Earl Aelfheah

Yes the sock puppet review was a bit of a PR blunder, but hopefully everyone can be kind. It must be incredibly nerve racking opening a new restaurant. I really do wish them well - it sounds great on paper, looking forward to trying it.

Legally, they're probably fulfilling their duty. In spirit - no, there is no justification for Dulwich public schools being charities in my opinion.

Here we go. Yes, there are people who behave badly on the roads, whether they're cycling or driving. They probably behave badly when they're not engaged in the process of transporting themselves. You'll probably find they put their feet on the seats when on the train and play loud music on the bus. I had a car nearly take me out the other day as I crossed the road. she careered round a corner at speed, without a care. I see cyclists ignoring lights and regularly see cars breaking the speed limit as well as jumping lights. It's not helpful to make this into a 'bike versus car' thing. What would help is if we actually had traffic police back, rather then just putting speed bumps everywhere and thinking that solves anything.

I love Dylan, bit price for literature?!? I agree with bob

Laura, the sock puppetry doesn't tend to go down too well on this forum. You may want to think about removing the post before the inevitable avalanche of abuse starts.

I used to live close to Camberwell grove and was appalled at how network rail were allowed to completely negate their duty to fix the bridge. The same has happened on Windsor walk and will keep happening.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's something rather socialist about her > wanting to > control borders and markets. It's not socialist, it's authoritarian.

I'm surprised May hasn't exalted us to spread dripping on our toast, like back in the 50's.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > David Davies said he'd buy Australian Vegemite. > > Until a load of people pointed out the ? versus > Aus$ graph. Ha, ha.

Laissez-faire, free-market conservatism (or neo-liberalism) has always been at odds with traditional conservatism. May seems to be fo the latter camp

Tesco's all too often squeeze small suppliers to the point of bankruptcy. Unilever have the size / clout to resist this and i'm glad they're facing Tesco down. Shame others aren't in a position to do the same.

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.