"The Green Belt will be safe for another five years under a Conservative Government, David Cameron will pledge next week.
The Prime Minister and Tory leader will say that the protected greenfield land around towns and cities will not get any smaller in its manifesto next week."
I'm sure this will have been extensively poll tested but I can't help feeling it's increasingly questionable electorally. They risk being painted as protecting the interests of the 'have houses' against the young.
So a London home owner I will personally benefit from this. But it is economically absurd and irrational.
It's another dickhead policy. Really is this the best the Conservatives have to offer ?
What I thought was interesting was the train fare price freeze policy yesterday. It is how that win any votes in key marginals like in the midlands.
More fun will be how Cameron tries to square the circle of oil in Surrey. Will he sell out to big corporates or stop one of our few growth industries.
As for what is cameron doing for those outside his comfort zone - precious little.
I want to know when it is being declared Extra Regio
I'd have thought this will be good news for you short term. I can see HMG wanting to let local communities keep more of their oil money. In Scotland it's to shut you up and in the SE to bribe them to let exploitation go ahead.
Alan, no chance of us ever seeing our oil money, how would they develop London without it.
Yes that's true but as you say the extra level of hassle puts a lot of people off. Really we need to get back to some simple ways of planning where we house people. The standard approach of building mega estates of houses that all look the same isn't much use in a lot of areas.
There is moreover still lots of land and older buildings which is nor being used and where more housing would fit easily within the exisiting infrastructure. I drive trhough S Birmingham most days on the way to work and there are loads of old factory and retail buildings which could be converted to sensible living accommodation.
Simple ways of planning have a habit of working for a lucky few, and not working for everyone else.
There is no reason for housing estates of new builds to look the same. I could refer you to my own village, where they had the cunning plan of having four developers. Each had their own areas of land, but these were interspersed in smallish blocks. Hence faux-wooden barn conversions intermingle with town houses, to (in my opinion) reasonable effect. Looking out my window, I can see several different styles of houses in a pleasant and relatively traffic-free mall where children can play safely as there are ninety-degree bends at either end.
It works. Even better, as the houses are made of differing materials and age at slightly different rates, they do not necessarily look like they were built at the same time. Differing roof lines and pitches, even when the houses are in a line, also have a positive effect.
Agree about redevelopment of existing structures where possible. But again, it needs to be done right (although there are companies with plenty of experience of doing it right).
Oh, and SuDS is a must on any new development. ;-)
That does of the new towns as more of a showpiece for modernism, it could just work.
Is there such a thing as 'modernism'? Georgian architecture harked back to Roman and Greek architecture, the Gothic revival harked back to mediaeval architecture. Both are now seen as iconic eras for building design in their own right. 1960's architecture on the other hand...
Yes I'd still say there is a modern style. It's mostly dictated by use of materials. Steel. glass concrete. I'd hope we've moved on from the 1960s and 70s. Rather than imitate the States again I'd like to see us reflect more of a Northern European influence as it's more in keeping with our climate. No point pretending we're in California.
"The Green Belt will be safe for another five years under a Conservative Government, David Cameron will pledge next week.
The Prime Minister and Tory leader will say that the protected greenfield land around towns and cities will not get any smaller in its manifesto next week."
I'm sure this will have been extensively poll tested but I can't help feeling it's increasingly questionable electorally. They risk being painted as protecting the interests of the 'have houses' against the young.
So a London home owner I will personally benefit from this. But it is economically absurd and irrational.
It's another dickhead policy. Really is this the best the Conservatives have to offer ?
What I thought was interesting was the train fare price freeze policy yesterday. It is how that win any votes in key marginals like in the midlands.
More fun will be how Cameron tries to square the circle of oil in Surrey. Will he sell out to big corporates or stop one of our few growth industries.
As for what is cameron doing for those outside his comfort zone - precious little.
I want to know when it is being declared Extra Regio
I'd have thought this will be good news for you short term. I can see HMG wanting to let local communities keep more of their oil money. In Scotland it's to shut you up and in the SE to bribe them to let exploitation go ahead.
Alan, no chance of us ever seeing our oil money, how would they develop London without it.
Just keep printing more money like they always do :-)
Is there such a thing as 'modernism'? Georgian architecture harked back to Roman and Greek architecture, the Gothic revival harked back to mediaeval architecture. Both are now seen as iconic eras for building design in their own right. 1960's architecture on the other hand...
In fact, we've moved on to postmodern and neomodern.
Personally, I find most modernist architecture unappealing. But it can work for single signature buildings or very small developments. However I doubt it would work as part of a 3,000 home development, and it would be a brave developer who tried. People are just to tied to traditional-looking houses with gardens and garages.
