so much, they'll even eat it with snails in.

pilsbury Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Kanella & Co has a FB page - > https://www.facebook.com/Kanellaandco/ > Plus I also spotted this - > http://dulwichdiverter.tumblr.com/post/15067459539 > 0/new-deli-opens (obvs the building works took > longer than expected!) > Best of luck to the new place! I thought this shop (previously Soupdragon) had been refused a change of use - hence the fact it's been empty for so long. Can anyone confirm this? Anyway the place looks good, but it's a large space to keep busy and sounds like they were meant to open last year. Walking past the other day it wasn't obviously open.

Good post JoeLeg.

It's written by someone who knows the area intimately - it must be unreliable.

I'll get some popcorn.