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bsand Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > With what we see with the coronavirus panic in > China (I am hugely confident it will probably be > less than swine flu in the end and that killed a > million and infected 10% of the world). Social > media can fuel unprecedented panic and cause > intense firestorms of misinformation. In a couple > of weeks the virus storm will no doubt have calmed > down and it will be business as usual. Sadly we > still have Trump to thank for that and in the case > of UK Brexit, which will blight a generation. > Thank you Facebook turns out you aren't free after > all. It's the ability to spread which makes this one frightening and spreading within the incubation period. I believe it's already here in London, but hopefully nothing like the mortality of Spanish Flu. Do remember though that Spanish Flu mutated after the initial outbreak to become more deadly but that happens in war zones where the people with the worst versions of the virus are moved. In normal situations the people with the better versions move whilst those with the worst versions stay put. I shouldn't watch Pandemic all the way through :)

Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This issue has little to do with police numbers - > the catalyst is the fact that school children now > carry phones and high-worth items and are seen as > easy prey by the muggers. Even in the halcyon days > of booming police numbers you could still get > mugged and there wasn't a police officer on every > street. The difference is of course during those > days the mugger would end-up with one piece of > Hubba Bubba chewing gum, a Pepe keyring and an old > bus ticket rather than an iphone, air pods etc.... I think those who want to go back to "community policing" may mean where the police know the local villains and where they hang out and go over to sort them out and get your stuff back. It is sort of attractive.

TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Also, I don't disagree with the supermajority > clause for such a big change. But we didn't....So > what can you do....just argue on the edf I > guess... There's a private members bill going through now - it must be tempting for Boris to give it government support and scupper any further referendums on brexit or independence. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-trying-pass-new-referendums-21286697

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Expect a continuation of these kind of lies. He?s > on the record clearly lying his way through a > number of things. Ireland, the border, this above > and many more things. Like Trump, it?s become the > new standard of leadership. > > Id like to say ?it?s a joke? but it?s not, it?s a > reality. The strange (and somewhat redeeming feature in my view) is since Boris wants to be the center of attention, some of them are keeping their heads down and getting on with the job for once.

List of stuff we will do when we leave Get blue passports (although we could have had them anyway).

Brussels has never told us what to do - that was perpetuated over the years by a certain journalist who build a myth of the EU. He was called Boris Johnson. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/10/boris-johnson-brussels-europe

Sally Eva Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > One and All Peckham Rye (student vibe and big > enough for laptop users to feel comfortable) > https://www.oneandallcafe.com This was Rosie's i think.

There was a busy Starbucks with a large room underneath in Holborn (top of Chancery Lane) that was a favorite for laptop users, interviewers and salespeople to hang out for long periods. They closed - I assumed as even they couldn't support all the non buying residents.

More bullying allegations. These are made by quite senior staff - not shrinking violets.

The atmosphere in some places is going downhill fast (not specifically ED that I have in mind - but some pubs seem to be running on an amount of staff that won't be sustainable and are losing custom fast). Wondering if some are just running down for selling to developers.

Jules-and-Boo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Gentrification is not about independent coffee > shops. I doubt that word had even been used until > early 2000s. > > It's about the cleansing of an area and making it > bland (mainly closing the funky independent > places. That's the final stage of gentrification - the initial stages see entrepreneurs moving in. We seem to be moving to the final stage which is as above.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am assuming this must be ironic - what better > explanation for the failure of a business (which > can't afford its increased rent) than to hear of a > 'couple of hours' table blocker. Cafes survive on > fast throughput and multiple covers (where the > trade isn't take-away). Unless you've been > consuming multiple coffees and buns to 'pay' for > your table occupancy. Always wonder if this is the best method with so many failing - pubs have always looked for the session drinkers. I do session coffee.

I think this hurt more than is being portrayed. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/nov/20/no-british-judge-on-world-court-for-first-time-in-its-71-year-history But we're still a permanent member of the security council - that's what the government can't lose in the next few years.

People saying he is the worst speaker ever should remember this https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/5350083/MPs-expenses-Speaker-Michael-Martin-announces-his-resignation.html and read this https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/welsh-politician-george-thomas-sanctiminous-13660087 They both were made Lords.

East Dulwich Branch Update TO ALL OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS AND REGRET THAT ROCK STEADY RUM LOUNGE DULWICH WILL CLOSE ITS DOORS ON THE 26TH JANUARY 2020 THE PAST 3 YEARS HAVE BEEN CHALLENGING, INCREASING COSTS AND REDUCED FOOTFALL COMBINED HAVE CREATED DIFFICULT TRADING CONDITIONS. THE DECISION TO CLOSE WILL END 26.5 YEARS OF TRADING ON THIS SITE IN EAST DULWICH. https://www.rocksteadyrumlounge.com/post/east-dulwich-branch-update

Captain Marvel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The three remaining Brits will be walking around > in Hazmat suits next December, still arguing about > Brexit Don't - just heard that recording of a Chinese nurse on twitter saying the situations out of control Then watched Pandemic on Netflix. I'm now scared.

Dulwich Fox didn't just take the red pill, he swallowed the whole jar :)

There must be some world rule that stops Trump from doing this as he's gone way too far now.

Captain Marvel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here's a link to the Daily Mail (which you all > secretly read) > > https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-7927123 > /ALEXANDER-VON-SCHOENBURG-says-Germany-fears-Brita > in-face-reality-Brexit.html?fbclid=IwAR2zAROpOo5vb > 8CuoX-4USCRpkr1G9RHfpY7TtcTn9rSl6JmUBj16rRfKB8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander,_Count_of_Sch%C3%B6nburg-Glauchau

Thank you red wall https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/25/former-red-wall-areas-could-lose-millions-in-council-funding-review

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Metrication was bought in by the British > Government. The EU has never banned pounds and > ounces or other imperial measures. EU law does > require metric measurements to be used ? though > already in 1965, eight years before joining the > EEC, the Wilson Government decided to initiate the > UK?s metrication programme, in response to global > moves in this direction. However, EU law has > always allowed imperial measures to be used > alongside metric ones. > > The Martyrs are against Metrication. Just try and re-write equations of physics in anything other than SI units. Of course if we started again we could but we agreed to use SI a long time ago and it's ingrained in Physics now.

We and other countries in Europe all agreed to contribute a bit of money to shared projects to benefit all of us and it did massively benefit all of us to a huge extent greater than our contributions. Britain decides it doesn't want to do this - all we can do is wait and see.

Children don't seem to understand society - if you mug someone you will be mugged and we end with chaos. if you carry a knife so will others so we as a society agree none of us will. Maybe some lessons in civic society need to be done.

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Captain Marvel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No one on the edf seems to work so it shouldn't be > a problem Or we all do jobs where you're allowed internet access and personal use (every IT job I've worked) :)