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At the time of sentencing there WAS a delay/question mark over it as to the European Human Rights Law .. I am not going mad or making it up. The European court reiterated that the European Convention did not prohibit the imposition of a life sentence on those convicted of especially serious crimes, such as murder. However, to be compatible with the convention there had to be both a prospect of release for the prisoner and a possibility of review of their sentence. The court considered that the UK courts had dispelled the lack of clarity in the domestic law on the review of life sentences. The discrepancy identified in a previous ECtHR judgment2 between the law and the published official UK policy had notably been resolved by the UK Court of Appeal in a ruling affirming the statutory duty of the Secretary of State for Justice to exercise the power of release for life prisoners in such a way that it was compatible with the European Convention. The European court highlighted the important role of the Human Rights Act, pointing out that any criticism of the domestic system on the review of whole life sentences was countered by the HRA as it required that the power of release be exercised and that the relevant legislation be interpreted and applied in a Convention-compliant way. The court therefore concluded that whole life sentences in the United Kingdom could now be regarded as compatible with Article 3 of the European Convention. THANK-YOU.

"Great arguments there mate. Pretty much sums you up. Carry on making stuff up that fits your world narrative, and when in five years time nothing has changed and those nasty brown people are all still here, feel free to keep crying." What nasty brown people? This is ridiculous. The sentencing issue was on Radio 4 at the time. Bullied away ....

Gowlett, I'd forgot it was there, since being barred Yeats ago !

Informed view ??? Oh dear again. Anyway I'm off to bed with a Hitler book, got to send kids up t'mill int morning!

Had two eastern European women looking through mine. They had a shopping trolley. I asked what they wanted, they said clothes, but they had all sorts.

How will labour buy back all the companies that were privatised? How will they pay? I was fed up of all the rail strikes, power cuts, piles of rubbish filled the streets. I felt sorry for the starving miners on strike, while full-up scargill went around winding them all up. The unions are part to blame for the privatisation of everything, keep holding the public and government to ransom, the amount of times I had to walk from Trafalgar square to Dulwich .... The farmers all think the common agricultural policy is a joke, investors buying fields and getting paid to leave them set aside, while the farmer is not allowed to plant in them ??? A friend in the Judiciary waiting to sentence the men who decapitated the soldier, waiting for a directive on sentencing from Europe because a "whole life sentence without parole" is inhumane ?????? .... Oh dear.

I stick with what i said, there is a miniature world of life in a lawn, even if its a bit unsightly. My dad's neighbour was really obsessed about his grass (and I later found disturbingly obsessed about a lot of stuff), The lawn looked nice and green, he'd spend hours and hours, raking, top dressing, feeding it, aerating it, NO ONE WAS ALLOWED TO STEP ON IT !! Who bothers to spend days sifting manure and varnishing canes and measuring the gaps between bedding plants ....... EEEEKKKK

I've been "INVITED" to take part in a census test. I do not want to participate. When theres a census I will fill it in. Why do they need to test it? I have took part before without a test. Who are they testing, the census people or the public? You keep sending letters and knocking on the door like its compulsory to part with all my details at tea-time. I don't give details to strangers on the doorstep. Please GO AWAY. Either its an invite, or compulsory .... Anyway, it will only apply to the legal citizens you have knowledge of anyway, not the unregistered ones who won't fill forms or open the door!

Heard lots of old fashioned names lately : Alfie, Albert, Rose, Elsie, Maud, Ruby ,,,,