BBTW, don't get me started on the horrors of brutalism. ;-)
Thank you, Mike - I really appreciate it. I've never enjoyed such freedom as on PB. And it does seem crowd-funding is the way forward for artists who publish online.
Do you still have the original of the Richard III cartoon available?
Marf, I've the same query about the "Non Dom" 'toon: ("But I'm a job creator---I personally employ seventeen accountants")
Yes that's true but as you say the extra level of hassle puts a lot of people off. Really we need to get back to some simple ways of planning where we house people. The standard approach of building mega estates of houses that all look the same isn't much use in a lot of areas.
There is moreover still lots of land and older buildings which is nor being used and where more housing would fit easily within the exisiting infrastructure. I drive trhough S Birmingham most days on the way to work and there are loads of old factory and retail buildings which could be converted to sensible living accommodation.
Simple ways of planning have a habit of working for a lucky few, and not working for everyone else.
There is no reason for housing estates of new builds to look the same. I could refer you to my own village, where they had the cunning plan of having four developers. Each had their own areas of land, but these were interspersed in smallish blocks. Hence faux-wooden barn conversions intermingle with town houses, to (in my opinion) reasonable effect. Looking out my window, I can see several different styles of houses in a pleasant and relatively traffic-free mall where children can play safely as there are ninety-degree bends at either end.
It works. Even better, as the houses are made of differing materials and age at slightly different rates, they do not necessarily look like they were built at the same time. Differing roof lines and pitches, even when the houses are in a line, also have a positive effect.
Agree about redevelopment of existing structures where possible. But again, it needs to be done right (although there are companies with plenty of experience of doing it right).
Oh, and SuDS is a must on any new development. ;-)
That does of the new towns as more of a showpiece for modernism, it could just work.
Is there such a thing as 'modernism'? Georgian architecture harked back to Roman and Greek architecture, the Gothic revival harked back to mediaeval architecture. Both are now seen as iconic eras for building design in their own right. 1960's architecture on the other hand...
Yes I'd still say there is a modern style. It's mostly dictated by use of materials. Steel. glass concrete. I'd hope we've moved on from the 1960s and 70s. Rather than imitate the States again I'd like to see us reflect more of a Northern European influence as it's more in keeping with our climate. No point pretending we're in California.
I'm still not entirely convinced it hangs together as a 'style', but perhaps it will when viewed through the lense of history.
Surnames Someone here (Mr Senior?) was asking about surnames linked to daughter/mother the other day.
I've just come across the following: "Matronymic ones, surnames derived from a female given name, include Molson (from Moll, for Mary), Madison (from Maud), Emmott (from Emma), and Marriott (from Mary)."
Labour and the Conservatives will draw the election by getting an almost identical amount of votes, Britain’s public has predicted in an exclusive poll for The Telegraph.
Just a tenth of a percentage point will separate the proportion of votes won by the two parties after all the ballots are cast on May 7, the electorate has forecast.
But in a boost for the Tories, David Cameron and George Osborne have overtaken Labour’s Ed Miliband and Ed Balls as the pair who would most help families with the “cost of living”.
There was also good news for the Liberal Democrats who are now expected to come third – confirming recent polls showing the party has skipped ahead of the UK Independence Party (Ukip) in the last few weeks.
There was also good news for the Liberal Democrats who are now expected to come third – confirming recent polls showing the party has skipped ahead of the UK Independence Party (Ukip) in the last few weeks.
Labour and the Conservatives will draw the election by getting an almost identical amount of votes, Britain’s public has predicted in an exclusive poll for The Telegraph.
Just a tenth of a percentage point will separate the proportion of votes won by the two parties after all the ballots are cast on May 7, the electorate has forecast.
But in a boost for the Tories, David Cameron and George Osborne have overtaken Labour’s Ed Miliband and Ed Balls as the pair who would most help families with the “cost of living”.
There was also good news for the Liberal Democrats who are now expected to come third – confirming recent polls showing the party has skipped ahead of the UK Independence Party (Ukip) in the last few weeks.
There was also good news for the Liberal Democrats who are now expected to come third – confirming recent polls showing the party has skipped ahead of the UK Independence Party (Ukip) in the last few weeks.
There was also good news for the Liberal Democrats who are now expected to come third – confirming recent polls showing the party has skipped ahead of the UK Independence Party (Ukip) in the last few weeks.
Is there such a thing as 'modernism'? Georgian architecture harked back to Roman and Greek architecture, the Gothic revival harked back to mediaeval architecture. Both are now seen as iconic eras for building design in their own right. 1960's architecture on the other hand...
