Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 11 hours ago, NurembergVillan said: Razzaq-Fighting is a pretty niche surname too. PS "commnunity" Why do they live at the same bedsit address in Dudley, I have visons of them being like Richard R. and Edward H. but without the comedy or shutting poeoples heads in the fridge door but very much with a local zoo nearby the pair of words removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 9 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: Why do they live at the same bedsit address in Dudley If I were to indulge in groundless speculation, I would be going along the lines of needing to rent the cheapest possible property to give them the local address which I assume you need to be able to run for the local council. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 1 minute ago, ml1dch said: cheapest possible property In Dudley. I bet they have viewed some really really nice places then. Living the dream they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 8 minutes ago, Amsterdam_Neil_D said: In Dudley. I bet they have viewed some really really nice places then. Living the dream they are. They could have made it even cheaper if they'd knocked through to Brian Glover's house next door and hooked up to his gas supply. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 2, 2018 Moderator Share Posted May 2, 2018 41 minutes ago, ml1dch said: If I were to indulge in groundless speculation, I would be going along the lines of needing to rent the cheapest possible property to give them the local address which I assume you need to be able to run for the local council. Not true you only need to have your main place of work in the Local Authority area for 12 months prior to the election to qualify. There are 4 criteria, one of which must apply, that one is the one that doesn't require any residency in the area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 according to the leaflet through my door today “All your neighbours are voting Conservative!” That’s funny, because they’re currently the 4th biggest party in my council, behind Labour and the ubiquitous Aspire and PATH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ml1dch Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Looks like the country is going to be ungovernable for a while then. For context - if last night's results were applied at a parliamentary level, the Conservatives would lose enough seats that meant that even the DUP deal still wouldn't be enough for a majority. Yet, Labour would need to win every target seat up to Nuneaton (81st on their list) to have a majority to match John Major's from 1992, which was the start of five years of parliamentary chaos. And last night they lost votes and seats to the Conservatives in Nuneaton. Looks like a Labour / Lib Dem / SNP / PC coalition next time around as the maths probably won't allow anything else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted May 4, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted May 4, 2018 Extrapolating local elections to national level is rarely much use. The reporting on the results today has been absurd. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisp65 Posted May 4, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 4, 2018 Whilst I haven’t been paying forensic levels of attention to the English local election results, I did listen to radio 4 this morning. Neutral Nick Robinson was giving some Labour guy a kicking for Labour having a failed to achieve anything. From the tone and the frosty question, I picked up from neutral Nick that Labour had taken a bit of a smack in the chops. I’ve just had a look at the latest results, and Labour’s running total of councillors appears to be marginally higher, having already been at something of a high water mark. To me, those results look like nothing much happened that changed what had previously been a bloody good haul of seats for Labour. Which, personally, I’d have thought was more good than bad for Labour. Given that Corbyn is a racist spy. Personally, I’d have thought the ‘news’ was the wipe out of UKIP and this week’s leader commenting that they are probably about finished. It’s almost as though neutral Nick had a pre set idea in his head and he was going with it regardless. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NurembergVillan Posted May 4, 2018 Moderator Share Posted May 4, 2018 39 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Whilst I haven’t been paying forensic levels of attention to the English local election results, I did listen to radio 4 this morning. Neutral Nick Robinson was giving some Labour guy a kicking for Labour having a failed to achieve anything. From the tone and the frosty question, I picked up from neutral Nick that Labour had taken a bit of a smack in the chops. I’ve just had a look at the latest results, and Labour’s running total of councillors appears to be marginally higher, having already been at something of a high water mark. To me, those results look like nothing much happened that changed what had previously been a bloody good haul of seats for Labour. Which, personally, I’d have thought was more good than bad for Labour. Given that Corbyn is a racist spy. Personally, I’d have thought the ‘news’ was the wipe out of UKIP and this week’s leader commenting that they are probably about finished. It’s almost as though neutral Nick had a pre set idea in his head and he was going with it regardless. I don't know how anyone can listen to that throbber. Neutral Nick Throbinson. