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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - July 2016
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Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Did you get to the bottom of this?
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hiraethified
No. I saw them do their photo session and then they headed straight to the tube.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Hmm....tourists
snowy_again
Slush
^^^ not sure why this is under 'food' but hey ho: https://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=9253
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hiraethified
*moved. Got my food mixed up with my news!
This has worked out rather nicely for the developer:
snowy_again
Slush
It also mentions that the existing tenants / flat owners are now owning the shared free hold and that they developed the plans, after the previous freeholder had done very little to maintain or develop the building.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
We went and looked at a flat in there years ago and the building was in a terrible state inside.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
By all accounts the shared free holders negotiated a very very good deal, with the developers paying for a huge amount of long overdue refurbishment of the entire building, including new lifts, in exchange for the rights to build on the roof. The roof top project has turned out to be more complicated than expected and I heard that the developer somewhat regrets taking it on.
Apparently the building caused outrage when it was built in the 20/30s due to its exceptional height.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Sandhurst Court appear to be managed by a company owned by the resident leaseholders.
The original application was supported by Cllr Steve Reed (as ward councillor). Wonder why it took them 8 years to get round to doing it?
https://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/mgConvert2PDF.aspx?ID=9253
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
There was a big funeral at the Domino Club yesterday afternoon & evening. Unusual to see funeral receptions there - though it might be a good venue.
Any idea if it was someone of note locally?
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hiraethified
New free live music night on Sundays starting up at the 414, with the trumpet player from UB40
Grass Roots Live Music at Club 414 – new free Sunday night show for Brixton
Grass Roots Live Music at Club 414 – new free Sunday night show for Brixton
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
ub40 is never a selling point
Gramsci
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Don’t go on the politics boards and say this as you will get a hard time for it.
Gramsci
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I was at the march as well. Really saddened about this Brexit. Today I was what at the coffee bar I use in Soho - chatting to the Italian and the Pole there. This evening at the store I use in LJ to get my Polish beers and chat to the Polish girl who works there.
From what I seen on the politics boards there is complete disjunct between how Europe/ EU is seen in Lambeth and other parts of the country. The march was derided. I can see the point of having a go at the EU as tool of Capitalism but the Referendum ended up being about immigration imo.
brixtonblade
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I can't face posting on the politics board either... I haven't got any political theory to back me up, I just feel like we've made an insular vote and I'm sad that friends of mine from Europe now feel like they will move back to their birth country
Gramsci
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Photos from the rally this lunchtime
In photos: Brixton workers stage Solidarity with Migrants Rally, Mon 4th July
Really good you covered this. I would have gone if it had been possible.
I am a bit concerned about what the politics are about. There is a hard left who were Brexit. To those who supported staying in EU they retorted you are supporting EU and it racist borders.
That leaving EU we can argue for non racist immigration policies.
Where as I think that leaving EU led to more racism in sense the that the Brexit victory meant people felt entitled to voice opinions that had kept to themselves more before.
Its all a bit of a mess politically. The demo above is example. Not actually saying that out victory caused this. Trying to plaster over the cracks in the left. Between those who supported In and those who supported Out.
As a run down of left groups in Lambeth:
SWP - Brexit
Left Unity - Stay in and fight for reformed EU
Green Party - Stay in and fight for reformed EU
Revolutionary Communist Group (RCG)- boycott the referendum. Its an argument between different factions of the ruling class.
Socialist Party ( ex Militant tendency) - Brexit
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Gramsci
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Exactly how I feel. My Polish friends are very upset about it. Understandably. Wake up Friday feeling they are no longer welcome here.
I also agree its an insular vote.
I have posted up on politics boards along with editor ( good photo coverage of march last Saturday)and newbie ( whose done some really good posts. Going further than I would dare.). I have learned that how people experience migration is very different in other parts of the country.
I do find it hard to argue with the left wing logic of Brexit- its correct on many points- but cant help feeling politics is more than the hard logic. The political theory is sound. EU is pushing Neo Liberal austerity on the ordinary people. The break up of EU is chance for the Left. But how can I turn around and tell my East European friends I want "Out"? After getting to know them I feel more European. Learnt a lot from them. Since they first came I read up more European history and film.
For my Polish friends joining EU was not just economic it was rejoining Europe after years of Soviet occupation. The idea of Europe as a common home is potentially a good one.
My Italian friend said the Brexit vote here will bolster the populist right in Europe. I agree. The left across Europe is weak compared to the populist right. Its UKIP types here and across Europe who will gain imo.
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Gramsci
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Still the way its going in London and Brixton the multicultural / diverse London is going due to the hollowing out of London because of gentrification. So the old left argument of making things worse might help. If the economy suffers and corporates/ finance leave to base themselves in EU London might "gain".
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hiraethified
Solidarity march, Brixton, tomorrow 4pm
Solidarity march in memory of Alton Sterling & Philando Castile, Windrush Square, Brixton, 9th July 4pm
Solidarity march in memory of Alton Sterling & Philando Castile, Windrush Square, Brixton, 9th July 4pm
brixtonblade
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I can't "like" this post enough so I'll just quote it and say I agree with all of it!
Gramsci
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Demo outside 10 Downing street this evening by same group I think by what they were shouting.
wurlycurly
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You've got to be a special type of moron to drive at that speed in a heavily populated area. I've started to obey the Green Man as a partial solution.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
3 fire engine turn out on Christchurch Road. Smells like a gas leak...brixton hill end...
Ms T
Honey-coloured ramparts
Apart from the pedestrian crossing there is a zebra crossing.
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