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I'm not sure that is what he's saying Jeremy.

Not directly on topic, but whilst trying to find some evidence which actually puts the whole thing into context, I found this interesting analysis of the relative risks of cycling: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0050606

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Administrator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > People are complaining that they want to read about East > Dulwich Picturehouse and Caf? but are just reading > a discussion about childcare and pay. Who are these narcs?

Chris Boardman has prompted a deluge of complaints and vitriol after appearing on BBC Breakfast not wearing a cycle helmet. He's released a very clear statement explaining why he chose not to wear a helmet. Interested in people's thoughts. http://road.cc/content/news/134586-complaints-over-bare-headed-chris-boardman%E2%80%99s-helmetless-bbc-breakfast-bike-ride

He's charismatic, and sincere. But also hugely wrong.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yep... stabbing are unfortunately so commonplace > that only fatalities seem to be newsworthy. No > news is probably good news. You're probably right - fingers crossed that the victim is OK.

I can't find any news about this incident. Are you sure it was a stabbing?

Rather impertinent

They're very different places in my opinion, so just depends on what's your bag.

Sorry, but I just don't get tattoos. You're right though, it's up to you.

So you had a tattoo messed up. You're going to have laser removal and then.... another tattoo? Please at least get someone different to do the tat this time.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >> Is the answer really to pay people more and more, > or should we be somehow addressing why the hell > life is so expensive here? Completely agree with the implication of your question.

You shouldn't feed foxes regularly - they are wild animals and there is a danger of breeding dependency. If you are going to occasionally feed them, then please clear up any uneaten food after you have watched them eat, otherwise you will attract rats.

That's awful, hope they're still alive. Also hope none of the kids at the playground had to witness such violence.

Definitely call police they may be able to catch the guy.

There was one last year at the horniman

I had professor plum in the dining room with the lead piping

Yep, go on a bender and you'll definitely loose the cold along with 3 or 4 days.

Fair enough. I am slightly ambivalent about the Ritzy campaign. On the one hand I feel for the workers and my gut instinct is to support them. On the other I am slightly dubious about the way the LLW is calculated and feel a bit for Picturehouse being singled out when they are far from the worst offenders in the sector. I am perhaps not quite decided where I stand on it.

@StraferJack - I don't think that anyone is saying that (I haven't read through the whole thread mind). It's just that suggesting that everyone must receive 60% of median salaries, doesn't make sense (as the median is always a moving target). I do feel for people being paid wages which they can't live on and I think it's ridiculous that we subsidise employers through tax credits and housing benefit payments - it's not sustainable. But, the answer is not the LLW in my opinion. There needs to be a huge investment in social housing first off - something which should have formed part of our recovery plan post recession and may have seen us come out of it more quickly and on a better footing. There needs to be better, more affordable public transport, education and a number of other things - but instead we privatise everything, sell of public assets wherever we can, cut benefits and shift government subsidies away from social enterprises towards private corporations, (who then payout huge figures to executives and shareholders). We're becoming a more and more unequal society and to address that we need a more sophisticated response.

@markT yes, spot on. Ridiculous to sign over the public highway to a private household in this fashion.

Honoroaky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Shame about the giant 'turd lollypop' sign that theyve had installed outside! Ha!

My understanding is that the LLW is based on a combination of a 'Basic Living Costs' calculation and 60% of the median salary (the average of the two I think). So yes, if everyone were to introduce it then there would be continual wage inflation. There are many factors which lead to problems with cost of living in London and they need to be addressed in a more sophisticated way in my opinion.

... or cycle to Peckham Rye (where there is a secure bike park) and get the east London line to Wapping.