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no i have been outside the london and seen the children scrabbling in the dirt to earn their daily salt and vinegar crisp
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/news/themes-in-the-spotlight/regional-gdp
(I couldn't find a pretty map with the new data ;o()
EDIT: although associated press release says:
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/6839731/1-21052015-AP-EN.pdf/c3f5f43b-397c-40fd-a0a4-7e68e3bea8cd
The PM has said many things in the past, such as
"I won't call a general election"
and
"My government will be strong and stable"
So forgive me if I treat this statement with a bucketload of salt.
strong and stable!
Nobody knowing what's happening is our new normal, to be fair.
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jul/31/no-10-rejects-off-the-shelf-transitional-deal-for-brexit?CMP=share_btn_tw
From that article:
THE REPORTS CAME FROM HAMMOND! I don't know if they're being disingenuous or they genuinely don't know, and that's pretty scary.
These are not words people want to hear at this stage of the game.
I lost all my northern cold resistance and started saying "the" with the th.
Wait, I'm doing this wrong amn't I?
I bet you didn't have your oyster card ready before the barrier either, and stood on the wrong side of the escalator!
Last time I visited London, it was to see a friend. We met up near the London eye, and he told me he lived 40 mins walk away but it was a nice scenic route. 45 mins later while in the middle of Lambeth, I asked him how much longer the walk was, and he told me another 30 mins.
I get to his flat that he was sharing with another guy, and it was worse than all of the Student dives I'd seen (excluding the one that had a floor / ceiling missing). It got hardly any natural light, the bathroom and kitchen were tiny, I doubt it had been decorated in the last 40 years and came with no furniture.
The rent must have been approaching £2k per month. You have to spend so much to live in place that isn't a rabbit hutch and / or isn't a shithole.
The only nice place I visited and stayed, was when a girl who used to be a receptionist at the place I worked, asked me to come stay with her one weekend at a flat her friend had. Her friend was the daughter of an (ex?) ambassador who most likely had diverted funds to be able to afford a flat that was literally just around the corner from Harrods (the flat was amazing).
I do have to disagree on this front.
Your friend is an idiot for making you walk so far when a tube would have got you there much faster. You can get great places in Lambeth for around that price as well.
That kind of behaviour carries a death sentence, as well it should.
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My neighbours are trying to sell a 2 bedroom flat and I think it's going for around £500K
Not even once
Whereas I'm currently in discussions with Mrs Rhesus about whether it's practical to buy a grade 2 listed building in Halifax - sure it's got gargoyles, but we don't currently hold a crenellation licence, and we would have to rig up a crane to move furniture in through the balcony as the spiral staircase won't fit our fridge
It doesn't seem healthy at all for the country as a whole to have one single area dominating to such a degree in terms of, well, almost everything.
and now i want this printed on a posted of Boris Johnson dangling from that zip-line.
We're making a good attempt at robbing London of its economic significance right now
Yes, we decided not to buy the Newcastle riverside property with slipway access as
a) It's built next to a bit of Hadrian's Wall and there'd be loads of tourists
b) we don't have a boat
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I have not been to London (except airports) since 1999, and I'm aware it's changed a tad since then. What can you guys advise me about travel from the Midlands?
Specific questions:
- Am I better, mostly cost-wise but also time-wise, getting the train all the way, driving part of the way (say, just past the M25) and then hopping the train, or driving as far as I can? Back in the day I used to just drive in and figure it out when I got there, and that worked then, but that was before the congestion charge. But I'm happy to drive as far as I can, if I can.
- If using the Tube or a bus or something, is an Oyster card actually required now?
(Apologies for the off-topicness but you guys are the best source of collective knowledge I have by a long, long way.)
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Thats why I'm worried about Channel 4 potentially coming to Manchester. Yes we have Media City™ here already and thats been good for the economy and made parts of Salford more desirable to live, but wouldn't it be good for Channel 4 to go to another city that needs a bit of a boost? I know its probably not economically viable to spread them out but there are other northern cities that could do with the help.
This has always been one of my biggest (of many) issues with the so-called "Northern Powerhouse" initiative. The vast majority of the investment seemed to be focused on Manchester and its environs (and Leeds to a lesser extent), leaving vast swathes of the North, even the cities, to make do with scraps. I know I shouldn't expect a Conservative government to care that much about the North, but it still struck me as a particularly hollow gesture even for them.
Just a bunch of jealous northerners in here, I'll tell you what.
Yup, jealousy
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Taking a train to either Euston, St. Pancras or Kings Cross is probably your most time effective method of travel - the trains are quick and direct from most Midlands cities, the stations are all within walking distance of the British Museum and driving through London looks nightmarish. There are also a few other things of interest near that area (e.g., the British Library) if you want to avoid taking the Tube at all.
If you're cool with going on the underground then it's simple to buy a day ticket and there are obvious maps dotted throughout most stations that'll tell you where you need to go.
Also be warned that London is expensive but you can work around pricier aspects - book tickets in advance and preferably for a late train coming back, don't buy alcohol near the train stations, etc.
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Don't buy day tickets for the underground - if you use a contactless bank card the day limit is less than the price of the paper day ticket (£6.60 vs £12.30). With the bus you can use contactless as well. As far as I'm aware Oyster cards are just used for longer travelcards/season tickets now.
I prefer just being able to jump on a train (from Nottingham) and get straight into Kings Cross/St Pancras (British Museum is a single stop away on the Piccadilly line). I've visited friends in Hertfordshire before - the trains from there run much more often and far later into the night (but you're not saving that much moneywise - was about £9 into London vs £25 from Nottingham).
I just visited London and the British Museum, so I can answer some of this.
Cheapest transport is something like a megabus, but I always just advance book single train tickets, cos coaches suck.
Oyster cards can be bought and topped up very easily from machines in all stations, but if you only want to go the the British Museum, I would just walk from Kings Cross.
On the other hand Oyster cards are very handy if you want to get around by bus or tube, as it saves you the trouble of buying tickets.
The British Museum is still very popular, so you'll need to get there early, as we're now in school holidays, so weekdays will packed as well.
Every museum I went in has security/bag checking, so definitely a good idea to carry as little as possible, also another reason to be early, so you can avoid queues.
And in case any one thinks this is off topic there's not much that's more political than transport and museums.
How does that work in terms of discounts for say weekly or monthly tickets? As in, do you buy the whatever ticket online and just use the card you bought with to scan? Or is it logging and charging for each journey you scan your card at?