Earl Aelfheah

People are generally drinking less and paying more for their beer. I think that this in no small part, plays into the rising demand for more complex, diverse and better quality beer. Although tastes and fashions change, I can't see the fundamentals altering.

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not exactly a break in at Dulwich Hospital, given > the empty site is not accessible from the > hospital. Surprised it's taken travellers so long > to try this - absolute disgrace how long it's been > 'empty'. I seed-bombed* the site a few weeks ago, > just to add some colour and life to the place. > Even if they do start building the new school / > health centre next year, it's been a shocking > waste of space for far too long and a huge > administrative bureaucratic b*lls-up. > > * > http://www.guerrillagardening.org/ggseedbombs.html Agree with that, unfortunately this is Southwarks way. They did a similar thing with the site of the demolished Elmington estate flats. Left acres of land empty for more than a decade.

So is it officially open yet or not? Agree Zaardvark it doesn't look like Tge best design. Brockwell is ace (and Goose Green). It's a shame that neither of our two largest local parks (Dulwich and Peckham Rye) have very good playgrounds.

Oh god, I fear Jules6862 could be my neighbour. :-) people are crazy about parking

I recently started using Uber and it a revelation.

I don't buy that Loz - although I see what you're getting at. There are those who are economically 'on the left' but pretty conservative socially, that's true. I'm not sure it's to do with how 'urban' they are though. The thing is, it's no different on the right - many Tories are socially liberal and economically conservative. This is just the difficulty any party has in trying to appeal to lot's of people with differing views.

Interesting article in the Spectator about London becoming 'Monaco without the sun: http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9527222/posh-educated-and-energetic-meet-the-servants-of-the-super-rich/

I shall never use another bus again.

Successful, independent SE London brewer Meantime, has taken over by SAB Miller: http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/may/15/sab-miller-buys-meantime-to-enter-uk-craft-beer-market

Jaffa cakes

That, there... Above. This. I agree

I will only eat gold leaf however after reading the 'most expensive food thread'. It had never occurred to me that it would make your poos sparkle.

GBK has a clean bill of health from the food standards agency. http://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/en-GB/362642/Gourmet-burger-kitchen-Lordship-Lane

A lot of what people may assume to be contrived, self conscious behaviour is often the opposite - a naive playfulness, a lack of concern about what others think. Conversely, being unreasonably concerned with (and overtly critical of) what others are doing, belies a real sense of self consciousness. It hints at repression of the true self, a pretentiousness, in the literal sense. In other words, I think keekybreeks is secretly a hipster. He certainly seems to be in the mindset of a hipster. That rusk cafe for example... it could be a goer you know KB.

We have a juliet balcony. Must admit, I didn't' give it much thought at the time, but actually a window would have given us a lot more options in terms of furniture layout. I'm not sure you really need a blacony - the velux windows ensure a light room.

That is sad. Any idea why they're closing up shop? It's a shame there isn't any regular comedy in ED anymore.

....Keekybeeks for example, likes to eat burgers with a knife and fork.

There is no doubt that the pleasure one derives from eating goes way beyond simple taste, nutritional content or other substantive qualities of the food itself. Eating is also a ritualistic act, with all kinds of emotional, social and psychological associations.

Cheers Otta (I'm a 'he' by the way)

Although immigration produces a net economic benefit to the country, I do concede that the impact of it is not uniform across different sections of society. For those working in previously well paid trades, I can see how a large increase in eastern European tradesmen will have negatively effected them personally. Also, immigrant populations aren't evenly spread across geographical areas - some areas have seen huge and fairly sudden changes, whilst others haven't. The areas which face the brunt of these changes often tend to be less affluent. So I do get why a lot of people get annoyed at the laid back attitude of some of the middle classes to immigration - they aren't really effected in the same way. That said, those with a legitimate grievance (as described above) are relatively few. A lot of the people who are 'anti immigration', are actually well off, middle class suburbanites, who actually have little direct experience of immigration. A lot of the areas where immigration was a big issue, have very small numbers of immigrants, or for that matter, ethnic minorities. That's not to say that there isn't a legitimate debate to be had, but don't' kid yourself that many of those UKIP and Tory voters in Surrey, Kent etc, actually just don't' like foreigners.

Henry_17 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rah, > > "Tories sold the family silver at Rock bottom > prices" worse to figuratively sell the family > silver than to literally have sold the family > gold? The point I was making was that by decimating the social housing stock of this country in an attempt to roll back the state, they have ironically, left taxpayers picking up the far bigger cost of private rents. Selling of public asseets at under market value is not smart. Especially when the state will end up buying the same services back in from the private sector at a higher rate. It's ideology over pragmatism which I object to.

Green goose, I accept that the things I liste are 'widely held beliefs' that s why the Tories were successful. They are not fully justified however. See my earlier post.

Yeah, I agree too Miga. The conservatives managed to fix the narrative aroun the crash whilst Labour were still reeling / naval gazing following their previous election loss. They then jut seemed to give up trying to challenge the prevailing story

The truth is that the Tories played to fears about immigration, to the perception that the financial crash was down to Labour overspending, and to some people's suspicion that their are people living lavish lifestyles paid for by benefits. This doesn't wash with those living in metropolitan areas, because they can see the benefits of immigration (and/or are immigrants themselves), see the reality of those living on benefits (due to the cheek by jowl nature of London communities)and are probably more concerned about Labours main election issue, cost of living..... In my opinion.

yeah, if you ignore Wales and Scotland and add in UKIP and ignore the greens, and maybe forget about London, and possibly Liverpool and Manchester then.....