kevinjohnsonmbe

I don’t agree Mull... Unless, somehow, since he is white, working class means he’s not entitled to an opinion.... We’ll have to agree to disagree (again ?) mucker.

Does this sound familiar: "...What are the woman in questions circumstances Marcus..?" It's all about the context Mull as I think you were trying to suggest earlier. What would you say were the chances that the 10 second video clip posted above presents a full and comprehensive narrative of the situational context which led to the flashpoint? Right enough he might be a hooligan but how much abuse does a hooligan have to take before they are rightly justified in dishing out a slap to some oike who can't or won't take a hint and do one...

I’m interested in Exeter dates David. Just trying to clear diary.

So yome in the firing line as well then! Once ‘they’ve’ ‘liberated’ all the super yachts, ‘they’ll’ be coming for YOU!

That’s exactly the trouble though. How does it get fixed unless EVERYONE has exactly the same? Id quite like the Jag’s that Prescott had (wouldn’t really, but for artistic licence), the Brazilian holidays of Crow etc, etc. Everyone is a Lord of the Manor iffum yome living under a bridge...

I think I can be pretty sure that you look beyond the current so called 'populist' opinions to form your own views, I know I do. I suspect however that the majority of those who 'claim' to, whilst simultaneously accusing others of not doing so if the view presented is contrary to their own, probably, actually, don't... Why did it interest me enough to share it... In part because it takes a reflective look back at previous political decisions / policies and how they may have contributed to current day societal status. It is only by looking back and seeing what / why things were done that opinions / conclusions can really be informed. In part because I have probably been unconsciously influenced by the notion that work hard = personal reward, maybe without even knowing that it could have been a system of societal control (if you believe the opinions presented in the piece.) In part because I am vehemently opposed to the waste, ineptitude, incompetence, inertia and lack of accountability / responsibility which seems to permeate so many levels of local, national and international government institutions - all tax funded of course. In part because I have to pay tax. In part because I'll never be super rich nor super poor so I'm one of the 'millions in the middle' that feels (IMHO) justifiably outraged by tax revenue taken from my hard earned being pissed up the wall (in what ever form that may take.) I posted it - I didn't present any comment (yet) From the closing paragraph - which I'm supposing was meant to be some form of loose 'conclusion' which I thought the article fairly failed to provide (other than the sweeping statement in the opening passage - "...The economic arguments adopted by Britain and the US in the 1980s led to vastly increased inequality – and gave the false impression that this outcome was not only inevitable, but good...") Much of the inequality we see today in richer countries is more down to decisions made by governments than to irreversible market forces. These decisions can be changed. However, we have to want to control inequality: we must make inequality reduction a central aim of government policy and wider society. The most entrenched, self-deluding and self-perpetuating justifications for inequality are about morality, not economy. The great economist John Kenneth Galbraith nicely summarised the problem: “One of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy … is the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." I do think there are some totally crazy and unjustifiable deltas between super rich and super poor (and the relative influence each group might have wrt shaping future policies) but I genuinely struggle with the 'bit in the middle' or is that just me struggling with the moral justification for selfishness? It's difficult being in the middle - there are those that would think I'm a peasant and probably 100,000x more that would think I'm well off.... Tonight I'll ponder my shitty place in the universe over a salmon wellington and an ice cold old vine Chenin Blanc whilst someone sleeps in a cardboard box and someone else sleeps aboard a £4billion yacht. Meh.... dichotomy - my working hand against a backdrop of granite worktop - didn't give us any answers to that in the article did they. No surprise, probably only been read by soft handed, office working, champagne socialists in Islington anyway...

Just heard on the news. No surprise really. Feel a bit sorry for the muppets that put up the £300k crowdfund to bring the suit. A fool and his money are easily parted....

A fairly chunky commentary on tax, society, economics and inequality from the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2019/jun/06/socialism-for-the-rich-the-evils-of-bad-economics?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Facebook&fbclid=IwAR18TDnxKlbTBtJlo_Q0nFxrpeweFx3Ps08NgjsjwpOcJhyBAX6Ilc_lAD8 It's a fair long piece rather than a quick glimpse...

Customer’s own tree? im just guessing but must be North of a grand. Saw some dog rough chainsaw sleeper chairs at open air market on SouthBank - they were 4 figures and not at all special. Big country house / hotel customer - maybe 2.5k. Farmer / private house 1k? Mad really how prices can vary according to circumstances but it seems to be the way of things. Give us a clue....

That’s what I was thinking....

