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Complain formerly to the school. This is not appropriate at any age really, but certainly not at 15, and if it happened to either of my children I would be demanding an explanation and taking it further to shame the school if not satisfied with the response. Most schools have spare kit.

Those being arrested do. Those reporting for bail and probation services do. Those giving witness statements do. On the two occasions I have had to go to Peckham Police station, there has always been a long queue.

Parliament will have something to say about deliberately leaving an approval vote beyond the exit date. I really do think this will bring the government down some time next year. The committee stages of the repeal bill are about to begin. That one alone has 300 tabled ammendments. Government has ceased to exist. Parliament has become a processing centre for Brexit.

Agreed RDevil. May a mouthpiece for whoever is pulling her strings - but she brought that on herself having lost the majority in the snap GE. The problem for us is that a Tory civil war is determining what kind of Brexit we get. The outcome won't be good and I agree that the NI border issue is most likely to be the biggest challenge. These are complexities that should have been considered before triggering Article 50. And all of this is matched by public division that could last for decades, especially if things don't go well.

I agree John. 50B would be my guess at the settlement, in return for 2-4 years access to the single market. May had no choice but to cave in on that standoff - she does not want 'no deal' (I think that is very obvious now) whihc should give us some relief. Of course the hard brexit vultures are already piping up and that is the problem. Damned if she does, damned if she doesn't. She should just focus on doing what is best for the economy now, and stay at the helm long enough to make it impossible for a hard brexit sucessor to mess it up.

It is the right decision from the council. The Aylesham Centre has proposals for redevelopment into more intensive retail space with housing attached. Planning is about balance. And the cinema and other cultural uses of the car park, maintain that balance between retail, housing and the arts that have come to define Rye Lane in recent years.

I think it is impossible to erally know what kind of PM Corbyn would be. I do think he would rely heavily on those around him to do all the work. So for me it is about looking at the people around him. I do think McDonnell would make a decent chancellor and the reason I say that is because he was in charge of finances at the GLA and stayed within budget until he made a stand against a further round of government cuts and was fired by Livingstone. So he has a track record of fiscal responsibility in that sense. And I broadly agree with his outlook of where the problems lie within our economy and with his outlook. He may give the impression of a revolutionaty bulldog, and that is very offputting for a lot of people, but in reality, he is no more radical than any radical chancellor before him.

Imagine if we banned people from places because of the bad behaviour of a few! Actually that might not be a bad idea.

They are truly screwed on this though Loz. They have to get some of those younger voters. It can't be underestimated how much shock the Tories are in now that young people have started voting. But that bribe of a triple lock, is coming back to haunt them now. And there there is the missing half a trillion. 'The Office for National Statistics (ONS) told The Telegraph its Blue Book revisions came after it was discovered Britons own fewer overseas shares than previously thought, and foreigners own more British assets.' That for me typifies what is wrong with the UK economy. We have sold off too much and we have sold it to foreign investors. And that means much of the wealth creation goes offshore instead of staying in the economy. McDonell might scare the life out of a lot of people, but he is right on a few things around asset ownership and economic benefit.

What do people expect after year on year cuts to police budgets? They have choice but to focus on serious crime and crimes where the offender is known.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What amazes me is the fact that there were no > proper contingency plans laid down by the EU in > the event that a country that is a net donor to > the EU votes to leave. As the days go by the > arrogance and ignorance of the EU shines through > more and more and just goes to show that a Leave > vote is in the best interests of the UK- even > though the people of the UK benefiting from being > in the 'club' don't like it. And just where have they shown arrogance on that? That they request payment for the spending commitments that we already agreed to contribute to? A fee that our government is refusing to negotiate on (and if that is not an arrogant position I don't know what is). Why else do you think David Daivies is making unscheduled trips this week to continue negotiations? Because failure to get onto trade before Christmas is a extremely serious scenario for the UK (not the EU). You illlustrate perfectly the arrogance of leave supporters who think we are something special, that the EU should change it's rules just for us. And if you get your hard brexit, when the sh+t hits the fan and you see for yourself that the establishment does not change, that ordinary people get screwed even harder, who will you blame then?

