Earl Aelfheah

Of course he's right. He's been hounded out of his post be ideologues, who don't want to be challenged by inconvenient realities. It's an absolute shambles.

This is farcical https://www.ft.com/content/4735fad6-d1c0-11e6-b06b-680c49b4b4c0 We're tired of experts and complexity. We want someone red white and blue, who understands that Brexit means Brexit blah, blah, blah. I always assumed that May's inane rhetoric was based on a total disdain for the intelligence of the general public, that she was just hugely condescending. But now I'm starting to think she may not very bright and that this explains the simplicity of her rhetoric.

Bit early - think they're meant to stay up until Friday? I rather like mine. Might keep it up a couple more weeks.

She is 'posh' though, so there's that.

Perhaps they were out for a walk? Fish have short memories and so woudln't have remembered their inability to breathe out of water. Just be thankful they weren't driving at the time.

Oh this is reassuring: https://www.ft.com/content/88c29514-d1b0-11e6-9341-7393bb2e1b51

This is interesting / infuriating: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/13/taxpayers-foot-50million-bill-southern-rail-strike-chaos-ministers/ Seems that it's in Southern's financial interests for the strikes to continue.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Best just to pretend the Southern trains don't > exist, and find another route. The franchise has > failed. It's failed passengers, not Southern who've seen their profits go up 27%.

Your neighbour sounds thoroughly unpleasant. I think you may have to just stop engaging with them as you say. It's a shame, I really feel for you. We had some problem neighbours in a previous place and it was extremely stressful. Good luck.

I would suggest establishing exactly what the problem is. If it is simply that you didn't consult them, then tough. You've apologised, there is nothing else you can do. If it's specifically the privacy issue, you may want to consider doing something about this. When you say "cedar slatted design" do you mean the thin horizontal, slightly spaced type? If so, it is true that they afford less privacy. Perhaps you should offer put up something on their side to obscure the gaps? I do think you neighbours are being completely unreasonable and the aggression is totally unacceptable. I would establish what their issue is, do what you reasonably can to rectify it and then be very, very clear, that their behaviour needs to be moderated. If it continues, report them to the council's anti-social behaviour unit, or get the police involved. Good luck, it sounds like a horrible situation to find yourself in and I hope you can resolve it soon.

The eye of Sauron.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sky talking about divisions in the UK this > morning. > > They interviewed some girl who works down the chip > shop in > Burnley and she said there's going to be civil > war. I love it when they do this on TV news. Let's talk to Sandra in Maidstone to get her view on the prospects of the world economy. Yes, let's go that I'm sure it will be highly enlightening @_@

I've just 'discovered' scotch meats stores on Rosendale Road. It's lovely.

Thanks James, really helpful. Have a great Christmas.

That's all really. Have a good one ED.

If Corbyn (for example) attacked a grieving widow I think you'd call him a tw*t quids and I'd agree with you. In such circumstances, I reckon anyone saying 'yeah, but Katy Hopkins has said worse stuff and I don't see the Right criticising her in the same way', you'd call them an apologist for Corbyn. You'd be correct too.

Quids, I'm afraid you're so locked into a 'right versus left' mindset that you cannot see the inconsistencies in your own argument here. What Farage has said is totally wrong. Just because some idiot might have also said something very personal and nasty about Margaret Thatcher doesn't excuse it, it's not even remotely relevant... not unless you see everything in terms of some sort of us versus them, tit for tat relativism. That's exactly what you have (rightly) called people on 'the left' out for previously.

Will know one think of the children!!!!!

Thanks for the suggestions. Got some in Dulwich DIY on the Lane.

Quids, you're starting to sound like an apologist for Farage. What happened in Berlin isn't relevant to whether or not his his comments about Jo Coxs widow are unpleasant. The fact that others have also in the past made odious comments doesn't change how we should see these recent remarks either. It's not left versus right. If Corbin insulted a grieving man would you think it reasonable for someone to say 'well Farage said something similar'?

TBH Farage did surprise me. It seems particularly nasty and personal and (perhaps the surprising bit), clumsy.

Well sure, social media is awful, what do you expect. Otta's right about Berlin though. What can you say about such an atrocity? It's just awful, but what more can one really say?

The two are different stories. It's just silly to suggest that Farage can say outrageous things and because there are other horrors going on, we shouldn't talk about it. Your observation about the 'left wing media' isn't born out by the front pages BTW. Look at which papers led with what.

..actually I take that back. The Sun, the Mail and the Express decided to lead with the queen having a cold: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs/the_papers

Oh come on Quids, that's nonsense. The outrageous attack in Berlin has been front page of every newspaper. They're different stories.