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I had similar problem. Found that regularly feeding it with some liquid fertiliser helped it revive.

I meant their 'metro' services, which I think was the original plan http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/12113029/TfL-to-take-control-of-Londons-suburban-rail-services.html .

The street lights in ED are ridiculously bright. They were upgraded a few years back and now everywhere if floodlit. It's not great for birds. light pollution isn't taken that seriously unfortunately. If you walk around Dulwich Village and surrounding streets, it's lovely at night - their streets largely still have the old, yellow lamps... it actually feels like nighttime.

We should be campaigning for devolution of train service to TFL, something which was previously agreed and has been stopped for purely political reasons. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38238980 Grayling should be sacked and responsibility for Southern, Southeastern and South West Trains placed under the remit of TFL.

The whole thing stinks: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/11/rail-franchise-boss-peter-wilkinson-gave-southern-contract-client-consultancy?CMP=share_btn_tw (Rail franchise mandarin's board gave Southern contract to client of his company)

It also amazes me how there are politicians and commentators here in the UK, who are still happy to defend him. I know people have a degree of 'tribal' allegiance when it comes to politics, but come on.

That might not be a bad punt

Wow, just seen the press conference. It's just unreal. How is this man president elect?

So reading this https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/10/buzzfeed-publishes-donald-trump-russia-documents-ethics-questions I have to conclude that this latest story (of secret contacts with the Kremlin) lacks credibility. It's pretty poor of buzzfeed to have published it without any real evidence of the reports veracity. I don't like Trump and his dismissal of evidence of Russian hacking, does open him up to these kind of stories.... but, even he must be afforded the same right not to be smeared in the press that anyone else has.

So I see there is now a suggestion that Trump may have had 'secret contacts' with Russia in the run up to the election. It's hard to know what to make of it frankly https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/10/fbi-chief-given-dossier-by-john-mccain-alleging-secret-trump-russia-contacts. My instinct would be that it's all far too far fetched, but then Trump's behaviour is so erratic, who knows what's going on.

Sounds pretty scary Buddug hope you're not too shaken.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > We have to accept that things haven't been as > bad > > as was predicted. > > Sums up a lot of remainers opinion (but not mine) > - "we have to accept FFS"? You, like many, clearly > would rather things had gone badly.... > > It's done, we are out and we have to make the best > of it and we are in betters shape than most on the > left are willing to admit - with a lot more > leverage than you realise. This Forum is like the > fooking Guardian - negative, sanctimonious, full > of woe, country hating - typical middleclass left > wingery nothing positive to contribute. Why I gave > up with left to be honest What do you mean "I would rather things had gone badly"? You do talk a lot of sh*t quids. Also, you're insistence on making everything an issue of 'left / right' is silly. The EU debate cut across both parties.

It's really hard to get a GP appointment and there are very few drop in centres (as Jeremy says, they've stopped doing drop-ins at the Lister Centre). People will invariably resort to visiting A&E in the absence of reasonable alternatives.

I think you missed Abe's meaning Malumbu. He's mocking the person in the queue not agreeing with them.

People leaving excrement all over the pavements have no sympathy from me. It's deeply antisocial.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... the poor and poorly educated (thanks to destruction of the life-line > of the poor- the grammar schools- destroyed by an evil public school Labour asshole who did it > purely to keep the poor on their place Margaret Thatcher, as education secretary, approved the closure of more grammar schools in the 1970s than any other politician. Not that I think that's a bad thing, they're terrible for social mobility, but just thought I'd make the point.

I'll have whatever he's drinking.

In the debate about whether or not Russia tried to undermine the Clinton campaign for the presidency everyone seems to have forgotten that Trump actively appealed to Russian hackers to do just this: I don't understand why this appears to be getting left out of the current analysis. It's uncomfortable sure, but doesn't it sail very close to collusion?

Chief economist of Bank of England admits errors in Brexit forecasting: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/05/chief-economist-of-bank-of-england-admits-errors

Support the campaign to have TfL take over the franchise https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/transport/mayors-plans-rail-devolution/pledge

It's just suggesting that whether article 50 has been triggered or not shouldn't make a difference in terms of the uncertainty created by a leave vote.

Jenny1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > @Red Devil - From the article I linked to: > > > > "It is not good enough to say most forecasts > were > > based on an assumption of an immediate UK > > notification of Article 50... Brexit > uncertainty > > exists regardless of when the UK informs the EU > of > > its intention to leave " > > Logically that should be the case. But have you > noticed how financial markets, and the economy as > a whole, often don't seem to react to the prospect > of events on the horizon, but only respond when > things actually happen? I'm not sure why this > happens - but I have noticed it before. With article 50 to be triggered in March, I guess we will soon see whether or not it has an impact.

I agree Lordship - on the face of it at least, the spending and borrowing binge which has followed the Leave vote seem irrational. It's perhaps not that surprising therefore, that economists failed to predict it.

We have to accept that things haven't been as bad as was predicted. Of course, that's not to say that leaving the EU will not have negative long term consequences, but I think Remainers (of which I am one) have to accept that the dire predictions made about the immediate impacts of a leave vote haven't materialised.

@Red Devil - From the article I linked to: "It is not good enough to say most forecasts were based on an assumption of an immediate UK notification of Article 50... Brexit uncertainty exists regardless of when the UK informs the EU of its intention to leave "