"I quite agree- cats are the pet of choice for the lazy, irresponsible person imo." That is a horrid thing to say. You cannot tar everyone with the same brush. I could say that all dog owners are the same, the amount of attacks on other dogs, wildlife, people, and their crap everywhere ... that is very unjust. I have two cats, both spend a little time out in their OWN garden, one being an ex-stray likes a little wander around, but then will be desperate to get back indoors to use his own tray. Both ALWAYS use their trays, Cats like routine, security and a familiar private toilet place. I buy at 3 bags of litter each week. Both are microchipped, insured, inoculated. They are never on their own for more than a few hours. They have many security cameras watching where they are and what they do. (This was after the ex-stray one got kicked through his own back gate cat flap by a youth and nearly killed, another was taken and thrown from some flats, needing it's broken legs pinning back together)! In their garden, they have planks up and down for vantage points to sit at and enough going on not to want to leave. They get fed little and often, reducing the need to hunt and scavenge. NEITHER DESERVED TO GET VICIOUSLY INJURED even if they did poop in someones garden. Even the RSPB don't blame cats for as much damage as the general public do. There is loss of habitat, pesticides, new buildings with no nesting opportunities, loss of hedging and front gardens in favour of car parking .... I can't say my cats have never hunted. In SIXTEEN years we have been brought ONE little pink bird that must have fell from a nest, 3 mice, and a frog. The frog was unharmed and returned. One of the mice evaded capture and release. People who think "get a cat, they look after themselves" are idiots. SO BLAME THEM, NOT THE CATS. There are MANY lonely, bored, under-fed cats, going round other peoples houses looking for food and attention and a safe clean place for a poo because they are neglected. There are also those who get a kitten while "its cute" and then don't bother to get it neutered and EFF off and leave it when they move (as in my cats case). SO THERE ARE LAZY IRRESPONSIBLE ONES, BUT NOT EVERYONE'S LIKE IT. I get grumpy picking up BABY poo, when I've had to pick up discarded nappies that have been dumped in the kerb from shoppers, or picked at by foxes, and person poo, when they hide between cars and go (as happened to me at the supermarket) !! Or even bird poo when it's eaten its way through the paint of my car. But I don't hate birds, I continue to feed and water them. The sonic fox/cat scarers work well for those with a problem.

I wouldn't use an estate agent, the fees are too high, and they valued my house for 100,000 less than it was worth. I got the full asking price and the 100,000 I would have lost. I wondered if my estate agent was "at it"??? in that they sell your house for low price to "a friend or interested party" get their commission and part profit on re-sale maybe. I went with House Network, pay upfront, and do your own viewings. They were very good and got the full asking price. I saved THOUSANDS on fees.

I'm a bit peeved, as I went to look at a diesel car, but with the "pollution hype/ dilemma" went for the petrol thinking it would be less polluting and less tax, NO! 520 pounds in band L. Apparently there was an announcement about re-banding polluting cars THREE YEARS AGO. Was I out that day, was I expected to remember?

Anything suspicious call 101 or even 999. The police would rather attend to "nothing" than a burgled pensioner for example. I spotted a youth trying door handles and windows, I challenged him, he said he was looking for his friend "made-up-name" and his fictional dog. I called 101, the 101 operator deemed it enough to send rapid response, they were there in 2 mins!

Hello! I have no experience of it myself but my neighbour has it. It was very expensive for their small garden, about ?3000. IT LOOKS AWFUL. Lawns can be hard work if you are very bothered about the moss and dandelions etc. Mine has moss, dandelions, daisies, buttercups etc, I think there are more weeds and moss than grass ... BUT i enjoyed watching an early bumble bee on the daisies, and the robins, tits etc gathering up moss for their little nest behind the ivy. Or fledging blackbirds being taught to pull out worms. If you can live with a less than perfect lawn please do. You can keep some of the weeds down with spot killers, or just by picking off the dandelion flowers before they turn to seed. If you have too much lawn to cope with perhaps you could consider throwing some wild flower seeds around and leaving a bit of it for a meadow area? Then you would just have to cut it once a year? The man next door was struggling to rake off debris, pick up berries etc, he got the hoover out, but it didn't work well, there he was one berry at a time. I think there is a place for fake grass, on balconies where you can't grow it. Would you appreciate a bunch of plastic roses? Best wishes.

When: you got chucked in Peckham Rye Pond, went to the R Whites Disco, when your expectant friends skipped boroughs for their delivery to get a better location on their paperwork, when you went swimming at the baths then undone it all with chips over the road. When people in East Dulwich, leave "east" out, like they are in the posh bit! When you could drive all through the back turnings "outlander rd".

About time at 96. He was visiting Nunhead as Patron of Youth Clubs several years ago. The people of Nunhead stood motionless, stony faced and silent, no flags waving or anything, just staring. He got out of his car and said "Its like night of the living dead isn't it?" .....

