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keano77 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Blah Blah said > > ?...compounded by the referendum not delivering a > definitive result either way...? > > ???? 4% is not definitive Keano. In fact, Farage held the same view before the referendum ;) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36306681

Corbyn wants a GE because he misguidedly thinks he will win it (even though the polling says he won't and his personal ratings are way down from where they need to be to look like being the next PM - always behind May in fact, and she is not in great shape either). Political expediency is the reason we were given this referendum, and political expediency is shaping much of what is going on in Parliament right now. Both main parties have half an eye on the next GE and both parties need both leave voters and remain voters to vote for them to win it. THAT is the problem, compounded by the referendum not delivering a definitive result either way. Two years have been completely wasted, with no effort to find consensus either within Parliament or among the people. I can see no other way to get a deal through the House than a 2nd referendum right now, and who knows how that will turn out.

She can of course call a 2nd ref arguing that the people should decide on the deal if parliament can't. And Labour are cornered into voting it through if there is no GE by their own membership and conference motion. I think that is where we are heading to be honest, along with an extension to A50 to facilitate it.

She did the right thing and you were right to report it to Police. It does not matter that nothing happened. One day a teenage girl may well accept the offer of a lift and what then? No adult should be pursuing an underage girl in this way, ever.

The whole problem with this debate is that it is biased in regards to type of highway user. Pedestrians are not interacting with vehicles on a pavement, so of course cyclists are branded the worse of the two, just as on the roads, cyclists brand drivers as worse and vice versa. The vast majority of accidents happen because one or more highway users do not use due care and attention, and no single type of road user has a monopoly on that.

This is so needed and a great spot for it too. Echo the comments above about how great Krystal's is.

I thought it was a massive improvement on the recent months, both in terms of management of the panel and the audience. She seems a lot better researched on the arguments too. Will be interesting to see how she handles a more militant audience. Meanwhile, on This Week afterwards, Owen Jones and Andrew Neil showed no such discipline or control.

Pedestrians tend to be on the road near the actual closure, but there has always been a fair amount of jaywalking when the road is clear to be fair. Cycling at speed along Rye Lane has never been an option. Personally, I am liking the absence of buses, and find dismounting to walk the 50 yards with my cycle to the other side of the closure no real inconvenience at all. Cars driving at inappropriate speed might be less of an issue as the works move further down the lane.

So Steve32 is now 'Innocence'. Good to know.

Cycled up there today. The road closure is literally just 50 metres, and you can get off your bicycle and walk it. No need to detour at all.

Sadly the council are under financial pressure and some difficult decisions have to be made. Adult social care or subsidising bulk waste collection is one of them. As far as I know, the fee is ?16 to have the council remove bulk rubbish. There are higher fees and requirements for commercial waste, which is why fly tipping is perhaps on the rise. It's not an easy one to fix.

I think it is a great idea to ask people to donate unused instruments. Does it really matter what school James is helping here? The principle is a good one.

Nope. I can assure you that a lot of Labour members are pretty effed off with Corbyn right now. And we don't buy his lie that he said 'people' and not 'woman' either. He just seems completely out of his depth.

Quite and nor do they seem to realise that most benefit recipients have worked and also paid tax, or that most of them are currently in some type of work, but do not earn enough to live on.

Graphite must be part of lock lubricants for a reason though. Graphite on it's own makes no sense of course, but within a lube it is different. Glad you got it sorted anyway.

Graphite lock lube is the stuff to use for a sticking lock. You should be able to find it in somewhere like Halfords if you want it off the shelf. https://www.amazon.co.uk/LUBRICANT-AEROSOL-SPRAY-PADLOCK-GRAPHITE/dp/B00BBTJ460/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1545096453&sr=8-5&keywords=dry+lock+lubricant The WD40 can be used to clean it first though.