In fact, we've moved on to postmodern and neomodern.
Personally, I find most modernist architecture unappealing. But it can work for single signature buildings or very small developments. However I doubt it would work as part of a 3,000 home development, and it would be a brave developer who tried. People are just to tied to traditional-looking houses with gardens and garages.
BBTW, don't get me started on the horrors of brutalism. ;-)
Modernism would depend on modern methods or materials, concrete, steel, glass, and as such not suitable to mass or developers housing because of cost and maintenance and flexibility. Conventional housing with bricks and slates and timber and plasterboard offers simplicity cheapness and flexibility in construction but at the same time it still offers variety . Le Corbusier built houses on stilts and 'machines for living in', but the fact that the world is not full of them tells its own story.
"The Green Belt will be safe for another five years under a Conservative Government, David Cameron will pledge next week.
The Prime Minister and Tory leader will say that the protected greenfield land around towns and cities will not get any smaller in its manifesto next week."
I'm sure this will have been extensively poll tested but I can't help feeling it's increasingly questionable electorally. They risk being painted as protecting the interests of the 'have houses' against the young.
So a London home owner I will personally benefit from this. But it is economically absurd and irrational.
It's another dickhead policy. Really is this the best the Conservatives have to offer ?
What I thought was interesting was the train fare price freeze policy yesterday. It is how that win any votes in key marginals like in the midlands.
More fun will be how Cameron tries to square the circle of oil in Surrey. Will he sell out to big corporates or stop one of our few growth industries.
As for what is cameron doing for those outside his comfort zone - precious little.
I want to know when it is being declared Extra Regio
I'd have thought this will be good news for you short term. I can see HMG wanting to let local communities keep more of their oil money. In Scotland it's to shut you up and in the SE to bribe them to let exploitation go ahead.
Is there such a thing as 'modernism'? Georgian architecture harked back to Roman and Greek architecture, the Gothic revival harked back to mediaeval architecture. Both are now seen as iconic eras for building design in their own right. 1960's architecture on the other hand...
Personally, I find most modernist architecture unappealing. But it can work for single signature buildings or very small developments. However I doubt it would work as part of a 3,000 home development, and it would be a brave developer who tried. People are just to tied to traditional-looking houses with gardens and garages.
The expectation that it should befall to a single developer to build a 3,000 home monolith illustrates perfectly why our present planning system creates a dysfunctional market with dysfunctional outcomes.
We woud be wiser to look at how successful development in the past was organised. Perhaps the best example is the way in which the managed piecemeal development of the Ladbroke Estate was able to create a cohesive whole. You'd think this would be close to the heart of the modern Conservative leadership. 'A Notting Hill in every town' is certainly a more aspirational message than 'No more building after mine.'
Is there such a thing as 'modernism'? Georgian architecture harked back to Roman and Greek architecture, the Gothic revival harked back to mediaeval architecture. Both are now seen as iconic eras for building design in their own right. 1960's architecture on the other hand...
Personally, I find most modernist architecture unappealing. But it can work for single signature buildings or very small developments. However I doubt it would work as part of a 3,000 home development, and it would be a brave developer who tried. People are just to tied to traditional-looking houses with gardens and garages.
The expectation that it should befall to a single developer to build a 3,000 home monolith illustrates perfectly why our present planning system creates a dysfunctional market with dysfunctional outcomes.
We woud be wiser to look at how successful development in the past was organised. Perhaps the best example is the way in which the managed piecemeal development of the Ladbroke Estate was able to create a cohesive whole. You'd think this would be close to the heart of the modern Conservative leadership. 'A Notting Hill in every town' is certainly a more aspirational message than 'No more building after mine.'
You won't build the required number of houses (at least traditional houses) piecemeal; at least in developments that are nice for people to live. Work on Cambourne started in 1998 and it is still not complete (around 4,000 homes planned). According to a friend who has been here from the literal beginning, it has only been working as a community for the past seven or eight years as the facilities have built up. Even now, it faces problems.
I think (might be wrong) that both main parties have committed to building 200,000 houses per year. You can only do that at anywhere near affordable price by building big developments.
But if we do that, we have to make them communities,
Cracking game for Leicester City! Is the great escape on?
Bit disappointed by the GN though.
Derby have thrown away automatic promotion, and they'll be lucky to get into the playoffs. Poor form after they were leading a month or so ago. And that's about as much as I follow football.
