LadyDeliah

I'm partial to a bit of chav but don't mind a poshboy now and again, although saying that, too much posh can be a bit nauseating.

But they are doctors and look so upset on telly. How could they be guilty?

I had been wearing flip flops, that's the problem. So I gave myself a slap, got a new tat and dug out the classics.

I got another tattoo yesterday as it goes, to remind myself of my geezer-bird roots. It's easy to lose one's way with the recent and overwhelming influx of twats.

What's with all the kitchen spam? Strange. What about carpet spam or bathrooms?

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > wot otta said. i'm quibbling minor political > points with LadyD on facebook for goodness sake!! Lol, glad I'm providing some sustenance, meagre as it is :-)

Well I tried and nada.

Is this latest chapter just a wild goose chase, or do we think Madeline will turn up and lead us to the killer/abductor?

With the rise in poverty due to austerity cuts, people who walk about flaunting their wealth are totally to blame when they get mugged. Discuss....

The MCCanns are innocent and it's all a big cover up.

Landfill is obviously the better choice.

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sneery sneery sneery. First hipster I ever knew - > massive Steely Dan fan. > > Hipsterism is in the eye of the embittered, > joyless beholder. Yup, I agree.

NunheadRising Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > These women have been doing the rounds in East > Dulwich Nunhead Forest Hill area for months, there > have been other posts about the same thing. Coming > onto my property and taking anything without > permission is theft. Don't be soft in your view of > the world thinking they're not up to something > dodgy, if you're not bothered by it then invite > them in for a rummage through your house whilst > they're at it. My house isn't a rubbish bin, is yours? I'm officially declaring the contents of my bin free for anyone to root around in, any time they feel like it, so long as they don't leave a mess.

If it's in the bin, who would expect it to be still wanted? Personally I leave unwanted stuff that might be useful, by the side of my bin and it's always gone by the next day, but if someone wanted to root through the rest of my rubbish, why would I care? I don't want it and I'm not stupid enough to put anything with personal information on, in my bin or recycling.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 'revealing vulnerability' = crotchless panties... PMSL

I think I'd probably top myself if it was Con/UKIP.

Labour/LD/Green coalition government next I think.

The Greens have an EU referendum during the next Parliament as part of their manifesto, by the way. They say it's about making a democratic decision although they want to stay in.

Which one? Farage or Salmond?

UKIP have abandoned their previous manifesto because Farage said it's drivel and have not produced a new one for this election, but here is their public stance on a few issues. It's also worth noting that Farage was quite a senior member of the Tory party until 1992, so it's no wonder their policies are all on the right. They support tax cuts for corporations and the super-rich, privatisation, the destruction of the social safety net, additional protection for landlords, the deregulation of firearms, the militarisation of the police, the construction of dozens of new privately operated jails, discrimination against gays, removal of human rights, anti-environmentalism, workfare (free work for employers paid for by taxpayers), an energy policy built on heavily subsidised nuclear power plants and fracking, the pushing of "free trade" onto the third world which allows our corporations to destroy local economies and exploit their resources. UKIP say that tax should be as low as possible (now want a single low flat rate), abolition of inheritance tax, reduction of tax and business costs and council taxes to go down. So services decimated, or will we borrow to stop the OPA's from starving to death? Against gay marriage - 'my right to be homophobic is the same as your right to like or not like Earl Grey tea'. Privatisation of the NHS and charges to see your GP. Paul Nuttall, deputy leader of UKIP has said that the NHS stifles competition and that privatisation should be pushed forward. Support for fracking and dirty energy. They do not believe in taking measures to combat climate change as they do not believe it is caused by man's activities. Don't support re-nationalisation of trains or energy companies, but only the Greens do - so it's probably only me who cares about that. They have refused to state their opposition to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership TTIP "trade deal" which will hand power over to corporations to overturn decisions of our democratically elected governments on health, business, environmental and social issues or any other issues that can affect a corporations profits(what happened to taking power back?). E.g the smoking ban could be overturned if it can be proved to have harmed tobacco companies? profits. They support the ivory trade - Out of the 14 EU MEP's (from a total of 647) who voted against the ban, 6 of those are UKIP, including Farage. They are funded by bankers and other wealthy Tories. UKIP's biggest donor is Paul Sykes, an ex-Tory donor. Another major Tory party donor is Eton educated Stuart Wheeler, their treasurer. There was also a ?100,000 donation from Clare Barbour, who is the wife of Tory donor Patrick Barbour. Roger Helmer, a Tory defector to UKIP also thinks rape victims are to blame for being raped. They have links to the Far Right Europe of Freedom and Democracy (EFD) in Europe who praised the Norwegian neo-nazi mass murderer Andres Beivik's ideas. There are scandals over lack of attendance in the EU parliament and large expense payments, paid for by us, but I'm sure most of you are aware of those already. This is why I consider UKIP policies to be odious - oh and saying they are not official policies is not good enough. Without setting out a manifesto, these are all we have to go on.

That's a dangerous tactic, El Pibe. The increase in Nationalism globally is scary (anyone checked the new Hindu nationalist President of India?). With diminishing resources, capitalism consuming itself and future increases in climate change based migration, I can't see this economic/political storm dissipating. Scary times ahead in my opinion.

I was uncomfortable with the attacks on Farage as soon as they started because it was giving him additional airtime and making him look like a martyr. The people who rightly hate what he stands for would have been more productive highlighting their odious policies rather than attacking him. Years ago when I was active in the Green Party, I tried to pursuade the London Greens to try to attract the disillusioned and marginalised non-voters, but the main party were more interested in paying for expensive software to chase the same voters the other parties were trying to swing their way. Ignoring this huge potential voter base has allowed Farage to come to prominence and if UKIP get anywhere near power, it will be the current parties' fault for allowing a huge amount of people to feel disengaged and then ignoring them.

I got some Black Russian tomatoes once. They were nice. Can't remember where I got the seeds from though. Also want to try out something I read. Get a bucket, put a hole in the bottom and plant the tomato in upside down, so it's coming out of the bottom of the bucket with the roots up inside. Then hang the bucket up from a hook and let the tomato plant grow downwards with all the fruit hanging on the plant.

This is quite interesting. It's an article about how the Greens not UKIP could be the real threat to Labour in the Euro elections. http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2014/05/20/comment-the-green-party-are-now-the-real-threat-to-labour Might be wishful thinking (not that I know which way the author votes), but I live in hope :-)

Green in both. I encourage everyone to vote, because the politicians will ignore the needs of any group of people who don't.