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Roti van on Brixton Station Road 'given 21 days to go' - petition started

I honestly can't tell if your being serious or not. why didn't you add a smilie at the end to help?
 
Mrs Magpie said:
Clue: He looks more and more like his Mum with each passing year. Apart from the beard.
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I don't think thriller is going to have any more idea of who is mum is.

@Manter, you're wrong.

Maybe. Don't know what a Keema one consists of.
 
Brixton Hatter said:
Went to get a roti at lunchtime but she was closed. I assume that's cos it's half day closing in the market, rather than her 21 days is up already?
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I saw that too.. and the falafel place was closed. I was confused though because her sign suggested she should be open.
 
quimcunx said:
truxta is probably hearing all about that right now.
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the northerner is home. Apparently there are no beers after football. And Truxta nutmegged him.

I have no idea what any of this means or the cultural significance, but I nodded and waiting till he had stopped talking before wandering off looking confused
 
ViolentPanda said:
Nah, not having that. They're not neo-fascists, they're just Civil Servants with the sort of superiority complexes some branches of the Civil Service develop when they know they can ride fairly roughshod over proper procedure. Power-crazed bureaucratic pinheads, yes. Fascists, no.

Unfortunately, this is what happens when legislation is enacted for populist as opposed to pragmatic reasons.

Problem is, they do as they're directed, and the structures that used to be in place to catch the more egregious transgressions of law and regulation by staff have pretty much dissolved. Same with the prison service, the police etc - the oversight mechanisms are barely there any longer.
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I know the Golden Dawn are neo-fascists. People who work for the Border and Immigration lot are just following orders. :facepalm:

I agree that the legislation is enacted for populist reasons. That was the point I meant to make.Having seen immigration "policy" in action I see its always populist. "Fairness" has nothing to do with it. The clampdown on non EU like the roti lady is a response to to what people see as cheap labour from Eastern Europe. (Business does use sources of cheap labour to keep wages down but thats another issue)

In fact the clampdown on non EU is partly due to the fear of mainstream politicians of the BNP and UKIP getting more votes.

Its not done by legislation that is debated in parliament. Its done by tightening up regulations. As my Brazilian friend told me in a few years Brazilians wont come here in large numbers. The hours u can work have been reduced to almost none. My Filipino friend, a nurse, showed me his visa application form. Its the size of a book. Written in legal type English I find hard to understand. Its all designed to put you off applying. Filipinos used to get 5 year work visas easily to work in NHS. Now hospitals are supposed to offer jobs to EU first. Its also much more difficult to get residency here as well.

I could go on with a list of things Ive been told by non EU people I know.

What gets me is that mainstream politicians like to go on about about how tolerant they are etc . Then u see the actual policies in action. That why I used the extreme example of Golden Dawn. They are upfront about what they think.

Over the last few years I have come to the conclusion that all immigration policy is bollox. Its not necessarily in my economic self interest. But day to day I met a lot of people from other countries and some are now friends. So it is not some abstract idea for me.
 
Manter said:
the northerner is home. Apparently there are no beers after football. And Truxta nutmegged him.

I have no idea what any of this means or the cultural significance, but I nodded and waiting till he had stopped talking before wandering off looking confused
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Oh, I forgot to say that to you (I told him I would tell you ;)). The nutmegging I mean. Good lad that Northerner. Not too clever on the ball, just the way we like it. :D Not too fast either.

As for the beers, we've been a bit rubbish at that. Tell him I'll be up for one next time, would've been this time too hadn't it been for this fucking 8 am call.
 
TruXta said:
Oh, I forgot to say that to you (I told him I would tell you ;)). The nutmegging I mean. Good lad that Northerner. Not too clever on the ball, just the way we like it. :D Not too fast either.

As for the beers, we've been a bit rubbish at that. Tell him I'll be up for one next time, would've been this time too hadn't it been for this fucking 8 am call.
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I won't tell him any of that, as a) he will be pissed off and b) will think you are pathetic to clear your evening for an 8am call. :D
 
gaijingirl said:
yep.. tonight and every Weds night for the last 10 or so years.. at one point he organised it. I was warned against giving birth on a weds night in fact....
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the Northerner managed not to meet him, and instead to chat to someone from Blackheath :rolleyes:
 
I have seen jay rayner twice. One he nearly bowled me off my feet in Atlantic Road (he's enormously tall, walks fast, and I wasn't looking where I was going)... the other time he was impressively sweaty in the Lido gym.

I rather like him.
 
TruXta said:
What is the traditional punishment for eating pork?
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Death by stoning or, if the punisher is canny, confiscation followed by death by stoning. :hmm:
Of course, most of the time all anyone who isn't ultra-orthodox will say is "sharesies". ;)
 
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