leicsmac Posted 6 March 2023 Share Posted 6 March 2023 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64835273 That's nasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterpool Posted 6 March 2023 Share Posted 6 March 2023 More celebs turning down the coronation... somehow don't thing charles is that popular 😆 Meh day for royal crawlers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weller54 Posted 6 March 2023 Share Posted 6 March 2023 Arise... Sir Stanley Johnson!! Wtf!!! 🤮🤬🤬🤬🤬 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 6 March 2023 Share Posted 6 March 2023 Tory MP surprised to find out that Matt Hankunt is a reprehensible piece of shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Falling Foxes Posted 6 March 2023 Share Posted 6 March 2023 2 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said: Tory MP surprised to find out that Matt Hankunt is a reprehensible piece of shit. More like Tory MP is beginning to realise he might just lose his own seat at the next election. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zear0 Posted 6 March 2023 Share Posted 6 March 2023 31 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said: Tory MP surprised to find out that Matt Hankunt is a reprehensible piece of shit. Presume this is all leading up to some kind of money shot (apologies) aimed at Rishi? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 6 March 2023 Share Posted 6 March 2023 35 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said: Tory MP surprised to find out that Matt Hankunt is a reprehensible piece of shit. He’s going to shit when he finds out about every other member of the party. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 7 hours ago, Daggers said: He’s going to shit when he finds out about every other member of the party. I suspect all politics is a bit like this behind the scenes - play ball if you want that funding for your local project. Partly why decent people don't get into politics - too much unacceptable compromise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 20 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said: I suspect all politics is a bit like this behind the scenes - play ball if you want that funding for your local project. Partly why decent people don't get into politics - too much unacceptable compromise. "Pork barrel" has been a thing in a lot of places for a long time, yeah. Speaking personally I wouldn't go near it all with a bargepole for the exact reasons stated here - but at the same time I know that outside the system it's often very difficult to get what needs to be done, done...even if it's both obvious and essential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemperEadem Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 Highcross has gone into receivership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 (edited) 36 minutes ago, SemperEadem said: Highcross has gone into receivership. If that does end up going down then you may as well board up the rest of the city centre in terms of retail too. Unless I've been away for so long that there's something else keeping it going that I don't know about. Edited 7 March 2023 by leicsmac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 15 minutes ago, leicsmac said: If that does end up going down then you may as well board up the rest of the city centre in terms of retail too. Unless I've been away for so long that there's something else keeping it going that I don't know about. Cities are entering a death spiral, the sooner we start planning to turn all the buildings into vertical farms the better 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClaphamFox Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 14 minutes ago, leicsmac said: If that does end up going down then you may as well board up the rest of the city centre in terms of retail too. Unless I've been away for so long that there's something else keeping it going that I don't know about. I haven't lived in Leicester for several decades and rarely venture into the centre, but it seems the retail trade in the city is really struggling. I was saddened to read the other day that Wellgosh has closed down (I frequently patronised their Silver Arcade shop as a teenager in the 1990s). I also learned that Limeys apparently went some time ago. If retail really has become unviable in the centre of Leicester, it makes you wonder what will replace it. I suppose it will just become a residential and nightlife area with a few specialist shops here and there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 4 hours ago, Jon the Hat said: I suspect all politics is a bit like this behind the scenes - play ball if you want that funding for your local project. Partly why decent people don't get into politics - too much unacceptable compromise. And the very last thing anyone ever says about Berry - well, anyone who’s ever met him - is that he’s decent people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicsmac Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, ozleicester said: Cities are entering a death spiral, the sooner we start planning to turn all the buildings into vertical farms the better Hydroponics and other similar practices are the way forward, man. 2 hours ago, ClaphamFox said: I haven't lived in Leicester for several decades and rarely venture into the centre, but it seems the retail trade in the city is really struggling. I was saddened to read the other day that Wellgosh has closed down (I frequently patronised their Silver Arcade shop as a teenager in the 1990s). I also learned that Limeys apparently went some time ago. If retail really has become unviable in the centre of Leicester, it makes you wonder what will replace it. I suppose it will just become a residential and nightlife area with a few specialist shops here and there... It certainly seems that way, and it does make you wonder what the future holds in terms of it all. Perhaps the future is where cities aren't used for retail at all... Edited 7 March 2023 by leicsmac 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain... Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 5 hours ago, leicsmac said: Hydroponics and other similar practices are the way forward, man. It certainly seems that way, and it does make you wonder what the future holds in terms of it all. Perhaps the future is where cities aren't used for retail at all... This is where as a society we need to decide if we want retail and a city centre or if we want to become a digital world. The only way for physical retail to compete with digital marketplaces is to subsidise physical stores or tax online sales or have an enforced delivery charge. If buying online is more convenient and offers more choice and has no additional costs why would you take on the cost and effort to go to physical shops where they might not even have what you need. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parafox Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 The French demonstrating against the Gov who are proposing raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. Threats of blockades and mass strikes. https://time.com/6248668/paris-france-protests-retirement-age/ The proposal, if agreed will be phased in by 2030. I'm lost for words. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nnfox Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 2 hours ago, Captain... said: This is where as a society we need to decide if we want retail and a city centre or if we want to become a digital world. The only way for physical retail to compete with digital marketplaces is to subsidise physical stores or tax online sales or have an enforced delivery charge. If buying online is more convenient and offers more choice and has no additional costs why would you take on the cost and effort to go to physical shops where they might not even have what you need. The writing has been on the wall for a while. The age of city centres as a retail destination is drawing to an end. Shopping, across the nation, will be largely online with the exception of large retail parks that also contain leisure facilities on main arterial routes. City centres will shrink to a few specialist shops and maybe butchers/greengrocers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionator Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 If you enter the UK illegally, you won't be able to be exploited in a Leicester sweat shop!! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bovril Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 This government does this a lot - talks like they're the opposition and that actually they are the party to improve the UK's crumbling economy and decrease its record immigration levels 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoyleFox Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 3 hours ago, Parafox said: The French demonstrating against the Gov who are proposing raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. Threats of blockades and mass strikes. https://time.com/6248668/paris-france-protests-retirement-age/ The proposal, if agreed will be phased in by 2030. I'm lost for words. 64! Blimey. Allegedly, in next week's budget they may be announcing ours goes to 68 from mid 2030's instead of 2044. (2040 would be OK ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozleicester Posted 7 March 2023 Share Posted 7 March 2023 You know, you vote for the government, they make decisions in your name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted 8 March 2023 Share Posted 8 March 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, ozleicester said: You know, you vote for the government, they make decisions in your name. EDIT: Sorry Mark, venturing into politics. Deleted. Edited 8 March 2023 by Jon the Hat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy G Posted 8 March 2023 Share Posted 8 March 2023 Kyle Walker up to no good again, for the millionth time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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