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uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ratty Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It was the will of the misinformed people at > one > > moment in time. Thats about it. > > How do you know they were misinformed? The people > of Wales had a lot of money fro the EU and were > told how to use it on hare-brained schemes. Same > thing probably happened in the North. Londoners > have benefited greatly from the free movement of > extremely cheap labour and increases in house > prices, and a bottomless pit of renters to fund > their 2nd, 3rd etc mortgages. Self-serving bunch > of champagne socialists...as per usual It's unfair to say every Londoner is like that. It's just there are lots of jobs and the economy suits immigration. Maybe a separate solution is required for London and the rest of the country.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good things about Christmas over the years: > Believing in Santa > Going home to family and meeting friends I might > only see once a year > Having a child who believed in Santa > Having a child who stopped believing in Santa > > It's generally a nice time of year. I don't pay > attention to adverts. The only thing I dislike > about it is that there has got to be people out > there with kids who just can't afford to give them > what they would like to. Actually there's one > thing I hate about it, and that's people talking > about it feckin months in advance. When you don't have many family remaining - it does become a little sad sometimes. You just have to try and use it to keep in touch a bit with those left.

Brexmas

Actually I take that back because the 11 justices won't deliver a verdict until January. So Brexit could be scuppered today but we won't know until January.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I see Helen Hayes has voted against triggering > article 50. > Brexit Vote: 89 MPs Refuse To Back Triggering > Article 50 In March - But Government Wins > http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/brexit-vote- > 89-mps-government-wins-article-50_uk_58485e1be4b07 > fd553cf1c56 Ken Clarke :) Brexit could be scuppered today if legislative consent is required from Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. More likely to refer that to EU court if at all IMHO.

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TfL would have seen at least an improvement to > late evening and Sunday services, with staff at > each station until the last train as seen at > Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park with integrated > fares for example between East Dulwich and the > tube without the penalty for changing at London > Bridge. > > Instead we're left with the farcical situation of > Southern staying with the infamous GTR who have no > incentive to improve services or improve staff > relations as they do the dirty work of the > government. Chris Grayling should resign over this. He hasn't even acknowledged it just quoted as being embarrassed..

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ...and of course Labour is wholly sympathetic to > the commuters' plight... > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3740047/La > bour-leader-Jeremy-Corbyn-backs-strikes-Southern-R > ail-Eurostar-despite-walkout-causing-misery-thousa > nds-commuters.html > > (yes, I know its the Daily Mail - but the other is > the Grauniad - so fair play!) The issue isn't on strike days however, it's every single day unless drivers are messing around ?

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I see both sides of the argument: commuter trains > and those who use them should not have to be in > thrall of a mayor/assembly that they cannot vote > for. Also, TfL is hardly a shining example of > staff/boss best relations. > FWIW, a state-wide ownership (whether that be the > state or a single firm) would be better. How great > would it be to be able to use a UK-wide > Oyster/contactless system for any rail or bus or > tram (or ferry) journey. That is my dream! So many times I've been on the Thameslink train through Peckham Rye and it stops to allow a commuter train through - so making itself late.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think I'm in love with Lord Pannick. Genius... Pannick on the streets of London, Pannick on the streets of Birmingham. TM backs down (and wants a Red, White and Blue Brexit) http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/theresa-may-agrees-to-publish-brexit-plans-before-triggering-article-50-in-major-uturn-a3413821.html

For Info from https://www.police.uk/crime-prevention-advice/protecting-your-mobile-phone/ You need to know more than the model and colour of your handset. Each mobile phone manufactured for use in the UK has a unique International Mobile Equipment Identity number (IMEI) hardwired into it during the manufacturing process. Knowing the IMEI will help the police and insurance companies identify your handset should it be stolen. UK network operators will also prevent a stolen phone from working across their respective networks if they know its IMEI. You can find your handset?s IMEI by: typing *#06# into the keypad or dialer of your handset looking inside the battery or SIM card compartment of your handset looking on the side of the box, or on the associated paperwork, that you received when purchasing the handset