Doesn’t sound like there are any better Arb related reasons - that’s a sticking point. But, if nearby neighbours are genuinely of a similar mind (pro-fell) did any of them bother to comment (support) on the planning application? If there is a group of genuinely supportive residents maybe suggest individual comments in support of (original or resubmitted) TPO fell app and lobby parish and ward councillors to similarly submit supportive comments. Presenting tangible community support by actual comments on the application should be taken into the decision process of the Planning Officer - the Tree Officer is a consultee rather than a decision maker. A note of caution though, if neighbours / parish / Ward councillors are engaged and they don’t support the application, it could have the opposite effect. This is a recurring problem where new build (+/- 40 years) domestic sites are on green field or bound ag land - really common hereabouts. Hedgerow trees (likely previously “maintained” or not considered to be problematic by farmer) when retained at construction of new houses, pretty soon outgrow the postage stamp gardens they overbear. I’m passing daily a local big new build site (former green field) with spindly, overcrowded Syc / Ash hedgerow trees being retained and it’s got “problem in 10 years” written all over it.... ?

How is the back rest kept in place? Any chance of a pic from the rear??

Feel you (metaphorically speaking ? innit) Tricky situation - could say: Dont get leathered, it’ll all go pear shaped, or Do get leathered, you might all speak more freely... So to summarise, either get leathered and let it all hang out (this May provide some mitigation if you need to claim not remembering something) or don’t get leathered and see how it goes. Hope that helps ??s - sensitive, well considered, compassionate advice not really my strong suit ?

I’ll take that and raise it by: I haven’t got enough time for the people I do like to have in my life to worry about the ones I don’t like...

Moisture content is the issue. If the materiel is dry and it has some natural binders (corn starch can be added if not) it should work. I remember the factory visit - whole place smelled like chocolate because they were running tests on cocoa husks - waste to fuel for Africa. There were also discussions about other case studies - tobacco factory started pelletting their floor sweepings because in pellet form it was inert but as sweepings it was hazardous waste - obvious cost and system efficiencies, and an organic chicken farmer who couldn’t guarantee provenance of purchased feed so made his own from constituent ingredients. Great machine, takes a bit of fiddling to get the optimum set up but very doable.

I’m in the market for a compost loo at the mo - shower, WHB and thunderbox needed for barn conversion to office / gym / workshop. Shower & WHB will go to grey and on the garden, looking at compost toilet options now.

Sawdust has value to those that need it ? (When I get a spare day) I need to crack on with biomass pellet production - I source the sawdust from a buddy’s mill (waste to him - valuable input resource to me) One mans trash is another mans treasure - tricky bit is joining the 2 up ? I bought this several years ago: https://www.farmfeedsystems.co.uk/index.php/products/mini-press 30kg/hr and runs of solar PV array in Summer. Waste sawdust into Winter fuel ??

Inform / discuss / resolve via the insurance company is sound advice which is why it has been suggested by several. The only caveat to that of course would be - is the tree known / declared within the insurance policy? If there is a part of the policy qualifying questionnaire which asks about trees and proximity to the insured building and, either by accident or design, the information submitted by the policy holder was not entirely accurate, it could end up with an uninsured problem being brought to the attention of the insurer.... So I'd just add - check carefully the details of the insurance policy and then consider inform / discuss / resolve via insurance company.

Seems a bit odd esp for simple / straightforward applications. Understandable if a complex, potentially controversial or seemingly unreasonable application although there are some pretty dire submissions which can be viewed online. Had a householder recently ask for a report / TPO app because the one he did himself was rejected. He said he "...knew it was free to submit so wasn't expecting a bill..." Told him it's not the application form he's paying for, it's the words that will go on it and be approved! Whilst there needs to be a sufficiently detailed work scheme to allow an assessment and a sensible justification case, who compiles it is a matter for the applicant rather than the LA but if it ain't good enough, it gets rejected. Sounds like - if we insist on as many consultant reports as possible it will reduce the LA workload on undermanned / understaffed officer time. The same appears to be the growing feeling around planning apps in general in my area whether it be highways, environment, NE, etc, etc, etc...

I suspect Boris is laughing his tits off! On the one hand, any PR is good PR and on the other, when this is laughed out of court he’ll (a) capitalise upon the positive PR and (b) once and for all, the BS, desperate claim of anti democratic Remain supporters that “it was the bus what dunnit’ will, irrevocably be flush down the pan. Laughing his tits off...

That sounds rough! I really wasn’t aware of the scale and sensitivity of the situation until quite recently!

And those that claim to be so offended by even the mention, albeit in very bad taste and in notably poor judgement, of rape, simultaneously, vehemently condemn the 1 individual that has done more than any other to highlight and expose (in the absence of due diligence by authority and under reporting by many media streams - doubtless due to the very same misguided fear of causing offence) such PREMEDITATED, MASS, ORGANISED, SYSTEMIC, CULTURAL abuse of CHILDREN. The hypocrisy is frankly beyond reason.

That’ll never be a shrinking violet ?