Otta

Only if they're Lidls jaffa cakes. They're awesome!

Boo.

Nasty story. What, if anything, are you asking people to do? Does this woman have no support package in place? And I get that she couldn't read the letters, but why didn't she take them next door to be read to her? She must check her doormat for mail surely?

Aw, known Ron & Emma since I was little, hope this isn't due to hard times.

So move the food stalls a bit.

For what it's worth, Quids and rahrahrah are the two posters on this thread who's posts I want to read. Rahrahrah for new Labour leader, with Quids as her angry spin doctor.

SLad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have this weird and rather > old-fashioned belief that certain things should be > observed like spiky fences keeping little ones out > of unfinished play areas. THANKYOU!!!! THIS, completely!

Marcus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Or... How about not putting up a pointless fence > around a playground that kids can see but not > touch? When I was there (couple of weeks back)it certainly wasn't a pointless fence. It was a fence to stop kids playing on unfinished and potentially dangerous equipment. I'm not one for wrapping kids in cotton wool, but I'd rather them be kept away from unfinished equipment.

Quids a lot of what you are saying makes total sense to me, but you do have a bit of a habit of putting words in to people's mouths / changing the context/meaning of what they say. ???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ed Miliband?s magnificently > patronising and deluded analysis that Labour (i.e. > Ed Miliband) lost the election but ?did not lose > the argument?. No Ed, you lost both. You lost the > election because you lost the argument. Miliband said (whilst addressing his closest staff and supporters directly after a massive defeat) "Today you?ll feel disappointed, even bleak but while we may have lost the election, the argument of our campaign will not go away: the issue of our unequal country will not go away" He was saying that to / for them. So 1. you are talking about different arguments, and 2. losing the election DOESN'T make him wrong in his beliefs, and 3, he didn't say he's won an argument, he said it doesn't just go away. Miliband's (big) mistake was fighting the election based on his moral compass and belief that the country is unfair (it is). I've always said that I thought he was a decent man of principle, even when I was very unsure of who I'd vote for. I stand by that, he just wasn't someone who was seeing the bigger picture in terms of what it takes to win an election. One could argue that those who are better at winning elections (by fighting over the middle ground) make a point of not seeing the bigger picture in terms on inequality, because clearly that's not a good enough vote winner. I agree with lots of the points you make, and more and more I despair of some of the "lefty" stuff I am seeing on social media, but equally I despair of our country when all left wing ideals are just swept away as silly and not worth discussing in an election campaign. I strongly suspect that you're flaming a bit here for a giggle, and I know that many many people voted Tory because they'd weighed things up and decided that was best for them / the country. But I will never stop believing that large numbers vote as directed by the (largely right wing these days) press. That's why so many voted Labour when the Sun told them too for a while.

I wasn't there, but before reading goldilocks' post I was wondering whether this was more to do with where things are set up. It certainly sounds as though the space could be used better, Goose Green is still a pretty large area. Also I suspect there is an issue with the far end of the green because that's where dogs have a crap. Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ETA: When there are events on Peckham Rye, the > turnout has never seemed that great, and I wonder > how many people who live in East Dulwich could be > bothered to walk to the Rye and back? Are people really that lazy?

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > he appears so ill-briefed or > unable to understand. That'll be all the weed he's not proud of smoking as a teenager.

Every home should have some sort of musical instrument.

Aww, the soft side of Lou.

Have you spoken to her teacher to see if they know of any other kids she could get together with? Maybe a bit less daunting than an organised summer scheme.

Green Goose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Many seem to assess the outcome based largely on > what Miliband, Cameron, Cleg and Farage said was > in their manifesto. This type of analysis is the > default for younger voters - one reason > Labour/LibDems want to lower the voting age. Those > of us, of a certain age, know that one should take > all that is said with a bit of salt. Judge them > not on what they say but on what they have done in > the past. This is the single most depressing thing I've read this week. Nothing will ever change, look to the past.

You have probably used a perfectly innocent word which is on the banned list due to some spam attack on the forum.

Bugger was hoping it might be a weekend instead of Thursday. Oh well, at least it's FINALLY sorted. Fingers crossed they'll be involved on Sunday!

robbin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Otta wrote - > > "That was the case until very recently, when a > poll showed that for the first time ever over 50% > were against. > > I was shocked to hear it, as I'd just assumed > that a larger majority would be against." > > > I think you are mistaken. That You Gov research > was the latest in the UK. There is nothing so far > as I am aware which shows that over 50% are > against. You Gov says 39% against and that was > last year. Even the Guardian hasn't second > guessed that figure in its two major articles > recently. Fair enough, I must have heard it wrong or something.

Well the Bill of Rights should certainly be offered up and approved before any scrapping is done.

robbin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He's hardly alone! > > More people in the UK say they are in favour of > re-introducing the death penalty than are opposed > to it. That was the case until very recently, when a poll showed that for the first time ever over 50% were against. I was shocked to hear it, as I'd just assumed that a larger majority would be against. I expect the number of againsts will increase as the older generation dies out.

Saffron Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Shall I cancel the strippers then? And the gambling. Put the cash towards extra cocaine.

My question stands.

I just heard about the film "Champs", a 2015 documentary about boxing, looking at Tyson, Holyfield and Hopkins (with plenty of input from them). Amazed when I went looking for a trailor on youtube, only to find the whole thing.

No way I'd bother including kids in the meal, I'd have a kids table with lots of healthy snacks as well as piles of.chips and chicken nuggets with full sugar coke. That'll teach their parents when they're trying to get them to sleep.

I've been to a lot of weddings as staff (playing in the band) and was amazed how many of them seemed really joyless. I mean I'm sure the bride and groom were happy, but honestly miga is right, it was like fun was off the menu. Equally I've been tonsome wild ones.