Brixton news, rumour and general chat - January 2015

[el-ahrairah]

inverted snobbery, as any fule know, is a worse crime than pricing people out of their communities so that you can live in the latest fashionable area. it's ok to do that, but anyone complaining is an inverted snob and thus should be whipped in the street by your groom.

 

[el-ahrairah]

Because of one anonymous comment?

i can see his argument. whenever i see people complaining about racism i dress as goebbels and attack ethnic minorities.

 

[Rushy]

Them are definitely snow flakes...

 

[Mr Retro]

For the record, that comment was made by a reader, but I can understand why some locals may feel uncomfortable about the changes taking place.
Because of one anonymous comment?

I didn't mean to imply it was the option of Brixton Buzz. I'll edit for clarity.

I understand it too but "posh people out of Brixton" is a shit attitude to have in my opinion.

 

[Mr Retro]

i can see his argument. whenever i see people complaining about racism i dress as goebbels and attack ethnic minorities.

Why do you do that?

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Oh gosh those poor posh people.

 

[Mr Retro]

inverted snobbery, as any fule know, is a worse crime than pricing people out of their communities so that you can live in the latest fashionable area. it's ok to do that, but anyone complaining is an inverted snob and thus should be whipped in the street by your groom.

I much preferred the old Brixton, it was so mixed and inclusive, everybody was welcome. Unless they were "posh" of course.

 

[Mr Retro]

Oh gosh those poor posh people.

Why are you feeling sorry for posh people?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

i can see his argument. whenever i see people complaining about racism i dress as goebbels and attack ethnic minorities.

I'd quite like to see that tbh - sounds quite funny.

 

[Rushy]

I much preferred the old Brixton, it was so mixed and inclusive, everybody was welcome. Unless they were "posh" of course.

I bought my first flat in central Brixton from a double barrel named barrister who wore a three piece pin stripe suit and bowler hat every day and carried a furled umbrella. He'd been here since the late 80s. He loved it but his about to be 5th wife wasn't so keen so they moved to Hampstead.

 

[el-ahrairah]

Why do you do that?

because i'm nto a racist or anything but those do gooding anti-racists just get on my tits. they're so self-righteous.

 

[el-ahrairah]

He loved it but his about to be 5th wife wasn't so keen so they moved to Hampstead.

poor sod.

e2a and a rich sod too. proof that money can't buy you happiness

 

[Mr Retro]

because i'm nto a racist or anything but those do gooding anti-racists just get on my tits. they're so self-righteous.

Perhaps you could explain the parallel you seem to be drawing between "posh" people and racism. Because you've lost me.

 

[Rushy]

poor sod.

e2a and a rich sod too. proof that money can't buy you happiness

Not sure whether he was rich. He had 4 ex wives! I suspect the new wife may have had all the financial bargaining power...

 

[brixtonblade]

Them are definitely snow flakes...

Looked like hail (hale?) to me. It's properly freezing.

 

[Rushy]

Looked like hail (hale?) to me. It's properly freezing.

It was fluffy just here just for a little and blowing all over the place, including inside my house as today was the day we chose to sort out the sash windows.

 

[friendofdorothy]

It is a weird name but they're on trend with their keywords:

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There was me hoping for something to do with sheds.

 

[el-ahrairah]

Perhaps you could explain the parallel you seem to be drawing between "posh" people and racism. Because you've lost me.

liar.

 

[friendofdorothy]

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sheds would be more interesting. Sound like people who don't have a single idea but have all the jargon to make up for it.

 

[elmpp]

liar.

The point is, despite your shite analogy, is that inverse snobbery is pretty bad.

And if it makes you feel bad and uncomfortable then that's your personal reaction not the intent of the restauranteur

 

[FridgeMagnet]

sheds would be more interesting. Sound like people who don't have a single idea but have all the jargon to make up for it.

That sound you hear is several dozen boxes being ticked on a checklist based on some funding criteria documents. Doesn't really make much difference what happens after that.

 

[CH1]

Can anyone explain why that posh Durand Academy with the very expensive headmaster (and PR guru) is not in the league tables as published in the Standard today?
Or are they in the same league as Eton (Jon Snow said Eton wasn't listed on C4 news earlier today)

 

[el-ahrairah]

The point is, despite your shite analogy, is that inverse snobbery is pretty bad.

And if it makes you feel bad and uncomfortable then that's your personal reaction not the intent of the restauranteur

what's bad about it? what material harm does it do?

i have no idea what the second bit means. i think it means that if i have a problem with people being forced out of their homes and businesses then to blame it on those doing the evicting is bad because you its worse to think bad things about people doing harm than it is to do the harm. am i right? are you really saying that being critical of social and ethnic cleansing is worse than doing it?

your morals are proper twisted mate. proper twisted.

 

[el-ahrairah]

go on to the cressingham gardens thread, elmpp, and tell them that complaining about gentrification is worse than the fact theyre all being made homeless so lambeth can move wealthy people in.

 

[Gramsci]

Small feature:

Portobello Road’s Boom Burger bar comes to Brixton Station Road

I was talking to someone I know from Clapton telling them that next time there are in Brixton to check out Brixton Station road not Brixton Village. As Brixton Station road is one of the last corners of Brixton that not been taken over by trendy eateries.

I know see its happening to the last bit of Brixton I feel really at home in.

 

[el-ahrairah]

that's a terrible attitude gramsci. worse than hitler. you should be pleased that there are lots of opportunities for aristocrats to sell burgers.

 

[Gramsci]

that's a terrible attitude gramsci. worse than hitler. you should be pleased that there are lots of opportunities for aristocrats to sell burgers.

You did make me laugh. Brightened up my evening.

I may have said this before but I took my friend from Walthamstow around Brixton recently on a Sunday.

Showed her the Brixton Village and then Brixton Station Road. She said, with no prompting from me, that it was two different worlds.

 

[se5]

Can anyone explain why that posh Durand Academy with the very expensive headmaster (and PR guru) is not in the league tables as published in the Standard today?
Or are they in the same league as Eton (Jon Snow said Eton wasn't listed on C4 news earlier today)

Because the middle school bit of Durand only started in 2014 so I imagine that the first year that students will be sitting GCSE level exams is either June 2016 if they admitted pupils direct to year 10 (age 14-15) or more likely 2017 if they started the first group of pupils in year 9 (age 13-14) and are working their way up through the school

 

[teuchter]

go on to the cressingham gardens thread, elmpp, and tell them that complaining about gentrification is worse than the fact theyre all being made homeless so lambeth can move wealthy people in.

You can complain about gentrification without reducing it to a simplistic "poshos out" chant though.

 

[Gramsci]

They're BITC linked:
http://www.bitc.org.uk/blog/post/developing-digisheds-lambeth

"Digisheds is a unique and innovative employability programme that provides job opportunities and employability training for individuals at a disadvantage in the job market, such as young NEETs, and long-term unemployed adults. It currently runs three days a week for 20 people at a time. Participants complete a four week intensive curriculum with the support of volunteer mentors from local businesses."


Some of the guff on there will no doubt prompt a reaction on here.

So its another one of these organisations like A4E that pimp out on the unemployed.

These organisations get paid contracts to do this. Get paid on "outcomes". Read the guff they come out with and one would think they do it for free.

What is really needed is proper training courses that people can go on. ie ones with a real qualification at the end. Not a load of positive thinking bollox from social entrepreneurs.