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Comment on Bring on your fear and loathing by hangbitch

hangbitch — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:35:51 +0000

I wish I was that creative. Will go down to the market next weekend to see if they’re there again and see what else is there. I’ve also walked on guys rifling through our bin store under our flats just up the road. They wouldn’t talk to me (probably not a surprise) so I couldn’t really find out what they were doing. Some people say they’re taking envelopes and that to steal identities? – maybe true, maybe not. My partner saw a woman with small kids in there recently.

Comment on Bring on your fear and loathing by tam

tam — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:32:44 +0000

All too easy and convenient to label this government and its state-driven oppression as ‘stupid’. It’s as deliberate as it is banal – a predictably unimaginative method of oppression, designed to polarise & separate out the ‘desirable’ and ‘undesirable’ elements of society so that the ‘undesirable’ are pushed to react, then demonised and, finally, condemned by what’s seen as (and sold as) the ‘hard-working, responsible & decent’ section of society. Very basic psychological stuff – ‘us and them’. This ‘decent, hard-working society’ the government attempts to appeal to and bring onside doesn’t actually exist. I don’t doubt the government believes it does, but this shows naivete in the extreme. A great many hard-working and decent people have – or soon will – descend into a frightening existence of poverty, struggle & hopelessness. This will eventually result in justified, unified anger and, inevitably, necessary reaction borne of desperation, as people are forced to fight for their survival, their loved ones and their most basic of human rights. These heavy-handed, fascist tactics may have worked in the past, but they won’t any longer. Not in Britain.

Comment on Bring on your fear and loathing by Lee

Lee — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 05:29:38 +0000

The last story made me go and dig out my copy of Neuromancer by William Gibson. London has become truely cyberpunk and, if I hadn’t lived there for so many years, I would have thought it all just artistic license.

Comment on Peckham Monday by Loathing in London – Hangbitch

Loathing in London – Hangbitch — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:27:55 +0000

[...] thought I might as well wait around to watch the arrests. Only four days had passed since the riots and it seemed likely that swearing in a copper’s face and advancing on him would end in a [...]

Comment on Peckham Monday by The House Husband » Blog Archive » London burns

The House Husband » Blog Archive » London burns — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 20:18:03 +0000

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Comment on Sally Bercow barred from Shropshire’s Grange by business review

business review — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:05:14 +0000

But it is due to close on July 29 as part of Shropshire Council s spending cuts despite a 1 250 name petition to save it..As a replacement users are being allocated personal budgets which they can spend on activities that are suitable for their needs..Shropshire Council has said that while the building used by the Grange is closing the care and support it provides will still remain accessible to people in the county..by Charlotte Hester ………………..

Comment on Abortion rights demonstration Saturday 9 July by Video from today’s pro-choice rally « Harpymarx

Video from today’s pro-choice rally « Harpymarx — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 22:07:23 +0000

[...] Rights, Education for Choice, Diane Abbott (MP) and Laurie Penny. And just to say hi as well to Kate Belgrave and that she has more videos of the [...]

Comment on Disabling users by Sally Bercow, the closing day centre and the poverty of soundbite culture | Kate Belgrave | Birmingham Link

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:41:02 +0000

[...] December, Shropshire council announced that it planned to close the centre as part of its austerity measures – an early decision which shocked service users, who thought [...]

Comment on Disabling users by Sally Bercow thrown out of Shropshire’s Grange – Hangbitch

Sally Bercow thrown out of Shropshire’s Grange – Hangbitch — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:34:14 +0000

[...] going into The Grange – a daycentre for people with physical disabilities which the council revealed in December it would as part of its austerity [...]

Comment on Dear Lynne… by james smythe

james smythe — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:41:33 +0000

i have asked the police (in 2008) how can metpro use ANPR cameras to record and find out peoples addresses via their number plates and i got no response. I also asked when were they approved by the met police to carry and use handcuffs. No response.
also in their leaflet they claim to be fire trained and to get you out in the event of a fire within minutes of you calling them. as a fully trained firefighter with many years service , there claims are rubbish. If you need the fire brigade CALL THE FIRE BRIGADE ,not some fakers. While your talking to the dispatcher , at least 2 other staff in the control room are listening and acting on it , within seconds the nearest appliance is dispatched and the ambulance service is also notified along with the police , with house fires never is just one crew sent , multiple crews are sent as its better to be safe and have to stand down .
Metpro charge over £1500 a year just to give you a phone number to call if your worried ….a cheaper one is 999