Louisa

Fatal stabbing Blenheim Grove mid afternoon. Very sad few days. The sixth knife related murder in as many days. https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/peckham-rye-stabbing-man-knifed-to-death-in-south-east-london-a3526836.html%3Famp Louisa.

I regularly walk around Dulwich Park and reading this has made me think twice about it. How very sad that someone could feel so confident as to mug someone in broad daylight and then stab them. Horrific. I hope this poor person fully recovers and very happy that their dog was found too. A very sad and tragic situation. Let's hope the police catch this scumbag. Louisa.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The time I voted Lib dem was the time they went > into coalition > > I've heard a lot of criticism recently for the Lib > Dems entering the coalition. > > I wonder, what were the alternatives? Labour and > Lib Dems couldn't have mustered a majority between > them. Was the coalition worse than a minority > conservative government? The Lib Dems didn't go into coalition for "the good of the country", they opportunistically saw a route to Government for the first time in around a hundred years and jumped at it. If it were not for the Brexit result and the gift of a snap GE, they would be in the wilderness for a generation. The Tories didn't say no because they hawkishly knew the smaller coalition partner would be punished at the ballot box for joint decisions made in Government, and indeed they were. Never understood the Lib Dems personally, they play the ultimate social democrat card on one hand, then go into coalition with the Tories. Hilarious. Sums them up for me. Louisa.

As steveo and quids have said above, totally in agreement. I voted Labour most of my life, even Socialist Labour a few times. But the way I hear these London luvvies all on the utopia bandwagon, often rather well off too- bad mouthing anything and everything that is remotely not in agreement with their opinions, makes me nauseous. Political Parties have always been a broad church of opinions, and yes some on the right say some bloody awful stuff, but so do some on the left - and indeed many in the middle. They even act upon it in Government. It seems to me the metropolitan Labour Party members don't take kindly to others within their own party, and those externally saying or doing anything that they can't agree with. It's pathetic, and it actually makes me dislike them immensely. People should be able to vote for whoever they choose, however much we disagree, however distasteful we find it. And be able to openly speak about it on forums such as this, and in the real world too. That's democracy. Louisa.

I am hoping for a decent Indepedent candidate locally. This seat will always go Labour, through thick and thin- and I personally will not vote for them again, whoever is in charge. Been let down once too often. They are currently undermining our democracy by providing no opposition to this Government. IF the polling so far is correct, May could walk away with a majority over and above Blair's 97' trouncing of Major. That would be a terrible affront to our democracy, and as stated previously, I fear Mr Corbyn will still not stand down, deluded and propped up by Momentum fruit cakes. No Government should be allowed such sweeping powers, and that's exactly what is going to happen. Louisa.

Had the same issue myself, it sounds to me like the hot and cold pipes are too close together and are touching. Louisa.

HMB if out of town Hipsters are the problem then I'd have some sympathy, because tbh they tend to go to all sorts of places make a mess and loud noise then bugger off back to their houseshare in a posh part of town. I suspect, that isn't the case here though, although maybe I'm wrong and that's played some part in the matter. Who knows? If it's just a new resident flexing their righteous muscles after buying next to a existing boozer then my sympathy levels are at zero for said individual. Louisa.

Malumbu "pushing the right way" isn't good enough if you are experiencing institutionalised negativity detrimental to your living standards and options you have at the ballot box. If as a minority you are dealing with underhanded crap most days of your life, little remarks, people professing to being in your corner to your face and then doing the opposite when the fairytales written in a 2,000 year old book control their moral compass ultimately, you surely have a right as logical and free thinking person to object that? Search for something better. Louisa.

Pubs are places which are often noisy, get the fuck over it! Used to be a Gowlett occasional visitor back in the 80's and it was a lot noisier then and I can't remember anyone ever moaning about it. Yet another example of poncy people buying near a boozer and expecting the whole world to change for them. Should be supporting surviving pubs, not going out your way to close them down. Louisa.

helew Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Aw Jeremy, sorry you don't understand satire Not satire, yet another example of why London has been ruined by trendy outsiders wanting to move to neighbourhoods just to buy a property in a working class neighbourhood and feel 'edgy', whilst in reality their very being there is the start of spiralling house prices, displacement of the population born and raised in the area, and the homogenisation of traditional working class inner London. This city is not a monopoly board, where you can play the pick and choose game make some money and move along, it's a real place with real people. I hate what's become of this place, I really do. Transport links, who even spoke about stuff like this 20 years ago around here. Louisa.