I hope Leicester do stay up. Your county has so little to offer when compared to Derbyshire: no wonder you were so keen to keep the decayed body of a failed king. We'll let you have a premiership footie team as well. ;-)
We'll keep the wonders of Kinder Scout, the glories of the White Peak valleys; and the spectacular Derwent whose waters nurtured the birthplace of the industrial revolution. We are home of the Rolls Royce that will fly you away on holiday (the important RR, not the toy-car maker - Crewe can keep that). And we have Dovedale, the spiritual home of fly-fishing. Even our churches are crooked.
Yes, Derbyshire's so brilliant that I just had to move away ... ;-)
Thank you, Mike - I really appreciate it. I've never enjoyed such freedom as on PB. And it does seem crowd-funding is the way forward for artists who publish online.
Do you still have the original of the Richard III cartoon available?
Marf, I've the same query about the "Non Dom" 'toon: ("But I'm a job creator---I personally employ seventeen accountants")
Hi Toms, hi Charles! Sorry, just got back from a walk with my dog - and catching up now. Yes, I do have the originals of the Non-Dom toon and also the Richard III cartoon. My email is marfcartoons@btinternet.com.
Thank you for thinking of those. I really enjoyed drawing them.
Cracking game for Leicester City! Is the great escape on?
Bit disappointed by the GN though.
Derby have thrown away automatic promotion, and they'll be lucky to get into the playoffs. Poor form after they were leading a month or so ago. And that's about as much as I follow football.
I hope Leicester do stay up. Your county has so little to offer when compared to Derbyshire: no wonder you were so keen to keep the decayed body of a failed king. We'll let you have a premiership footie team as well. ;-)
We'll keep the wonders of Kinder Scout, the glories of the White Peak valleys; and the spectacular Derwent whose waters nurtured the birthplace of the industrial revolution. We are home of the Rolls Royce that will fly you away on holiday (the important RR, not the toy-car maker - Crewe can keep that). And we have Dovedale, the spiritual home of fly-fishing. Even our churches are crooked.
Yes, Derbyshire's so brilliant that I just had to move away ... ;-)
Rolls Royces are made in Goodwood in Sussex. Crewe makes Bentleys.
I know you'll appreciate that pointless pedantry :-)
Thank you, Mike - I really appreciate it. I've never enjoyed such freedom as on PB. And it does seem crowd-funding is the way forward for artists who publish online.
Do you still have the original of the Richard III cartoon available?
Thank you, Charles - I do. My email is marfcartoons@btinternet.com
Shut the LOL up! Read the paper editorials as well as people like Con home!
They are desperate for a positives on the door step.
Really you are a bit of a bedwetter at times. the campiagn won't make much difference. It will come down to 150 or so marginals as it always does and whether anyone in them can be arsed to vote for a couple of numpties.
Cracking game for Leicester City! Is the great escape on?
Bit disappointed by the GN though.
Derby have thrown away automatic promotion, and they'll be lucky to get into the playoffs. Poor form after they were leading a month or so ago. And that's about as much as I follow football.
I hope Leicester do stay up. Your county has so little to offer when compared to Derbyshire: no wonder you were so keen to keep the decayed body of a failed king. We'll let you have a premiership footie team as well. ;-)
We'll keep the wonders of Kinder Scout, the glories of the White Peak valleys; and the spectacular Derwent whose waters nurtured the birthplace of the industrial revolution. We are home of the Rolls Royce that will fly you away on holiday (the important RR, not the toy-car maker - Crewe can keep that). And we have Dovedale, the spiritual home of fly-fishing. Even our churches are crooked.
Yes, Derbyshire's so brilliant that I just had to move away ... ;-)
Rolls Royces are made in Goodwood in Sussex. Crewe makes Bentleys.
I know you'll appreciate that pointless pedantry :-)
Oh aye, I'm all for pointless pedantry.
It's a category that includes most of my posts ...
Thank you, Mike - I really appreciate it. I've never enjoyed such freedom as on PB. And it does seem crowd-funding is the way forward for artists who publish online.
Do you still have the original of the Richard III cartoon available?
Marf, I've the same query about the "Non Dom" 'toon: ("But I'm a job creator---I personally employ seventeen accountants")
Hi Toms, hi Charles! Sorry, just got back from a walk with my dog - and catching up now. Yes, I do have the originals of the Non-Dom toon and also the Richard III cartoon. My email is marfcartoons@btinternet.com.
Thank you for thinking of those. I really enjoyed drawing them.
Do you have a website with them up for sale? I would quite like a browse.
Cracking game for Leicester City! Is the great escape on?
Bit disappointed by the GN though.
