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The real reason for removing the ECHR?

Given his closeness to the current US administration, do you think this is what Farage would like to do in the UK?https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/us-citizen-assaulted-border-patrol-chicago-halloween-parade-b2853988.html

Michael Ixer ● 2d39 Comments ● 42m

Train Stabbing

When is this madness going to stop, it just goes on and on. Now Security checking everybody for knives etc. can't see that happening.  Also what about the continual fires in homes and buildings, never heard of so many.

Barbara Stevens ● 1d11 Comments ● 43m

Random pic 3 November 2025

Putney Bridge from Putney Wharf https://flic.kr/p/2ojgFXz

Michael Ixer ● 9h0 Comments ● 9h

Andrew, Formerly Known As Prince

Do you (like me) think he has been punished enough and the media vitriol needs to be toned down now?   Personally I cannot stand the entitled, sleazy, arrogant reprobate but enough already.  

Sue Hammond ● 15h6 Comments ● 11h

Opinions

All of a sudden nobody has anything to say, now everybody is afraid to say what they want. So please you don't have to be politically correct for this forum, as otherwise it is too F ing boring.  If somebody else doesn't like it start their own forum for only boring snobs.

Barbara Stevens ● 3d16 Comments ● 12h

Random pic 2 November 2025

Mecca at the centre of the world; Silk Road exhibition, British Museum https://flic.kr/p/2qrXpLnScholars in the Islamic world contributed to geographical knowledge. This map was originally drawn by al-ldrisi (about 1 100-66) for the Christian king of Sicily, Roger ll (ruled 1130-54). It follows a tradition in Islamic mapmaking to have 'south' at the top, and Mecca, the focus of Muslim pilgrimage placed at the centre of the world. It illustrates Arabia's connection to the Mediterranean coastline, extending to the Iberian peninsula and eastward across the Indian Ocean reaching China.Cairo, Egypt. Original by al-ldrisi, about 1154; this version 1533
The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS.Pococke 375, folios 3b-4a
[Text from exhibition label]

Michael Ixer ● 1d1 Comments ● 17h

Britain should look at and take steps to follow Israel

People's Israelophobia might range from 'anti-'the state of Israel' though anti-Zionism (whatever that might mean) to anti-Judaism and even to antisemitism.However they cannot deny that Israel is a unique sovereign state of which its citizens are united and proud to be a part, albeit, taking advantage of its freedoms, they might disagree on many political issues.Unfortunately we cannot say the same of the UK where Pakistanis in Birmingham and Bangladeshis in Tower Hamlets take delight in demonstrating there desire, even achievement, of separatism from British norms and culture. In a counter to an anti-immigration march by Reform supporters in Whitehall (its original route in East London having been banned by Police) in Tower Hamlets, lefties and masked young Muslims gathered to gloat over UKIP’s banishment from their borough.And there were also columns of young men in black barking religious slogans from behind their masks. These are ‘our streets’, they roared, and then ‘Allahu Akbar’.  It was the anti-Zionist chanting that was most unnerving. The black-clad mob denounced ‘Zionist scum’ (Jews) and promised to drive them ‘off our streets’. The mob waved the Palestine flag, chanted ‘From the river to sea!’, and promised to honour ‘all our martyrs’.We live in a divided and unsettled state becoming more and more riven by religious sectarian violence."The Islamo-left is on the march across Britain"https://www.spiked-online.com/?%2Fsite%2FI doubt if Starmer and the Labour Party have any plans to remedy this.They might however look to Israel for guidance as described below."What the West could learn from Israel"'The Jewish State stands as a glorious rebuke to the frailty of the 21st-century West'.https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/10/26/what-the-west-could-learn-from-israel/

John Hawkes ● 6d4 Comments ● 18h

Putney high street roadworks

on 93 bus at odeon not moved in 20 minutes due to these roadworks?! ALS won’t even let us off so we’re all stuck. Got a crying baby! What can we do about this.

Gabrielle OMahony ● 6d17 Comments ● 19h

Closed railway footbridge

With the new term starting next week, I thought it would be helpful for people to know the footbridge over the railway in West Putney (Dyers Lane/Beauchamp Terrace) is closed for repairs. It's been closed for over a week & the work doesn't seem to have started yet.

