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Posted by Popey 9 months ago
Last active 13 days ago
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Today’s paper has brought us the entertaining news that the voice of such well loved tube announcements as “mind the gap” and “stand clear of the doors, please” and even “inspector sands to the control room immediately” has had her no doubt valuable contract to provide these...
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Posted by MokAsh about 1 year ago
Last active 4 months ago
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6269158.stm
I for one would be all for it, if for no other reason than surely we deserve a mayor with more personality than a used teabag. Yes, old Boris can be a bit of a tit. But let’s face it, in these times, we could all do with something to giggle about.
Discuss.
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Posted by pottytime about 1 year ago
Last active about 1 year ago
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I really don’t know the answer to this, but I’m sure another FCL’er does.
I have this horrible suspicion that it might well be restricted to people who actually live in London. If this is so, is it fair? I don’t think it is because of the tens of thousands of people who commute in every da...
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Posted 3 months ago 1 response
That’s the partisan message from Londonist today as Londoners go to the polling stations to choose their next mayor and members of the London Assembly. As we write we are reliably informed that a new YouGov poll for today’s Evening Standard will show Boris Johnson heading for victory over Ken Livingstone by six percent of the vote after electors’ second preferences are taken into account. But any news-stand message on our streets later today implying that The Tory is coasting to victory should be ignored. Read More
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Asked by pottytime 3 months ago for 10 kudos
Best answer by braintree
Last active about 1 month ago
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Okay – I’ll admit it – this thread is basically to say what a wanker Boris is. Not for any particularly political reason, nor because he looks a twat, but because I believe he’s a liability, especially in London.
One of BJ’s (Ironic initials, dontcha think?) announcements is that ...
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Posted 3 months ago 0 responses
So the local football team failed to clamber up the rope ladder to the departing helicopter of the Premier League, and in truth it’s nothing more than an ancient dump where the council will spy on you without reason. Yet Croydon’s future looks rosy: Mayor Boris has lavished praise on plans for an exhaustive regeneration of the borough. Read More
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Posted by babybat 2 months ago
Last active 2 months ago
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The Rise festival is going apolitical, it seems.
It’ll lose the “Against Racism” branding and just be promoted as a free festival; the Cuba Solidarity Campaign (CSC) has also been told that its annual Big Cuba Fiesta stage is barred from this year’s event as it’s inappropriate for ov...
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Posted about 1 month ago 0 responses
Boris may not have been able to save our Post Offices, but he has succeeded in reversing a decision to close dozens of Underground ticket offices.
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Posted about 1 month ago 1 response
Speaking to the summit of London Councils yesterday, our Boris did his bit for older people, perpetuating the idea that everyone over 60 needs to go to the toilet a lot or has problems with their ‘waterworks’ by suggesting that Freedom Passes should grant access to toilets in London’s shops, bars and restaurants even if the holder is not patronising the establishment. Read More
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Posted 2 days ago 0 responses
The Olympics are over, and now London’s getting all excited about us doing our bit for sport in a few years. Here, thanks to our friends at Londonist, we present a whole bunch of photos for you to gawp at mindlessly, representing all the stuff that happened in London over the long weekend to mark the hangover. We mean handover.
In Beijing, there definitely was a bus. There was also a Beckham. There was a Boris. There was an apparently ununfurlable and tricky-to-wave flag. There was a football. There were two little girls. There was a funky film. There was some dancing. There was a Leona Lewis and some guy from Led Zeppelin. And suddenly, there it was. After just eight minutes, Beijing was over and everyone suddenly turned to London.
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