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A very apt joke!

This was posted on FB ....   

Ivonne Holliday ● 878d7 Comments ● 878d

Putney Soc

Front page Anthony Marshall, pictures on the front page, car goes up in smoke.

Barbara Stevens ● 878d1 Comments ● 878d

Sunak's £2,000 tax lie

Sunak claimed multiple times during the TV debate that Labour's plans for the country were not costed and would require annual tax rises of £2,000 per family due to a £38.5bn black hole over four years. Further, and thus is the crucial point, he said this number was worked out by impartial civil servants.Let's be clear: that is a blatant lie, and one which he not only repeated 12 times, but which he already knew was a lie - because James Bowler, Permanent Secretary at the Treasury,  explained in his letter to Darren Jones, Shadow Chief Secretary:

Richard Carter ● 884d109 Comments ● 878d

Random pic 11 June 2024

The Pompeiian view of Mt Vesuvius https://flic.kr/p/2pAeMC6

Michael Ixer ● 879d0 Comments ● 879d

New blocks of flats along Swandon Way

Coming back from a trip to the dump today, I properly noticed these blocks of flats for the first time - and thought they were hideous, about as welcoming as Wandsworth Prison.What do others think?

Richard Carter ● 879d2 Comments ● 879d

Reform Party candidate Ian Griffin is deranged!

Reform candidate said UK should have been neutral against Hitlerhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjmmrwexv4koA Reform UK candidate claimed the country would be "far better" if it had "taken Hitler up on his offer of neutrality" instead of fighting the Nazis in World War Two."Ian Gribbin, the party's candidate in Bexhill and Battle, also wrote online that women were the "sponging gender" and should be "deprived of health care".In posts from 2022 on the Unherd magazine website, seen by the BBC, he said Winston Churchill was "abysmal" and praised Russian President Vladimir Putin.A Reform spokesman said the comments were not "endorsements" but "written with an eye to inconvenient perspectives and truths", while his remarks about women were "tongue in cheek"......"Men pay 80% of tax – women spend 80% of tax revenue. On aggregate as a group you only take from society."Less complaining please from the 'sponging gender'."He added that women are "subsidised by men to merely breath (sic)".In January 2022 he posted: "Men pay 80% of tax. Women take out 80% of expenditures."Square that inequality first by depriving women of healthcare until their life expectancies are the same as men, Fair’s fair."........And he truly is a candidate for MP for the Reform Party.  Frightening!

Ivonne Holliday ● 879d2 Comments ● 879d

Random pic 10 June 2024

Swans and cygnets, Hampstead Heath https://flic.kr/p/2pTpKVj

Michael Ixer ● 880d2 Comments ● 879d

New Turkish cafe The Savour

On Upper Richmond Road opposite where Daley Thompson's gym used to be. Excellent light meals including Mediterranean dishes, omelettes, all day breakfast etc Also good for a coffee and catch up as there is plenty of space.Jean had a dish of mixed kebab and I had shakshuka with a Turkish coffee and baclava to finish! 😋Reasonably priced and I'd show some photos but no idea how to upload them here.

Lucille Grant ● 886d7 Comments ● 879d

Pavement Cyclists

Yesterday I was walking along Tottenham Court Rd and had reached the section outside Heals.  A man on a bike suddenly cycled fast out of a side road pavement and was cycling straight at me on the pavement.  He wasn’t even looking at the pedestrians, but looking at the road.  I shrieked as I thought I was going to get hit and moved aside quickly, he turned his head to look ahead, saw me, tried to move out my way and moved to the direction I was now walking in.  He then changed direction again and sped away in the space between me and Heals shopfront. A man walking behind me, saw it all and sympathetically said, why isn’t he cycling in the road as it is empty? I try to walk everywhere and don’t understand why I have to look out for my safety on the pavement.  It was an empty road and a fairly busy pavement.

Martine Guy ● 887d10 Comments ● 879d

How much lower can Johnson and the DM sink?

