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If you used a cash point in Putney this weekend read this.

This evening (Sun 8/12/19) I was with someone who went to the Barclays cash point on the corner of Felsham Rd & the High Street.The first (on the right) didn't pull the card in so we tried the one on the left.This took the car and the pin was keyed in and accepted. The cash point didn't deliver any money and asked for the card to be removed but didn't present the card.A few moments later a chap advised us that these were being scammed.He snapped off and broke a device stuck in the cash point on the right. He'd spotted a few of these in other cash points and removed and broken them.I took the one from the cash point on the left. Inside this device there was a pin hole camera to record the pin number being typed in; a small old mobile phone battery; a small circuit board and a memory card. I disconnected the battery right away. I've now passed the device on to the police.If anyone else has used Putney cash points; especially if their card was retained or they noticed any unusual behaviour I suggest they contact their bank immediately and cancel their card and request a new pin.

Mark Derry ● 2529d13 Comments ● 2528d

What's Up WhatsApp

Michael..  You're the IT expert.  Is it correct that WhatsApp will not be available to older iPhones after the end of this month?  Does it only apply to iPhones?

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2528d9 Comments ● 2528d

Green campaigning...

... seems to have reached the Disraeli Road pavement  near the TfL District line bridge:https://flic.kr/p/2hXyfbT

Michael Ixer ● 2528d1 Comments ● 2528d

Trouble at NatWest

There seemed to be a lady blocking people entering the NatWest bank circa 2:30pm claiming they'd misappropriated £2,100 of her money. Mike, being preoccupied and deep in thought managed to walk right past her until she said "hey, don't go in there!"; I think another customer she'd stopped entering complained she'd let me through 😶 Anyway, being suspicious I thought she might be perpetrating some sort of scam, but looking around the staff seemed to be trying to get on with business although a little distracted. When it looked like she was going to try and shut the door I left after using the ATM. I see the police were there later, which seemed to be what she wanted to deal with the "bad bank" ...https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJVScmR

Michael Ixer ● 2528d0 Comments ● 2528d

Timing

I know I'm not always sure what day of the week it is but the time is 11-45 and posts are showing up as after 12!

