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The vast majority if independents are not like Harrow, Eton or Roedean. they are quite small, Iona, Hollygirt etc with pupils in the ten, hundreds. Perhaps you could propose a rebate for the the cost of a place at state school that they forgo? This I don't doubt and the ongoing investigation will, I hope, eventually bring those responsible to book, Did HMG take their eye of the ball? - no. No matter what you legislate for or how draconian you make the laws someone will always looks for ways to circumvent the rules. there will always be corruption and criminal activity rega

An oxymoron and serves no purpose other than to pad out your diatribe with rhetoric. I don't take issue with most of your criticisms but I say again if it's legal and you don't like it - change the law. Grenfell had little to do with government, although they make a convenient whipping boy. The apology by Gove was for not knowing how building regs were applied. Do we really expect government to be au fait with the minutiae of council decisions? The blame is with Kensington council who have been declared responsible by the high court. The Post Office scandal is st

As do most of the online dictionaries... Synonyms for loony: barmy mainly UK informal batty informal disapproving bonkers informal humorous cracked (MENTAL HEALTH) informal crackers UK informal dotty UK informal kooky mainly US informal loco mainly US slang loopy informal nutty (PERSON) informal wacky informal whacky mainly UK informal

I'm inclined to agree and recent surveys bear it out. The danger as I see it is the populist elements of their manifesto mask the weakness of the leadership in having any idea how to run picnic never mind a country.. Their economic policy is quite frankly laughable, though highly attractive to little Englanders and the "shurrup I'm watchin corro" brigade'. I suspect it would be quite ruinous for public spending, health, education etc. The introduction to the manifesto is full of.. what exactly? Hot air, tub thumping and pipe dreams that will appeal to the hard of thinking, bu

Clearly not however to pretend a dislike of foreigners did not play a part in Brexit is naïve. In many ways being an island race and somewhat insular we have always had a suspicion of foreigners, those of my generation grew up with it. It's an attitude formed when the map was pink and will linger for some time yet. Xenophobia is not new or exclusive to any particular section of society yet it seems the Reform party with its policy of one in, one out plays to that and seems to be gathering support.

Well yes i.e. they're loony, not to be taken seriously. H was in my opinion a psychopath, whether that fits the description of loony I don't know. A psychopath on the other hand is as serious as a heart attack.

Wow Godwins law is till working I see. Use of the term 'loony' is you must admit somewhat light-hearted and even flippant. Was Herr H a lunatic? only in the popular perception of the man. A lunatic in my opinion could assume power by default, but to rise through the ranks... I doubt it...

The penalty of opening up to Mr Google.... damned if you do, damned if you don;t...

Exactly my point. Poo pooing any extreme (left or right), organisation as not worthy of serious consideration is something we do at our peril.

Such inflammatory language without proof is to no ones credit and the disparaging reference to being 'loony' runs the risk of them not being taken seriously. Historically the German Socialist Party was much the same. They were ignored and dismissed - until it was too late. I disagree with most of what Farage says and what little I know of him I don't like, but I wouldn't ignore him. Looking at the Reform membership I can't see evidence of racism, a policy against illegal immigration and for balanced legal immigration is not the same thing at all.

Not to worry Col. When the Tories elect Farage as leader all will be well, rainbows will appear, unicorns will be in abundance and the sun will shine all day...

Close, but not quite...

Just reread my piece above...I really should stop posting when I'm tired but I'll just draw attention tp the mentality of Nottingham councillor Mellen who, after admitting the council spending decisions contributed to the bankruptcy, said they're refusing the independent recommendations of budget cuts as it's against his conscience. i wonder if he's trying to spin it out until wish washy Starmer gets in and bails him out.

But if veggies didn't crave the look and taste, why would they bother?

A somewhat dubious interpretation of what I actually said. I don't think I ever said they were Do you really believe that those measures will make a ha'porth of difference? The number of super-rich in the UK, even taxed until the pips squeak are too few to make a real difference to the economy. All it will do is stop them gaining more - why? what will it achieve, they'll still be rich, the poor will still be poor and the tax take will see only a minimal increase - if any. The inequality you're so concerned about. Inequality as we understand it is not a

Strange that veggies do their best to make vegetables look and taste like meat....

All was well until in an example of monumental crassness, he jerked his thumb over his shoulder up towards Arnold Rd/Gainsford Crescent and said. "Of course the council had their own place up there", in a couple of phenomenally arrogant words, A jest taken out of context?

Ah the iconic gabardine macs, don't see many of those now days..

Surprised the death of Steve has not been mentioned yet; his afternoon program was more entertaining than most and certainly more than Scott Mills

The one thing that really annoyed me was the silly quasi American, somewhat pretentious verbal shorthand.

Probably the fact you can talk to like minded individuals without ever knowing or meeting them. No need to remember an 11 digit number and group chats are popular. Truckers see an arial and simply talk to each other, exchange information etc.

It certainly is. I don't know if this is true, but a colleague told me some time ago an enquiry for upgrading the substation down there was made as they were considering selling the council house lock, stock and barrel. I wonder how many students it would hold?

Having used the lift hundreds of times BK I can only remember the lift as having standard metal sliding gates

Thats the one, every shop in the arcade had access. there was no car park as such but some cars did park down there.

Somehow that doesn't strike me as your finest hour