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It is known by all my friend's throughout the world as "The Dangleway" and I always credit your blog as the source of this rebranding.
Fishislandskin | 08.08.14 - 7:08 a.m. | #
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Where's the [Like] button? Oh that's right this isn't Facebook! (thankfully)
geofftech | Homepage | 08.08.14 - 7:10 a.m. | #
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Well done - your achievement would be even more impressive with an attribution for the dictionary-style quotation at the bottom.
Roehamster | 08.08.14 - 7:47 a.m. | #
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Well, congratulations of course, and I expect Oxford Dictionary to credit the creation of the word used in reference to the Thames River crossing to your blog very soon.
B | 08.08.14 - 8:06 a.m. | #
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.. re posted from yesterday :)
"You know you have been reading too much DG when you are on the Tube, or was it the DLR, arriving back from London City Airport (and thanks to those who gave me good advice re step free access - it was excellent)and your erstwhile travelling companion says 'what's that??' (referring to the AFD) and you don't actually know its actual, real name and have to refer to it as the 'Arab Fly Dangleway' ... and then the whole carriage looks at you strange and you say loudly 'I read it on DG' and then you explain that it has its own Twitter account, but the one you find is the Dangleway one, which you realise isn't exactly official. We never did go for a ride. Next year, maybe.
Antipodean | 08.08.14 - 8:57 a.m. | #
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Well deserving of a smile to yourself.
Tunnel Bore | 08.08.14 - 9:13 a.m. | #
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And yet another proper noun doesn't get the upper case initial letter it deserves.
Blue Witch | Homepage | 08.08.14 - 9:45 a.m. | #
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Excellent!!!
CornishCockney | 08.08.14 - 10:04 a.m. | #
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Saw that last night and grinned in recognition - excellent indeed.
s | 08.08.14 - 10:27 a.m. | #
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Absolutely. Why call it anything else?
Andrew Bowden | Homepage | 08.08.14 - 10:46 a.m. | #
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Not trying to defend Boris, since he's done little to stop new housing developments being marketed to overseas investors first. However solving the "Housing Crisis" is very difficult - there is only so much land in London and the major only has juristriction over London. The majority of land in the London boroughs is already developed. Whilst there are some brownfield sites to develop, there aren't many and I suspect not enough to make a lot of difference to rapidly rising prices.
I can only really see a few alternatives.
1. Expand the boundaries of London further out into neighbouring counties and develop that land (although much of it is already developed)
2. Develop some of the little remaining green land that does exist (most of which is very valued and some of which protected).
3. Begin to demolish existing housing and replace it with higher density housing.
4. Do nothing, and prices will continue to rise.
5. Attempt to limit the growth in population in London.
Many (all?) of these would be very controversal. So what could a future mayor be expected to do about it?
Jon Combe | 08.08.14 - 11:44 a.m. | #
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Surely then...Londoners should now start a search for a worthy replacement? Not wait for 2016 and see who "puts themselves forward". Enough talk of Ken & Boris...lets hear who can take London into the 2020's. That person is "out there" somewhere. Maybe they the sort of person who is not big on "self-promotion"...and is humble enough to be proud with "just" making London a better city for all.
Grumpy Anon | 08.08.14 - 12:12 p.m. | #
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You're genuinely proud for the oblique mention in Urwin's column? Of all of the Standard's columnists, there's nothing less proud to be associated with. The drivel written by her, alongside the quasi-sexist views (often dressed up as feminism) is appalling.
Jordan D | 08.08.14 - 1:43 p.m. | #
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Ha ha, yes.
Don't forget to credit the author though, Rosamund Urwin, it's not the first time she's said something sensible in The Substandard.
Lorenzo | 08.08.14 - 1:56 p.m. | #
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Just for a moment, it seemed possible that Boris would seek to represent the constituents where I live, and suddenly the political scene seemed to become a lot more lively and interesting.
Unless you are a rabid fan of Red Ken, you have to admit that Boris has been a much greater success than anyone expected, and not even Gengis Khan could solve all of London's problems (though housing might be low on his list.)
And DG - how could you refrain from mentioning bendy buses?
Temp | 08.08.14 - 2:25 p.m. | #
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>>Unless you are a rabid fan of Red Ken, you have to admit that Boris has been a much greater success than anyone expected<<
Where did you read about those "successes" ? Ah, the Daily Mail.
Boris is personable, and I confess to having been pleased it was he rather than Ken that stood up at the Olympics. But success? Lasting valuable legacy? sheesh.
OH_FFS | 08.08.14 - 6:28 p.m. | #
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Fantastic. I always refer to it as the Dangleway.
Claire | 08.08.14 - 10:38 p.m. | #
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Boris' successes:
1: The New Bus (looks great, doesn't really work)
2: The Dangleway (looks great, doesn't go anywhere)
3: Inheriting the Olympics, the bike hire and the Overground from his predecessor. All, to varying degrees, genuine successes. All, nothing to do with him.
I can think of no better metaphor for Boris than 1.
will | 09.08.14 - 8:10 a.m. | #
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@will
"I can think of no better metaphor for Boris than 1."
At the risk of repeating myself (see Thursday)
- all style and little substance
– makes a lot of noise without achieving very much
– can get rather hot under the collar
– needs someone to help cover the rear
– not much empty space up top
– rather overweight
– makes irrelevant references back to the classics
– not as green as supporters would have us believe
- rarely seen south of the River.
Or for "2"
– very visible, but not very practical
– bends to every wind that blows
– never goes very far before making a U turn
timbo | 09.08.14 - 9:12 a.m. | #
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Well done! And let's not forget that it was DG who discovered that the Olympic count-down was off by a good measure a year in advance.
john nez | Homepage | 09.08.14 - 11:35 p.m. | #
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So, where did the "Arabfly" part come from?
Karl, Dover | 11.08.14 - 10:05 p.m. | #
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I seem to recall Arabfly was also concocted on this very blog -- I believe in a comment.
AF came in when Emirates became the sponsors DG talks about in the original blog from June, 2011.
Nice one DG. I always use AFD as well.
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why do you alwasy bully me
:(
Emirate Dangleway | Homepage | 13.08.14 - 8:06 p.m. | #
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