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See in the Guardian:-"Martin Rowson on world leaders and their response to the climate crisis – cartoon"

David Ainsworth ● 2514d0 Comments ● 2514d

Dear Fleur - Please don't be late again.

Dear Fleur, I noticed you didn't make it into work on time for your second day as MP for Putney. Whilst I sympathize with the delays I just wanted to let you know I haven't been late for my 09.00 start at work in 14 consecutive years. Majority of time I get in for 07.40, later now I am older. A fair few of those mornings there have been traffic issues/line closures,some I knew about some were sprung on me. The bizarre thing is you knew about this one, assuming you live in London? Wouldn't you have been excited beyond belief about your first week in the job, I'd probably had been waiting outside from the night before if I was representing Putney.Fleur just to let you know, there are other methods of transport as well to travel into work from Putney, we have tubes from East Putney/Putney Bridge, we have buses galore, they take a while but if you get out of bed early they are quicker. We have river boats, you could've got a taxi, Uber,Bolt, Kapten ETC Anyway I thought you spoke quite well at the Hustings and whilst I it defies belief Putney going Labour, I do hope you will perform better from now on in. Thanks Nick

Nick Gulliford ● 2521d34 Comments ● 2515d

Lidl

Is it true that Lidl is coming to Putney on old Halfords and The Works site?

Judy Allen ● 2526d10 Comments ● 2517d

Free 7 foot real Christmas tree

Amazingly someone has dumped a real tree at the junction of Felsham and Abbotstone Roads.  It has been there all day,looks very healthy and I'm sure could do with a good home for Christmas.

Adrian Pearce ● 2518d3 Comments ● 2517d

Congratulations supporters of Mr. Johnson and Co.

So congratulations if you wanted Boris Johnson as PM.Please don’t celebrate too much though as you have work to do. You see us remoaners have spent three and a half years now telling you Brexit was wrong but we’ve finally and completely lost. There’s pretty much nothing we can do now to stop it.So, it’s over to you leavers. You need to get yourselves into gear to make it work. We need to see some of these benefits you’ve been able to see yet unable to properly articulate since 2016.I hope you don’t mind but I’ve taken the liberty of writing a to do list for you. Get Brexit done please. When we say done we mean as promised so we’ll be looking for trade deals with the EU, Japan, Australia and Canada etc. In fact there’s about 40 deals covering 70 countries that need to be done please. Also with the US that doesn’t involve the nhs or chlorine. We want what you promised us. That was that we’d be no worse off than when we were an EU member. You need to crack on as this was promised by the end of Jan. You have seven weeks. 2. The NHS. We want the cash that was promised please. £350 million per week is about 72000 nurses so please get recruiting. This is important. 3. Scotland. Ok so these guys were promised they would remain in the EU if they remained in the UK. They’re pretty pissed. In fact they’ve voted almost exclusively for the SNP so they might want to leave. Equally you said the UK wouldn’t split so you’ll need to both grant Scotland its independence and keep it as part of the United Kingdom. Good luck squaring this circle. NB. This is urgent. 4. Northern Ireland. Oooookay then. You’ve really buggered this one up. There’s a chance they could look to reunify with the republic now because they didn’t want to brexit. Regardless you’ve caused instability there where we and they can least afford it. NB. This is also urgent. 5. The economy. Johnson keeps talking about unleashing the potential of the country. We need to see this soon if possible. We don’t want to see the downturn that “project fear” predicted. We don’t want to be poorer. We don’t want to lose out. 6. You’ll also need to “bring the country back together”. This might be tricky as a lot of people seem to be really really angry with each other.That’s as far as I’ve got. Should keep you busy. So go and get all British about things. Roll up your sleeves, pull your socks up, dig deep and deliver what you promised.And remember if you fail to deliver any of this it’s on you, Brexit and Tory voters. You wanted this so badly and now you have it. We honestly hope we’re wrong and that you can make a success of this but if you can’t then we will forever hold you responsible.(Not written by me, but very happy to share, as it sums up my sentiments.)

Paul Doorly ● 2520d11 Comments ● 2517d

Meritocracy

Just one success after another this bloke. Selfmade man, you know. Well done, Boris. Start as you mean to carry on."Zac Goldsmith handed life peerage and keeps environment role Former Richmond Park MP lost seat in election to Lib Dems by nearly 8,000 votes.""Goldsmith, the son of the billionaire businessman James Goldsmith, is a long-time ally of Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds. His London mayoral campaign was accused of being racist and Islamophobic for trying to suggest that Labour’s Sadiq Khan had links with terrorists and extremists.The shadow cabinet office minister, Jon Trickett, said: “It says everything you need to know about Boris Johnson’s respect for democracy that he has ignored the voters of Richmond Park and appointed Goldsmith to government.”“The public deserve better than a government appointed by ‘jobs for mates’. At a time when the Conservatives are investigating racism in their party, they’ve appointed the person who ran an overtly racist campaign against Sadiq Khan. Zac Goldsmith is not fit to hold any government position.”"https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/19/zac-goldsmith-handed-life-peerage-and-keeps-environment-role

