Earl Aelfheah

So it looks as though, perhaps, republicans are waking up to who Trump really is. The thing I don't get, is how on earth has this not happened before now. It seems that the connection between saying xenophobic and misogynistic things and actually being a xenophobe and a misogynist hadn't occurred to people. It's instructive when thinking about the character of many of our current UK politicians and their rhetoric IMO.

Whitstable is nice and not too far. Some good air bnbs

Once again, the Tories show they can't be trusted with the economy.

Despite assertions that Brexit wasn't just about immigration, when you probe, it does indeed appear to be the key issue. At the least it seems to be the take away point for May. So the economy comes second.

edcam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cote is AWFUL. Some of the most uninspiring food > I've ever eaten. Le Chardon is worth a thousand > Cotes. I have only been to Cote once, but it was OK. Better than Le Chardon, which was very average indeed.

lavender27 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Having leftover curry or leftover pizza from the > night before, for breakfast, cold. Cold pizza the next day is great.

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >....I also use the same teabag and cup about four times. I have appalling table manners at home and wouldn't hesitate to lick the plate clean, but reusing teabags?!?! There's nothing worse than a weak cuppa.

?20m wasted. Nice one Boris https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/11/london-garden-bridge-report-national-audit-office-public-money

IMO, it doesn't sound worth the effort.

Ive never hear of this. What is 3CN and what's been imposed?

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I cannot remember a time when > > politics has been in such complete disarray. > > That all depends how old you are rah3... I was born in 77 (so 39). I think with everything that going on not just here, but across Europe and in the uS, it feels like politics is struggling. I'm not saying there hasn't been political or economic turmoil before, but things feel a lot less stable / unpredictable than they have for a long time. Drop in a bit of xenophobic rhetoric and I think its right fo be wary.

The scary thing is that I'm not quite sure where the adults have all gone. Our politics is in a terrible mess. Personally, I think our best (though slim) hope of returning a bit of seriousness into public life is press and voting reform... Two areas btw that Cameron had a unique opportunity to address but where again he roundly failed.

I agree with you quids re. the lib dens and that Mays government are incredibly backwards looking. But the Eton boys just saw the crash as an opportunity to carry on Thatchers legacy and roll back the state further, seemingly oblivious or unconcerned with warnings that it would halt the recovery and prolong the time needed to reduce the deficit. They were not serious people IMO, a Fleet Street hack and a PR man and they've done a lot of damage as a result. They wouldn't have got near the top jobs they did had they come from different backgrounds and so their journey to the top offices I'd relevant.

The point about the system of privilege is that it allowed a group of unremarkable, inexperienced, but incredibly entitled school chums to find their way into positions of great power.

GDP, when adjusted for the expanding population hasn't grown since 2008. Wages and productivity have been stagnant and debt continues to rise. We put austerity before growth... A mistake the Conservatives have finally recognised themselves.

Whether the xenophobic stuff is anymore than 'just' rhetoric remains to be seen, but the rhetoric itself is pretty shocking. How May claims to be on the centre ground is beyond me, the anti foreigner stuff sounds pretty extreme to my ears and rather alarming. I cannot remember a time when politics has been in such complete disarray.

Unfortunately I see more and more 'youngsters' entering the workplace who think this is how you have to behave to succeed.

Ultimately, Cameron's legacy is a lost decade economically, a much more polarised and divided society and a disastrous gamble on our future which he lost. I think the future will judge him, Osborne and boris (and the system of privilege which made their chumocracy possible), very badly.

miga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loads of the successful London schools that keep > on being referred to are already selective (in > different ways). They're just not called > grammars. > > (you're forgetting all the many Grauniad writers > who were privately educated - but let's get our > knickers in a twist about grammars.) Private education is of course a different issue (as its not something that the state pays for).

Nigel Farage has apparently said it's ?one of those things that happens between men?. I think he must have meant 'children'.

So does anyone actually know wh has taken it ovr?

Footage of the incident:

Corduroy is a strange choice for symbol of middle class solipsism.

Sure, fair point. I think people are (understandably in some cases) wishing to turn the clock back to a pre-globalisation world, which is a little unrealistic.

I agree with *bob* - camberwell has always had an edge over ED, but if anything it's narrow in recent years.