Property developer self-immolation against stamp duty on buy-to-let
A property developer self-immolated after the watching the Spending Review yesterday. Moments after releasing that he would have to pay stamp duty on new homes, to expand his property portfolio, he doused himself in petrol, set himself alight, and calmly sat outside his local Foxtons branch in Brixton. Staff member John, 26 said: "Normally it is the anti-gentrification lot protesting outside, but they just throw a few eggs, this seems a bit excessive, especially as we are on his side....
Review: Simply Nigella, Simply Dysphoria
By Bill Lytton “A lazy long slow braise in the oven and deep pleasure awaits” -- Nigella Lawson, Simply Nigella, Ep. 4 Three hours have passed, it would seem, since we started on a verbose journey into the crude depths of the chai-dairy-free-almond-milk-mega-breakfast muffin. Nigella starts strong. With reckless abandon for rational word-use, straight-talking and general timing; she convinces us into thinking this muffin is not just a regular muffin recipe with almond milk and the excavated contents of chai...
Restaurant Review – Red’s True Barbecue, London
By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food London, at the moment, is witnessing a continuous increase in popularity surrounding American comfort food. The last few years have witnessed an uncountable amount of pop-ups becoming permanent that propel the trend even further, and there are now more gourmet burger stands, vans and shops than we can keep up with. And there’s no sign of the trans-Atlantic food craze calming down at anytime soon. What’s most exciting, however, is the growth in barbecue...
British Mums Carry out up to 59 Tasks per Day
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent New research has revealed the average British mum carries out up to 59 different tasks every single school day. The study found the average school mum leaps out of bed by 06:38am in a bid to get ahead of the daily tasks before the rest of the family wakes. Prior to the morning school run busy mums will make and serve breakfast, pack the school and work bags, apply necessary creams and medicines, remind the children to wash,...
Leftie cuts off own penis for lusting after Le Pen
A 23-year-old male has been admitted to hospital after cutting off his own penis in response to becoming aroused by Marion Marechal-Le Pen. The man, who wants to remain anonymous, said he became excited while reading about the rise (no pun in intended) of the Front National’s 25-year-old Marion Marechal-Le Pen, niece of Marine Le Pen, who is running for the FN in provincial elections. He said: “I was getting angry that they are likely to win in Provence-alpes-Cote d’Azur,...
Castleford: Home of Beers from the Wood
By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic Real ale has been awaiting a wood renaissance for some time. Unlike wine, port, sherry and whisky the expressions in ale are not afforded the opportunity to develop once they enter the cask, and so they are only ever as good as when they leave the brewery. But a group of 'woodies' have been campaigning for a change in the steel-only model of distribution for some time, and have finally found their...
The South Pole Saloon comes to the heart of Brixton
By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor The first thing I said was, "it's a bit like secret cinema meets Winter Wonderland," but I was shot down immediately by my companions. It is the exact anthesis of the Hyde Park tourist trap, I was told. I apologised for my stupidity and took a massive gulp (ok sip through a straw) of my Jack Daniels cocktail, I had just acquired from their rooftop bar. So I will start again, "this xmas will see a...
Newcomer Crowned Website of the Year 2015
By Steve Taggart A relatively unheard of website called www.CompareYourBusinessCosts.com, a new business price comparison website that appears to have come from nowhere to be crowned the Best Comparison Website of 2015, beating out the much more famous, much more established players in the UK comparison world, including Compare the Market. In a rather unexpected turn of events, CompareYourBusinessCosts was given the ‘Best Website’ title by the MetrixLab-backed Website of the Year awards; an accolade that is presented to businesses...
George Osborne’s Autumn Spending Review Analysed By Someone Who’s Made The Chancellor’s Cheeks Go Red
“There’s no such thing as society”, Margaret Thatcher famously told Woman’s Own in 1987. Today Chancellor George Osborne was showing off how he is still trying his very best to make that happen, outlining his latest austerity measures to dismantle and sell off the state in the Autumn Spending Review statement. And again The London Economic turned to someone who can offer her own exclusive insight into the Conservative party leadership candidate formerly known as Gideon, his former party companion...