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Nearly Sane

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'Will London Fall?'
« on: April 11, 2017, 11:29:31 AM »
Article on London from NY Times. Provoking much comment online from people who think having Sadiq Khan as mayor shows that it already has.


https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/11/world/europe/uk-london-brexit.html?_r=1
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Humph Warden Bennett

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Re: 'Will London Fall?'
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2017, 07:02:13 PM »
FTR I want out of "London", where is my referendum?
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Nearly Sane

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Re: 'Will London Fall?'
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2017, 07:03:18 PM »
Quote from: Humph Warden Bennett on April 12, 2017, 07:02:13 PM
FTR I want out of "London", where is my referendum?

You need to get votes for it.
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jeremyp

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Re: 'Will London Fall?'
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2017, 07:49:10 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on April 11, 2017, 11:29:31 AM
Article on London from NY Times. Provoking much comment online from people who think having Sadiq Khan as mayor shows that it already has.


https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/11/world/europe/uk-london-brexit.html?_r=1
I thought having Sadiq Khan as mayor showed that London is looking forward to the future instead of back to the 50's (or even the 1600's) like most of the rest of this benighted country.
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Re: 'Will London Fall?'
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2017, 07:59:26 PM »
London will not fail and Sadiq Khan is a good man, yet to prove himself as mayor but, yes, his appointment does indicate looking forward. It is an American article!
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Re: 'Will London Fall?'
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2017, 08:03:24 PM »
Quote from: Robinson on April 12, 2017, 07:59:26 PM
London will not fail and Sadiq Khan is a good man, yet to prove himself as mayor but, yes, his appointment does indicate looking forward. It is an American article!
indeed it is, but it doesn't suggest that Sadiq Khan is a problem.
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Re: 'Will London Fall?'
« Reply #6 on: April 12, 2017, 08:07:07 PM »
Quote from: jeremyp on April 12, 2017, 07:49:10 PM
I thought having Sadiq Khan as mayor showed that London is looking forward to the future instead of back to the 50's (or even the 1600's) like most of the rest of this benighted country.
Agree, but then what people think 'Fall' means is not the same thing
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Re: 'Will London Fall?'
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2017, 08:11:34 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on April 12, 2017, 08:07:07 PM
Agree, but then what people think 'Fall' means is not the same thing

Well, if failure is having a culture in which your top democratically elected politician can be a far left socialist, a public school toff or a London born Muslim of Asian descent, give me some of that failure.
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Re: 'Will London Fall?'
« Reply #8 on: April 12, 2017, 08:14:04 PM »
Quote from: jeremyp on April 12, 2017, 08:11:34 PM
Well, if failure is having a culture in which your top democratically elected politician can be a far left socialist, a public school toff or a London born Muslim of Asian descent, give me some of that failure.
Much as I like Sadiq, 'far left'. Ha!!

ETA:

Apologies, rereading you aren't saying that this.
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Re: 'Will London Fall?'
« Reply #9 on: April 12, 2017, 08:18:16 PM »
Quote from: Nearly Sane on April 12, 2017, 08:14:04 PM
Much as I like Sadiq, 'far left'. Ha!!
That wasn't referring to Sadiq Khan.
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Re: 'Will London Fall?'
« Reply #10 on: April 12, 2017, 08:20:37 PM »
Quote from: jeremyp on April 12, 2017, 08:18:16 PM
That wasn't referring to Sadiq Khan.
See edited post with added apology.
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