Juan Haro, a speaker from Movement for Justice in El Barrio will talk in Dalston, about their struggle against displacement by gentrification in Harlem, New York city. On Saturday the 24th of May @ Passing Clouds, on Richmond Rd, ... of the squatters and the story was featured on the front page of the local evening paper, support for the squatters has been growing, with a lot of positive feedback, offers of help and donations of food from local residents and shops. ...

You see - my city doesn't have to live up to people's expectations, it doesn't have to "provide" things for people...it just...is! New York doesn't pander, nor does Tokyo, and London certainly doesn't. Sydney is glorious, imperfections and all. .... You can spend a weekend in the Mountains or go a great beach somewhere within in an hour, (but only by car mind). You think of it you can probably do it. So much freedom if you have the money to spend. There's the rub. ...

My friend Nadine 'phones, and tells me she is off to New York City for Christmas. In light of my present condition, I admit to feeling pangs of jealousy. After 30 minutes, I remind the nice City Link lady of her promise, ... my righteous anger for the letters of complaint, safe to say that I'll be putting in a claim for compensation, and suggesting that they make a sizable donation to the charity that I work for to compensate for me not being there on the busiest days of. ...

I do not associate Xmas with politicians - The town is too dangerous, park one's car, one cannot be sure it will be there 'intact'. Towns are debarred for decent folk. When parking our car, albeit I had a small dog in the back, and saw three youths, .... "Cllr Smith said that “world class” shopping not fairy lights was the city's main Christmas attraction" What? Really? Does the Councillor truly believe that Southampton City Centre rivals Oxford St, New York or Dubai? ...