Councillors are political people and if all they ever did was talk about what was relevant to their local idea, it would be an even more soul destroying role than it is now with no money and no power… (View Post)

What it means is the stereotype of Londoners as metropolitan, tolerant and liberal is as false as the notion provincial England is socially conservative if not reactionary. There are intolerant peopl… (View Post)

The problem is tax rates are a political weapon. They are set at the level that does the best for the governing party and its supporters. To be fair, that's called democracy - I don't know … (View Post)

I'm not sure where you have been. In my part of town, there was a spate of flags hung from lamp posts in certain roads (the Wards with the larger Muslim populations as distinct from my part of N… (View Post)

I've never had the pleasure of breakfast with your wife but if you two are ever down the Barking Road, let me know and I'll treat you at my local cafe. (View Post)