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2528d3 Comments ● 2528d

Jeremy Corbyn’s CV

Ok last post and sorry but I get emotional about my home town of Putney and the UK. I love everyone and I know the below is biased but even if 10 percent of it is correct then??!! As I’ve always said Boris might not be everyone cup of tea. He loves the country though! Hello, My name is Jeremy Corbyn and I would like to apply for the job as Prime Minister of the UK.Please see my CV:-Education Primary: Castle House School, an independent preparatory school near Newport, Shropshire.Education Secondary: Adams' Grammar School Newport two A-Levels, at grade E, (the lowest pass)University: NilProfessional achievements:  Invited two IRA members to parliament two weeks after the Brighton bombing.Attended Bloody Sunday commemoration with bomber Brendan McKenna.Attended meeting with Provisional IRA member Raymond McCartney.Hosted IRA linked Mitchell McLaughlin in parliament.Spoke alongside IRA terrorist Martina Anderson.Attended Sinn Fein dinner with IRA bomber Gerry Kelly.Chaired Irish republican event with IRA bomber Brendan MacFarlane.Attended Bobby Sands commemoration honouring IRA terrorists.Stood in minute’s silence for IRA gunmen shot dead by the SAS.Refused to condemn the IRA in Sky News interview.Refused to condemn the IRA on Question Time.Refused to condemn IRA violence in BBC radio interview.Signed a Parliamentary Early Day Motion after IRA Poppy massacre blaming Britain for the deaths.Arrested while protesting in support of Brighton bomber’s co-defendants.Lobbied government to improve visiting conditions for IRA killers.Attended Irish republican event calling for armed conflict against Britain.Hired suspected IRA man Ronan Bennett as a parliamentary assistant.Hired another aide closely linked to several convicted IRA terrorists.Didn’t support IRA ceasefire.Said Hamas and Hezbollah are his “friends“.Called for Hamas to be removed from terror banned list.Called Hamas “serious and hard-working“.Attended wreath-laying at grave of Munich Olympics massacre terrorist.Attended rally with Hezbollah and Al-Muhajiroun.Repeatedly shared platforms with PFLP plane hijacker.Hired aide who praised Hamas’ “spirit of resistance“.Accepted £20,000 for state TV channel of terror-sponsoring Iranian regime.Opposed banning Britons from travelling to Syria to fight for ISIS.Defended rights of fighters returning from Syria.Said ISIS supporters should not be prosecuted.Compared fighters returning from Syria to Nelson Mandela.Said the death of Osama Bin Laden was a “tragedy“.Wouldn’t sanction drone strike to kill ISIS leader and said he should be arrested.Voted to allow ISIS fighters to return from Syria.Attended event organised by terrorist sympathising IHRC.Signed letter defending Lockerbie bombing suspects.Wrote letter in support of conman accused of fundraising for ISIS.Spoke of “friendship” with Mo Kozbar, who called for destruction of Israel.Attended event with Abdullah Djaballah, who called for holy war against UK.Boasted about “opposing anti-terror legislation”.Said laws banning jihadis from returning to Britain are “strange”.Accepted £5,000 donation from terror supporter Ted Honderich.Accepted £2,800 trip to Gaza from banned Islamist organisation Interpal.Called Ibrahim Hewitt, extremist and chair of Interpal, a “very good friend”.Accepted two more trips from the pro-Hamas group PRC.Speaker at conference hosted by pro-Hamas group MEMO.Met Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh several times.Hosted meeting with Mousa Abu Maria of banned group Islamic Jihad.Patron of Palestine Solidarity Campaign – marches attended by Hezbollah.Compared Israel to ISIS, Hamas, Hezbollah and al-Qaeda.Said we should not make “value judgements” about Britons who fight for ISIS.Received endorsement from Hamas.Attended event with Islamic extremist Suliman Gani.Chaired Stop the War, who praised “internationalism and solidarity” of ISIS.Praised Raed Salah, who was jailed for inciting violence in Israel.Signed letter defending jihadist advocacy group Cage.Met Dyab Jahjah, who praised the killing of British soldiers.Shared platform with representative of extremist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.Compared ISIS to US military in interview on Russia Today.Opposed proscription of Hizb UT-Tahrir.Attended conference which called on Iraqis to kill British soldiers.Attended Al-Quds Day demonstration in support of destruction of Israel.Supported Hamas and ISIS-linked Viva Palestina group.Attended protest with Islamic extremist Moazzam Begg.Made the “case for Iran” at event hosted by Khomeinist group. Photographed smiling with Azzam Tamimi, who backed suicide bombings.Photographed with Abdel Atwan, who sympathised with attacks on US troops.Said Hamas should “have tea with the Queen”.Attended ‘Meet the Resistance’ event with Hezbollah MP Hussein El Haj.Attended event with Haifa Zangana, who praised Palestinian “mujahideen”.Defended the infamous anti-Semitic Hamas supporter Stephen Sizer.Attended event with pro-Hamas and Hezbollah group Naturei Karta.Backed Holocaust denying anti-Zionist extremist Paul Eisen.Photographed with Abdul Raoof Al Shayeb, later jailed for terror offences.Mocked “anti-terror hysteria” while opposing powers for security services.Named on speakers list for conference with Hamas sympathiser Ismail Patel.Criticised drone strike that killed Jihadi John.Said the 7/7 bombers had been denied “hope and opportunity”.Said 9/11 was “manipulated” to make it look like bin Laden was responsible and failed to unequivocally condemn the 9/11 attacks.Called Columbian terror group M-19 “comrades”.Blamed beheading of Alan Henning on Britain.Gave speech in support of Gaddafi regime.Blamed Tunisia terror attack on “austerity”.Voted against banning support for the IRA.Voted against the Prevention of Terrorism Act three times during the Troubles.Voted against emergency counter-terror laws after 9/11.Voted against stricter punishments for being a member of a terror group.Voted against criminalising the encouragement of terrorism.Voted against banning al-Qaeda.Voted against outlawing the glorification of terror.Voted against control orders.Voted against increased funding for the security services to combat terrorism.Do please elect me as your Prime Minister.Get Outlook for iOS

Nick Gulliford ● 2529d60 Comments ● 2528d

Pavement Cycling

Sorry for bringing this up again but it is being discussed on Radio 2 and I have just heard something very upsetting. A lady called in, she was in tears and could barely speak because her dog was killed by two teenagers riding abreast on the pavement. They were riding at speed and went right into her dog who had to be put down because of its injuries. I couldn't believe my ears when the idiot presenter (Jeremy Vine) said 'well I suppose the only good thing to come out of this is that they weren't in the road and caused an accident'! The poor lady was speechless, my response would have been 'well hopefully next time they will fall off and break their necks'!

