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Transylvania? Louisa.

I have to agree on Beckenham. Only been once but a very pleasant experience, friendly staff, no rude or pushy customers, and queues which are relatively short. I love Lidl. They sell so many cheese and hams you can get in a lot of traditional British supermarkets. Louisa.

Why the Co Op on LL remains I?ll have no idea. Ideal spot for a Lidl. Louisa.

I always drive to West Wickham or Sevenoaks Lidl. Can?t bare any of the inner London ones. Never had a bad experience at those ones. Louisa.

It would appear the train station William Hill site is the preferred choice for Waitrose. But we shall see. Louisa.

And whilst all this is going on, the debt ridden Pizza Express finds itself in big trouble. Is pizza saturation point causing its demise? Louisa.

My understanding is William Hill decided to close most of its high street presence due law changes, and have mostly gone online. As a consequence, many famous retail chains, notably Waitrose in this case, made the decision to take on a number of these former defunct retail spaces. Therefore, it may well be that they decide one or both of the two former local William Hill shops will be taken on by Waitrose. Louisa.

ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yawn. Rinse and repeat. You moved out to Kent yet ? Why would you care? You can still live elsewhere and post on the forum anyway. But irrelevant. Btw, it wasn?t me who started the new Waitrose rumours. No rinse and repeat from me, I?ve never started or contributed toward a Waitrose specific thread. Next! Louisa.

Hot off the press, it would appear our old friend Waitrose is back to haunt us again. This time the will they/won?t they saga has moved to the opposite side of the road, into the former William Hill site. Discuss. Popcorn at the ready. Louisa.

peckman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You are actually moving to be closer to bluewater > ? I love Bluewater and it?s my preference over Lakeside for shopping. So both comments suggesting staying south seem legitimate to me. I do like Dagenham, and it?s considerably cheaper and better connected than Bromley or Bexley boroughs, but as foxy suggests the A13 is a nightmare and it?s quite an industrial borough, lacking some of the beautiful greenery of suburban Kent. Louisa.

I?ve been considering downsizing for a while, and recently was introduced to Dagenham by a close friend. House prices are quite a lot cheaper than around here, and Lakeside is within spitting distance, which is ideal for my shopping addiction and brilliant by car. However, I am a lifelong fan of Bromley and the surrounding areas (including Swanley which I know well), and I. Terms of pricing Bexley is a much cheaper borough than Bromley, but has all the beautiful outdoor spaces, greenery and wonderful shops I so crave. I am now finding myself torn between two relatively affordable neighbourhoods, in different directions. Does anyone have any comments to add? Any experiences of either area they wish to share? Any comments welcome. Louisa.

A small drunken man is just down from the actress on CPR, in the middle of the road asking for someone to fight him because he?s a ?f****** millwall fan? (his own words). Do not approach him, he appears to have small man syndrome and wants to fight anything that moves or otherwise. Not sure why people get so excited about football, it?s just a bunch of overpaid tossers kicking a ball around. Louisa.

They should be ashamed of themselves. My pussy is absolutely terrified, he?s been hiding under the sofa for the last half hour. Louisa.

Boris needs to be very very careful. These trumpesque throwaway comments at press conferences have consequences. He can?t have his cake and eat it. Just when you think he?s nailed his colours to the mast, he changes his tune again. Louisa.

Amber Rudd - gone. Louisa.

Seabag, it?s very rare you get a permanent exit from the forum. *Bob* has so far alluded a return, but like ABBA, his back catalogue continues to create hilarity for me when I?m bored in the garden chowing down on a cheap bottle of Shiraz. Whatever happened to my pal rendelharris? Please make a return ASAP. Very sadly missed on the Brexit thread especially. As for you John, I never thought you?d return in any capacity after all those years, but I have to say your comeback has been refreshing and you?ve triggered me on more than one occasion. Well done! Here?s to more drama! Louisa.

Who?s this? Louisa.