There were interesing interviews on the Andrew Marr show this morning. Nobody thinks no deal will be acceptable and increasing signs it won't be accepted by parliament either. That presents a real chance of the government being brought down if May can not get the hard brexit vipers off her back. It is quite possibly the worst civil war the Tories have ever faced. How can a party in that kind of chaos, possibly negotiate with the EU on this? Surely a cross party consensus based approach to negotiations is the right way forward now. Chris Grayling tried to insist that there were plans in place for a hard border because Dover has an unused airfield nearby that can be used as a lorry overspill port. Yeah, good luck with that Chris. That is the level of nonsense now coming out of the party.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A survey just done by the Institute Of Hospitality showed that 93% of restaurants are having trouble recruiting, and the attitude of young UK candidates gives them no optimism for the future. I've been told privately that the NHS is facing similar issues. How should we deal with this? What's your plan? I voted Remain, I lost, you won. So it's up to you to fix this. Seriously, how do we deal with the skills shortage? And before you respond that we should all pay more, please remember that the NHS is paid by our taxes, and staffing hospitality are paid by how much the customer is willing to part with. Are you willing for taxes and prices to rise? Personally I'm ok with it, are you? You all seem to say that low wages are the only reason UK workers don't want low skilled jobs. > > Talk about having your head in the sand... It is even worse in agriculture and food production with some sectors scaling down by a third because they can't fill the positions now that EU workers are not coming to do those grimy, back breaking, low paid jobs. And this at a time when the head of Sainsburrys just warned that food prices will increase by at least 15% if we have no access to the single market. We already import a quarter of our food from the EU and it is worth remembering that those European farmers depend on our trade to in turn employ their cheap migrant workers. Leaving with no agreement on trade is going to be bad. Closing our borders to workers is already hurting.

I think it is increasingly clear that no deal is not an option. It now becomes a case of what kind of deal she can get through the house and how much the EU stand their ground and force her into what essentially will be a Norway type deal. It's no good her using blackmail with Parliament either. I think the sooner she stops the pretence the better. Then she can get on with making the case for the kind of deal we are most likely to end up with. Bojo and Mogg might jump up and down about it, but if either were PM they would not get what they want either. The only question is who the kamikazi element of leave are going to blame for it.

300 ammendments! Crikey - that might taken longer than the EU negotiatons themselves to get though :D

Thanks for that article Loz. It seems to make perfect sense. The longer all of this nonsense goes on though, the more likely it is that we won't be leaving the Single Market or Customs Union. But as one journalist interviewing Iain Duncan Smith pointed out, that with every twist and turn of this game government are playing, the pound keeps falling and the economy tanks just a little more.

Loz is spot on. Leave promised all sorts of things that are now being exposed for the folly many said they were at the time. I really do not know how the likes of Gove and Bojo can show their faces. There was a very telling moment of the venom at the heart of the warring sides of the Tory party a few days ago when Rees Mog asked May a question on a couple of aspects of the negotiations and reliance on the ECJ in parliament. You could see the simmering hatred of her reply in his face and demeanor. Until the Tories can find some consensus, we have no chance of any deal. As for putting money aside for no deal, money for what exactly? To compensate business and those that lose their jobs? To offset inflation? To bribe offshore investors to use the UK as a tax haven? I thought we had no money - that's what the Tories have been telling us for 7 years now.

They will be out in 2-3 years and no doubt terrorising the public again. Laughing and joking during a sentencing hearing shows how little regard they have for what they have done.

I Hammer, your friend is always going to have responsiblility for the kids he has brought into the world. That sometimes means financial input.

That is a really interesting perspective Ali. Two thirds of Tory voters though, voted leave (Labour have the opposite problem). How to you think Ruth Davidson would sit with that core Tory support out of interest? Would it be a determining issue for those voters for example.

The fear with Trump is that he is about to pull the USA out of the deal with Iran, you know, the one that got Iran to stop trying to make a nuclear bomb in return for the lifting of sanctions (seems Trump cares more about the competition in oil production that Iran poses over keeping that region stable with a huge civil war raging next door). The mind boggles. This is a good article on the Catalonia thing. http://theduran.com/the-catalan-referendum-is-a-classic-bait-and-switch-operation-by-barcelona/ Spain may not be managing this ongoing issue well, but there is a reason why consitutions exist and have criteria on when elections can be held, and by who.

Wtf Seabag LOL

I would agree with you on Davidson Ali, except that she is a fierce ramainer and I can not see the wider Tory Party backing her. And David Davis is no guarantee for the interim either. He has to win several rounds of the Tory's leader selection process, with members only voting in the final round.

Excellent post Ali and all points that have repeatedly been made on this forum too, with no real informed or evidence backed response from anyone who voted to leave. The worst thing about all of this are people like Farage and Boris - people who do know how everything works and have willingly chosen to drive us down this path and still, it seems, have learned nothing. Are still intent on driving us in a hand cart to economic hell.