Archive of posts filed under the politricks category.
From the “Homes & Property” section of the Evening Standard, found on a train:
[Hackney] might still have some of the highest unemployment in London, and occupy third place on the list of the most deprived districts in England, but the cavalry is arriving in the form of the sons and daughters of the middle-classes, young and single professional people and creative types […] “Hey, do you remember this …
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“Bobby Sands Street in Tehran should stay”
Whatever you think about the ins and outs of Irish Republicanism, you have to admire the black humour at work when the Iranian Government changed Winston Churchill Street to Bobby Sands Street in 1981. Especially considering that one of the street’s main attractions was the British Embassy! Now the Foreign Office want it changed again… …
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Hackney Town Hall noticeboard
31 million quid NOT to get in
While I was changing the daughter’s clothes after her midday nap today, she noticed her swimming trunks in the drawer and started talking about swimming and wanting to go. Time for diversion tactics. “Hmmm, maybe Bear would like to wear your swimming trunks? See he looks really cool in them!” How to explain to a …