Something tells me Corbyn wont be going anywhere, regardless of the result. The Momentum squad will stick with him through hell and high water. Only Corbyn himself can know when to give up the ghost, and I genuinely don't think the loss of an election will do that. He is probably already justifying losing in his head, writing his loser speech. Blaiming everyone else for making it a Brexit election and not about the real issues etc If a good hammering in the up and coming locals and snap general elections don't shift him, I genuinely think labour will be keeping him until 2022. Chaos. I wouldn't write his political obituary just yet. Louisa.

The Lib Dems will take many seats from Labour, and quite a few from the Tories. The Lib Dems will have to take the Brexit argument to the people, and probably, it's going to work in their favour, especially in London. This is probably the best opportunity given to Labour MP's to get rid of Corbyn and take a new route, regardless of the outcome. Louisa.

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > *paging Louisa* Thanks for the heads up HMB. I'm monitoring the situation closely. It seems to me that the 16 quid burger phenomenon isn't such a stretch from reality after all. Tried Honest, average for me. If you order a side of onion rings and drink you'll easily exceed the 16 quid mark. Lots of people on here banging on about how amazing Honest Burger is, I've tried it. The chips are over salted, the burgers are average and when I specifically ask for my meat to be well done I don't expect it to be pink in the middle still. That was my experience at the Peckham branch last week. Service was good, but food average. The only thing I enjoyed was the lemonade drink with a paper straw (for novelty value). I think I ordered the Dalston Burger? It came with spicy bacon inside. Nothing spectacular. I really don't get the fascination with posh burgers. Genuinely. Louisa.

Shameless Daily Mail plug there rendel! ;-) Louisa.

The trouble with not looking at the past, is that we can easily over inflate the problems of the present. Much like global warming, we can do a lot now to decrease our carbon footprint, governments can act on emissions from vehicles, factories etc but if we don't look at the past, we don't recognise where the problem started and in fact fail to see that whatever we do now, is a drop in the ocean because the majority of the damage has probably already been done. Whatever we do now, probably won't change things much. Certainly not in the medium to long term. I can only go by what I have previously experienced compared to now, and I can assure you things are much better. Certainly not perfect, but perfection is subjective in these matters anyhow. Louisa.

Breaking the annual limit for air pollution isn't great nor ideal, people with lung conditions and asthma sufferers like myself certainly notice it, but trust me it's not even close to the same levels we had in the immediate years after the war. The air was literally sodden. The river Thames was black with dirt. London isn't perfect now, but it's improved a lot. Louisa.

TE44 if you think things are bad now, you should have been around during the industrial revolution, or even closer to home the 1950's. The great smog, caused by coal burning fires genuinely saw thousands in London lose their lives as a result of poor air quality. Not saying it's perfect today, but by god we rarely have such imminent poor air quality days in London nowadays. Also, don't quite see the link between government subosidies for national grid support and ice cream vans. Wasn't it Gordon Brown's government who encouraged people to buy diesel less than a decade ago? Louisa.

Boo hoo. Only on this forum would someone attack a Mr Whippy van. Let them be, they're selling ice creams in a park ffs, not committing mass genocide. Louisa.

A stroll this afternoon has brought to my attention four bottles of urine coloured bottles spread across a fairly wide area, starting in Nutbrook Street and ending on Forest Hill Road. Something has to be done about this. Louisa.

I know this is rich coming from me, but I think the EDF trolls have had more than enough feeding the last few days. That bait looks nice Mick Mac but don't waste your efforts. Louisa.

Jeremy they're basically like oddly shaped mini cheddars but with a salt and vinegar as opposed to cheese, coating. Not inedible, but become quite boring after a few mouthfuls and the vinegar can be overbearing. Louisa.

dc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Smiths brand has been owned by PepsiCo since > the 1990s. They also own Walkers. This is true, and in some countries they brand themselves as Leys. However, Smiths is regarded as a heritage brand, and has in recent years been used to brand their 'value range', Chipsticks, Snaps and Frazzles come under this. They also still have the Scampi fries branding too. This new range, is a return of the Smiths Crisp brand name to flavoured crisps, not seen that in at least 25 years. Made by Walkers, but cheaper. Louisa.

Just to say, a visit to Poundland land and I discovered that Smith's flavoured crisps have been returned to the market. Available in Cheese and Onion, Salt and Vinegar, and Ready Salted. ?1 for a multipack of 7, and they still have the old authentic flavour I remember. Very impressed. Louisa.

It's not just about age, though that did play a part. It was; Urban vs Rural North vs South Poor vs Wealthy This whole thing was basically brought about by a London centric government ignoring English regions, where poverty reigned and no one in power bothered to do anything about it. A modern day peasants revolt ultimately, but obviously more complex than JUST that. Louisa.

I remember years ago The Oglander did toasted sandwiches during the week for a while. It was a fad thing I think. Louisa.