San Stefanos Online ~ North West Corfu

I think some of us are being a bit selfish here. The reason the bins are not being emptied is because the men are on strike over a pay dispute.How many of us would work week after week without pay?They have families to support.

As for driving through Corfu town in your air condition taxi tut tutting about the smell and piles of rubbish,what about the people who live there and have to put up with it every day.

I'm well aware the strike is over pay or the lack of it but I for one don't need a lecture on striking and hardship. I'm an ex-steelworker who was on strike for 4 months back in the 80s. Six in the family and only my dad and I working who was also a steelworker so don't patronise me.

Who was tut tutting? I pay my money I'm free to comment. When the waste is being dealt with properly it doesn't matter what the temperature is you don't get the smell. We've been coming here 13 years and only twice has this rubbish issue been a problem that we've experienced. Telling me to suck it up while its worse for them is neither here or there - a pointless comment.

I disagree Aline.

Part of the enjoyment of this forum is members can voice their opinions without fear of abuse or vitroil e.g. when we list out top 3 taverna's, top 3 meals, or bar's or trips or whatever. Its also used to discuss issues that have arisen e.g. Karen's Delfino Blu problem on Tripadvisor a couple of years ago and the cutlery tax at Olympia last year (I think). Members get involved supporting or defending and again without fear of abuse.

We don't want to sanitise all comment.

Great idea Jimbo. So how would this monopoly board look?

What would replace the 4 stations.................supermarkets perhaps or the 4 biggest places that do live music. I assume the taverna's would replace the streets. San stef travel could replace one of the utilities I guess with the harbour as the other. The church could be a community chest.......

2004 first time, every year bar 1 since.

The latest Kantar, ICM and ComRes don't. They have a tory lead of 10%, 12% and 14% respectively. And as for the bookies in the last 2 years they've have got some elections spectacularly wrong - 2015 general election odds on hung parliament, 2016 Brexit vote odds on too remain, Trump in America odds on to lose and we know how they all turned out.     

A rail strike will have a miniumum affect as the Greeks, as a proportion of the population use the railways the least in Europe.

They haven't had the run-off yet Jimbo but you're right the non-party Macron should win.

Next up Italy in early 2018. The 4 anti-EU parties over there account for over 50% of the vote as I type. That will be interesting especially if the ECB withdraw quantative easing as the year unfolds when the Italian banks will be in trouble.