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I don't think it is terryfying ; it's just social media/online exaggerates extreme views. People are getting 'hysterical' about this and similar. It's constant exposure to nutters and extremists via socail media. Out in 'the world', not on line or at demos, there's a far more polite, peaceful and benevolent world generally, even in London. Civility still broadly rules OK. Petition or not SK will get back in - personally i think he's pretty poor but better than the alternatives and many previous

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's fair to say that (Barcelona apart) few > establishments have lasted very long on this site. > But to be any sort of destination it had to have a > consistent offer - which included (considering its > location) a consistent food offering. A 'beer > only' establishment might have worked on LL (where > there are numerous food outlets) - but stuck out > there if it couldn't offer food as well (on a > regular, consistent and quality basis) it was > surely doomed. recentish beer heavy offers haven't even worked on the Lane - place that followed Black Cherry (name escapes me) and to a lesser degree (offer and location) The Flying Pig.

It means more competition for procurement of goods and services that the NHS buys. Hysterical nonsense to say this is 'handing over the NHS to Trump' etc etc. Now, you may disagree with any contracting out of goods (unlikely) and services more likely but I really wish we could have intelligent debates about political things rather than emotive rubbish.

Got to agree with what Lemming says. Corbyn's been fine to sit down and talk with some nastier characters than Trump in the past. Just his pathetic anti-west student orientated protest politics,

was also BYOB as Secret Garden, so fantastic setting in that garden, food and cheap. Now horrible flats.

it's a funny old meander through life male friendship. Personally I have a fairly large set of proper solid mates from years back (some even primary school) who I have so much history with that we're mates forever. Some still live where i grew up, some miles away, some abroad, one lives local to me nowadays (though I don't see him much) and all very different paths in life but can be like the old days almost straight away, even though I rarely see them. Proper solid mates, never be anything else. Will be at my funeral or vise versa! Got a few solid mates from when i started work, used to play/watch football with go out drinking with in our 20s early 30s single lives. I went to their 1st (and a few 2nd) weddings etc very comfortable with them but none of these live locally nowadays. But we arrange catch ups, watch a bit of football and cricket together a few times a year plus milestone birthdays etc. Solid and history. Got a few local friends, mainly with my other half, and mainly my kids friends parents who I just get on a better with than average, normally based on a bit of shared interest and a few camping trips etc. I think a couple of these will be long ter if we/they stay in area On the whole and getting older I'm not that bothered about new friends although if it happens it happens. Perhaps oddly I have none (other than loose social media friends) from university

Did this a while (work away, abroad, not Manchester) - work at home one day a week (minimum) and make it the same day always rather than flexible (Friday's best) - work hard whilst your away, put some later hours in for eg, so you can be a bit more relaxed on the day at home - do school runs for eg. - I used to start my journey really early Monday so was in my office at 9am and commuted back Thursday evening, don't start using your weekend - Financially do a flexi-deal with a hotel maybe so you only pay for nights there rather than trying to get flat etc - did this for over 2 years and felt OK but when I stopped I thought how the fuck did i do that.

18-24 year old white Londoners don't speak in cockney accents anymore, whiney or not

define what you mean by money (ie amount) and investment, if not impossible to answer

yup - intelligent leavers must now realise this. Very difficult to admit though. It's a tragedy but it is democracy....

I voted remain; I voted LD today. if we got another referendum I'd vote remain again. But they won the initial referendum and will likely win today's.That's democracy. Doesn't mean I don't think it is an ill thought out decision that diminishes our country internationally and will have pretty dire economic consequences and that many people who voted Brexit are pretty clueless about the EU, economics and politics, (as social media/twitter and even this thread supports). But we live in a democracy and have to accept the consequences of democratic decisions.

Makes sense dr and what I'm doing.

I am absolutely with you on the self-righteousness of the left, has pushed me way away from where I started politically. Built into left wing politics, especially the Marxist left, but to a lesser extents it still part of the DNA of even some of the more social democratic parts, is that belief they are absolutely right - historical determinsim innit etc etc. This means that those who see things differently to them are doing so because: - they are bad/evil (sociopathic is now their favourite criticism of opponents) - Thick/stupid misled by sinister puppetmasters and the 'mainstream Media' Murdoch etc, etc Ridiculous, intolerant simplistic and patronising tosh of course. This same absolutism also creates a kind of accepted moral relativism which means that blind eyes can be turned to horrific regimes , individuals and organisations as long as they are broadly on the 'right side' Many of us grow out of this simplistic and dogmatic way of thinking but a few don't, including much of academia and tragically the upper echelons of the Labour party nowadays. Centrism needs to stand up against the idiots of the right and left - and their simplistic unpleasant and divisive dogma

We eat out about once a month, slightly under, still plenty of restaurants on my East Dulwich, Peckham and even Camberwell list that we haven't been to yet. Repeat customers must have limited taste or eat out all the time.

Corbynite attack dog alert

OOOH JEREMY CORBYN......oooh Jeremy Corbyn..............oh, Jeremy Corbyn

Liberal Democrat or Green or CHUK, I'll be voting Lib Dem

Are the clique in the cult?

Very happy to see that May and Corbyn are both getting a good kicking at the local elections

This, your second thread, is moving from bizzarre to sinister. You clearly have a very tedious axe to grind. Maybe it's you who should be open or more transparent? If not, it's just somemone unknown on the internet trying to undermine local businesses and the results of the consultation because presumably you don't like the consensus

So the business owners whose livelihoods will be threatened by a parking zone put posters in their windows correctly quoting figures in a well and widely published consultation show that the majority of ED residents oppose it and the OP finds this 'sinister'? How bizzare.

that, a re-run of the referendum will likely give us the same result.

ahh, so the Mrs keeps an eye on the bridge whilst you're away BB?

Rollflick On his question 1, there's a strong case to include the streets between North Cross Road and Crystal Palace Road, where there was also resident support. er, where's the evidence for this, the majority oppose in that area? "On question 2, some people will have wanted a CPZ to operate longer in the evening (as some have pointed out in this Forum, there are parking pressures then)"- Evidence? "some people will have wanted", you know this or do you mean you want? "so it does seem the best approach is to go for 8.30-6.30 as proposed." based on what? yor view?

She was especially good on defending scumbags who graffitted the wall of the Warsaw Ghetto - another middleclass communist laughably credited with being a journalist for her 'work' on Novariamedia* *see also The Canary