Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
The piss certainly isn't. One bloke was relieving himself by the railway bridge as his female friends looked on disapprovingly.
Brixton news, rumour and general chat - May 2015
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hiraethified
Jesus. A hash tag menu and shout outs to 'sick nam yams'? The fucking cocks.Here are some descriptions of the food:
"Raw asparagus salmorejo with whey and macerated parsley oil. To be eaten through a spring onion straw for a slight kick #allthequail #spring #vegetables"
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"Raw sea bream , yellow tomatoes with mandarin, lovage and tarragon. Shout out to the sick nam yams @smokinggoatsoho @sebbyholmes"
Good luck to them though, the food does look great.
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hiraethified
Some scenes from Coldharbour Lane last night.
Coldharbour Lane is packed as Brixton comes out to party on a busy Bank Holiday Sunday
Coldharbour Lane is packed as Brixton comes out to party on a busy Bank Holiday Sunday
These are popping up everywhere.
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
its from their Instagram account, not the menu. No less wanky, mind. Not sure a restaurant describing an ingredient as "sick" is a particularly good idea.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
its from their Instagram account, not the menu. No less wanky, mind. Not sure a restaurant describing an ingredient as "sick" is a particularly good idea.
It ticks all the cliche boxes. But the 'fucking cocks' can fucking cook. And BYO helps with the bill.
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hiraethified
That's sick.
SpamMisery
Pretty comfortable here right under your skin
It's how we, the youth, talk. #getwiththetimes
Gramsci
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Read the link you put up.
http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal/d_to_g/dispersal_power/
In summary that law on ASB powers changed last year. Now there is no need for a designated controlled drinking zone (CDZ).
A higher up officers can decide to authorize this law for an area. There is no requirement to advertise this.
The new law is so written that, as you say, an officer can use this law even if the person is not doing anything.
The thing that can be queried is on what grounds a senior officer authored these powers. As it does not have to be advertised there is no way to stop its use. Only complain after.
As the officer said no member of the public had complained I wonder what the grounds were for the authorisation? As the senior officer has to write down the reasons. Or use of these powers could go contrary to the Human Rights Acts.
Its either badly written- if you are interested in rights to be in public space- or good reform to give powers to police that over ride the concerns namby pamby liberals like me.
btw in my experience the Council are not interested in opposing police action like this. They have regular meetings with police and would have known/ been told about it. ASB laws were New Labour idea and this Council are not going to oppose there use. I know I have tried before with Cllrs.
Gramsci
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It is very good.
I particularly like it when he said "Take London Back".
I see the same thing happening in Soho. Offices that housed small film companies being turned into penthouse flats.
As the demo at Dorchestor Court on Saturday showed London needs to be taken back from the rentier class of landlords and property developers. Councils should stop cooperating with the rentier class.
Mr Retro
Beware hedgehogs
It does look like that for sure. What kind of money are they charging for a full meal?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I've noticed that the term "rentier" is rapidly becoming popular in the Brixton forum. In fact a quick look with the search function shows that 28 out of the 36 instances of its use have ocurred in the past 12 months.
Does this indicate a shift in focus in the "who to blame for gentrification" question or is it just a fashionable word where we used to say "landlords"?
Does this indicate a shift in focus in the "who to blame for gentrification" question or is it just a fashionable word where we used to say "landlords"?
cuppa tee
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I think rentier has a broader application than just landlords and can be used for many of the multitudinous parasites infesting modern society......
Black Halo
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It's not just London this is happening everywhere, I have seen it in The Netherlands, Lisbon and Dublin that I can think of off the top of my head. JW have changed how they operate (and count preaching time) and instead of doorstepping they have moved to this new "passive" "preaching" to spread the word. There is an article about it on the very popular website of a British paper that I won't link to.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Perhaps teuchter should read some Marx. What he had to say may be 160+ years old, but it's still relevant to anyone who isn't a cabbage.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
'Rentier' makes the target sound more disreputable and the speaker more educated. A bit like bourgeois and middle class.
Similar too perhaps to our British habit of Frenchifying naughtiness: French letter, French kiss etc
Gramsci
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Its used a bit loosely here.
An example of rentier capitalism is the Dorchestor Court. Through just owning a resource the owners can increase the profit from it by upping rents to whatever the "market" can bear. Instead of available capital being invested in production of goods it goes into acquiring assets that can be milked for profit.
Its not just a term used here.
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hiraethified
I can't wait for the day* that greedy, money-grabbing landlords and exploitative Rent To Buy-ers get slapped down fucking hard and made to pay for the suffering they've inflicted. The fucking parasites.
*I accept I may be waiting for some time for that day to arrive
Gramsci
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So what do you want me to do? Hurl abuse at people instead? Rather than doing posts which at least try to be civil and informed.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
What process do you propose to achieve this? And will it be all landlords or just those who pass/fail a certain test?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
I don't think anyone is criticising your posts here.
Your posts are indeed almost always always civil and informed and I wish others would take your lead.
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hiraethified
I would have thought it wouldn't be that hard for anyone with a bit of common sense to work out what an exploitative landlord looks like.
But I've no interest in engaging with you anyway, so you'll have to try and work that one out for yourself.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Nope. As Gramsci points out, it's a term with a particular set of meanings. Those meanings have nothing to do with your drivel.
leanderman
Street Party: July 2
You need to change the tax rules that have proved so profitable for all landlords, exploitative or not.
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