malumbu

What an ignorant comment. HS2 is about connecting London with the Northern Powerhouse (or whatever project May has christened it). Shame on the UK as the first railway network in the world to be behind many of our European cousins. And proposed by the labour government.

Well you'd better rush as no doubt those Brussels meddlers made our poor British retailers recycle - the quicker we are out of Europe the better so that we can send them to landfill and the poisoness components can leach into ground waters as they would have done in the old days

Anyone who sells then has to offer recycling.

Clickbait - I like that term. I understand that they need revenue but it just seems to be more in your face. Occasionally I get snared by a 'what amazing photos' where I foolishly go to the site only to find that the images are all on separate pages and each one tries to lure you onto another site including guarantees of rapid weight loss. The Yahooamil page is really peeing me off as there is an in your face pic of a glamorous celeb with a secret or whatever where they used to have a smaller top banner with waht were occasionally interesting news pieces rather than glossy gossip. Does Gmail Hotmail etc do similar?

I feel like a complete light weight compared to the debate above. But let me throw some more (albeit simplistic) issues into the the nix. The Greenest ever government. It wasn't. The Lib Dems managed to curb some of the excesses and maintain some green credentials. To his or others' credits at least he kept the barking climate change skeptics at some distance, they seem to be encroaching now.... Big Society. A brand that lost credibility but there was some good stuff there, even if it wasn't new. The proposals that volunteers would lead much more community work was daft - there are many times when you need professional oversight. No top down reorganisation of the NHS on my watch. Bally hell what a mess. Ditto education. I am still trying the fathom out the unachieavable commitment on reducing immigration. Wonder which SPAD or mandarin came up with this one. Anyway some food for thought and great to have a more informed rather than casual view

I generally ignore the advertising side bars and news top bars but almost everything I click on seems to want to take me to sensational stories and pictures. The Yahoo revamp has big glossy stories when I sign in, and rather than the unusual and occasionally informative articles that it used to show, this now appears much more like the Daily Mail with how atrocious modern life is, all the celeb nonsense and to quote the great bard John Cooper Clarke the kind of pornography that is clean. I ignore it but it is getting visually annoying. Unlike Advanced Painters of Dulwich. Great to know if it just me that is bothered. I of course will write them a very strong letter!

Why are you lot being so kind? Spineless and lightweight and his foolish actions have left us with this crock of poo. To echo the 1992 Sun headline - will the last PM to leave the country please turn the light off

Sorry to spoil the homage to Prince Buster. Bit early for the weekend but this will still blow your minds There's a South East London connection too.

West Wickham is techically in London, although the locals would say it is in Kent. And that area round Leicester Square is fuggin horrid. Agree Jules-and-boo

OK then what is so exciting about West Wickham? I know that area reasonably well. I know people from there. After many many years in this neck of the woods I could never see myself living there. I genuinely do find it dull. I've been through the 'lets move out to Bromley because the schools are better' debate and pretty happy that we never did. I believe that there are other aspects of an all round education that are important. Let's see what the offspring say in ten years time. If boring = comfortable, safe and affordable then good luck to you. Not for me, and I've yet to come across anyone anyone to persuade me otherwise. I may sneer at times at the good citizens down the road in SE22 and some of you may well be up your own rrrsss. But overall I have much more in common than with BR4. And I hope that much of what I post (but not on this occasion) is taken with a pinch of salt or is seen to provoke debate.

Funny, on another thread I independently said about people moving to West Wickham and how boing it is. It is boring boring boring boring, boring, boring, boring, boring, parochial and boring. Obviously a personal experience. I am sure that West Wickham people find it very Steve Davies Interesting. I find them boring to. I was near Bexley today. That is boring. Tomorrow I go to Orpington to visit a friend in hospital, I will probably find Orpington boring too. In fact there should be a blue sign the other side of Penge warning people about the boring London Borough of Boring Bromley. West Wicham is convenient for Cudham so you can have a nice drink with Nigel Farage, when he isn't drinking in my Westminster Haunt. PS are people who live in BLBBB posting on this site? Haven't you given up the right to post on an interesting community site. Surely you have some 'interesting' ones of your own.

Obviously we are forgetting the rabid propoganda about the 'dreadful' Turks joining the EU. Now that would be an intesresting and genuine conversation to have with Faridge.

