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Eccy Beach

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  1. Walksalot knows what he's talking about. Oversimplification of the issue and mislabelling of distinct issues causes confusion. You're right, some folk who are homeless have complex and interwoven needs which are extremely difficult to unpick. In these cases it would be grossly unfair to label them as making lifestyle choices, or suggest its within their control to exit their current situation. But in answer to your other question, yes, there are some who want to beg to feed a habit.
  2. November and remembrance day is always tinged with a touch of sadness, guess that's to be expected given what we are remembering. Still, it's tough watching less and less veterans at Barkers Pool on Sunday each year. I think I was lucky as a young lad both through family and school I had a good understanding of what wearing a poppy signified, I think some kids today could be forgiven for not being clear given the tripe some self-serving politicians and others spout about it.
  3. Green space like we had in 70s and 80s 😂 Can you remember peace gardens and the egg box compared to now?!
  4. Whilst I wouldn't want police to use CPS as a scapegoat if they didn't have enough evidence to charge, I'm genuinely a believer that you should explain your own decisions not send someone else to do it.
  5. And then also not the CPS who have to go out and explain their decision to victims and families, which I think contributes to the public's sense that the blame all lies at the police's doorstep?
  6. Probably waiting for the PM so he can look like Commandant Lussard off police academy
  7. So if its not based on personal interaction with a police force how have public become disgruntled? I'd suggest one of the following: Quantitative and qualitative research on British policing and crime figures (unlikely in my opinion). Reading sensationalist stories in one of our tabloid newspapers or watching morning TV hosted by the likes of Piers Morgan. Social media and someone posting click bait I'm not for one minute suggesting police are doing a great job, although I think they are working with extremely difficult constraints, I'm just challenging the idea that because someone didn't get the response they wanted in the time they wanted in relation to one particular incident they label all cops useless. Your later post clearly confirms you have a problem with cops and are happy to use a lazy and largely unfounded trope about their fast food habits to have a pop at them. Like I said before they might be recruiting soon. Maybe you fancy a career change and could show them how to do it? And for the record if you read your council tax bill you'll know exactly how much (or little as I'd say is the case) you pay towards policing.
  8. In one post you seem to have beef (be offended by) with several products, musicians, agendas associated with Sheffield. Why shouldn't Sheffield promote a local condiment or encourage healthy living by referencing the city's diverse sporting offer? Maybe we should all juts accept London as the cultural be-all-and-end-all of Britain and count ourselves lucky we can bask in its reflective glory?
  9. Wow, someone has got beef as name would suggest! Maybe we should forget our industrial heritage and contribution to the game of football too, just in case anyone dares take pride in any local history?
  10. Police forces tend to have social media accounts and keep an eye on public forums, very much doubt they would ever get into a discussion/conversation with people just calling them muppets though. I don't think there's another profession where people slander the entire workforce based on one incident or interaction with one (or a few) members of staff. Cops are like all professionals, some good, some bad, some indifferent, but its probably fair to say as others have commented there's not enough.
  11. Thanks to our inspirational new PM they'll be recruiting soon for those on you who think you could do a better job...........
  12. Why didn't I think of that?! Getting rid of the council will no doubt encourage 'decent shops' to ignore the collapse of the retail sector and flock to Sheffield city centre! What decent shops were you thinking of? House of Fraser? Virgin Megastore?
  13. Less pessimism and pointless comparisons to other cities.
  14. Wouldn't disagree with your view that Momentum, Corbyn and O'Mara have had damaging impacts on Labour's election prospects, you could add the party's failure to deal with antisemitism to that list, but for every one of those failures there's at least the same if not more in the Tory party. Recent bi-election in Wales brought about by Tory MP being convicted of criminal offence, Mark Field throttling climate change protester, failure to deal with Islamophobia in party, lurch to the right in response to Brexit Party and that's before you get onto Failing Grayling and our new PM's challenging relationship with the truth. They almost mirror the issues you raised. Think you're onto something saying British public will tolerate politicians being odious characters if they think they are competent but I think there's also a slight class bias, that most people will trust an upper class MP more than a working class one as historically we're preconditioned to do as we're told by ruling class? Tory's seem to get away with more than Labour do, and same seems to be true on other side of the pond with Republicans and Democrats or is it just me?
