JohnL

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JohnL Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > There's something rather socialist about her > > wanting to > > control borders and markets. > > It's not socialist, it's authoritarian. As a teenager new in University I remember saying to someone "who are those creepy people over there" Someone said 'The Monday Club' and that's what I associate as the Authoritarian wing of the Tories :(

Of course the Government could nationalise Marmite ;)

Jenny1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting what people have said about the > different wings and roots of Conservatism. It does > seem that here's a really obvious ideological > split emerging in the party. I know they've been > arguing about Europe forever - but somehow this > seems to go deeper than that. TM's bunch are > weirdly reckless. This article seems to say Theresa May is a Statist and wants to intervene in things Tories normally don't intervene in. She has a reputation as a control freak too. There's something rather socialist about her wanting to control borders and markets. http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/10/brexit-was-libertarian-dream-it-has-become-statist-one

Cameron's not coming back, Blair was talking about it. Maybe he fancies a war.

David Davies said he'd buy Australian Vegemite. Until a load of people pointed out the ? versus Aus$ graph.

According to Unilever most of the other supermarkets have paid increased prices.

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > teddyboy23 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > those that delight in our > > country's downfall if any can choose 27 other > > country's in the EU to live in then every one > > should be happy. > > > > That is of course until this government @#$%& up > negotiations and all Brit expats get sent home. They haven't got any negotiators. We were going to borrow some from Australia but .... http://uk.businessinsider.com/trade-negotiators-brexit-government-liam-fox-2016-10 Of course the Telegraph says the Aussies are coming (remember the EU have 600 experts) ?We are just starting to get in trade experts to work here. We have already brought in an expert, someone who has been involved in a whole series of free trade agreement negotiations,? Mr Downer said. ?We will reinforce that team with more trade experts should we get into a free trade negotiation.? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/10/08/australian-negotiators-arrive-to-begin-post-brexit-trade-talks/

UK is a joke and won't be UK for long as I notice the second Scotland referendum is incoming. Will London go for it too - as once the UK is gone it's gone and we're in a different world.

Hilary Benn says EU citizens will take offence at being called Cards and iNews has found a few. https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/politics/eu-citizens-living-uk-express-upset-liam-fox-describes-negotiating-card/

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can think of a few clowns on this forum, but > they don't scare me. > > Louisa. Maybe a Clown is the real life equivalent of an Internet Troll.

Brexit debate (no vote): "Nicky Morgan, the former education secretary, intervenes to quote the 2015 Tory manifesto saying "we say yes to the single market"."

It's pretty obvious to me that the rules on Brexit are 1.Priority is controlling borders/movement of people. 2.Economy/free market/trade is best effort when the above rule is not broken. I may be wrong :)

Said in todays PMQs "Angus Robertson notes that May put advertising vans on the streets "telling foreigners to go home". Will she confirm that the intention of her government is still to go ahead with the registration of foreign workers but we shouldn't worry because it'll be kept secret? May responds that Mr Robertson "should have listened" to previous answers and point-blank refuses to answer the question."

nxjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This explains why many (most?) are not enthused > about smart homes > > https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/oct/12 > /english-man-spends-11-hours-trying-to-make-cup-of > -tea-with-wi-fi-kettle We won't choose though - it'll creep up on us - not using Alexa though :). Devices connected to the internet in my flat: phone, tablet, xbox, ps3, tv, laptop. If I re list this in 5 years how many will be even if it's just for remote querying of a device if a problem happens - once they're on the internet central contol evolves anyway. IPv6 is the key probably.

If I took out clothes I know I'd shake and fold just because I have to - so maybe I wouldn't :)

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Corbyism and now clown craze - millennials > confirmed as idiots B***y millennials ;) It's almost an extension of that thing where they paste a picture of themselves with dog ears and nose. I'm not scared of clowns but children can be, school whispers & rumours are terrifying (I remember some).

It could be worse :)

To busy with the chainsaw wielding clown - who turned out to be a rather stupid fresher. Vigilante Clown hunters the latest thing - I just laugh in their ugly faces or shout at them (and people don't like that as I'm loud)

Costs to the taxpayer no more than the Millenium Bridge ... but that's fun and useful and open all the time.

cn150 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No, I'm paid by the SLP to observe goings on in ED > and report back. Seen any Clowns

I remember sitting in the driving test center in Swansea with my instructor saying as the examiners walked out, you want this one, you don't want this one, you really don't want this one (I got him). Failed - Hesitancy.

Burbage Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LondonMix Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I agree that Helen Hayes has been great on this > > issue. > > Eh? She's put a postcard* on the mat, and called > for Southern's franchise to be taken away, but > she's not explained how that would improve > anything, or do anything but pleasure some > lawyers. There is at present, nothing to suggest > how or why shifting the contract would improve > services at all, and without that, all her warm > words are as so much populist flummery. > > The root cause of the Southern problems are > twofold. The main one is that the previous > franchise holder was allowed to stop training > drivers two years before their contract ended, so > there weren't enough when Southern took over. The > second problem is that there's no clarity in the > franchise about the status of guards (and station > staff) and the jobs they should be doing, allowing > Southern to try to skimp on staff costs and > training, thus rightly upsetting the RMT, disabled > people and safety regulators. Both problems have > been caused, directly and indirectly, by a > complacent, venal and talentless Department for > Transport that has repeatedly done everything in > its power to do as little as possible as badly as > possible. > > What's needed, if this sorry saga isn't to be > repeated indefinitely, is for someone to light a > bonfire under DfT which, despite inquiry after > inquiry fingering it for flaccid failure, > cheerfully stumbles from disaster to disaster > without anyone ever being held to account. > > This, of course, is exactly what Helen Hayes isn't > calling for, and I am not sure why. If opposition > MPs don't oppose government, including the > sluggards of Whitehall, it's not clear what > they're for. Sure, she's no longer a partner at > Allies & Morrison, whose close working > relationship with Network Rail caused so many > harsh words in Brixton, so there's clearly no > financial reason; but no reason isn't the same as > good reason. > > > *Slightly older readers may remember a Labour > Group postcard calling for improvements at the > Grove Junction. A junction for which > pedestrian-friendly improvements had already been > drawn up, authorised, costed and funded. Despite > that head start, the Labour Group's initiative has > had, to date, precisely no effect whatever. I'd say TFL gives preference to Londoners not people in other Cities/Towns.

I know there's a bit of history on clowns here but the whole thing seems to have got out of hand around the US and now the UK. The film IT is being remade next year and there's another called 31 about evil clowns so I was pretty sure at first all the sightings were a viral marketing campaign, but something else has happened. I've not seen any in South London.

lavender27 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Has anyone seen "Fleabag" the cafe scene with all > his appliances he plugs into their sockets and > doesn't order anything. Episode 1 . Hillarious. > (11 minutes in if you don't want to watch the > whole episode) > > click link> http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p040trv9/flea > bag-episode-1 I was in Starbucks Holborn and one of the interviewer types came in and pulled out an empty mug and put it on the table to look like he'd brought a coffee.

May can't lose She delivers hard Brexit and will continually say that's what the population voted for due to concerns about immigration taking preference over economics. If it fails, it was the people that wanted it, if it succeeds she did it.