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"In a neat bit of circularity the Prince was taken on by the people behind the Dukes Head in Highgate. The same people who are now taking over the Henry Reader. Expect craft beers and pop-up kitchens."

"Just remembered, and just checked - the Antwerp Arms in Tottenham, site of a successful community campaign, was an Enterprise pub."

"It was already owned by Enterprise Inns I think - who are notorious for their management arrangements, and for defenestrating 'underperforming' tenants. Question is, do you have any dope on what comes next? Another tenant, a new pub…"

"Well, I went to the meeting last night - an entirely exhausting and disappointing event - with Jacksons Lane and their architect presenting to an entirely hostile crowd of Highgate Library supporters. Probably inevitable I suppose, as were the…"

"There's a race on. The Crouch End Espresso Handicap. Runners and riders to open next - Shady Middeys 2/1 Miranda the Vegan 4/1 Here we are at Bouga 5/1 Pizza il Bambu 10/1 Nando's revenge 20/1 Florian's…"

"Yes I looked. Hence my comments."

"The stupido Labour Party let's-save-Jeremy's-constituency suggested boundary is here -  Stroud Green Might Move to Tottenham? Though it may be that the whole thing falls foul of the Maybot fiasco, we'll have to see what gets in…"

"Kudos to the council. Ward budgets entirely within the control of councillors, award themselves £3k to promote the activities of the same councillors. You've got to hand it to them. Oh yes, we already did. Having said that - there were…"

"So I learn. But they had the planters last time. I imagine the conversation with Haringey planning enforcement was an interesting one. "you have to move these" "but we've had them for years, and are just rebuilding…"

"Incidently, what happened with the planters? I go away for a few days and they've disappeared. Someone doing a bit of enforcing, or have they just hidden them for the duration of the festival?"

"The conservation officer appears to have had a bit of a rethink. I think she's been leant on."

"I've just received a Lib DEm email which says "The Liberal Democrats would: Give the public a vote on the final Brexit deal, with the alternative option of staying in the EU on the ballot paper" Which means the first step in your…"

"I'm probably alone in this - but the only reason I ever step into the Mall is to buy something cheap from the market hall. Otherwise I happily avoid it, and the rest of Wood Green, from one month to the next. A situation unlikely to change if…"

"I shall miss Geoff Moseley and his Hoi Polloi. The hustings last time round at the parish church featured a proper bit of aggro when he tried to invade the stage, lots of pushing, shoving and shouting which ended with the UKIP candidate whistling on…"

"Labour has published its manifesto"

"7 out of 8 candidates are women, and 5 out of 8 proposers. So much for gender equality. Which is a topic exercising this bunch on Facebook , a discussion which demonstrates just how peripheral arguments can become. I knew already that Zac…"