  15. Embarrassing antics I assume including: Being himself. Standing up for what he believes in. Attempting engage young people and diverse communities in politics. Raising the profile of Sheffield. What a truly horrifying individual!
  16. I suspect he got selected because labour didn't expect to win Hallam in their wildest dreams and so wouldn't waste a good candidate on the seat.
  17. Remind me when Labour last won in Sheffield Hallam.................
  18. Making this thread a non-story cooked up by The Star with assistance from some angry and ill-informed members of the public.
  19. Sad to see the memories of young men who died turned into a political football, can't we just recognise the sacrifice they made rather than turning it into a point scoring exercise by people on both sides of the political divide?
  20. Nothing new, distraction thefts have always happened in city centre, the same as in other towns and cities. Might be occasional spikes due to prolific individuals being released from prison or an organised mob passing through.
  21. That's a very wide ranging question - are there some homeless people who have dogs for all the right reasons and probably look after them better than themselves, absolutely. Are there some who have them as a business decision, unfortunately yes too. You could look at it this way, lots of people with dogs go to work and dogs are left at home for hours on end, at least they have companionship all the time with homeless owners if they are loved. as pets should be.
  22. I think the point is he has probably made a difference with a broader cross section of society than Sheffield Forum, particularly children and young people as a result of him being more accessible to them. 100,000 people, average age 57, are about to pick the next PM of this country - anyone who does anything that encourages young people to understand the importance of politics is alright in my book.
  23. Had the pleasure of meeting MM through work and also recently bumped into him in train station early one morning and my opinion of him is that he is a very decent human being, he is proud to call Sheffield his home and recognises he is who he is at least partly because of calling our city his home. He has engaged with a broad range of communities and groups during his time as Lord Mayor and has probably done more to encourage young people to engage in politics than anyone else I can think of. The letter he wrote when leaving office was awesome and made me proud to be from Sheffield like him (not least for him calling out Nottinghamshire for their cultural appropriation of Robin Hood). This 'he was disrespectful to the role' bobbins is exactly that. It's a ceremonial role aimed at raising the profile of the city and of charities and groups working in the city - job done. Lets not forget Hartlepool had 'Angus the Monkey as a mayor at one point, and they're not the only town or city to have a celeb or mascot as a mayor. People walking around in outfits like it's the 18th century, be that the lord mayor or those in the houses of parliament is part of the reason many people feel little or no connection to those institutions, so well done to MM for being himself. Yeah, you might not like all of his politics but as he said not long after taking office he was just going to be true to himself as he couldn't please everyone - the current Labour leader and Tory leadership candidates might want to try some of that instead of scrambling over each other to try and harness the populist fervour of the day. Voted Labour all of my life but I didn't at the EU elections as I wanted to be represented by someone who cares about Sheffield and society as a whole, delighted MM got in.
  24. I though the recent climate change protesters may have overstepped the mark and lost support for what lots of people would agree is a good cause, but evidence suggest support for them increased despite the disruption they caused. If the argument is valid I think the public are more forgiving of industrial action or other forms of protest than lots of people think.
  25. Right lets get down to brass tacks - you stated the voters of Sheffield would vote Labour if you stuck a red rosette on a donkey, or words to that effect. I have demonstrated that over the past 20 years that simply is not true as the council has been run by both Labour and the Lib Dems. You are correct that during a number of the periods of no overall control the council was led by Labour - but the very fact that Labour had no overall control demonstrates the inaccuracy of your initial comment, if Sheffield voters ambled down to the polling station every couple of years like zombies to put a cross next to whichever Labour candidate was on offer then clearly there would never be an instance where the party did not have overall control. I mentioned the last twenty years as what seemed like a reasonable time frame, you don't like this because in the 70s Labour were in control. I wasn't born then pal - perhaps the fact that the last 20 years have been much less clear cut in terms of Labour gaining power demonstrates an increase in voter intelligence within younger generations? I mentioned Brexit simply to highlight the lack of relevance of elections/referendums in the 70s to current political discourse I'm sure you'd agree the 1974 referendum has little relevance to the 2016 vote, so why should local elections in the 70s have any to today's? Anyway doubt we'll ever agree on any of this, have a nice day.
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