Author Archives: Giolla

Public spaces in London

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A while back I linked to the Evening Standard report on the new and improved ring of steel and the topic also game up both on the last little walk I went on and in comments about it. so it’s interesting to note that the London Assembly Planning and Housing Committee are “reportedly” going to be talking about private management of public spaces. I saw “reportedly” because although the press release mentions that the “private management of public space can mean Londoners are excluded from parts of the capital or subject to arbitrary rules around activities like filming” , there’s … Continue reading →

And so it came to pass

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Hindsight is a wonderful thing, and predictions not written down are easy to get right. However I recall quite a few years back wondering aloud to many people why the various factions in Northern Ireland were bothering as with the EU it’d all become moot anyway, as they’d just be regions of a greater EU state. I wasn’t that politically aware back then but with a single currency and European passports it seemed the logical end point, and once we were all just “Europeans” what would they be fighting for exactly? Via Leg Iron and by way of Witterings from … Continue reading →

Sticking it to the bankers

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Via Captain Ranty a nice, simple risk free way to stick it to the bankers and smash the system. We all just need to withdraw all of our funds from the banks on the same day the 7th December, we can put it all back the very next day but just for one day leave nothing in the bank it will cause chaos and Eric Cantona is supporting it – what more reason do you need? As Captain Ranty observers you don’t even need to take out all of your money, leave in enough to pay any bills due in … Continue reading →