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thurder.

CJ boastpost coming back to bite him on the arse.

checks all 33,000 posts on lfgss just in case

What happened to jeez?

#oldskool

CJ BOLLOCKS - The Prophet.

Books sales tho...

#notsureifmeme #memesthreadisdeadthread #allmemesmatter

Joe from Barnsley, eh?

Taking a knee?

http://www.voanews.com/a/ap-us-pro-football-players-kneel-during-national-anthem/3503119.html

Didn't he already say he wouldn't be doing anything because they've already spent so much money (sunk cost fallacy)? Is he calling for more money to be spent despite this?

He did say that, but since he said it there have been calls from whatever the trust is that 's in charge that they'll need more (much more, like £10m's) money. I think this has given him the opportunity to say that things have changed since his last announcement and presumably an excuse to cancel it.

Edit: Not quite true - some donors have pulled out, so the funding gap has increased:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/sep/22/sadiq-khan-sets-up-inquiry-into-garden-bridge-projects-use-of-public-money

Imagine Joanna Lumley will pipe up soon (not quite sure who she's networked in with in all this)

(not quite sure who she's networked in with in all this)

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/may/24/joanna-lumley-role-boris-johnson-thames-garden-bridge-london-thomas-heatherwick

She's known Boris since he was 4.

Also:-

...“Joanna has worked with Heatherwick Studio for over a decade, involved with the strategic development of a number of the studio’s self-initiated public projects in London,” it says.

and:-

"She is also cited as a trustee on the Garden Bridge Trust, the charity that will maintain the river crossing if and when it is built."

The FT lets you read a certain amount of articles for free if you register, you must have been consuming too much FT without paying :)

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/sep/21/novum-pharma-acne-cream-aloquin-price-gouging

My reading of the situation is that he wants to cancel the project

That would be some rare good news.

And what's the big deal with sunk costs anyway? That money paid somebody's wages, which then went back into circulation in the wider economy - plenty of it will find its way back into the state coffers as income tax, VAT etc.
I'm perfectly happy that a portion of my tax money are spent considering ideas that are then shelved. The consultation process will have provided good jobs for someone, and even unrealised ideas contribute to our overall knowledge base.

I wouldn't register on that web-site if you paid me.

It was a reference to a logical fallacy, not economic policy. If we're going to spend money let's build HS2.

I suspect that £37m went into rather fewer pockets than it otherwise could have.

"trickle-down" wealth

Human beings are fucking idiots, simple...

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/stratford-passerby-talked-down-dancing-protester-on-station-roof-by-offering-him-a-nandos-a3352016.html

“I tried to do a bit of banter. I told him not to worry, I said I had his back and we could go for Nandos if he just came down. He told me he was a vegetarian but I knew I was getting through to him.

A Cheeky Nandos?

“I’m glad I could help. It felt good. I messed up date night but I’ll do my best to make it up to my wife at the weekend.”

Half chicken, extra hot peri peri and two sides (fries and 'slaw, obvz). And a cheeky custard tart. Should sort it.