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Lambeth and Southwark are two different councils, unless you are referring to four festivals run by Lambeth?

Surely that would just make the system even more complicated?

Due to many people's packed social schedules at this time of year, we are giving the December Forum Drinks a miss and restarting at the EDT in January (if they will have us! I think we have all been well behaved so far!) Wishing everybody a very happy festive season xxx

The whole display accidentally went off in two minutes? 😮🤣

https://love.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeth-new-approach-to-brockwell-park-events-programme-proposed/

I think it was her solicitor that identified past issues, not the survey, but yes the whole thing was very odd. As was the fact she posted it all on here! And kept referring to it as a "project." Maybe she never actually intended to live in it. Who knows.

The thread on buying a house with subsidence issues seems to have disappeared since this morning. If it was you who implied the OP was making it all up, or words to that effect, then that may be why. Either because she was or because she wasn't. That post was the last one I saw.

In my experience, many deliveries are just left on the doorstep without bothering to ring the bell, so you may be in but have no idea there has been a delivery. And some couriers require you to state a "safe place". I don't have one.

Thanks. Did you find a suitable place in ED for your Christmas lunch? Sorry for my silly post above. I'm guessing quite a few of the pubs might be doing something, but I don't know. You could try googling?

I agree he was an excellent councillor, but voting him back will depend on whether he stands!

Eh?!

That's the most off topic post ever 🤣 A lot better than I was, out of bed, still not great, thanks for asking! Back on topic, C123 if you can't find anything within your price range, you could always go out for a non Christmas lunch and take your own crackers (are they still a thing?), party hats (ditto) and a sprig of holly to put on top of your dessert. And a bottle of Baileys or advocaat.You might have to hide that.

Motorola used to have a thing where you just laid the new phone over the old one to move everything over. Not any more, sadly. I'm getting a Samsung next time I think. I'm disillusioned with Moto (for other reasons).

We will provide words for the carols!

Unfortunately I've had very bad experiences with John Lewis technical help department, who have more than once given me completely wrong information, and once had to pay me compensation as a result. In any case unless you bought the phone there I'm not sure they would help? A local phone shop might, though.

I am no expert, but are your photos not saved in Google or similar, as well as being on your physical phone? If so, you should just be able to access them on your new phone without actually having to move them over? Same with emails, normally, you just have to sign into your email account on your new phone to access them? Not sure re contacts, but I don't recall having any problems when getting a new phone. And apps you can just reinstall. Google or something like ChatGPT could probably "talk" you through sorting, deleting and editing photos and emails, if you can't find someone to help (sorry I can't, I'd be too worried about doing something wrong!) Good luck! Don't delete anything from your old phone until you are sure it's on your new phone!

Surely there should be people below David Lammy's level briefing him on stuff like this?

Is this a reply to my question to Vladi? Could you be more specific about your reasons for saying it's "stupid" and "backwards", instead of making vague generalisations?

Why do you think he is incompetent?

Great name for a choir!

That's good to hear!

But "expected to back down on plans to scrap most jury trials" https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/02/david-lammy-proposals-jury-trials?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Unfortunately the food at The Plough is not good, unless it has massively improved lately. Franklins is doing Christmas meals. They aren't cheap though. But I don't think any nice Christmas meal round here will be cheap, and probably some not very nice ones won't be cheap either.

A few weeks back, I booked an appointment by phone, not the app, which surely must be the same process as booking it at reception? Though it was for a longer appointment than usual, so maybe that was why?

How disappointing!