Earl Aelfheah

Trump certainly scares the hell out of me.

5 reasons why a return to grammar schools is a bad idea: http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/media-centre/blogs/category/item/5-reasons-why-a-return-to-grammar-schools-is-a-bad-idea And some analysis from the FT: http://blogs.ft.com/ftdata/2013/01/28/grammar-school-myths/ And Full Fact's summary: https://fullfact.org/education/grammar-schools-and-social-mobility-whats-evidence/

I agree. He's an odious little man and his politics quite insidious.

You put it much more succinctly than I did Jeremy. This is the video http://metro.co.uk/video/black-lives-matter-uk-campaign-1326812/?ito=vjs-link

I have just seen the video asserting that 'the climate crisis is a racist crisis'. We live in an unequal world where power, money and influence is concentrated in the hands of a tiny number of people. Marginalised groups, poor nations and those who lack access to resources, and /or are subject to discrimination, may well find themselves unfairly disadvantaged in all manner of ways. This includes being disproportionately affected by pollution and globally, by the effects of climate change. At the same time, the most affluent individuals, nations and societies are able to do more to mitigate the worst effects of pollution and mediate the impacts of climate change on their lives. Never the less, climate change will be felt by the whole planet and privilege can only shields people so far and for so long. The way societies have developed, are organised and resources distributed may well be racist, but climate change is indiscriminate. We need to build the broad alliances necessary to create successful social change. In short, we need to tackle racism and inequality. We need to tackle climate change. Making climate change specifically a BAME issue?? it feels reductionist to me and not particularly helpful.

I think Farage is probably quite racist. He's the polite, socially acceptable face of racism - the banal, everyday, slightly guarded / carefully articulated type that's not at all uncommon (especially amongst people of his generation).

There is no such thing as well behaved children, just those on a short break before resuming normal service.

@burbage - great post.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cycling is all well and good if you are reasonably > fit, have somewhere to park your bike at > home/work, and ideally a shower at work. It's not > an automatic replacement for public transport. > > The 63 is a good option if you're happy to sit on > a bus for an hour. This. I'm really getting fed up with the terrible transport and am surprised with the lack of outrage. I would have expected our local politicians to be up in arms and making a lot of noise about it. Transport in London is heavilly subsidised - we're paying for services which aren't delivering.

How is Johnsson still in the cabinet?

I blame the EU

#Croissantgate

Monkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i can't see what's in it for us regarding the > works at LB. we've lost train services which will > never get reinstated, put up with years of > commuting misery and this morning, I'm sat on a > train which is leaving countless trains go past at > high speed, the congestion hadn't eased. Exactly this. This is a suburban railway, primarily serving those commuting in, or through town, from outside the city. Southeast London needs some tube lines, or some proper 'metro' services. Perhaps if TFL take over we'll get the latter at least. This part of London is woefully underprovided for compared to the rest of the Captial.

It's a new shop. It sells food.

Brexit means brexit means brexit. What else do you need to know? ;-)

Ultimately yes.

If you want to upset him, why not speak loudly in Spanish and keep trying to pay at the bar with Euros.

Not really the point though. Just because some people prefer the restrictions, this shouldn't be the way they're implemented.. Just by the inaction / incompetence of national rail. If a road is to be closed it should be done as part of a delineate decision, taken thoughtfully and in consultation with the public.

Has anyone got any news on this? Is that it this bridge?

I too passed this lady today. It was lovely

Thats not cheeky, its selfish

Iceland are becoming well hipster http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/pek-ham-200g/p/56040

Neve been to manchester

and delicious...

If you buy a ticket and plan around it, then the train company should liable for your losses as a result of any cancellations. Not just the pro-rata cost of a season ticket. If you need to get a cab, in order to make an appointment, then they should pick up the cost. Trains would soon start running on time, if there were real and serious costs imposed. Personally, I think the trains should be bought back into public ownership, properly funded and run with the dual aims of providing good value for the taxpayer and a reliable service for commuters.