Robert Peston has written on X (Twitter as was) a post about Johnson's ludicrous and renarkably unpleasant column in the Daily Vile today. Not only is it full of utter nonsense - stuff about locking us back "in the dungeon of Brussels" - but it also has ugly (as Robert explains below) antisemitic undertones.
"Boris Johnson today calls Starmer 'Sir Keir Schnorrer' (see attached). 'Schnorrer' is the Yiddish word for beggar and scrounger. It is pretty offensive. It was part of the lingua franca of my grandparents and of my childhood. I find it unsettling to see Johnson appropriating it to describe someone whose wife is Jewish - and especially when he says 'if Schnorrer gets in, he will immediately begin the process of robbing this country of its new-found independence and make the UK the punk of the EU'. What do you think? Am I being over sensitive? 

Richard Carter ● 881d19 Comments ● 879d

Dr. Michael Mosely.

Have seen on the News he has gone missing on a Greek Island.

Barbara Stevens ● 883d2 Comments ● 879d

NHS waiting lists - speaks for itself really.

I'm not even a Labour supporter but just get the Tories gone please

Michael Brigo ● 881d2 Comments ● 880d

Thamesfield police SNT meeting Tues 11th, 6.30pm St Mary's Church by the Bridge

Your chance to hear from Thamesfield police about local crime stats and to voice any concerns you have. 6.30pm St Mary’s Church

Putney Society ● 880d0 Comments ● 880d

West putney police SNT meeting Tues 11 June, 6.30pm Granard School

Your chance to hear West Putney crime stats from the local police, and for you to voice any concerns. 6.30pmGranard school, Cortis Rd, SW15 6XA

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Charity Donations

I wondered if anyone knew which charities want beds and electrical items? Thank you.

Martine Guy ● 880d2 Comments ● 880d

Random pic 9 June 2024

Beacon of Hope, Glasgow COP26 https://flic.kr/p/2pQmUCo
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Michael Ixer ● 881d1 Comments ● 880d

Brexit benefit - Cheap EVs and the removal of the government grant

The EU is expected to announce tariffs on Chinese EV's partly as a protectionist measure for their car manufacturing industrial and partly to give support to the US foreign policy.If the UK does not follow it may be one of the few Brexit benefits. Allowing possibly the removal of the UK government grant on EVs which can be used on other green projects such as solar.However whatever main party wins they will likely follow the EU. After all it's all about taking back control.EU manufacturers appear not to want such barriers as it may impact not only their sales in China but also the supply of EV components to their European factories.

Ed Robinson ● 880d0 Comments ● 880d

Putney High Street temporary lights

more trouble I'm afraid - https://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&page=conroad036.htmwhether you cycle, drive or take the bus Putney High Street doesn't seem to work for anyone any more.

Maxine Campbell ● 882d4 Comments ● 881d

Take a break

From arguing about a couple of millionaires to remember why we are able to have a free, frank and sometimes unnecesarily rude exchange.80 years ago thousands of brave young men landed in France to ensure in the future we could have a free world.Thank you

Andy Pike ● 883d25 Comments ● 881d

GE BBC Television Debates

After the shouty cringefest on the 4th I am really looking forward to the debate tonight, in particular because Farage will be let loose on a major nationwide platform again. His main opponents will be Angela Rayner and Penny Mordaunt which is a very strong and could be entertaining😸but hopefully enlightening. Seven-party debate: Friday June 7, London Mishal Husain will moderate a debate between leading figures from the seven biggest political parties in Great Britain, which will be broadcast from 7.30pm to 9pm.According to the Telegraph, Sunak has not yet made a decision about taking part but Labour has said Starmer will not be present for the seven-party discussion.Question Time Leaders' Special: Thursday June 20, York Fiona Bruce will present the show involving leaders of the four biggest political parties in Great Britain. It will be broadcast from 8pm to 10pm.Head-to-head debate: Wednesday June 26, Nottingham Sophie Raworth will host the event involving Sunak and Starmer. This is set to be the last TV debate of the election campaign and will be broadcast from 9pm to 10pm.

Sue Hammond ● 882d2 Comments ● 882d