Derby have thrown away automatic promotion, and they'll be lucky to get into the playoffs. Poor form after they were leading a month or so ago. And that's about as much as I follow football.
I hope Leicester do stay up. Your county has so little to offer when compared to Derbyshire: no wonder you were so keen to keep the decayed body of a failed king. We'll let you have a premiership footie team as well. ;-)
We'll keep the wonders of Kinder Scout, the glories of the White Peak valleys; and the spectacular Derwent whose waters nurtured the birthplace of the industrial revolution. We are home of the Rolls Royce that will fly you away on holiday (the important RR, not the toy-car maker - Crewe can keep that). And we have Dovedale, the spiritual home of fly-fishing. Even our churches are crooked.
Yes, Derbyshire's so brilliant that I just had to move away ... ;-)
Derby County do seem to have thrown it away (rather like Forest did earlier in the season). I was rather hoping for an East Midlands Derby derby next year. Not least for a nailed on 6 points.
Cracking game for Leicester City! Is the great escape on?
Bit disappointed by the GN though.
Derby have thrown away automatic promotion, and they'll be lucky to get into the playoffs. Poor form after they were leading a month or so ago. And that's about as much as I follow football.
I hope Leicester do stay up. Your county has so little to offer when compared to Derbyshire: no wonder you were so keen to keep the decayed body of a failed king. We'll let you have a premiership footie team as well. ;-)
We'll keep the wonders of Kinder Scout, the glories of the White Peak valleys; and the spectacular Derwent whose waters nurtured the birthplace of the industrial revolution. We are home of the Rolls Royce that will fly you away on holiday (the important RR, not the toy-car maker - Crewe can keep that). And we have Dovedale, the spiritual home of fly-fishing. Even our churches are crooked.
Yes, Derbyshire's so brilliant that I just had to move away ... ;-)
Derby County do seem to have thrown it away (rather like Forest did earlier in the season). I was rather hoping for an East Midlands Derby derby next year. Not least for a nailed on 6 points.
If Derby do go up, I'd like to see us beat the one record we hold and the only one that matters.
At least, I assume we still hold the record of the least points scored in a premiership season? ;-)
The problem is that you seem to have a fundamental lack of understanding of the SNP, Scottish politics and the more general difference between Ideological and Interest based politics.
You are applying the UK framework of self-interested (and locality-interested) politics which predominates the Westminster Parties of the LibLabConKip and applying it to the SNP. This breaks your entire analysis because the SNP are fundamentally an Ideological party - Independence is the only goal. It drives everything else.
Independence drives the need to be a popular government, to govern well, to appeal to all, to enfranchise not dis-enfranchise. The SNP today have 50% of the VI but they are STILL trying to expand that. They could turtle into a defensive strategy to maintain this - they aren't they're still playing politics to enchance the vote even further.
No doubt there are a few self-interested individuals in the SNP. But for every Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh there are dozens of Rosie Cunninghams. And for that vast majority of the party they will never, EVER do anything to harm the cause of independence. Your fundamental misunderstanding of the SNP is why you are wrong. They don't want Pork (just the opposite the SNP genuinely believe Scotland subsidises the rest of the UK - and historically they are 100% correct), they don't want Power (hence tehy can categorially rule out a deal with the Tories), they don't want Privilege (check out the number of SNP Lords - the total is zero, accepting a Lordship leads to immediate Expulsion from the party).
Working with the Tories is toxic in Scotland. There is no argument the SNP could use to work with the Tories at Westminster, be it FFA for EVEL or anything else short of immediate dissolution of the United Kingdom (and the Tories will not be putting that in a Queens speech).
Cracking game for Leicester City! Is the great escape on?
Bit disappointed by the GN though.
Derby have thrown away automatic promotion, and they'll be lucky to get into the playoffs. Poor form after they were leading a month or so ago. And that's about as much as I follow football.
I hope Leicester do stay up. Your county has so little to offer when compared to Derbyshire: no wonder you were so keen to keep the decayed body of a failed king. We'll let you have a premiership footie team as well. ;-)
We'll keep the wonders of Kinder Scout, the glories of the White Peak valleys; and the spectacular Derwent whose waters nurtured the birthplace of the industrial revolution. We are home of the Rolls Royce that will fly you away on holiday (the important RR, not the toy-car maker - Crewe can keep that). And we have Dovedale, the spiritual home of fly-fishing. Even our churches are crooked.
Yes, Derbyshire's so brilliant that I just had to move away ... ;-)
Really disappointed with this, they've been far and away the best footballing side in the championship for the past two years. Went away there last season and they were so good it was almost a pleasure to see us slaughtered 3-0.