Sue Hammond ● 2528d1 Comments ● 2528d

Nigel Farage will spoil his ballot paper

Doesn't have  quite the same ring as 'Freddie Starr ate my hamster' but according to his response to the question 'who will you vote for?' on QT last night Farage replied 'I'm going to spoil my ballot paper.'So not supporting the Tories to 'Get Brexit Done'.https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7773909/Nigel-Farage-reveals-spoil-ballot-paper.html

Lucille Grant ● 2528d4 Comments ● 2528d

A nice Bach fugue

Here's something to get away from the endless dismal arguments and cheer everyone up: a nice Bach fugue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_G-FBSf1UI

Richard Carter ● 2528d1 Comments ● 2528d

The Sun and conspiracies

"Why did the Sun publish a far-right conspiracy theory?The tabloid swiftly deleted its dubious exclusive linking Labour to a shadowy ‘network’ of postmodern hard-left extremists"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/09/sun-publish-far-right-conspiracy-theory-labour"In the UK, there has been a concerted effort from mainstream conservatives to depict Corbyn, and by extension the whole Labour party, as a deadly threat to the nation. His past associations with Palestinian activists and Irish nationalists; his opposition to British overseas military action – all these and more can be criticised or defended on their own merits, but in the right’s narrative they make Labour not only objectionable but democratically illegitimate.The election has raised this to a fever pitch – and it comes after three years in which the pro-Brexit right has portrayed anyone who appears to stand in its way as an enemy of the people, to borrow the Daily Mail’s pungent phrase. Today, Boris Johnson launched his last week of election campaigning by trailing a speech in which he accuses Corbyn of a “great betrayal” over Brexit.The broad impact of this stab-in-the-back rhetoric has been to toxify political debate, but it has more acute effects too. Since 2016, we have seen the murder of one Labour MP by a far-right conspiracy theorist who proclaimed “death to traitors”, and a neo-Nazi plot to murder another MP. A far-right social media activist has been convicted of harassing a former Conservative MP who opposes Brexit; he also called her a “traitor”. In recent weeks, three Labour canvassers have been attacked in the street: among them, a woman in her 70s in Herefordshire whose assailant ranted about Marxists, and a man of similar age in Rotherham who was taken to hospital with a suspected broken jaw"

David Ainsworth ● 2528d0 Comments ● 2528d

How Fake Jeremy Corbyn Tweet About London Bridge Spread Like Wildfire

"In the immediate aftermath of the London Bridge terror attack last week, Jeremy Corbyn tweeted his condolences, thanked the emergency services and said his “thoughts are with those caught up in the incident”.But there was one problem – someone had beaten him to it with a fake tweet claiming he had condemned police for “murdering” the attacker who killed two people and injured three others."https://tinyurl.com/vh5yw4sAnd yet idiots still believe that Twitter and Facebook are valid and undeniable proof. This time it won't be the Sun what won it, it will be Facebook and Twtter. A race to the bottom.

David Ainsworth ● 2529d2 Comments ● 2529d

Election Day, what would happen if......

The Conservatives won overall but Boris didn't win his seat? Reason i ask is because my brother lives in South Ruislip and they are still fuming still about Heathrow. I have also just heard that his majority is the lowest ever of a Prime Minster....

Emarisa Battoia ● 2551d52 Comments ● 2529d

Chinese public library burning books

Sounds ominous. At least many people dare show their anger at this.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/09/book-burning-by-chinese-county-library-sparks-fury

David Ainsworth ● 2529d0 Comments ● 2529d

Conservative Immigration Pledges

Linky at the bottom but here are the key points:Immigrants arriving in Britain will be asked to contribute to the cost of running the NHS on "day one" under a crackdown being unveiled by Boris Johnson.The Prime Minister outlined a raft of pledges on immigration which are set to feature in the party's election manifesto this week.They include plans to make all immigrants pay a surcharge of £625 on arrival in the UK to cover the cost of care, whether or not they use the health service.EU migrants are currently exempt from any charges, while those outside the EU pay £400.Mr Johnson told The Sunday Times: "If people return a majority Conservative government we will ensure that people who come to our great country from anywhere in the world will contribute on day one to our NHS."The British people pay huge amounts to get great NHS care, it is only fair that everyone in the UK does."The Tories will also pledge to prevent immigrants from coming to Britain without a job unless they are highly-skilled scientists or entrepreneurs, while the party will commit to preventing the payment of child benefit to migrants whose children live abroad.Immigrants will also no longer be entitled to state benefits until they have been in the UK for five years.Common sense immigration policies at last.Vote Tory!https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/home-affairs/immigration/news/108017/boris-johnson-says-migrants-will-be-asked-contribute

