Number 10 tells Sadiq Khan he is not invited to emergency coronavirus meeting

[Shechemite]

Interesting take.
Not sure I totally go with the analysis, though. For sure there's been a degree of 'white flight' to Sutton, but to generalise about the borough or its 2 constituencies is difficult. As with a good many Outer GL boroughs, there's some huge socio-economic gradients between the inner and outer parts. In the case of C&W, Brake's share of the popular vote actually rose between 2017 & 2019; he lost because a fair chunk of the Leave voting Northern wards saw significant numbers of Lab --> Con switchers. In a 57% L constituency, it was Brexit more than anything that saw the vermin take the seat off Brake.

Yeah my post was a little sweeping.

I use to live in wallington* (and work in carshalton).

*better pie and mash than Sutton

 

[Saul Goodman]

I'm intrigued by the concept of jellied eels. What are they like?

Imagine having a really bad cold and saving all of your catarrh and black and green lung oysters in a jar...

 

[Shechemite]

Welcome to Sutton!

It’s full of filth

Sutton's dirty secret: Hardcore porn shot in broad daylight in shopping centre car park and town-centre streets

The explicit and professionally produced footage was filmed at unlikely locations such as the St Nicholas Shopping Centre and opposite a…

www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk

 

[Treacle Toes]

Coronavirus spreading fastest in UK in London

Latest details of the spread of Covid-19 in the UK capital, the government’s response, and its impact on families and businesses

www.theguardian.com

Shocked I tell ya....maybe because all us Londoners think we're special or something?

 

[SpookyFrank]

Coronavirus spreading fastest in UK in London

Latest details of the spread of Covid-19 in the UK capital, the government’s response, and its impact on families and businesses

www.theguardian.com

Shocked I tell ya....maybe because all us Londoners think we're special or something?

Or because the tube.

 

[brogdale]

Or because the tube.

Yep, largest urban conurbation with steepest social/housing cost gradients in country where many of the poorest/most precarious have to use long stretches of public transport to travel in from 'less expensive' housing areas.

 

[Pickman's model]

Yep, largest urban conurbation with steepest social/housing cost gradients in country where many of the poorest/most precarious have to use long stretches of public transport to travel in from 'less expensive' housing areas.

Would expect more cases in eg barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, havering then than hackney.

 

[brogdale]

Would expect more cases in eg barking and Dagenham, Redbridge, havering then than hackney.

Maybe, but..everywhere soon.

 

[Pickman's model]

Maybe, but..everywhere soon.

And darkness and decay and the red death held illimitable dominion over all

 

[Proper Tidy]

The article doesn't say saturation is expected to be higher than elsewhere though and infection rates elsewhere eg italy don't really support the idea metropolitan areas are uniquely at risk. The indication is only that london is days/weeks ahead of the curve.



Likewise, not sure the linking it to social housing, precarious work, or commutes on public transport - or more broadly class issues - holds much water given issues of crowded living, precarious work, and reliance on public transport are not limited to london.



I mean, I think class issues should be more of a focus, specifically lack of employer safety net for w/c jobs so unable to cease working and inability to work from home due to types of job/function, just that these aren't specific to any one geographic area (and actually probably affect a higher % of workforce in areas reliant on manufacturing, so not london).

Do find it strange that so far this crisis has brought generational (boomer cull) and geographical (london exceptionalism/nationalism) divisions to fore over a wider class response but suppose that's indicative of how atomisation reflects everything through this prism now, so not really that strange, more a bit depressing

 

[elbows]

He got to attend COBRA yeterday.