Thought of changing Range Rover 4 ltr for something economical but still practical, so picked up a 2 ltr jag estate today. The tax is DOUBLE at 520 pounds, twice that it used to be. Did everyone know how much ALL the taxes were going up?

leadership more than ever. Got a plea for help regarding opposing Brexit from labour mp, the mp that didn't bother to respond to my concerns. I don't understand "soft Brexit" ... It's like chucking out an abusive ex, yet still letting them have a key? You come home to find the cupboards are as empty as your purse ! ...

I just find Georgie Porgie an amusing nickname for him, considering all the jobs etc ... people are questioning at present. Naughty "Georgie Porgie" of the Stuart era! The origins of the lyrics to "Georgie Porgie" are English and refer to the courtier George Villiers, 1st duke of Duke of Buckingham (1592?1628). King James I took Villiers as his lover and nicknamed him "Steenie" (a reference to St. Stephen whom in the Bible describes as having the "face of an angel"). Villier's good looks also appealed to the ladies and his highly suspect morals were much in question! Affair with the married lady - the Queen of France! Villiers most notorious affair was with his liaison with Anne of Austria, (1601-1666) who was the Queen of France and married to the French King Louis XIII badly injured both of their reputations. This, however, was overlooked due to his great friendship with the English King, James I (1586-1625). He was disliked by both courtiers and commoners, not least for helping to arrange the marriage of King James' son to the French Catholic princess Henrietta Maria (1609-1669) - he later became King Charles I (1600-1649). George Villiers (Georgie Porgie) exercised great influence over the King who allowed him many liberties. Villiers private liaisons and political scheming were questioned and Parliament who finally lost patience and stopped the King intervening on behalf of "Georgie Porgie". The romantic elements of of George Villiers and Anne of Austria are featured in the novel 'The Three Musketeers' by Alexander Dumas.

NO!

Thats totally disgusting and unacceptable.

Ask the local dog warden for help. They are very nice and helpful and take these things seriously, working with the police etc.. A fox was almost killed by two small off-lead dogs in a private garden, I tried to help the fox, but the dogs kept snapping at my hands and feet. it was awful. the fox must have been destroyed by the RSPCA. How sad for you all.

What a horrible accident! I was on foot and had to step back away from the kerb when a large tipper truck was turning left, it was sounding an alarm "turning left". I thought it wise, else I might have been too near it's back wheels. If there was more thought and consideration by ALL PARTIES, the roads would be nicer. I let people cross and get no thanks. I wait for cyclists who are next to me when I turn left, whilst getting beeped and abuse from the drivers behind, I also get cyclists whizzing across red lights turning right across my path ... i had a nice drive in Kent, some cyclists waved me infant of them at a level crossing, I said thanks ... all very civilised. London is too busy and whizzy!

Georgie Porgie !!

I am sure NM was a convicted terrorist? "uMkhonto we Sizwe (abbreviated as MK, Xhosa pronunciation: [uˈmkʰonto we ˈsizwe], meaning "Spear of the Nation") was the ARMED wing of the African National Congress (ANC), co-founded by Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre. Its founding represented the conviction in the face of the massacre that the ANC could no longer limit itself to nonviolent protest; its mission was to fight against the South African government.[1] After warning the South African government in June 1961 of its intent to resist further acts of government instituted terror if the government did not take steps toward constitutional reform and increase political rights, MK launched its first attacks against government installations on 16 December 1961. It was subsequently classified as a terrorist organisation by the South African government and the United States, and banned.[2] For a time it was headquartered in the affluent suburb of Rivonia, in Johannesburg. On 11 July 1963, 19 ANC and MK leaders, including Nelson Mandela, Arthur Goldreich and Walter Sisulu, were arrested at Liliesleaf Farm, Rivonia. The farm was privately owned by Arthur Goldreich and bought with South African Communist Party and ANC funds, as individuals who were not white were unable to own a property in that area under the Group Areas Act. This was followed by the Rivonia Trial, in which ten leaders of the ANC were tried for 221 militant acts designed to "foment violent revolution". Wilton Mkwayi, chief of MK at the time, escaped during trial."