Sue Hammond ● 2529d2 Comments ● 2529d

Another Putney Poll

"The Liberal Democrats now cannot win this seat, but the impact they have on the vote of the other two parties will likely decide the winner."That's the verdict of the latest MRP polling. The Sunday Times Tim Shipman says of it..."The Datapraxis MRP is massive and has now such a huge sample size that it's 700-800 voters in most seats, which means it has a better chance of being accurate"Putney starts Page 12...https://www.dataprax.is/tory-landslide-or-hung-parliament

Adrian Pearce ● 2530d23 Comments ● 2529d

Proof Corbyn is a Brexiteer but his hands are tied

One or two people on here have questioned me when I have said Corbyn is a Brexiteer at heart.Why? He has said many times on record that free movement across the EU has suppressed working class wages and this is the group of people he supports.Please watch the video link. This was Corbyn speaking about BEFORE the Irish referendum a few years ago.He told them 'I hope you vote leave, it will be such a boost for those of us who do not want to live in a European Empire' He suggested to them 'if you vote no, don't throw your posters away as they will come after you and want a 2nd and a 3rd referendum until they get the result they want'Ring a bell anyone?Please watch the full 83 second video, as it is yet more proof Corbyn has his hands tied by the 'Liberal elite' in his party.https://twitter.com/nigel_farage/status/1092743191382712320?lang=en

Paul Game ● 2530d62 Comments ● 2529d

Jeremy Clarkson On Greta Thunberg

Not usually a fan of Clarkson, but ...Bravo Jeremy Clarkson!"She's mad and she's dangerous and she's causing young children sleepless nights with her idiocy""I think she needs to go back to school and shut up""I think she's a weird Swede with a bad temper. Nothing will be achieved by sailing across the ocean in a diesel-powered yacht, and then lying about the diesel"https://mol.im/a/7757027

Sue Hammond ● 2533d21 Comments ● 2529d

worried re brexit

As we near the GE it is obvious that most,not all, peoples views have stayed where they were.  To me, and I may well be wrong, that means any meaningful legislation, will be fought over endlessly.  The thought of MPs acting as they have recently, doing the same for the next few years, fills me with dread. I think the worst has yet to happen.  I so hope I'm wrong but doubt it.

Barbara Shillabeer ● 2530d13 Comments ● 2530d

Brexit will only go away if we stop it

If you voted to get our sovereignty back, to take back control of our fishing waters, to reduce immigration, or to trade freely with the rest of the world, you were lied to.  You should be angry.If you voted to remain as we are, paying only 0.7% of your taxes for full EU membership, with all the benefits that gives you and your children, including freedom of movement across 27 other countries on your home continent, you've been ignored.  You should be angry.If Brexit goes ahead, the rest of our lives will be tied up in negotiations and compromises.  Nothing is better than what we have today.  The UK will be poorer, and the UK citizens within it will have their existing rights taken away.  Our children will not forgive us if we leave them with fewer opportunities than have been available to us.Brexit is not in the national interest.  MPs should do their duty and vote against any 'deal'.  The time is now.  You have a voice.  Justine Greening's e-mail address is greeningj@parliament.uk.  Make sure you include your name and address, so she knows you are a constituent.

Clare Noeken ● 2908d109 Comments ● 2530d

Something to watch out for

"‘I lost my £193,000 inheritance – with one wrong digit on my sort code’""The mistaken transfer – called “misapplied funds” in banking parlance – could not have occurred if UK banks matched up sort codes and account numbers with the account holder’s name. But they do not. A recipient’s name could be given as Mickey Mouse and the bank would still process the payment, using the sort code and account number alone.The banking industry promised that from mid-2019 name checks would be carried out when customers sent money to other people, largely to halt a rising tide of bank transfer fraud. But the timetable was delayed, and it will now not come into force until the end of March next year."https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/dec/07/i-lost-my-193000-inheritance-with-one-wrong-digit-on-my-sort-codeHe did eventually get his money back, but it, temporarily, took much stress, time and money. A bank-created minefield.

David Ainsworth ● 2531d5 Comments ● 2530d