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Just wanted to start a Verdi's Appreciation thread! Verdi is a gorgeous little restaurant, where the food is always top notch and the banter is class =D and it's not too expensive!!!!

Hello, I'm Rachel aka Rei. I'm 20, from bedlington =)

Its probably time to take matters into our own hands and regain the initiative. The problem has been complacency.

I think the old infants school has a willing and able developer. It's just all the official BS (and jobs-worths) around these days. One layer of regulation after another! The news pages here tell us there is a public enquiry on the infants school rescheduled for 15th December, but the public won't be able to speak. What kind of nonsense is that? It's quite ridiculous to apply the same planning standards to our town that are applied to highly prosperous leafy suburbs in the South East. That's enshrining the very inequality that has plagued us for decades. The kids think they live in a dump - see recent post elsewhere here - but they can't see things from the perspective of history. Our town is a victim of both the major parties. Ignored by Labour because it's an easy prey to their politics of envy and state-dependence economy, and ignored by the Tories because it's a no-hoper as far as votes go. Other places play smart in the political game, we have played the dumbest game of all time! There is a glimmer of hope, but it's from the youngsters and sadly not from my own generation. They have to stop listening to their parents distorted view of the world and start using their own heads. A hard call when the education system promotes mediocrity, and rewards conformity of thought.