Dogkennelhillbilly

Corbyn is avoiding the potential embarrassment of parachuting his son into a Labour safe seat by destroying the concept of a Labour safe seat...

keano77 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Motorists burning more fuel in low gears Oh god not this rubbish again

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Otta Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I too have some doubts over Farron due to his > > potentially odd beliefs, and would welcome a > bit > > of clarity. > > > For the record, I couldn't give a shit if he > thinks gay sex is a sin or not, I think it's > completely irrelevent so long as he fights for > equality. But he doesn't: he abstained on the last and crucial Equal Marriage vote because of his religious objections. He wants to have it both ways: to say his religion doesn't affect his politics, and then makes political decisions on the basis of his religious views. Lib Dem zealots (word used intentionally) have a blind spot on this. May has the opposite tack: profess religion but don't evidence it in any appreciable political sense.

But the Lib Dems entered an alliance with the Tories last time they got any votes, and look how that turned out. If you vote Lib Dem in Dulwich, you're likely to inadvertently usher in a Tory MP. This is a Tory v Labour seat. James Barber is a big figure on the forum but his last candidature led to a 17% drop in the Lib Dem vote. He is not popular in real life (politically, I mean - I am sure he's a very nice person individually).

Sade (the singer, not the whole group) at Gail's.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > red devil Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > a separate electric combi boiler for one > bathroom > > does seem a bit OTT... > > It wouldn't be a "combi boiler", it would be a > simple instantaneous inline water heater.. a > couple of hundred quid, and simple to fit. Yes, sorry; that's what I meant (at least).

Interesting - I'm in v similar position. We have a second floor guest bathroom that no-one ever uses, plus perfectly good gas boiler. Plumber and builder both suggested they (separately) install a megaflo system - architect and I think an electric combo boiler for the top floor would be fine. I don't want to spend ?3000 so my two annual visitors can shower under a pressure washer!

I am surprised to find myself agreeing with Trump's action.

Lordship 516 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rahrahrah Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Lordship 516 Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > ...displacing the Ken Livingstone story..! > > > > Eh? > > Politicians always have a kite in their back > pocket to fly when they want to displace an issue > that is causing them problems - Corbyn likely let > this one fly to diminish the Livingstone issue... That's a level of political sophistication Corbyn has not shown on any other issue.

There are commonly used double deckers that are the same width and length as the P4. Tulse Hill rail bridge is very low and I don't believe any double deckers go under there - which would explain the P13 problem. Maybe the P4 and the P23 have to share a fleet? Btw you should all get the free "Bus Times" app; its amazing.

The landlord has to bring the property up to a certain level (fixtures and fittings) and then it's up to the tenant to install moveable bits and pieces (e.g. Fridges). At least, that's how I have seen it done in the past, I don't know about here, obviously.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes it is illegal- but if they are not English > they may not know the law. All builders etc would > do it if it was allowed- it obviously saves a lot > of money in proper waste disposal. I've had > run-ins with builders before and the foremen in > question were English and when spoken to about > infringements they used the general builders'lack > of English as an excuse. I don't actually believe any of this happened, but in any case the building company will take more care to explain the law to the workers after they get whacked with a fine.

Oh no - how upsetting. I'm sorry to hear that.

"So, informed or unbiased? Which is better?" Informed, otherwise you don't have the slightest clue what you are talking about.

The two sides are not loyalists and republicans. The two sides are oppressors and the oppressed. Of course Tony Blair and Martin McGuinness can find common ground. They have so much in common!

"do think that as those who were responsible for the worst of the atrocities (which includes members of the British government at the time) pass, it is a good opportunity to move on / find some closure, in the sense that there is little point in recriminations against those who weren't directly involved" The individuals might be dead or alive. The state they served exists still and often continues to act in the same way.