Well, maybe a little less often in the evenings, but still on most days.
As an aside, would you be interested in a guest-post for my blog: thaddeusthesixth.blogspot.co.uk about crowd-funding and the like for artists? If so, send me a Vanilla message and we can discuss it.
Apart from David Cameron, who never received anything in the way of a debate bounce, all the leaders have seen their numbers fall back following last week's boosts.
David Cameron retains his lead with a net approval rating of +2%.
Ed Miliband falls from -15% to -18%. Nigel Farage has slipped back into third place from -13% to -20% and Nick Clegg has dropped from -30% to -33%.
Mr. Eagles, very kind of the Guardian to remind us of hubris and nemesis.
Don't knock it.
I have a friend who is a Con to Kipper defector, who was fully intending to vote purple in May.
That front page convinced him to vote Tory, he hates the EU, but he hates the Guardian even more, and wants to do everything in his power to make sure the Guardian has its own Chicago Tribune moment.
Back from the outer reaches of Tuscany with crappy internet, but believe it not, still snow over 900 metres. Just donated 20 notes to the "MARF is brill fund." When I see these donate pledges I try and oblige because this site is superb, and offers great entertainment, notably MARF's sketches. So please, a little nudge to others- it takes less than a minute to use PAYPAL- one can always make it back by taking some of the tips here.
I swuspect this is the point where UKIP becoming a full mainstream party now works against their stated aim. There'll now be people who'll vote in just because UKIP say out.
Mr. Eagles, very kind of the Guardian to remind us of hubris and nemesis.
I believe Sion Simon might (in time) come to be seen as having advised on that front page....
Do you have any scholarly articles by Sion Simon so we can judge his political acumen?
Not to hand, I think there was a piece once that was linked to a couple of times... was it about happy warriors and their invincibility or something like that?
I swuspect this is the point where UKIP becoming a full mainstream party now works against their stated aim. There'll now be people who'll vote in just because UKIP say out.
I think it is in part that.
Outers like Daniel Hannan and Casino Royale of this parish, both have made the point that UKIP and Farage are damaging the out brand.
I swuspect this is the point where UKIP becoming a full mainstream party now works against their stated aim. There'll now be people who'll vote in just because UKIP say out.
I think it is in part that.
Outers like Daniel Hannan and Casino Royale of this parish, both have made the point that UKIP and Farage are damaging the out brand.
Cracking game for Leicester City! Is the great escape on?
Bit disappointed by the GN though.
Derby have thrown away automatic promotion, and they'll be lucky to get into the playoffs. Poor form after they were leading a month or so ago. And that's about as much as I follow football.
I hope Leicester do stay up. Your county has so little to offer when compared to Derbyshire: no wonder you were so keen to keep the decayed body of a failed king. We'll let you have a premiership footie team as well. ;-)
We'll keep the wonders of Kinder Scout, the glories of the White Peak valleys; and the spectacular Derwent whose waters nurtured the birthplace of the industrial revolution. We are home of the Rolls Royce that will fly you away on holiday (the important RR, not the toy-car maker - Crewe can keep that). And we have Dovedale, the spiritual home of fly-fishing. Even our churches are crooked.
Yes, Derbyshire's so brilliant that I just had to move away ... ;-)
Really disappointed with this, they've been far and away the best footballing side in the championship for the past two years. Went away there last season and they were so good it was almost a pleasure to see us slaughtered 3-0.
Shows he importance of he defensive midfielder at the moment, we have lost our 3 players for the position to injury and fallen apart. Whole thing is gutting
I swuspect this is the point where UKIP becoming a full mainstream party now works against their stated aim. There'll now be people who'll vote in just because UKIP say out.
I think it is in part that.
Outers like Daniel Hannan and Casino Royale of this parish, both have made the point that UKIP and Farage are damaging the out brand.
The kippers will lose because they haven't really done enough groundwork. The CBI and others will pitch in and scare the electorate.
The kippers would be much safer if they pitched the referendum on no further progress to full union which removes all the economic arguments but ultimately will end up at the same end point.
I swuspect this is the point where UKIP becoming a full mainstream party now works against their stated aim. There'll now be people who'll vote in just because UKIP say out.
I think it is in part that.
Outers like Daniel Hannan and Casino Royale of this parish, both have made the point that UKIP and Farage are damaging the out brand.
The kippers will lose because they haven't really done enough groundwork. The CBI and others will pitch in and scare the electorate.
The kippers would be much safer if they pitched the referendum on no further progress to full union which removes all the economic arguments but ultimately will end up at the same end point.
