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..Raindrops keep falling on my head

...for Otta

Good tune RD but I've taken a more topical approach this Friday :))

...I can't stand the rain

PS I think Ken could have largely defused the tax thing if he'd said "a mistake (ahem), I'm going to give the difference to charity and take my paymennts back into PAYE from now on."....he didn't did he

As Bob says let's hope for some better candidates next time! PS didn't vote ;-)

Agreed Bob. Rosie - Ken goes by the old lefty let's think of people in blocks of 'collective interest' rather than individuals and looks for what divides. His border line anti-semitism is an entirely political calculation (aimed at attracting some Muslim votes) and is left right on the edge of hard to prove - and incidentally, I don't think he's an anti-semite at all on a personal level, just horrible political oppotunism. He back stabbed his own party a few years back for hos own poloittcal power, ironic given he once claime 'think what you can do your party not what your party can do for you' in an Independent article. Finally, his tax position is undefendable for someone who harks on about being a socialist - Boris pays the rate he's meant too even though he think that rate is damaging to our economy, Ken thinks the rate is fine. except for him..it's for the small people Not voting for a person like that ever and given I've moved on from tribalism I can do so easily.

Agree Otta but the timing was bad re Election for Leader going on at that time and Onna king (who'd have been better imo) didn't do well at the hustings. To be honest I think that both Ken or Boris will represent London well compared to the others but Ken is more divisive, too political and with his tax affairs a rank hypocrite in my view. I personally believe Boris is far more genuienely inclusive and less of a snake in the grass...know thw 'condem' (haha) haters gonna hate but I prefer Boris to Ken anyday. Ken might still have got it.

it's PC gone maaaaaaaaaaaaaaad you lazy dago :)

Late to this and didn't vote but.... Independent 5 Labour 4 cons 2 Lib dem 1 UKIP -4 Green -7 In reality I would have voted Paddick and Boris probably in that order. I just can't stand the odious Ken

he'll bung you a tenner if you carry on being polite to him

I'm always surprised Myatts Field doesn't get more love - brilliant water park, plenty of shade with decent other park bits there, far far better than Sydenham Wells IMO.

Hurrah, got one on our list without going to appeal in the end to much relief. Thanks for support and advice everyone and special thanks to Councillor Renata Hamvas for offer of help to someone not in her ward and for the general info and help she's provided on the forum. Thanks Renata.

To play Devil's advocate (and we have lost money on a place btw) how are nurseries meant to stop multiple registrations? My feeling is perhaps they could at least either give you a 'probability/likelihood' scale and slide registartion fees to that as a compromise? But no fees and some (many) would just register their children to as many as possible.

Yup

700

Thanks KPC....if I am totally honest I'd rather see Blackpool :))

:)-D

Quids' favourite Wong Kei memory (missed the chance on the other thread) mid 80s - "You want fight with Chinese waiters with cleavers? You think you win?"

1970 I stopped watching at 2-0 and cried when my sister told me the result :(

Nope I remember it quite well....and a year later I was at Wembley with my Gooner dad!

"Elvis is dead, long live punk"

...anyone been watching this on Monday nights? I've quite enjoyed it. Sh1t old times in many ways but all that decay and despondency created some great creativity.

Set up my tax affairs through a limited company to reduce my tax to show what a socialist I was or Buffoon my way into a string of lovely ladies boudoirs ...tough old life