Burnham

Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
BoldonLad

BoldonLad

Old man on a bike. Not a member of a clique.
Location
South Tyneside
icowden said:
Although a key consideration is whether to keep pandering to motorists. Arguably you'd be better off increasing the toll to encourage people to use public transport.
Click to expand...

That is a sound idea, if you have good public transport, I think, generally, we, here in the North East would settle for London Standards of Public Transport.

I am retired, thus, I have a "free" bus pass and cheap metro pass, so, I use Public Transport a lot, (my car has done 6,100 miles in 3 years). Locally, Public Transport it is fine, if like me, you are in no hurry, and, failure of a bus (or metro) to arrive as scheduled makes little difference, I would feel differently if I was relying on it for my daily commute.

Interestingly, the £2 bus journey cap does not benefit this of State Pension age, (even younger in London, I believe), since they get a Concessionary Bus Pass.
 
Last edited:
spen666

spen666

Veteran
AndyRM said:
Oooh, that's a bit snippy, almost abusive some would say, insulting my vocabulary like that.

You have assumed my position, twice.

Like I said though, tedious.
Click to expand...

Again I have assumed nothing

I have asked you a question
There is a difference between asking a question and making an assumption. i have not assumed your position because I do not know what it is
 
BoldonLad

BoldonLad

Old man on a bike. Not a member of a clique.
Location
South Tyneside
briantrumpet said:
OK, fair enough re Khan - you know London a lot better than I do - I was only going by the reaction from petrolheads to the ULEZ thing and Starmer's immediate change of mind because of the by-election.

I'd limit the exemptions to physically disabled. Surely if it's a proper car-free area (save those for disabled children), then it's safe for special needs children too? Or am I being hopelessly naive?
Click to expand...

Yes.
 
OP
OP
briantrumpet

briantrumpet

Timewaster
C R said:
Obviously, not enough of the right kind of jew. FFS, and these are the people pontificating about anti semitism.
Click to expand...

Well, as we know, there's the deliberate conflation of anti-semitism and criticism of the the State of Israel, especially under the bellicose Netanyahu. That's where this article is coming from, I'm sure.
 
  • Like
Reactions: C R
PurplePenguin

PurplePenguin

Über Member
briantrumpet said:
How Catholic is Burnham? I think we need to know.

Is it fair for me to think "WTF?!" at this Jewish Chronicle headline? How well would "How black is David Lammy?" go down as a headline?

View attachment 16377
Click to expand...

There is a small element that is different with Judaism to other religions which is that it is passed down through the mother, so my neighbours would describe themselves as secular Jews - something that doesn't make sense to me; however, to them, it means that their mothers were Jewish, yet they are atheist. This is the same as Ed Miliband - he describes himself as atheist with Jewish roots. It is possible therefore to understand the question as one about how religious he is.

That said, I read the article, so you don't have to, and after talking about his parents and upbringing, it moves on to the real question: how zionist is Ed Miliband? That seems to be the actual question. Also, it notes his mother was a signatory to the founding statement for Jews for Justice for Palestinians
 
C R

C R

Legendary Member
PurplePenguin said:
There is a small element that is different with Judaism to other religions which is that it is passed down through the mother, so my neighbours would describe themselves as secular Jews - something that doesn't make sense to me; however, to them, it means that their mothers were Jewish, yet they are atheist. This is the same as Ed Miliband - he describes himself as atheist with Jewish roots. It is possible therefore to understand the question as one about how religious he is.

That said, I read the article, so you don't have to, and after talking about his parents and upbringing, it moves on to the real question: how zionist is Ed Miliband? That seems to be the actual question. Also, it notes his mother was a signatory to the founding statement for Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Click to expand...

It is a shameful antisemitic headline through and through.
 
OP
OP
briantrumpet

briantrumpet

Timewaster
BoldonLad said:
Because, some of those with "special needs" children will have ready excuses as to why they are exceptions and require access. It is the whole "blue badge" thing, people are ingenious when it comes to excuses.
Click to expand...

Ah, OK. That's what I think both PP and I were driving at, and why I'd restrict it to physically disabled children. Make it safe for everyone would be my starting point.
 
  • Like
Reactions: C R
BoldonLad

BoldonLad

Old man on a bike. Not a member of a clique.
Location
South Tyneside
briantrumpet said:
Ah, OK. That's what I think both PP and I were driving at, and why I'd restrict it to physically disabled children. Make it safe for everyone would be my starting point.
Click to expand...

yes, I got that. But, that still leaves room for pleading "exception". For example, one of my Grandaughters has Downs Syndrome. She is not physically disabled as in being unable to walk, but, her walking ability is not 100%. Another example, would (say) lack of use of an arm, count as Physically disabled? Also, some, possibly most conditions are not neatly uniform, so, again taking Downs Syndrome as an example, there is a whole spectrum of abilities, or lack thereof.

I don't know what the solution is, but, in my experience the whole "special needs", "disabled" has become a nightmare, I pity those who are required to administer "the rules" (if indeed there are any "rules".
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom