Ten predictions for 2009Updated with outcome in italics below: 28/12/2009
1. The LibDems will win the Valentines by-election.
- On the nose!
- On the nose!
2. Cllr Harold Moth will re-take the whip, one way or another.
- Back in the fold, but losses elsewhere.
- Back in the fold, but losses elsewhere.
3. Small tufts of prairie grass will be seen blowing down Barkingside High Street.
- not quite yet.
- not quite yet.
4. Council Tax [and councillor allowances] will not fall in line with deflation.
- well, it was a cert.
- well, it was a cert.
5. The £ will reach parity with the Potato.
- Almost
- Almost
6. The demand for allotments will rise steeply.
- and it did.
- and it did.
7. Potato theft will double.
- well, it did but was legalised as the Sub-Prime potato market.
- well, it did but was legalised as the Sub-Prime potato market.
8. A small child will observe a naked Cabinet.
- the grand daughter came round to visit just after I had finished stripping an antique cabinet. You didn’t think I meant anything else did you?
- the grand daughter came round to visit just after I had finished stripping an antique cabinet. You didn’t think I meant anything else did you?
9. Fairlop Waters will be the focus of a Time Team special on life in the 60s and 70s.
- there’s always next year.
- there’s always next year.
10. Most of Redbridge and the UK will miss all this while watching the new C4 production “Strictly Pole Dancing up a cockney bruvver’s factored X-Jungle saga”.
- Inconclusive.
I think we should report you to childrens services,subjecting a small child to the horific experience of a naked Cabinet, that is too much even for adults.
ReplyDeletedopeyf
I will certainly not be watching No. 10..... yuck!!!
ReplyDeleteAs for prairie grass in Barkingside - how about another estate agent, clothes shop or cafe??????
But I suppose it's better than having the premises empty. What's going to happen to the empty Woollies???? Perhaps we could have a Waitrose or Lidl - how about M&S???
"........ wouldn't it be lovely!"
ReplyDeleteA giant Pound Shop?
ReplyDeletedopeyf
Isn't that what Woollies was?
ReplyDeleteLike dopeyf, I too have objections to requiring a child to watch a naked Cabinet. Could this item please be changed to "Redbridge Council listens to the views of residents"?
ReplyDeleteThat's just another fairy story.
ReplyDelete"Dear all,
ReplyDeleteThis thread has been locked as discussion has run its course.
kind regards
Redimanager"
is what we would have had in another place
dopeyf
Council Tax could rise by £30.
ReplyDeleteWell, she says first thing in the morning, the redimanager did change her mind about the closure of the overmentioned offending thread after listening to protests (although who was being offended, I don't know and had they protested too?)
ReplyDeletePoint number two: there is gold in council tax because the banding is absolutely ridiculous due to the stupid rules of taxing a 'virtual' property.
Of course, this would have to be at a national level but it does not mean it has to be ignored locally.
With plenty of time in my late years, I looked up council bands in my own street: the disparities are absolutely ridiculous.
What is interesting is that if the council are aware a place has been extended, there is a little asterisk to say so and that it will be reassessed in the future. Well, since you do not have to apply for planning permission, unless challenged, a lot has been going on and lots of extended properties are not registered as such. The injustice of the system is beyond belief.
annesevant