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Fixie's are fine in places like Holland, which is mostly flat. Completely useless in London though, which is quite hilly in parts.

Some cyclists jump lights it's true. But not all do. I don't for example. We always remember the ones who annoy us, and forget those who don't. Hence what is often a skewed view of cyclists. Sounds like this particular cyclist was just plain wreckless though, and as the OP says, is an accident waiting to happen.

The problem is that governments and public alike become complacent and forget how it was or what it leads to. It's why we are having decades of boom and bust and every time, the masters of the universe think it won't happen again, because they are so much cleverer this time! No-one ever questions the system when the money is rolling in.

But they think we will still have access to it without all the conditions attached. Or at least, that's what they keep telling us when pressed on the matter.

Breaking news. Unilever and Tesco have come to an 'agreement'. The Marmite embargo is over!

She is paradoxical. To the right of Thatcher but also a 'wet' on some issues.

A falling pound though does still affect production costs for things produced in this country. We import all kinds of raw materials and energy, which producers have to pay increased prices for.

Also, the U-turn on allowing a parliamentary debate, came of of threatened revolt from May's own backbenchers. The divisions within the Tory party are as fierce as ever. This is why a parliamentary vote has been ruled out by May, because she knows full well that it is her own party that will sabotage Brexit.

We haven't invoked article 50 yet teddboy. How low will the pound go when we do? We haven't seen tariffs in action on exports yet. How many jobs will be lost when we do? We still have our workers and employment rights. Which of those will be thrown out by this government? How many of those who voted leave will be happy to pay between 10% and 30% more for their goods? Telling people to move to another country is not an answer. I have as much right to stay in the country I was born in and fight for the country and economy I want as you. Almost half the population did not vote leave, so that's 16 million people you are telling to leave. And it is the narrow margin of the vote that gives me and many others some hope that common sense will prevail, and we won't end up over the cliff after all. A Norway type deal which protects our access to the single market is probably the best compromise.

The bewildering thing about Trump for me is that the Republican Party allowed someone who has never held any kind of office to stand as a candidate in the first place. Maybe they figured they could trade on his celebrity status (they have been out of office for two terms after all), or never really exected him to win the nomination (like Jeremy Corbyn), but thought he would be good entertainment for the process. Either way, they have it seems, triggered the downfall of their party. Even if Trump wins, he will never get Senators and Congress to back him on anything imo - so a lame duck presidency at best. The other disconnect with the public is the idea that any of these people really serve their interests. Trump wants lower taxes for people like him, and regulation of big business to be swept away. Nigel Farage too, is as close to establishment as a politician can get (and stands for similar ideas on tax and deregulation). These kinds of people do well because they know how to push the right buttons in people who feel angry or disenfranchised, but they offer nothing that will actually change the balance of pwer between wealth and ordinary people. They are frauds imo.

This was my thinking too rahrah. We've had cheap (compared to market forces) food for a long time now, down to the hard negotiating of the big supermarkets. I see it as an impasse between big business, more than anything else. But underlying it of course, are rising prices elsewhere in the priduction chain, some of which are affected by the falling pound. We should also espect to see inflation rise in these economic conditions anyway.

Both are the product of neo-classical economic thinking though, so can amount to the same thing in many respects.

Agreed and Pierre, you could have added to that 'and some scaffolding is stolen and a local forum tries to pin the blame on you' too.

I've taken lots of pics in Nunhead Cemetry and never been told off.

Is this the typical rationale of a brexit voter? http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/which-eu-law-are-you-looking-forward-to-losing/

And I'm fed up of those who can't seperate the actions of a group of people locally from an entire cultural and/or ethnic group, and then call those of us that identify the obvious bigotry for what it is, self righteous. Here's a good analogy for you ChrisBeach. A met Police Officer once reported that most street robbers were black teenagers (and that may be true in his small patch) but does that mean most black teenagers are street robbers? No-one in their right mind would be stupid enough to say it does and yet, when it comes to travellers, some people here, feel the need to defend such flawed logic! The truth is that most people commenting here have never lived anywhere near, let alone among, enough traveller communities (Irish, Roma or otherwise) to know what is and isn't typical behaviour, anti-social, criminal or otherwise.

I don't think anyone has excused flytipping or breaking into private land ED. The problem is that the conversation has gone beyond this in one or two posts. And I don't know why you are singling out Sue either. You are the one that wrote 'Its the thieving messy 99% that give the 1% a bad name.' and that was your opening comment! You deserve to be called out on that.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Blah Blah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Could you imagine Woolfe at PMQ's? Telling May > to take every difference of view outside? > > My money would be on TM... Especially in those heels!

I think there's two issues here. There's tarring all travellers and there's what is happening here in relation to these specific travellers. Fly tipping, is not unique to travellers, but it is happening with these ones and that is a problem. It's illegal, and it's quite clear who the culprits are. It's quite upsetting to see the park now being used as a dump too, and I'm told two more vans have turned up there this morning. I don't know what the procedure is for evicting them from the park, and I'm guessing the terms are different for public vs private land, but surely some action can be taken immediately in regards to the fly tipping? Do the police not have powers there?

This is something that local councillors are aware of and are already complaining to the bus companies about.

And I think most people don't even know that is the case Wondercat. It was snuck in under the public radar, like so many things.

Again Jenny is spot on. This is a deliberate attempt to grab votes lost to UKIP by the Tories. When May talks about being for the working class, she means the working class that have swung to UKIP (because she knows that Labour are doing nothing to win those votes). There is no way that Amber Rudd will ever get an act of parliament forcing companies to produce lists of migrant workers through the Lords - and she may not even get it through parliament. The parallels to the right wing tyrannies of the past are just too ominous - don't thnk I've quite invoked Godwin's Law there but... :D

You have no way of knowing what a seceond vote would result in Teddyboy anymore than any of us. I think a fair section of those who voted to leave would also be repulsed by the anti-immigrant language emanating from the government, along with the numerous attacks that occured since. This is not about how the vote went anyway (unless you are arguing that half the population voted for Brexit on the issue of immgration - something that many leave voters deny btw). It's about common decency, something I would like to think that most people would aspire to. Targetting immigrants who are already here and working for example, is not about controlling the numbers we allow in, it's persecution of those already here perfectly legally. This is why I and others are speaking out. It sends out absolutely the wrong signal.

Is it just me, or are this years participants more inept than ever?