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted May 4, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted May 4, 2018 42 minutes ago, chrisp65 said: Whilst I haven’t been paying forensic levels of attention to the English local election results, I did listen to radio 4 this morning. Neutral Nick Robinson was giving some Labour guy a kicking for Labour having a failed to achieve anything. From the tone and the frosty question, I picked up from neutral Nick that Labour had taken a bit of a smack in the chops. I’ve just had a look at the latest results, and Labour’s running total of councillors appears to be marginally higher, having already been at something of a high water mark. To me, those results look like nothing much happened that changed what had previously been a bloody good haul of seats for Labour. Which, personally, I’d have thought was more good than bad for Labour. Given that Corbyn is a racist spy. Personally, I’d have thought the ‘news’ was the wipe out of UKIP and this week’s leader commenting that they are probably about finished. It’s almost as though neutral Nick had a pre set idea in his head and he was going with it regardless. If only Derby had got the memo... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 We managed to kick our 2 Tory councillors out I've never voted in a council election before , but the local tory council are decimating our village by converting all the green belt land to brown belt and then allow close on 10,000 new homes to be built .. not to mention a new roundabout / dual carriage way which will pretty much divide the village in 2 41 % turn out (v most others being 23 % ) seems to suggest people cared about it , though I’m amazed it wasn’t higher % you should see the bonkers plans they’ve come up with , The rest of Runneymede voted Tory so they will have a tough job but I guess we will see now if our 2 indies can stop the building as they have promised 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 49 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: We managed to kick our 2 Tory councillors out I've never voted in a council election before , but the local tory council are decimating our village by converting all the green belt land to brown belt and then allow close on 10,000 new homes to be built .. not to mention a new roundabout / dual carriage way which will pretty much divide the village in 2 41 % turn out (v most others being 23 % ) seems to suggest people cared about it , though I’m amazed it wasn’t higher % you should see the bonkers plans they’ve come up with , The rest of Runneymede voted Tory so they will have a tough job but I guess we will see now if our 2 indies can stop the building as they have promised fwiw, there is far too much greenbelt it's a con Having said that (and it was a serious point): It's not nice for the individuals concerned when somewhere they like gets a planning app for a disproportionate expansion, I 100% understand people not wanting expansion by them, but if we're going to do trade deals with Brazil and India and China and Australia and Saudi and Nigeria, all those immigrants that will be part of the deal will need somewhere to live. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 I find it hilarious that what it took to kick out the tories was some good old fashioned NIMBYs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: ... the local tory council are decimating our village by converting all the green belt land to brown belt and then allow close on 10,000 new homes to be built .. not to mention a new roundabout / dual carriage way which will pretty much divide the village in 2. You under the expected extra Heathrow traffic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted May 4, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted May 4, 2018 14 minutes ago, Xann said: You under the expected extra Heathrow traffic? I am and I'm all for it. I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Xann said: You under the expected extra Heathrow traffic? not really , our junction is the Thorpe Park one so i'm sure there might be some impact traffic wise but plane wise they are usually up in the clouds by the time they take off , turn and head our way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 2 hours ago, Davkaus said: I find it hilarious that what it took to kick out the tories was some good old fashioned NIMBYs. The whole point of buying a house and moving to a small village is exactly that , it's a village it currently only has 2,800 people living in it .... 10,000 houses isn't exactly small fry if you came here you'd also see that there is no infostructure for these houses , no schools , no Doctors etc ... the plans they've submitted seem to think that the solution is to build a dual carriage way through the main road so you can all take your children to a school in the surrounding areas the whole development plan is flawed I doubt anyone would be against a few hundred houses fwiw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 40 minutes ago, choffer said: I am and I'm all for it. I love the smell of jet fuel in the morning. Oh yeah - Isleworth. Good reason to tell your landlord to do one if a rent rise is mentioned? Otherwise a good reason to move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 4, 2018 Moderator Share Posted May 4, 2018 25 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: I doubt anyone would be against a few hundred houses fwiw 1 Where I live objected to 12 houses and a phone mast on the ugliest building in the entire building (an old telephone exchange) I pissed them off by refusing to sign either petition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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