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I thought it is now possible to locate a mobile > phone if so why isn't it being done in order to > get this filth and throw the book at them as a > deterrent That's why they took the phone code - they would have wiped it. Service providers could find it by IMEI and block - but do they share that location with Police ?? they definitely block. https://www.quora.com/How-is-it-possible-for-cops-to-trace-a-lost-mobile-using-the-IMEI-number-even-after-the-SIM-card-has-been-taken-out

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > jaywalker Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > However, I think there is a more interesting > > general issue. There is quite a lot of comment > > (not least on TV) that the whole 'Justice' > thing > > is just a distraction, that a democratic choice > > has been made. There is also a clamour for the > > executive to implement that choice without > further > > ado - in particular, that Parliament would > simply > > get in the way of the necessary negotiations. > > > > This has nothing to do with "justice". It is a > simple question as to whether the PM can do what > she wants without checking with parliament. > > Don't forget it wasn't just tory voters that voted > to leave, and far from all tory voters voted to > leave. So surely it's right and proper that this > is considered in a cross party manner. > > People still taling as if this is an attempt to > thwart democracy and stop brexit all together, are > just worrying for the sake of worrying. Of course the Judges could ask that the Scottish Parliament pass Brexit. That'd kill it :)

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well - I think destruction IS a bad thing. It's > potentially a publicity stunt that reeks of > selfishness. Certainly a charitable donation would > be preferable IMO - unless there is some long term > political message that works for the greater good > over time. If it was monopoly money and they were sponsored then :)

Send Farage as an Ambassador to the Apes

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And how do you know that 'the deal' we have got at > the moment is any good? We are being shafted by > 750 extra politicians who cost us ?63 million a > week- whose annual audit has never been ratified. > the current 'deal' is NOT helping the poorer and > uneducated - even the Archbishop of Canterbury has > said as much- before Theresa May said so.....some > of you are extremely verbose and I guess you have > had an excellent education but you have no idea > what the dispossessed are suffering- especially as > they watch their kids sink into a life of drugs or > petty crime.... There's more opportunities than ever before. Brexit in my opinion will take away opportunities.

red devil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have Farage's 100,000 protesters arrived outside > the Supreme Court yet?... No - That strange guy arrived in shorts carrying a Farage placard.

d.parker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nobody is safe nowadays, what is happening to the > world? I actually thought it was getting safer, but unsure now.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oddly they don't vote either, as apparently only > God, not man, can decide who leads us - I remember > when Obama was first elected Serena Williams > saying she was so thrilled to have a black > president but she hadn't voted for him as it > wasn't permitted. > > Not sure what they think of God's choice for the > next four years... The Young Pope mentioned that for Catholics in Episode 5.

Lowlander Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a speed limit, not a speed target. I've > never come across anyone driving too slowly though > (apart from maybe learner drivers, and we were all > learners at one point). > > Agree with you on poor parking. Particularly on > zig-zag lines at zebra crossings. OT though. I failed my first test for 'hesitancy' Speed merchant tester :)

Adding my congratulations to Mr Farage for keeping the right wing at bay.

Some changes to the constitution - no-one seems sure what. No wonder they voted no :)

I'm sure we can design a subway or overpass.

pop9770 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-british-dise > ase-is-now-rank-ineptitude-rr8x56f83?shareToken=d0 > 98e11384e354d9b12e85b84d0e08ed > > Good article on incompetence Osborne fits in > well.. So what do you do with the 'chimpanzees' - toss them on the scrapheap. Maybe we need better teachers, mentors, managers etc. ?

That is so photoshopped

goldilocks Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Re the question on weekly tickets - the post says > > > Customers claiming against quarterly, monthly or > weekly tickets must have bought travel for at > least 12 weeks between 24 April 2016 and 31 > December 2016 to be eligible. > > So would assume yes. For those of us on pay as > you go, it is clearly viewed that we could take > one of the many other alternatives avoiding > southern and therefore we weren't forced to pay > for a service we couldn't use... Obviously misses > the point that there is no real viable > alternative, but I understand why the distinction > has been drawn. Oh well I'll just continue my regular tweet of "Hand in the franchise"