"I remember when we went from "no blacks no Irish" in the mid 1980s to the "this is great" No, you don't. That's an absolute invention. "WHEN THE first Race Relations Act was passed 50 years ago in December 1965, I saw an immediate difference on the streets of Britain. Straight away the act got rid of the racist ?No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs' signs that were so common in the windows of houses with rooms to rent," says former mayor of Southwark, Sam King." http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/bring-back-no-blacks-no-irish-no-dogs

Jules-and-Boo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > what a clean, clinical place we live in. > > I'd rather have a garden bonfire than all the > traffic fumes. Stupid comment.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Mandela explicitly said the MK was a terrorist > > organisation. The MK were more careful than > most > > terrorist groups in selecting targets but > > civilians were still killed. And, y'know, the > IRA > > and MK had joint operations, and happily > > collaborated with other dodge merchants: the > PLO, > > Gadaffi's regime, Honecker, the Soviet Union... > > That's funny, as at his trial Mandela quoted the > MK manifesto: > > Our men are armed and trained freedom fighters not > "terrorists". We are fighting for > democracy?majority rule?the right of the Africans > to rule Africa. We are fighting for a South Africa > in which there will be peace and harmony and equal > rights for all people. We are not racialists, as > the white oppressors are. The African National > Congress has a message of freedom for all who live > in our country. > > I can't find any records of deaths caused by MK > before Mandela was imprisoned, can you? And if > there were some, Mandela and his comrades were > fighting against apartheid (and only turned to the > sabotage plan after the Sharpeville massacre) - he > was not, as the very stupid post (not yours) above > claims, simply a violent man joining a violent > movement for an excuse to be violent, as his > actions upon his release amply proved. I actually > find it quite extraordinary that this point even > has to be argued. I don't know what he said on trial but in his autobiography 30 years later Mandela describes the MK as having adopted terrorism and why he thought it was justified.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rodneybewes Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > rahrahrah Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > OF course it is speculation, yes. But like I > > say, > > > I've always had a suspicion that certain > people > > > have violent tendancies and if they can will > > > gravitate to violent movements. > > > > Like chummy old Nelson Mandela in that respect > I > > suppose. > > Sorry, can't let that pass: Mandela did not > actually carry out any terrorist activities as he > was captured and imprisoned while they were still > in the planning stage. However, the activities he > was planning were specifically acts of sabotage, > chosen to eliminate casualties as far as possible > - it was planned to bomb railway lines and other > infrastructure at night when there would be nobody > around to be injured. To lump Mandela in with > those of violent tendencies who join violent > movements as an outlet for their violence is > frankly shameful, I haven't heard that sort of > cr@p since the Young Conservatives were going > round wearing "Hang Nelson Mandela" T-shirts in > the '80s. Mandela explicitly said the MK was a terrorist organisation. The MK were more careful than most terrorist groups in selecting targets but civilians were still killed. And, y'know, the IRA and MK had joint operations, and happily collaborated with other dodge merchants: the PLO, Gadaffi's regime, Honecker, the Soviet Union...

That's the guy I meant, Flocker. Probably not so good that a bunch of kids were playing / dancing near him last Dulwich Park fayre thing, in that case.

Dulwich Estate is shocking. Allowed Shepherds to close without a successor, pubs all closed for years at a time... Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's going to be a typical chain middle of the > road job serving up average food at expensive > prices, which will trump anything drinker/pub > related. So we end up with a crap restaurant and a > small below average boozer on one side, probably > smaller in area and drinks available. > > Louisa. Does that mean you won't go?

wolis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Learnt something from > one banner "Boris was sent by God to get us out of > the EU" Mind you the guy holding the banner was > dressed as a little elf without any trousers so > perhaps not too reliable. I've seen him at Dulwich Park and Southwark Crown Court (outside). It might be a wild stab that he's also the author of the mimeographed screeds stuck on on the wall by the playpark at Goose Green.

C&G has transformed from a pub to a construction project to an urban legend. "If this was a government project, heads would roll." Har de har har. Do you read Private Eye? Government procurement is legendarily awful.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I love the fact that he and Ian Paisley became > such good friends in the end. It was truly one of > life's great ironies! It's not an irony at all. They were both bullies and shitheads.