Confused Or What?
The Labour Party cabinet. Have made an underhanded move.
To unseat Prime Minister Keir Starmer
And replace him. With a Stalking Horse candidate
Mr Victor Meldew.
But you know what. >>> I don’t believe it >> 4. 1. Minute.!!
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It used to be, not any more. Where you are may not yet be affected by the changes but will be in time
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Scientists have just discovered.
That the first Man and Woman On Earth.
We’re in fact >> Cock-neys.
Well, would you “Adam and Eve” it? 
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Sadly and reluctantly I have to agree. I grew up in The West End, also lived in Richmond, Islington,Green Lanes and Golders Green. I went to school in Fitzrovia, Chelsea and Stepney.
It’s lost a hell of a lot of it’s character and charm.
Subjective I know but every time I go back it’s worse.
Nothing is going to change my mind on that one, it’s not going to get any better! 
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Here in West London there is change, lots of it, I try to convince myself it’s for the better.
Major regeneration projects at Paddington, Earls Court, White City, Imperial College world class medical research Hammersmith Hospital.
Old Oak: transport superhub where HS2 meets Crossrail. More Overground and Underground Stations.
Of course people complain: high rise landmark apartments for the supper rich, not enough affordable housing, not enough doctors, this & that, nothings new really.
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It was more fun in the '70, no big brother, if you were copped, it was a fair cop. No speed cameras, drive everywhere at all hours, just need a pavement to park on. Illicit clubs, boozers that never closed.
The Good Old Days is for all generations.
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All this negativeness about London makes me think of Italians’ opinion (including the romans themselves) on the state of Rome nowadays, high crime rates, uncontrollable traffic, eternal rubbish collection problems, roads needing repairing for years, degraded areas on the rise, poor or non-existent landscape maintenance, badly run public transport, construction sites which just sit there for years and years with no work being done. Lots more that doesn’t come to mind at the moment.
Just like many other capital cities, it’s one thing going on holiday there but let’s ask the citizens who live there what it’s really like. 
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I lived in Lisbon for many years, I know how frustrating it can be. You know the place is falling apart, yet you love it all the more.
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They have improved transport infrastructure for wealthy commuters but the Mayor approved plans to completely cut or reduce bus services which are relied on by some of the most deprived. Why they would need a HS2 stop in old oak only makes sense when you see how many lego style ugly tower blocks they have built in the area from old oak all the way to the Great West Road. There is another massive tower block project planned for Ladbroke Grove which is likely being built on contaminated land. Pretty much every part of London has plans for some major ugly residential redevelopment. These redevelopments lead to a huge influx of people into areas they have no historic ties with and often no respect by planners for local culture and need. Look at Elephant and Castle. People may have hated that shopping centre and thought it an eyesore but plenty of those locals who lived in the social housing in the area relied on the poundland and other cheap shops there. Such people of course do not matter it seems.
Meanwhile displaced outpriced residents are moving into other areas, overcrowding them and putting strains on local services. While 75% of the new tower blocks stand empty.
None of it makes sense but London will never be the same again. Ten years ago it was a fabulous capital city.
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I’m reading all the responses to Trumps view that London is a horrible place … but what gets me is he just acts like a big spoilt kid in the playground who gets nasty when he doesn’t get his own way.
Fact: I’d rather live anywhere in the UK than anywhere in the US.
Strangely, Starmer has gone up in my estimation over this.
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I think a lot of people feel that way
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I know … what an amazing way to discover he has actually got a backbone.
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The idea being most travellers don’t go to Euston, they change at Old Oak for central London, or other destinations like Heathrow.
And re the development at the top of Ladbrook Grove, it will probably end up mostly social housing for locals, but these places are a huge improvement on the estates from 50 odd years ago. I think the master planners know what they are doing, learning from past mistakes.
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I’m not sure standards and materials are great these days. Unfortunately they are finding snag upon snag, many dangerous and building standards being ignored to cut corners and save time. Look at the amount of cladding going up. People who work on such projects are shocked. Of course the long term health issues from living on brownfield sites are unknown particularly ladbroke grove which are former gas works. It’s a real shame they are redeveloping that area and there is great opposition to it locally. The promises of social housing are always scaled down in the end. Most of these estates are likely to be demolished in the next 30 years as they find failings in construction. The same problems are happening with all new build housing. The number of buildings being demolished when they were built only in the last 30-40 years is astonishing and environmentally totally immoral.
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I don’t know about “failings”, but yes they do seem to lack substance: just a central concrete lift shaft with cladding for external walls. I wouldn’t buy one.
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Most of those criticising London do not live there, particularly Trump. How can someone like him,with his history,call anyone else a terrible person?
I have lived in London all my life and wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. Mayor Khan has done a great job, our London Transport is second to none and improving all the time. Hopefully he will be re-elected next time too.
There are many benefits and amenities for older people in London that are sadly lacking elsewhere, life is made easy, unlike for those living in rural areas .
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I lived in north London, west London and south London. I’ve worked along the river, up in Primrose hill, in the city and down Canary Wharf. I still visit about 2-3 times a year. It still gives me kick to walk through the centre of town. It’s a buzzing city - multi-cultural, cultural, exciting. But the suburbs are leafy and calm.
I did notice something the last few times I went that I found less than pleasant. Round Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Chelsea the place seemed full of loafing youngsters (20s and 30s) talking loudly, buying over-priced coffee & cakes and driving wildly expensive cars. Very off putting. As you go from Chelsea to Mayfair you encounter more loud people - this time blazer wearing middle aged “doing deals” on their phones before throwing away a few hundred on an average lunch in an over-crammed restaurant. And more wildly expensive cars. Just not pleasant to be near.
Helen maybe you live in a part that’s still habitable. But the Mayor has cut bus routes in our neck of the woods making life more difficult for many pensioners, that’s if they do get anywhere in a bus with all the roadworks everywhere creating complete gridlock. They are currently consulting on cutting yet more bus routes.
I’m not sure what good works Sadiq Khan has achieved for London. He seems to be allowing redevelopment of every corner of London without any regard for local feeling. Nobody seems to be policing the bad driving and people completely ignoring traffic lights. Local authorities are straining to provide services under severe funding cuts. Council tax hikes are going to be felt from April. Dumped rubbish everywhere.
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True. Just 15mls From Marble Arch. By Tube.
An entirely different environment.
Ickenham.
Mildly “Posh er Ised”. But Old Charm remains.
Influencing Tranquillity. From Hassle & Bustle
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In the olden days Ruislip was posh, not so much now. Harefield is still oldy worldy but I am betting they are trying to develop in the flood plain there. They are trying to build on flood plains all over the country, spreading the risk to surrounding areas.
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