General Discussion
@OF - okay then howsabout this - the land presently known as Australia had people living there whose ancestors had migrated there long before european immigrants arrived ( in the process bringing their culture/languages etc with them.) from the Wiki info you posted above :".......... findings suggest that modern Aboriginal peoples are the direct descendants of migrants who arrived around ...
@OF - rather than British convicts might the first immigrants to land in Australia in their thousands be the ancestors of those people presently known as Aborigines?
Heard yesterday that Cameron, Osborne and co are toying with the idea that freedom of movement within the EU should be restricted to those who have a job to go to. So say, just say, the EU amended its constitution away from freedom of movement per se to freedom of movement for those with jobs to go to. What about all those Brits wanting to retire to the Costas and the Algarve then? ...
Weather forecast for 18.00hrs onwards in Dawlish is for heavy rain and strong winds. The following is from the Devon and Somerset Fire Service website. I ndustrial Action Fire Brigades Union members have voted in favour of a national strike, in a dispute with the Government over pension reforms. The next period of Industrial Action will be from 6pm on 31 October until 6pm on 4 ...
and so the sorry RTB saga continueth http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/great-council-house-selloff-scandal-righttobuy-council-houses-leave-nowhere-for-poor-to-live-9832339.html
Yep - the guy I was talking with told me that his bank is just waiting to see what branches Lloyds close and anticipate that their bank will consequently benefit, thank you very much. What banks are there presently in Teignmouth by the way? I know the co-op is closing and that there is a Barclays. What others?
Just been talking to someone who works for a bank (not co-op) and who was working in his bank's Teignmouth branch during the week that the above news broke. In that first week alone over £1m was transferred by Britannia/Co-op bank customers to his bank's Teignmouth branch. Over £1m! Since which time others have transferred money out of the Co-op into other banks. Not only locally but also ...
Ahem! For those who might like to know more about this I noticed that BBC Spotlight featured it in their lunch time programme today. I imagine they will be running the same feature in their 6.30pm programme this evening.
Interesting letter in this week's Gazette from DARE about this matter amongst other things pointing out that various groups in the town benefit from the farmer/landowner offering this particular piece of land to the air show, carnival, and firework display for free and asking that all groups in the town that benefit from this (including the tourism industry and the shops in the town centre) appeal ...
Interesting article; http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/history/revolting-times-our-ruling-class-needs-to-pay-heed-to-its-fedup-subjects-now-9819481.html