David Ainsworth ● 2518d10 Comments ● 2518d

Whirlpool/Hotpoint/indesit - product safety issue

AgainThis time washing machinesCheck their website..... and if you do have one you have to wait till January earliest.What a joke

Emarisa Battoia ● 2520d11 Comments ● 2518d

Labour wins putney

Well done Fleur

Lucille Grant ● 2525d18 Comments ● 2518d

The Groovy Wall on Werter Rd

I noticed that the groovy tiled wall opposite Sainsbury’s Werter Rd can no longer be seen.  As the light wasn’t very good, and I could see nothing above the boards on the edge of the site, I think it must have been demolished. Anyone know? I wasn’t the only one who liked it.  I found something about it on the internet “Brutalism on Werter Rd”.  The building might have been not worth saving, but the tiles were.

Martine Guy ● 2520d21 Comments ● 2518d

HMRC and scam alerts

The item covering scams and the comment that HMRC does not contact you and ask for personal details made me smile. HMRC is woefully unaware of the possibilities for fraud in its communications.  I received a call from HMRC (some time ago, which turned out to be genuine) asking me for my date of birth before they would tell me why they had rung. They simply did not understand why I refused to give it and were quite rude.Now I am being bombarded with "information" emails which  address me simply as "Dear customer" but contain numerous links to click onto, including one to click onto if you have reason to believe it is a phishing email !! I send them all back to the HMRC phishing check dept, to make sure they are genuine (they usually are) but are they really too stupid to understand that no responsible organization should EVER rely on their recipients to simply trust what they have received, without adhering to any of the normal protocols. It is simply irresponsible.

Janis Humberstone ● 2520d3 Comments ● 2518d

Android phone recommendations - preferable one you can open to get at the battery!

Mine is about to pack up so am looking for recommendations. Not Apple. And not top of the range. Looking around 200 mark I suppose. I prefer to be able to get at the battery if need be. Thanks

Alison Fraser ● 2521d7 Comments ● 2518d

Glass Door

https://www.glassdoor.org.uk/top-ways-to-give-this-christmasA propos of the connected thread, I am posting the link, for those who haven't heard about this splendid charity. I think the  '9 Ways to Make a Difference' is useful reading.

I. Wooller ● 2520d2 Comments ● 2519d

For the few, not the many

"Hedge funds hacked into Bank of England briefingsTraders could have used information to gain an advantage over rivals"https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/dec/19/hedge-funds-hacked-into-bank-of-england-briefings"John McDonnell, Labour’s shadow chancellor, described it as “yet another scam exposed at the heart of our financial system” and said it supported his call for an inquiry into financial-sector regulation.The breach is not the first time that early access to data has caused a scandal. In 2017 the UK’s Office for National Statistics stopped giving out figures early after research showed it was highly likely they were being leaked repeatedly."

David Ainsworth ● 2519d7 Comments ● 2519d

Gould Investigations leaflet

Anyone any idea what this random leaflet pushed through the letterbox today is about?

Neil Moulding ● 2519d2 Comments ● 2519d

gutter repair

I remember someone - perhaps Sean Hodges - recommending someone in Fulham who repaired gutters. I can't track it back through the search facility. Can anyone help?

Katrina Black ● 2539d11 Comments ● 2519d

Local donations for the homeless

Does anyone know anywhere locally to donate coats and other warm clothing to the homeless, other than the charity shops on the High Street? Thanks.

Lucille Grant ● 2520d9 Comments ● 2519d

Is the UK aiming for an US-style Supreme Court?

Lady Hale warns against the UK adopting a US-style Supreme CourtOutgoing Supreme Court President Lady Hale has warned against politicians choosing the UK's top judges in a speech marking her retirement.She advised against adopting a US-style approach "whether in powers or in process of appointment".The Conservatives have pledged to review the "relationship between the government, Parliament and the courts".https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-50836164?fbclid=IwAR3iwTdh17pDhUh2TiGpCtVj6xhJ3j6Z90E2KvPgINA-9A4LLQJzI0LKjMwThis is really worrying if it is true.

Ivonne Holliday ● 2519d0 Comments ● 2519d

Meanwhile, a ham-fisted attempt at stamping out racism in football

...which fails spectacularly. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50814275

Freddie Francis ● 2520d2 Comments ● 2519d

Post Brexit forebodings?

This doesn't bode well for EU citizens post Brexit. Irrespective of Johnson's government's intentions the Home Office seems to be both incompetent and under resourced, plus their training course seems to have been put together by Kafka 😶 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/dec/18/three-generations-of-windrush-family-struggling-to-prove-they-are-britishWasn't Javid supposed to have sorted that out?

Michael Ixer ● 2520d0 Comments ● 2520d

Advanced maths

48% in 2016 meant you lose.52% in 2019 meant you lose.----------------------------------------"54-46 was my number, was my number, manRight now, someone else has that number54-46 was my number, wellRight now, someone else has that number"(Toots and the Maytals - "54-46 That's My Number")

David Ainsworth ● 2520d0 Comments ● 2520d