IS Kingston like West Wickham? Incredibly dull and parochial. I am sure that some of you are considering moving out there due to the 'schools'. Clearly I have a bias and I am showing it. When I do speak to peole out that way originally from South London some of the the older generation whisper that they had to move out because of 'them moving in' (immigrants) expecting me to nod. The younder lot say it is due to the schools and then ask me where I live which always amuses me. The best one that I had was Darrick Wood or one of the other places on the London/Kent border where the parents told me how the shcool was going down hill due to all the kids coming in from out of borough (I think they may even had said Southwark). Mine was an ex-secondary modern, and it was the first year of it being a comp, ie the first six formers (who has all failed the 11-plus). Not that it was a particularly great school and I don't have a lot of fondness of it. Anyway I have my agendas and what I post doesn't reflect all people who 'better themselves' nor do I have the monopoly of wisdom. But a march on Whitehall with flaming torches would be great.

Nice one Jenny - I think that there is some good merchandise out there already. Essentially we had a "do not look at him" approach but the number of people doing a double take (he was having a fag outside). it was not the Red Lion BTW. I suppose i could remind him that there will be no extra funding for the NHS should the cancer sticks have an effect..

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > malumbu Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > In my first job a manager told me that you > needed > > stupid people to do the low quality and manual > > work. A two tier schooling system is ideal for > > this. Totally ideologically opposed. Used to > tell > > my late father that his generation had done so > > much after second world war to improve fairness > > and equality and a fairer society. Yet > subsequent > > generations were reversing this. And that was > 20 > > years ago. > > > Well if we are excluding migrants somebody's got > to :) So we should decide this when kids are 10 years old? Why don't we not bother to educate them at all? It worked in the past. Much better when people knew their place in society....

Times and language change. i was bought up with the term 'coloured' golliwogs and Robinson's Marmalade. i didn't associate this with the deep South, South Africa and the like. I understand now and don't use these terms. Unless you are over 80 no one can be excused. And that applies to Farage, Johsnson and all of the little Islanders. Not that Farage uses these terms i hasten to add.

In my first job a manager told me that you needed stupid people to do the low quality and manual work. A two tier schooling system is ideal for this. Totally ideologically opposed. Used to tell my late father that his generation had done so much after second world war to improve fairness and equality and a fairer society. Yet subsequent generations were reversing this. And that was 20 years ago.

You pay water rates. There is an approximate assessment of your usage. You have a water meter fitted and pay for what you use. This is a similar concept. What's not to like? Please tell me one way or the other. Otherwise I will have to do a poorly designed and annoying survey monkey survey. See my other thread that nobody has responded to.

Some useful, hopefully objective, background on this whole debacle http://www.globalgovernmentforum.com/uk-government-under-pressure-to-set-out-brexit-vision/ Sounds like confusion reigned in the debate yesterday with TM rejecting points based immigration and DD needing to be corrected.

Hopefully the title of this thread should have whetted you appetite. Around 1% of drivers have pay as you drive insurance, where telematics (black box) monitor your driving techniques and safer driving is rewarded by lower premiums. Always think that this is aimed at novice drivers, but perhaps it should be attractive to more more of us. Views would be great.

In a sober moment I dom't think there is an issue in asking him why he is so xy and z, and saying that it is sad the impact that he has had. A man of no doubt some intelligence and good education who has stoked up a hatred and a divided society. Perhaps ask him what he thinks of Oswold Mosley. Dennis Pennis could do it just brilliantly.

Ha ha, welcome to the real world, do I sense some snobbey here?

Ah good, a proper Midlands brewery - Mitchells and Butlers. Brew XI and a decent pint of mild. Memories of 1970s adverts with blokes with sideburns, ladies with long hair, smoky background and tankards of beer. http://www.priory-antiques.co.uk/images/uploads/EMBASSY_M_AND_D.jpg http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3851096 I am glad something good has come out of Brexit.

Wow, that?s a bit of a leap from calling someone a wonker, to murdering them. His presence does offend me and he has pedalled hatred, intolerance and total bollox, which is why he should be held to account. But how you do this appropriately and subtly is beyond me. Thanks for your posts though which have given me some nice food for thought. Particularly like the last one. I read 'nut' hin as 'knob him' - now there would be a stunt.

Here is one of my favourites https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7184/6829447248_8363cf55d4_b.jpg