I?m surprised smokers haven?t single Handel?s taken the NHS over the cliff. Maybe all that tax take offsets itself! Louisa.

A minority of hard line Brexiteers know it will make us worse off, they don?t care. Sovereignty is their main concern. A more substantial number of people, myself included, know it will do damage, but remain committed to democratic processes, and feel uneasy about revocation or further referenda to overturn that decision made in 2016. I know this sounds harsh, but I genuinely feel uncomfortable with this ?by any means necessary preventing Brexit? strategy of some, is just not going to achieve anything other than anger the majority who voted for it, and now feel can be told to do one and come up with a strategy to achieve their aim via some sort of make believe version of Brexit, conjured up over a unlimited number of years, and then we get to vote again on that version. It?s all deeply undemocratic to expect the general populace to have any sort of understanding over and above ?Do you wish to remain in the EU?? YES or NO. Louisa.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As I said previously - 5 years in EFTA/EEA with an > agreement to review and fast track back into the > EU or to leave with a free trade agreement after > that. > > EU have already offered this to Theresa May but it > was disregarded by her. Now this is a decent compromise. No chance under a ERG run Tory government though. Louisa.

So what do you think we should do? I?m assuming you are STILL fixated on a second referendum despite all the warnings and further polarisation? This is why we are getting nowhere. People are entrenched and not willing to compromise. That?s why our democracy is failing us. The country reached a decision, we need to come together with a middle road option. Louisa.

That?s utter rubbish. You will find plenty of people who openly admit to leaving and won?t be happy until we do leave. May?s deal now looks a fair compromise compared to the current setup. A second referendum won?t pass, no-deal looks unlikely to pass, even a general election looks unlikely to be approved. Therefore, the withdrawal agreement does seem like a good middle road out. The EU won?t negotiate anything else at this stage anyway. If we just get MPs to pass the withdrawal agreement and then get a cross party future relationship negotiation team together, we can start healing these wounds. I honestly can?t see any other middle way out, which will start the healing process whilst also respecting the referendum outcome. Louisa.

I don?t think we would be in this position if politicians had respected the result of the referendum and accepted May?s withdrawal agreement, months ago. Rather than this endless self-serving going round in circles, some wanting more referendums, some not wanting to leave at all, others want to leave without a deal. MP?s could have, and should have coalesced around that withdrawal agreement back in March and then worked together to shape the future negotiations. We would now at least have moved on from some of the polarisation and be talking about other stuff now. Louisa.

Sephiroth, all of what you say is a good take on matters, but I think you?re missing one crucial point in all of your analysis. In three words, The Conservative Party. Consistently, since we joined the common market they have fought this internal battle with finding a post Empire place in the world, constantly harping back to the Second World War and consequent industrial decline of the country. It runs through the veins of this countries go-to party of Government. A large chunk of the party, ultimately have severe hang ups over all of the above, and need someone, something to blame. The EU is a constant thorn in the side of a party which still deep down believes we are too good to be part of such a post-national identity organisation. It?s not just that the Tories are perceived as ?the natural party of government?, it?s that they have managed to make a substantial chunk of the British population believe their post-Empire hang ups are valid concerns. And that we can and must find a way to govern ourselves, whatever the cost. Unemployment, further decline, severed international relations, none of this matters as long as we are free. This isn?t everyone of course, the left also have a good take on why supranational organisations such as the EU don?t work for the people. But the left has nowhere near as much influence on the British psyche as the Tories seem to have had over the generations. How we overcome that, I don?t know. Louisa.

Not true. ?White flight? is not a racial issue, it?s a class based issue. Poorer people of all racial backgrounds are being forced to leave working class neighbourhoods around inner London because prices are just ridiculous and the number of social housing opportunities are now heavily restricted. The very people who are most ?open minded? and enjoy ?edgy and multicultural? neighbourhoods, are in effect turning those places into bland homogenised unaffordable ghettos. Louisa.