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It IS the park. It is within the gated area on the Harris Boys School side (the meadow area).

Yes I saw that one too. It could just be that enough people are now beginning to realise just what is at risk to warrant a push for a second referendum at some point. Not sure how that would go down though.

I think they have to physically read the meter every two years by law, but I'm not completely certain on that. They have to check meters under safety rules.

Wow, you clearly meant your rudeness. Lighten up!

We may even end up with a second referendum at this rate. I found Question Time rather depressing this week. Finally there was a leave voter in the audience who acknowledged that it was all more complicated than just staying or leaving and that government should take the time it needs to work through it all. But he was a lone voice among the usual rentamob (on both sides). Still the next one in the New Year is from Islington - Jermemy's own patch.

This is just appalling. I would think they have a good chance of finding the drivers though. There will be CCTV all over the place that they can trace the routes of those vehicles through and there will be a shot clear enough at some point to get a registration.

There are several animal rescue centres in and around London that take all animals. Sadly the RSPCA are not my best recommendation either. They euthanise too many healthy animals for my liking.

We loved them too :)

We have had meter readers just read one meter. Not sure why they do things that way, but they do sometimes.

That's a bit harsh Sue! Get up on the wrong side of the bed today? I guess the problem though is that once the police get to a reported sighting she has gone. They will probably have the best chance of finding her when she is in a park, because there at least she is in one location for enough time for the Police to get there. But she could of course be reading this forum too and avoiding that. Let's hope though that something is done before her dogs attack again.

Meanwhile in the real world... https://www.ft.com/content/b48e4f3a-dc0e-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482?segmentid=acee4131-99c2-09d3-a635-873e61754ec6 How long before those car plants slowly move out of the UK?

It seems like a very small area for 8000 people. Is it fair to ask people to put up with live music noise from 11am to 10pm for two days? I don't know.

And most readers wear jackets with the company logo on as well.

HA HA. Yeah him too :D

It's all bollox anyway. There is no God or Satan. Who cares what some old geezer in the Vatican thinks :D

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Government is spinning this phase one agreement to mean different things to different people - OK that's what happens and no doubt Ireland and the EU have tried as well. > > But 27 nations have to sign off on phase 1 still - and antagonising them doesn't help. Yes, the spin the next day was baffling. And therein probably lies the longer term flaw in all of this. It is hard to see just how an agreement/ deal will be arrived at in the end to please everyone. My feeling is that the government will in the end, sign for a soft brexit and see what happens at the ballot box, and indeed in Parliament. The key thing here at this stage, is that May has saved her position for the time being. The biggest risk for the Tory party right now is a leadership challenge, followed by an election, follwed by a Corbyn government. This is why I think, the Tory hard brexiteers are stepping in line behind this. But the nearer we get to that leaving deadline, the more I think that current peace will fall apart.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No- the UK needs its control back...we have been scuppered on industry, farming and fishing by the EU and that is probably why they let us in in the first place- to plunder. Utter nonsense. Only 17% of all UK legislation is impacted by EU law and of that, it is overwhelmingly linked to laws that relate to trade and employment rights (50% of all laws realting to trade and employment are impacted, but then again 44% of our exports are derectly to the EU). There are agreements made in any trade deal relating to those things. Leaving the EU does not free us from having to conceed on that. CETA, for example, only includes 80% of food products for Canada, but in return, Canada has had to open up it's public sector to tendering from EU companies. That is what happens when a market of 40 million wants a deal with a market of 500 million. > The EU is, in the main, an unelected bunch of useless very expensive gravy-train bureaucrats. No it is not. The number of elected MEPs is 751. The commission and it's role in policy formation is similar to our own civil service which is also unelected. Someone has to do that work. > Much of the money given to Eastern Europe has disappeared because of corruption - FACT Then provide the evidence. Just because you say it is FACT is proof of nothing. > As a born cynic I believe there is a hard core of politicians who are remainers because they are having a cushy time of it under the EU. And I could similarly quote the head of Dyson, who backed leave, so that he can hire and fire at will - it is the removal of employment regulation and protections that these people want to see gone. Not a fairer economy for workers. > We have NOT benefited as a country in the EU- Nonsense. Here is a link to show where most EU grants heading for Britain go. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/01/mapped-where-in-the-uk-receives-most-eu-funding-and-how-does-thi/ It is not London as you can clearly see. > individuals in cities, especially London, have benefited greatly- if you look at the voting map for the referendum you will see the areas that voted remain and they are all rich areas. Wrong again. Most urban city areas voted remain. Also Wales and Scotland, neither of which are affluent in terms of UK GDP both voted remain. The biggest losers from leaving the EU will be the very areas that can least afford to lose those grants and subsidies. The only people to blame for the southeast centric economy we have, are successive UK governments, who have failed to invest in regeneration and business outside of the southeast. Over reliance on the free market and city to sort it all out ergonomically. The problem with you rabbid leave suppoters UC, is that you blame the EU for everything, because that is a simple bogeyman for you. It is as though China and India and all those other Asian economies that have been able to undercut the West for decades do not exist. And whether we are in the EU or not, nothing will change in term of the establishment, and the dominence of global corporations in lobbying and shaping policy to favour their buiness interests over us the people.