Ah thank you. I really must stop watching old episodes of Columbo ;)

Except the impact damage is flat across and not nearside worldwiser. And how do you explain the charger cable? As exciting as it may be to suspect some high speed shenanigans, look at the clues, A car that mounts a pavement at speed has at least, damaged front wheel tracking, if not a flat. This car was parked. And then something went wrong ;)

kford Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Put on charge when absolutely flat, but still in > gear? Then once with power, trundled into the > school. That's not a high-impact; maybe 10-15mph. > The 'brick' wall will be a single skin clad of > brickwork. Yep,that sounds plausible.

There are some clues as to what might have happened if you look closely enough. The only way to get into that gap is deliberately and the tyres are still inflated, so the kerb was not hit at any speed. The car is a Hybrid and there seems to be a charging cable running to it. My guess is that the car parked there to charge and that the driver, either, more focussed on not blocking the bus stop pavement, drove into the wall, or, having charged the car, got reverse and forward mixed up and hit the accelerator hard enough to cause that damage (I favour the latter personally).

Why do you think there is a minister for work and pensions? Why did she recently announce a delay in the roll out? You really think none of those ministers are doing any work in their departments? All that Brexit has impeded, is the introduction of new bills and Acts of Parliament. It does not affect the working detail of policies of existing legislation, which a government department can change at any point it wants. Now, on May, there is no guarantee that the challengers will get the required 159 votes for no confidence. And if they don't, she can not be challenged for a year. Given the slow grind to get those letters to the 48, I think she will hang on. But anyway, what can be worse than a party that created this whole brexit mess in the first place? That forced unnecessary austerity on the poorest that helped guide that result no doubt? Labour do not have the level of division on the EU that the Tories have. Labour would be perfectly happy with a soft Brexit.

No claimant ever has got something for nothing. What preceeded were crisis loans and social fund payments, before the coalition scrapped them. They both had to be paid back. That is why delays in benefit payments suddenly meant people unable to feed themselves, and hence the rapid rise in foodbanks. Then on top of that, and in their wisdom, the Tories introduced a system where no claimant would receive anything for six weeks, and never asked what people would live on! So that advance is just a reinstatement of the old crisis loan system, something that should never have been scrapped in the first place. Ministers may be aware, but they pick and choose what they listen to, and then act upon. UC is not here because of brexit at all. It was dreamed up long before that referendum, and formed part of the Welfare Reform Bill, back when Parliament actually presented bills. Government could have amended any aspect of it at any time. MPs have not exactly been silent on the impacts. UC is ongoing business, not new business. there is a difference. No further bills are required to change anything. Corbyn, for all his faults, would at least do something about the disgraceful place we are now in. 1.5 million people needing foodbanks last year. Unacceptable and rising rates of homeless. The number of families in temporary accommodation has risen by 61% since this government came to power and 8000 of them in B&Bs (a rise of more than 1000 in the past year alone). This government has caused most of this by that very same Welfare reform Bill. So spare me the idea it would be worse under Labour. It has never been worse under Labour on any of those issues.

But opposition has already changed government policy on UC. They are delaying the rollout. So there is every value to continuing to pressure the government for further changes. Natty isn't just saying stop per se. She/he is specifically asking for the rollout to be stopped, a view shared by the Labour Party, because rolling out something that clearly is so flawed and has cost far more to implement than predicted, is just burying a head in the sand. What government should be doing, is halting the rollout, whilst they do a properly researched impact assessment of the implementation so far, before making the necessary changes to ensure any rollout is as seamless and pain free as possible. Hard to do that though when you have cut back the resources of the DWP and jobcentres by so much, and are continually seeking to cut the cost of the help you give to recipients.

I would go further than that Joe. I would say that because of brexit, government responsibility for what goes on with everything else has stopped. All that we are seeing is tinkering with things introduced by Cameron/ Osbourne's tenure. There is no other policy and therefore no government. People have died because of the conditions imposed by welfare reform by this government. They are cruel and pernicious in their lack of shame or responsibility for that. And quite frankly, anyone who dismisses the suffering they have and are causing should hang their head in shame too dbboy.

Well said Joe. Spot on.