That's why I can't work out why Farage is demanding a referendum this year.
I swuspect this is the point where UKIP becoming a full mainstream party now works against their stated aim. There'll now be people who'll vote in just because UKIP say out.
I think it is in part that.
Outers like Daniel Hannan and Casino Royale of this parish, both have made the point that UKIP and Farage are damaging the out brand.
The kippers will lose because they haven't really done enough groundwork. The CBI and others will pitch in and scare the electorate.
The kippers would be much safer if they pitched the referendum on no further progress to full union which removes all the economic arguments but ultimately will end up at the same end point.
That's why I can't work out why Farage is demanding a referendum this year.
You don't need to win a referendum to gain a large political boost.
I swuspect this is the point where UKIP becoming a full mainstream party now works against their stated aim. There'll now be people who'll vote in just because UKIP say out.
I think it is in part that.
Outers like Daniel Hannan and Casino Royale of this parish, both have made the point that UKIP and Farage are damaging the out brand.
The kippers will lose because they haven't really done enough groundwork. The CBI and others will pitch in and scare the electorate.
The kippers would be much safer if they pitched the referendum on no further progress to full union which removes all the economic arguments but ultimately will end up at the same end point.
That's why I can't work out why Farage is demanding a referendum this year.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_architecture
In fact, we've moved on to postmodern and neomodern.
Personally, I find most modernist architecture unappealing. But it can work for single signature buildings or very small developments. However I doubt it would work as part of a 3,000 home development, and it would be a brave developer who tried. People are just to tied to traditional-looking houses with gardens and garages.
BBTW, don't get me started on the horrors of brutalism. ;-)
("But I'm a job creator---I personally employ seventeen accountants")
Someone here (Mr Senior?) was asking about surnames linked to daughter/mother the other day.
I've just come across the following:
"Matronymic ones, surnames derived from a female given name, include Molson (from Moll, for Mary), Madison (from Maud), Emmott (from Emma), and Marriott (from Mary)."
http://blogs.ancestry.co.uk/cm/there-are-7-types-of-english-surnames-which-one-is-yours/
I thought I had put £100 on Many Clouds at 33/1
But turns out I only put a quid on.
Last year I won with Pineau de Re. Let's hope for a hatrick next year!!!
Just a tenth of a percentage point will separate the proportion of votes won by the two parties after all the ballots are cast on May 7, the electorate has forecast.
But in a boost for the Tories, David Cameron and George Osborne have overtaken Labour’s Ed Miliband and Ed Balls as the pair who would most help families with the “cost of living”.
There was also good news for the Liberal Democrats who are now expected to come third – confirming recent polls showing the party has skipped ahead of the UK Independence Party (Ukip) in the last few weeks.
http://tinyurl.com/mbygqu4
Mr. Eagles, there there. Look on the bright side, you still won enough to buy several good books.
And it could be worse. You could've tipped a 70/1 shot and then failed to back it yourself.
Commisserations.
I check all bets over £50. Can't stand that awfull feeling when you look for the winning bet in Accounts and wonder whether you did it right.
I want to take up rowing.
But only if I could be in a women's crew. ;-)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-labour-remains-strong-in-polls-despite-personal-tory-attacks-10168282.html
Con also now favoured on cost of living - good for Con.
In this survey sample is asked to estimate party shares not state voting intention.
Good value anyway I reckon.
Le Corbusier built houses on stilts and 'machines for living in', but the fact that the world is not full of them tells its own story.
Which is a good guide to saying that that is what will actually happen.
People think, deep down, that when it comes to the crunch some current UKIPers will fold.
You have gone bonkers
We woud be wiser to look at how successful development in the past was organised. Perhaps the best example is the way in which the managed piecemeal development of the Ladbroke Estate was able to create a cohesive whole. You'd think this would be close to the heart of the modern Conservative leadership. 'A Notting Hill in every town' is certainly a more aspirational message than 'No more building after mine.'
Can't log in via mobile and when I log on PC, none of bets (winners) have been settled.
Not happy.
I'll go and wash my mouth out now.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/qfxzlq4
Sensitive souls look away now - 1969 Private Eye Cover with a women's rowing eight.
I think (might be wrong) that both main parties have committed to building 200,000 houses per year. You can only do that at anywhere near affordable price by building big developments.
But if we do that, we have to make them communities,
Is Labour's really that bad ?
Think I'll have a go at the Boat Race. Fewer runners.
Hmmmm....not sure how pleased to feel about that.
Bit disappointed by the GN though.
