Sydenham Town Forum

I do not care what relationship with people or pussies they are in. If they live alone then you are punishing the miscreant. Fine. If they are in a family then you are punishing everybody in that relationship - so it may be the innocent Brits and taxpayers who suffer most. I would have thought you ...

That's the point though Lisa. A blanket deport on conviction is not what either of us wants. Personally I would deport Miriam if she were a Spanish lorry driver speeding up the M20 from Dover. Probably a very appropriate punishment and a real disincentive for other foreign lorry drivers to endanger ...

Lisa - I was specifically talking about Nick Clegg's wife: Miriam González Durántez, a Spanish national and hence an immigrant. I will ask the question again. Should we break up Nick's family if she is caught speeding? And what about the three young children? Pull them out of school or get Nick to g...

Lisa - I was referring to an immigrant and being deadly serious. Are you saying that no matter how long they have lived here, how integrated into our community, how closely related to that community - we should summarily on criminal conviction expel them breaking up families, putting people on welfa...

Eagle wrote:... if you commit a crime in UK you should be deported

So if Nick Clegg's wife got caught speeding, her kids get pulled out of school and sent back too? Or Nick completely gives up on Dave and goes on benefit to look after them?

I don't think you have fully thought this one out Eagle.

Stuart

Lisa, Annie - I agree with much of what you say. I came from the same generation. I would argue that the fundamental difference between then and now was the government (of either hue) prime objective of full employment. We do not have that now and economists will argue there are benefits in having m...

Just two problems Dorian: a) It is your suspicion that money is being diverted (and no more than that?). Where is the Audit Commission on this - as it should be their responsibility to unearth any financial fiddling? b) If there were indeed 'creative accounting' why would you think it went to organi...

I said the reality is the cash ends up being swallowed up by the likes of How can that statement be called " specific" ? And I dont know any one called Teresa ! Interesting you edited your own stuff out. You specifically listed "Diversity Directorates, Climate Change Policy units and...

No. I also never said that Section 106's specifying those things existed. My point was that although these planning gain agreements specify " education places" " parks " etc etc; no one ever actually knows where that moneys goes once paid. But you were quite specific where it we...

They developers apparently make " contributions " which are meant to be relative to the needs that the devlopment creates; the reality is the cash ends up being swallowed up by the likes of " Diversity Directorates" and " Climate change policy units" and " Somalia...

There is/was a consensus that ten guilty men should go free lest one innocent man be convicted. I don't think it is that bad a ratio between the 'undeserving poor' taking benefits and the 'deserving poor' being denied. But IDS et al are finding it damned difficult to curb benefit abuse without hitti...

leenewham wrote:Someone's been taking the Michael.

Yes Lee - but which Michael?

Stuart

Stuart

Trouble is Eagle is there is no other option without spending a currently unthinkable amount of money to change the prison structure. The number of prison officers means essentially except for the hardest cases the prisoners have to run things themselves and be kept happy otherwise control, such as ...

... my view is that if you loot and are caught and convicted for that offence then, you take the consequences. Who can disagree with that? The consequences for different people are quite different. For the habitual criminal its just a return to his second home where he can sharpen up on his skills ...

The figures, as presented, are quite misleading. The normal way people acquire property is through a mortgage. Hence in their 20/30s they own very little equity. By their 50/60s they have mostly paid off or nearly paid off their mortgages and own 100% (or nearly so) of the equity. Hence in a steady ...

Do you mean the one who has been made redundant?

Stuart

Perhaps no help but an understanding of the way some the HAs work. I deal with Phoenix which took over much stock and a fair number of employees from Lewisham. With some exceptions I have mostly found these employees friendly but rarely effective. I believe it is a structural problem. First that any...

And Crystal Palace Fun Runners have a beginners course every Monday @ 7.30pm starting at the Paxton statue in the Park. Just turn up and introduce yourself. There are groups for more advanced runners on Mondays & Wednesdays. The important word is Fun. http://crystalpalacefunrunners.co.uk/ Stuart

Not sure if the PC brigade will agree that any Christian event should be honoured by the borough. I would be thinking he is just rewarding people for doing good things. The reason they do it is up to them. If the Druids had created Traidcraft I doubt any PC person would object too violently of the ...