I think if you need to ask cn150, that you should have an expert come round and advise you. You can't just knock a wall down at will. As Bob says, some are load bearing, and those need steels put in by professional builders to remove etc. Get in someone who knows what they are doing, or you could seriously damage your house.

Agree with you Loz. i think remainers are happy with this. Of course there is still a lot of complicated stuff to work out but the there are two things that are clear I think. 1. No-one on any side of the negotiations wants a hard brexit. The damage that would cause to the UK and the EU is understood. 2. Any deal will require give and take and felxibility written into it and a transition deal will be part of that deal. Both of those things seem the right solution to a country so split down the middle. Had leave won by an overwhelming margin, then it would be different, but they didn't. A middle ground can be the only solution to please as many people as possible.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Blah Blah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Yes, Bojo seems untouchable and I think none of > us > > really understand why. > > I can understand why none of YOU can understand > why. > AND talk of millionaire Tory Backbenchers- how > come Tony Bliar walked away with a ?25 million > property portfolio- some kind of socialism that > was! You do write some rubbish sometimes. Bojo is a privileged Etonian with an establishment network that keeps him there. So yes, I DO fully understand why he has the position in the Tory Party he does. And why on earth are you banging on about socialism? Where did I even say privileged and out of touch politicians was only a Tory problem? Being a rabid rightwinger does not make you better than any rabid left winger either btw. JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Keep moving those goalposts UG, it's so much fun > to watch. You do love speaking in riddles - why > don't you try writing more than a bigoted sounbite > for once, give us the full broadside of your > wisdom? Or is it easier to despise what you don't > like? > > Let the hate flow through you, embrace your > destiny young padawan! Quite. The truth is that common sense always wins out over extremism and bigotry in the end, and people like UC better get used to it.

Yes quite. I made the mistake of venturing into the Daily Express comments section and saw no end of rabid leave supporters there, calling London 'Londonistan' - how original. But at some point, someone in government has to grow a pair and get this done. Hard brexit was never going to be the best solution, and those that want it, can 'go whistle' lol.

Yes, Bojo seems untouchable and I think none of us really understand why.

The only way out of his is through a place of consensus, and that can only mean a soft brexit. May held out as long as she could for her hard brexit backbenchers, but the reality is that hard Brexit will damage the economy for 5-10 years and it is not those millionaire Tory backbenchers who will pay the cost of that. I hate to say it, but I think she personally has done ok at the 11th hour. Whether it holds though, remains to be seen. Farage is already piping up about it.

A three week build for a three day event seems a bit excessive. I would like to know why the build is so long beforehand, and how long is the clearup afterwards?

I would go as far to as to say that failure to reach agreement has to be a vote of NC in the government. Any trade deal, or transition arrangement, has to be agreed by October of next year. Waiting until March to solve the NI border issue is just not an option.