Would take vast majority of homeowners out of it - but keep it below £1m to avoid accusations of helping the rich.
I hope Leicester do stay up. Your county has so little to offer when compared to Derbyshire: no wonder you were so keen to keep the decayed body of a failed king. We'll let you have a premiership footie team as well. ;-)
We'll keep the wonders of Kinder Scout, the glories of the White Peak valleys; and the spectacular Derwent whose waters nurtured the birthplace of the industrial revolution. We are home of the Rolls Royce that will fly you away on holiday (the important RR, not the toy-car maker - Crewe can keep that). And we have Dovedale, the spiritual home of fly-fishing. Even our churches are crooked.
Yes, Derbyshire's so brilliant that I just had to move away ... ;-)
Shut the LOL up! Read the paper editorials as well as people like Con home!
They are desperate for a positives on the door step.
Thank you for thinking of those. I really enjoyed drawing them.
So 1 million is actually 2 million?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-32264914
Oops.
I know you'll appreciate that pointless pedantry :-)
It's a category that includes most of my posts ...
At least, I assume we still hold the record of the least points scored in a premiership season? ;-)
The problem is that you seem to have a fundamental lack of understanding of the SNP, Scottish politics and the more general difference between Ideological and Interest based politics.
You are applying the UK framework of self-interested (and locality-interested) politics which predominates the Westminster Parties of the LibLabConKip and applying it to the SNP. This breaks your entire analysis because the SNP are fundamentally an Ideological party - Independence is the only goal. It drives everything else.
Independence drives the need to be a popular government, to govern well, to appeal to all, to enfranchise not dis-enfranchise. The SNP today have 50% of the VI but they are STILL trying to expand that. They could turtle into a defensive strategy to maintain this - they aren't they're still playing politics to enchance the vote even further.
No doubt there are a few self-interested individuals in the SNP. But for every Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh there are dozens of Rosie Cunninghams. And for that vast majority of the party they will never, EVER do anything to harm the cause of independence. Your fundamental misunderstanding of the SNP is why you are wrong. They don't want Pork (just the opposite the SNP genuinely believe Scotland subsidises the rest of the UK - and historically they are 100% correct), they don't want Power (hence tehy can categorially rule out a deal with the Tories), they don't want Privilege (check out the number of SNP Lords - the total is zero, accepting a Lordship leads to immediate Expulsion from the party).
Working with the Tories is toxic in Scotland. There is no argument the SNP could use to work with the Tories at Westminster, be it FFA for EVEL or anything else short of immediate dissolution of the United Kingdom (and the Tories will not be putting that in a Queens speech).
Miss Marf, I'm on all the time :P
Well, maybe a little less often in the evenings, but still on most days.
As an aside, would you be interested in a guest-post for my blog: thaddeusthesixth.blogspot.co.uk about crowd-funding and the like for artists? If so, send me a Vanilla message and we can discuss it.
150 on the exchanges. Not tempting.
Apart from David Cameron, who never received anything in the way of a debate bounce, all the leaders have seen their numbers fall back following last week's boosts.
David Cameron retains his lead with a net approval rating of +2%.
Ed Miliband falls from -15% to -18%. Nigel Farage has slipped back into third place from -13% to -20% and Nick Clegg has dropped from -30% to -33%.
http://ourinsight.opinium.co.uk/survey-results/political-polling-7th-april-2015
Hopefully I won't have to say that next year.
I have a friend who is a Con to Kipper defector, who was fully intending to vote purple in May.
That front page convinced him to vote Tory, he hates the EU, but he hates the Guardian even more, and wants to do everything in his power to make sure the Guardian has its own Chicago Tribune moment.
When I see these donate pledges I try and oblige because this site is superb, and offers great entertainment, notably MARF's sketches.
So please, a little nudge to others- it takes less than a minute to use PAYPAL- one can always make it back by taking some of the tips here.
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/conference/2007/09/labour-majority-increase
Outers like Daniel Hannan and Casino Royale of this parish, both have made the point that UKIP and Farage are damaging the out brand.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn4IpyVViw4
and his car crash on the news trying to justify it
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcS7i4wn01o
The kippers would be much safer if they pitched the referendum on no further progress to full union which removes all the economic arguments but ultimately will end up at the same end point.
Looked about 3 stone out the handicap to me !
http://www.cityam.com/213169/brexit-61pc-sme-business-owners-agree-tony-blair-and-would-vote-stay-eu
But is actually meaningless when you consider research such as:
http://blog.vistage.co.uk/66-of-directors-dont-fully-understand-their-companys-strategy
Where 66% of directors do not understand their company's strategy.