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editor said:
Actually, you're quite wrong. I like a lot of cars but have never been a fan of these 'look at me I'm rich!' numbers.
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A good E-Type sells for more than the Lambo new...

You can pick up a second hand Gallardo for 40k. Second hand E-Types are anywhere from 40-100k +
 
E-type Jags owned by failing estate agents,looks nice a bigger piece of shit hard to find in the car world.The motoring equivalent of the boating "standing in a shower shredding £50 notes".A D type on the other hand!
 
editor said:
You can pick up an E-type for £22k. But I've never said it's all about the price, anyway.
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22K is not a lot of money for a car? As you said, it's not about the price, it's about what you want to project with a given car. And Jags most certainly say "look at me, aren't I cool and rich and beautiful".
 
TruXta said:
22K is not a lot of money for a car? As you said, it's not about the price, it's about what you want to project with a given car. And Jags most certainly say "look at me, aren't I cool and rich and beautiful".
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Not to me, but there you go.
 
TruXta said:
22K is not a lot of money for a car? As you said, it's not about the price, it's about what you want to project with a given car. And Jags most certainly say "look at me, aren't I cool and rich and beautiful".
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It's got Ed written all over it.

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RaverDrew said:
Let's just hope it doesn't get hijacked by Lee Japser
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He is fully involved from what I can see. Although I don't doubt his dedication to the cause, I think his rhetoric is often less than helpful, sometimes inflammatory...he posted something on facebook about the 'surge of violence' and the twitter hastag is #ShadowOfViolence and I don't really think that language helps anyone.

He's probably got a point about police cuts and cuts to support services etc.
A 13 yr old boy has a gun held to his head. Lee Jasper writes on conspiracy of silence on the recent increase in serious youth violence in Lambeth​

Over the last two week, Lambeth has seen an explosion of youth violence. Stabbings, shootings, and attempted murder of a 13yr old have engulfed the borough. On the weekend of 4/5th March the police, unable to cope, called for reinforcements as a result​
of cuts to police officer numbers. ​
Young people have been left critically injured and yet we the community have no idea what’s happening. The Police and the Local Authority have we think, decided for political reasons, that they will enforce a wall of silence. There has been virtually no media coverage of these events. ​
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Parents and the wider community are at their wits ends and have decided to break this conspiracy of silence that seems to be motivated to hide both the Mayors embarrassment at cuts to police numbers and the decimation of youth services and the local voluntary sector by Lambeth Council. ​
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Lambeth MPS Police officers are gagged from speaking by Boris Johnson, but they have complained bitterly about the cuts to officer numbers, and the likely consequences of the decimation of youth services. . This convergence of political interests, has resulted is an unholy alliance between all the statutory authorities, to play down these recent incidents, for fear of a backlash. ​
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The 13yr old is reported to have, had a gun held to his head. He was saved, when the gun jammed. The Council moved the family to a hotel in London. ​
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However Lambeth failed to pay the hotel and so when the family turned up late Friday night they were refused entry. The community had to create hell to get Social Workers to pay the bill. Then the family had no money for food or anything else for the weekend and were treated appalling by the Council as victims of crime. ​
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The community itself is intimidated and the fear of crime is off the scale. In any event, local communities have failed to rise to the challenge posed by gang related violence. These are our children; no one else can intervene like we can. Its time both the indifference of our own community and that of the authorities was challenged.​
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Empowered communities can make a difference but right now people in Lambeth have seen massive cuts and see no way of effectively responding to the current crisis. ​
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A number of us have decided to take a moral lead in challenging this indifference - we need to unite and come together to tackle this problem as the current austerity crisis means the days of statutory authorities taking the lead are well and truly over. Please help break the conspiracy of silence by sharing this article.​
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We are organising a Day Of Action Against Community & Statutory Indifference Against Youth Violence .​
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We need you help if your interested email me xxxx if you’re on twitter we are using #ShadowOfViolence​
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Brixton Hatter said:
He is fully involved from what I can see. Although I don't doubt his dedication to the cause, I think his rhetoric is often less than helpful, sometimes inflammatory...he posted something on facebook about the 'surge of violence' and the twitter hastag is #ShadowOfViolence and I don't really think that language helps anyone.

He's probably got a point about police cuts and cuts to support services etc.
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This increase in violence - and police cuts - may partly explain a spike in Brixton Hill burglaries and muggings
 
Brixton Hatter said:
He is fully involved from what I can see. Although I don't doubt his dedication to the cause, I think his rhetoric is often less than helpful, sometimes inflammatory...he posted something on facebook about the 'surge of violence' and the twitter hastag is #ShadowOfViolence and I don't really think that language helps anyone.

He's probably got a point about police cuts and cuts to support services etc.
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One of the things I most like about Lee is that he sometimes speaks before he's had time to think all that much about what he's saying. Politics needs more instinctive passion and less calculated bullshit.
 
TruXta said:
22K is not a lot of money for a car? As you said, it's not about the price, it's about what you want to project with a given car. And Jags most certainly say "look at me, aren't I cool and rich and beautiful".
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nearly bought one of the many clapped out xjs that were around in the early 90s just so we could rock up to squat parties in it my squatmates, one of those drunken great idea that never came to nothing.
 
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