Sarah Stevenson ● 64d25 Comments ● 1d

Greens surge, Labour slumps

The latest weekly polling from YouGov for Sky News and The Times is in, and it shows Labour has plummeted to a new low.
It also shows that the Green Party, under new leader Zack Polanski, has overtaken the Liberal Democrats.
Here are the results in full:
Reform UK: 27% (+1 from last week) Labour: 17% (-3) Conservatives: 17% (NC) Greens: 16% (+1) Liberal Democrats: 15% (NC)

Nicholas Evans ● 5d47 Comments ● 1d

Brandlehow School

I wonder if the school has tried crowdfunding?For instance there is this group who are crowdfunding right now to raise enough money to keep on showing the film they have made of turning their street into a Power Station.  Their street is in Walthamstow and the film is now being shown not just all over London but in this country and abroad.  There have been several articles in the national press.Their current crowdfunder donations are being matched by Aviva and this particular crowdfunder runs out tonight or tomorrow - can't remember which.There are quite a few companies that do this.  With energy costs the way they are crowdfunding for solar panels etc should or could help them to bring their costs down.  Brandlehow is a Grade II listed property but there are churches which have installed solar panels to reduce their energy costs (including Salisbury Cathedral) so it can be possible on buildings where you just might not expect to find them...However there are also communities raising money for other projects.  Of course you'd need to check and know that you meet the guidelines.But maybe they don't need to do that and they have some past pupils or their parents who would love to help out?There is masses of infrastructure in this country that has not had as much TLC as it could have done with and should have had - including Hammersmith Bridge of course - and with climate change with the sudden heavier cloudbursts and high winds it brings there will be an even greater number of buildings that will need to pay more attention to their roofs - and gutters etc (ie making sure the gutters are big enough to take the extra water).  This is why you also see rain gardens and other methods nowadays of slowing rainwater down on its way to the drains.

Philippa Bond ● 9d11 Comments ● 1d

Gus ODonnell and changes to the Planning Bill

Am really shocked and saddened to read the article about Lord ODonnell using his power to change the planning laws to change the rules on statutory trusts to benefit AELTC (of which he is a Director.)Amazing how the powers that be allow big business to thwart the wishes of locals. This story should really be publicised beyond the local news as it has wide ranging implications for public land. No wonder people are sick of politicians

Britha Parekh ● 1d1 Comments ● 1d

New  Coffee Shop -Brand Srreet- for PHS

Another US-hedgefunded coffeeshop to open on PHS. looks like it will go down well with the trendy TikTokers on here - I think I will give it a miss  for now.

Timothy Horgan ● 14d7 Comments ● 2d

Random pic 1 November 2025

Early morning at the Gare de Lyon
https://flic.kr/p/2qk6zAC

Michael Ixer ● 2d0 Comments ● 2d

Random pic 31 October 2025

Open Reach Broadband Cabinet, Werter Road https://flic.kr/p/2rgasuJ

Michael Ixer ● 3d2 Comments ● 2d

Stabbings

What is our country coming to, everyday we hear of a stabbing. When is somebody with a back bone going to take over our  country. Facebook post, 200 a time send them back to France on a Hover craft. 45 mins.

Barbara Stevens ● 2d2 Comments ● 2d

Sorting office

Just received a letter from my insurance company that has been opened with a sticker over the back, apologising for having been opened.

Barbara Stevens ● 3d3 Comments ● 2d

Why is it only Israel that daily makes the news re 'genocide'?

Jews and many living in or are associated with Israel are the race that suffered the greatest genocide in modern times.For those that might have forgotten, some 6,000,000 were murdered on an industrial scale in Nazi Germany in WWII.This naturally has made them at least wary of how they are considered and treated in the West and the Middle East.Palestinians in their conflict with Israel are not experiencing such a fate.It is claimed that Israel has killed 52,000 Palestinians in Gaza.These are figures put out by the 'Gazan Health Ministry' (unelected).This is known to be run by Hamas  which itself murdered and sexually assaulted numerous women, children and the elderly in October 2023 and still hold many hostages as well as the corpses of those it murdered.It does not distinguish between civilian deaths and those of its fighting forces that imbed themselves amongst the general Populus.And of course Hamas is attempting to enact its Charter Declaration which calls for the annihilation of the state of Israel and its Jewish citizens.But we should not forget there have been and still are many conflicts raging around the world that have resulted in many deaths and claims of genocide.They received and get little attention by the anti-Israel bien pensants and fellow travellers.All the focus is on Israel.For example note the deaths resulting from the following -2023 Masalit, West Darfur Sudan - 15,000 deaths2020 Tigray Ethiopia 162,000 deaths2016 Rohingya, Myanmar - 9,000 deaths2016 China - Uyghur birth rate drops 24% because of genocidal persecution2014 Ukraine - 12,000 deaths by Russians2014 Iraq Turkman 3,500 deaths (by ISIS)2014 Iraq/Syria (Yazidis) - 2,100 deaths (by ISIS)2003 Darfur, Sudan - 98,000 deaths2002 North Kivu, DR Congo - 60,000 deaths1996 Kivu, Zaire - 200,000 deaths (Hutus)1994 Rwanda - 491,000 deaths (Tutsis)1992 Bosnia - 31,000 deaths (by Serbs)All inter-tribal as is the conflict initiated by Hamas against Israel.Cut Israel some slack.

John Hawkes ● 162d125 Comments ● 3d

Random pic 30 October 2025

John O'Groats https://flic.kr/p/2rsxVs9

Michael Ixer ● 4d1 Comments ● 3d