JohnL

Do the Anti-LTNs want their own section or what :)

Africa and Asia are gradually creating the supra national bodies for custom unions etc. West Africa http://www.uemoa.int/en/about-uemoa, South Africa https://www.sacu.int/, East Africa https://www.eac.int/customs-union, North Africa https://maghrebarabe.org/, South East Asia https://asean.org/ Its the direction of travel though - most are heading towards furthest local integration whilst we are moving away from that.

Of course in Scotland a horde of blue painted warriors shouting "freedom" forced the release of some migrants. I heard Pritti Patel was livid.

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Global Britain going well I see > > purely from a self-interested pov, Uk shouldn't be > fostering bad-will like this? > > https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/13/e > u-citizens-arriving-in-uk-being-locked-up-and-expe > lled When all the football fans arrive in Porto they should all be sent to a detention centre on the premise the Portuguese border force have no idea why they aren't in Istanbul and just to see their faces and the right wing press reaction.

Aww no Vaughan Gething has been moved from the Welsh Government health post to the economics post so we won't see him in the news so much. New face of Welsh health is Eluned Morgan. Nobody reporting as much on the Welsh Labour reshuffle as much as the one done by Sir Keir.

Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bels1233 - That's all well and good but I think > you owe Pickwick an apology because it is clear > they did not "double-down and underline the > tone-deaf message" as you claimed in your post. The "underline" might be part of the poster - but it makes it look sort of LibDem and the word "Alliance" just brings up memories of Dr Death and The Boy David.

Jooles Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You may need advertisement consent from Southwark > Council and a licence from the Dulwich Estate to > erect an "estate agent" style sign. > Shhh - Throughout London we're all putting up signs about the Cladding Scandal and if planning want to complain they may want to pay for replacement cladding and the other issues that a failed system caused :)

I'm a total medium adoptor of most technologies - so will get it all eventually. When the first generation doesn't really work that well it entrenches me in the above :) I realise Gas boilers are going to be phased out too - just be careful of the service charges for community/district heating - they tend to go up very fast and you have to pay up - maybe residents management companies should administer them. Here's Southwark Councils factsheet on community heating to give an idea - it just looks costly even there. https://www.southwark.gov.uk/assets/attach/3837/District-Heating-Factsheet.pdf (edit: it's a pdf file)

Implying a part of "the culture war" when there is no need for that to be portrayed. To get to net-zero by 2050 will take a lot more pain than this - I guess we'll give up by 2025.

They came out to mine - couldn't park in Rye Lane and then stated as Rye Lane is such a difficult area to park they needed two engineers (one to sit in the car). I gave up,

A potential employer mentioned my passport once as if it was inconceivable I didn't have one. At the time I'd spilled beer over the photo page which didn't have protective plastic on it - so had to quickly replace - and that required a signature of a Vicar/Doctor or Teacher - not as easy as you'd think.

A long Queens speech response by Ian Blackford wearing a Scottish White Rose saying that Scotland has had no support from England and is being treated badly. The rose of all the world is not for me. I want for my part Only the little white rose of Scotland That smells sharp and sweet?and breaks the heart. Boris sitting there looking bored. https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/ian-blackford-warns-boris-johnson-scotland-is-on-a-different-path-ahead-of-queens-speech-3231547

TheCat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So Angela Rayner has written an article about how > her party is going to win back northern working > class voters....and published it in...The > Guardian....:) > > More a pitch to the membership than the electorate > one would think..... Sir Keir will write the Mail version :)

Some companies don't insure - they just pay if they have an accident. Not sure if that is still allowed as it seems wrong (LOL and I can't find any reference to this - but I know companies did it a while ago - maybe it's been now made illegal) Also some companies take AGES to pay their bills - just holding on.

Oh .. Jenrik needs to spend more time sorting out leasehold and cladding issues - another building on fire last week. https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/housing-secretary-robert-jenrick-visited-20554833

hammerman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Very interesting tonight to see John Bercow (grey > hair and all) on the Question Time panel on the > BBC tonight. As an ardent remainer in the EU when > he had his position in the houses of parliament, > he seemed to be given so much time to air his > views. > > There were another motley crew of people on the > panel who were allowed by Fiona to attack Robert > Kenrick. > > What do people think? He was part of the tory "libertarian" faction in university - I remember him :) People change - but then they don't - he still talked a lot and had all the attention..

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Honestly, do we genuinely care about outside of > London ? > > Really? > > Do they care about us? > > No, basically. > > Tho we all might be interested I care about Wales as I come from there, I care about where I might retire to in 12 years too - it won't be London as I can't afford it.

The 24 hour media coverage has helped Mark Drakeford and especially Vaughan Gething in Wales. Seems it helps to be on TV every day ;)

Boris was literally dragging Carrie by the arm to the polling station. Maybe she didn't want to vote. I'd have slapped him.

Why are the newspapers shouting that the French ran away. They went home for supper with the tide - what did you think they were going to do.

It's a hammering I'm afraid. Mark Drakeford doing OK in Wales though ... as is Alun Wyn Jones.

Traps and Poison and electronic deterrents none work as my mice are too clever. The freeholder of the block is sending in professionals one who laughed at my attempts saying the poisons online just cool the mice down and they quite like it in hot weather. They get in behind the units and I can't get to them. My fear (maybe a myth) is they cause fires by chewing - I can hear them in the roof sometimes YUCK.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This put a smile on my face > > And the town is no stranger to political upset, in > 2002 the main political parties were all fighting > to become Hartlepool's first elected mayor. > > Instead, the town chose local football mascot > H'angus the Monkey And then the person in the costume was re-elected twice before the post got abolished - that dismayed me - democracy dying. Why do they not want serious local democracy ? (And I mean that if they had a proper mayor the post wouldn't be abolished)

DuncanW Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Nice idea. > > Many will know this already, but the residential > development on the corner of Crystal Palace Road > and Upland Road was previously a police station > that housed a notorious elite police squad who > were involved in some serious Line of Duty style > police corruption in the 1990s. > A total of five officers operating as part of the > subsequently disbanded South East Regional Crime > Squad were jailed for selling drugs seized from > dealers and traffickers to rival gangs. > One of them was also linked to corruption around > the Stephen Lawrence case, and the murder of > Daniel Morgan, a private detective who was said to > be close to exposing police corruption. It's all very Line of Duty indeed https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/aug/05/drugsandalcohol.nickhopkins and then https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/oct/19/met-police-detectives-cleared-retrial "H" you see,

Yeah I can't tell - some people don't have a very good idea of what another persons personal space is - and that's extremely annoying, others use that as an excuse to assault, others just assault because they think they can. Even the innocent one in these types needs to know they can't do that.