Sue

Yes. I had already offered to do so some time ago if you are not able to do this yourself. Monica is not in there every day, and it is holiday season at the moment. I will try to catch up with her in the next few weeks. I assume there is no hurry as this has been dragging on for so long. I will find out whether there was more than one key holder, or whether there was one for every notice board. Also whether the same key (or copies of the same key) was used for each board. I will also find out how Monica liaised with the relevant people on the council and what their job titles were I will ask what system there was for ensuring that only neutral and non commercial information is displayed on the boards, for getting that information and for updating it. Before I speak to Monica, it would be helpful to know if jellybeanz is offering to be the key holder for all the noticeboards and keep them up to date, or alternatively if anybody else apart from jellybeanz is willing to have a key. Please private message me if you prefer. I should make it clear that I am not offering to be a key holder or to be involved in this any further than I have outlined above. And also that I am not "getting a key". I am just finding out more from Monica. I feel that it would have been helpful to have addressed these practical issues at the outset.

I find that very confusing to read, because you have not separated what I said in my previous post from your reply in a way that makes it easy to see who said what. It also makes it very hard to respond to what you have said without confusing things even further! Is there any reason why you didn't just use the quote option as usual?

Trouble is, phones are now much more than a means of communication, aren't they? You can do so much on them, and if you are short of time, I can see that it might make sense to do it while you are moving, quite apart from satnav reasons. That doesn't condone unsafe use by any road users, obviously.

Lovely friendly staff, too ❤️

If you think that is sense, I'd hate to think what you would describe as nonsense 🤣

I I can't find a second hand copy online, and I'd rather not buy it new. Does anybody have one they no longer want? It isn't (just) the novel, it's the much later version with annotations by various people

The country didn't "hate Corbyn". Labour under Corbyn got more votes than Labour under Starmer, if memory serves, and it was only due to our weird electoral system that they didn't win the previous election. Any hatred of Corbyn was whipped up by the right wing press. The Labour Party has completely lost its way. It doesn't seem to know what it stands for any more, and its members have deserted it in droves. Including me. Anyway, this is probably for the lounge, not being directly relevant to the subject of the thread.

They seem to move quite fast, so it's easy to miss them probably. Also the little ones are almost like large moths as they zoom across. I stay in my (very small) garden quite late hoping to see one. Usually I don't, maybe because I give up and go in too soon.

Saw three little ones the other night, after around 10.15 Or possibly the same one three times! ❤️

It is quite expensive, but if you only need something for a one off task, it's probably cheaper than buying it. Probably cheaper to buy if it's something you will be using on a fairly regular basis, assuming you have got somewhere to store it.

It all seems very odd. There were observers. Did they not do their jobs properly, or what? How come nobody noticed this breach of rules?

She doesn't make decisions in a vacuum.

External widow? My mind is boggling. Very sorry, I couldn't resist.

Pathetic because ..... why? She's not thick skinned enough for your requirements? You have no idea what's going on for other people, personally or professionally, in the public eye or otherwise. Strange first post.

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I think this part of the discussion needs to be moved to the lounge! It's got nothing to do with James McCash and/or his wearing of a jokey Christmas jumper!

I'd say the far left had pretty good reasons to be angry, but that discussion is one for the lounge.

Where was he wearing it? Presumably not when he was in an official capacity? I think the Tories have well and truly f***ed themselves, tbh. Having f***ed up the country in the process.

Good for him.

It would be very difficult indeed to rip it off in passing. They would find it very difficult to get it over my head, I would have thought? However I stand well away from the edge of the pavement and keep an eye out. Many bus stops don't have indicators of bus times, including the one outside the Post Office, which I use a lot. If I'm going somewhere which is only served by one of the buses from that stop, I don't like not knowing whether I will have to wait two minutes or twenty minutes, and I often forget to look before I leave the house. What more do you think could be done? Hordes of police at every minute of the day standing at every possible place in Inner London where somebody may get their phone out? Obviously I'm joking, but I don't think there's any indication that the police don't take these crimes seriously. There's been a noticeably increased police presence around ED lately, and there are various police/community initiatives where you can make your voice heard if you have concerns and sensible ideas to contribute. It's very easy to complain without knowing all the background and the full facts. If memory serves, and I'm sure someone will correct me if it doesn't, a previous Tory administration drastically reduced police numbers in London. Therefore it's even more important for the police to assess priorities when deciding where to concentrate their limited resources. I imagine that things like phone thefts and shoplifting come rather further down the list of priorities than things like stabbings and sexual assaults.

That seems the more likely scenario, doesn't it? I suspect unwarranted assumptions have been made. What is the evidence that the car was a police car? What is the evidence that two police vans arrived later "to help give chase"? To "help"? If the car was not a police car, other interpretations of the situation are possible, as said above. It could be that the cyclist had done nothing wrong and was trying to get away from the pursuing car for completely other reasons. Who knows? It's very easy to jump to conclusions without knowing all the facts.

I don't understand this thread. If police were involved to chase the cyclist, why does the OP say "thank God the cyclist got away"? Police don't chase random cyclists who have done nothing wrong! I had originally assumed that the original chasing car was a police car, as the OP talks about "seriously erratic and dangerous driving by the police", but it seems not? Unmarked police cars put on blue lights when they need to make themselves known. There have been quite a few around in this area lately. Surely a police car would have put on those lights before giving chase?

Why do you say "that hasn't and won't happen"? Why do you not ask for a key, if you would "love this task"? Monica had a key before, and possibly so did others. She still works locally. If you don't know her, I can ask her how you can get a key. There is no reason why the noticeboard should only contain councillors' details (although surely it is important that those are publicised locally?) Why do you say it will contain nothing more? The Crofton Park noticeboard contains a lot of other useful community information (not from businesses) . Do you know why the notice board has been removed from outside ED station? Clearly the councillors sometimes reply, or nothing at all would have been done about the notice boards Why do you sarcastically call me "my dear Sue" and add a zzzzzz? It is you who started this thread about noticeboards, which is now on its third page, and just as your campaign is succeeding, you appear to be implying that it was a complete waste of time!