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Damn right and two more fireplaces, just so you can get your knickers in a twist as you mount your little pony.

Yes Oliver - the wide open country spaces of Streatham!

(though I have spent the last couple of weekends making logs with my chainsaw so it's probably a fair comment)

Have you had chainsaw training, though?

Wonder if this will apply to kebab shops too?

Good point.

Wood fired pizza ovens?

US Air Force Lt. General nails it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZi3SvdyVds

http://www.ageuk.org.uk/health-wellbeing/keeping-your-body-healthy/winter-wrapped-up/preparing-for-winter/

Tits like coconuts.

I like coconuts, and I'm not a tit.

Oi Sadiq! Hands off my wood burning stove.

I think there are probably one or two other things that create more pollution in London that you might want to address first.

I thought wood and coal fires had been banned in London since the 30's, for good reason

Um... no. Loads of people have wood burners.

https://www.gov.uk/smoke-control-area-rules

What Khan needs to ban are the cheap shitty 'wood burners' you can buy for pocket money from the likes of Machine Mart.

Still a hired killer though, ain't he?

^^^ Not if they're approved stoves and burn up the bad stuff. But open fires are bad. But bonfires are m'kay thankfully as I've got an awesome new incinerator. But will only use it on windy days.

I too thought for most of London you could only use smokeless coal.

Folk having them regardless of rules is just unfortunately the reality of typical human double standards. Just that here it's the sort of folk who ride their kids to school in Christiania and bitch about diesels, but then heat their house with wood because green Agas are no longer in vogue.

Sadiq's taking on the capital's pizza-eaters:

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-stove-ban-sparks-angry-backlash-from-fireplace-firms-and-pizzerias-a3646721.html

I'm sorry to break it to you all but even the "good" wood burners are not good and may be tarred with a regulation scandal:

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2119595-wood-burners-london-air-pollution-is-just-tip-of-the-iceberg/

Even modern stoves described as “low emission” are highly polluting. And in an echo of the diesel car emissions scandal, measurements during actual use in homes show that the stoves produce more pollution than lab tests suggest.

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Goodwood burners, you say?

Nazis clashing with police in Gothenburg, Sweden..

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Spanish Government sparking a new generation of radical separatists with their dumb actions. Obviously a 30 year campaign by ETA in the Basque country wasn't enough for them.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/picking-nose-healthy-good-for-you-children-parenting-study-mucus-bacteria-a7702671.html

Makes sense to me, though I'm not a qualified bogey research professional.

Yep. Terrible stuff, did not go into town today...

Still a hired killer though, ain't he?

Yeah, despite the strong anti racism message and obviously distanced the Air Force from Trump's message. He must be a right twat because of career choice.

Grow up.

Catalan referendum: Voting begins amid police crackdown

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41457238