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I think you are right and this is where the councillors seem to be de-prioritising the views of the constituents they pledged to represent and why so many locally are angry with them and why that anger towards them is not subsiding. They bleat on about having no money and then find millions to spend on Dulwich Square (which they are clearly rushing through to make "permanent" so it is hard to undo the changes). Political hypocrisy at it's finest.

Yup. The irony is not lost on me that you are posting this one post after March46 posted a link to an article that has these pictures in it - that "tiny number of fanatics". There are more people at that protest than have ever attended one of the Dulwich Square jamborees, in fact more people than all of the Dulwich Square events have managed to muster collectively - but, you know, by all means keep questioning the number of local residents against these measures. http://southwarknews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image-500x242.jpg Thereby validating exactly what I was saying about your original post. I presume you will be issuing an apology to Richard Ardwinkle for the accusations you made against him in your post (I think I know the answer to this already)?

If they can find a place...primary is OK, secondary numbers are still growing and estimates suggest they won't start dropping for 5 years... BBC News - London primary school numbers to drop by 52,000 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly559jnd2zo

??? You asked a question to which i provided an answer - there's no pleasing some people.....

*in your opinion.... 2,000 local people who registered their details seems to suggest other points of view may exist!

And that's good news for the existing cohort of state school children at those schools how exactly? A sudden influx of kids from the private sector will mean class sizes will grow and the most disadvantaged will lose out - remember a private school child moving to state is a double-whammy as they won't be paying the 20% tax and costing the state more for the state school place they will be occupying. Very, very unlikely - far more likely to make them even more elitist as it is the big schools like Eton (which massively skew the perception of private school in the minds of the masses) which will survive. It is the smaller schools that will struggle and many of those are not catering to the types who frequent Eton etc.

I suspect that very much depends if you are a resident of that ward......

I think it most certainly does prove my point - that it is a file photo that Southwark News uses to illustrate articles, no doubt taken by one of their own reporters, and not something that Richard Ardwinkle sent to them. Unless, of course, you also think Richard Ardwinkle sent them the photo to help illustrate their article on Lambeth handing out £22m in LTN fines......the article I flagged from July 2022 which he wasn't even referenced in!!!!! I am happy to go to great lengths to take you to task on spreading falsehoods. Your clumsy attempt to try and accuse someone you clearly despise illustrates the lengths you will go to to try and demonise people you don't see eye-to-eye with - it seems to be the go-to tactic on Page 1 of the pro-LTN handbook of "how to deal with people who may not agree with our ideology". We have seen it hundreds of times before since this all began and it's sad that people feel the need to descend to this. I do laugh however when I read these things and then see people on the pro-LTN side bemoaning a "culture war".

But it is a gotcha moment for your previous comment suggesting your "evil adversary" Richard Adwinkle had supplied the photo. Maybe with the lack of fact-checking you did before posting that comment you could get a job on The Guardian! 😉 But in all seriousness I am glad your ire is now being directed at Southwark News.....

March46 - here you go...the picture was also used in an articles in: July 2022: https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/around-south-east-london/lambeth-handed-out-22-million-of-ltn-fines-last-year/ December 2021: https://southwarknews.co.uk/news/shocking-filler-ltn-outrage-in-dulwich/ And prior to that in May 2021: https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/southwark/dulwich-demonstration-as-council-reviews-low-traffic-neighbourhood/ This is how file photos get used!

Maybe the council/s should make these based on referendum rules and get a definitive answer to whether they are supported or not. Would those happy to repeat the "a consultation is not a referendum" support a simple one person one vote definitive consultation that the council guaranteed to action the outcome. I am presuming yes because you are so confident it is only a "small minority" who oppose the way the council is going about things and you are confident the result would go your way?

March46 - nope, sorry you're wrong. Southwark News often sends reporters (especially Herbie) to Dulwich to cover stories. I have spoken to him in Dulwich Square when he was doing an article on the latest money-wasting vanity project. He had camera in hand and was offering to take pictures of those with whom he spoke to (not many did for fear of retribution and interestingly he said he has received threats after posting articles deemed critical of the council's LTN plans etc) I bet if you call Southwark News and ask them where the picture is from they will say it is a file photo taken by one of thier reporters. They'll probsbly even let you buy a copy. I reckon if you look back at their stories on LTN protests you will find the article where the original picture appeared a few years ago. You might really, really hope Richard had sent that picture in but that's not the way newspaper publishing works I am afraid. "Sends them a news piece".....send me a private message if you are keen to learn how the newspaper industry works and how stories get generated.

And that's all great and is positive for everyone but we have seen so, so, many times before that these measures are implemented without any common sense and it is interesting that he is flagging that as the u-turn on much of it happens. It is the lack of common sense that has created the "culture war" that so many supporting their implementation bang on about and once you have created that monster you'll never get people back on-side. At local, regional and national levels it is the lack of common sense that so annoys so many and is why we are where we are. LTNs, CPZs and 20mph all suffer from the same challenge - implemented in ways that didn't take the majority with them. The moment anyone dare to suggest common sense had not been used the protagonists would stoke a culture war by trying to demonise them "small minority, right-wing, taxi drivers etc etc" and instead of working with the community actively worked against them - just look at the thousands of messages posted on this forum. From day one I was saying that the lack of common sense was doing massive long-term harm to the fight against climate change as people were not being engaged and taken on the journey and so it has turned out to be. And that lies solely at the feet of those responsible for implementing them.

BBC News - Man behind Wales' 20mph limit admits mistakes https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c70j0gv5xpdo Common sense.....more of that please!

Dogstar, gig at the Academy followed by rum in the Brixtonian....now that was a night out!

It certainly used to be great but now has become prohibitively expensive for many and this has led to many people having to move out and the folks moving in are more monied than their predecessors and have wants for different things. I do feel the community buzz is gradually eroding and it's all starting to go a bit Islington...fine if that's your thing but not the area I fell in love with over the years.

March46 - nice try but no cigar. Far more likely is that the photo used is a Southwark News file photo from when they sent a reporter down to a lot of the protests some years ago. I very much doubt Richard Aldwinkle had anything to do with the selection of the image to illustrate the Southwark News article......

Sorry, can you point out where I condone the behaviour? You might struggle because I don't and I wouldn't. You're trying to deflect and distract by making things up - again! And what point are you (struggling) to make about a parent who can afford to send their children to that school....you get idiots across the whole spectrum of people. Or are you suggesting such behaviour is only expected of less wealthy people - because that is a prejudiced trope path you probably don't want to venture too far down?

Yup so let's expel the kids...that'll learn them! Head: "You may be an exemplary student but I am afraid you are being expelled" Student: "Why?" Head: "Because your parent parks badly and is an angry idiot and Dulwich Roads thinks it's a good idea and they used two exclamation marks in their tweet because they are so angry about it".

Dulwich Roads' posts are becoming more and more extreme and irrational. Their call for pupils to be expelled from schools if their parents park badly is extreme, slighlty bizarre and a weird type of justice. Such a great idea ruining a child's education and future prospects because their parents parked badly.....but this probably speaks volumes about the person posting this nonsense.

Glad you agree. Common sense has prevailed...just a shame Dulwich Roads seems to be lacking in the commonsense department.

Nonsense. They corrected the location. Nothing in that post does anything to address the rumour they created that someone died. Any rational person would have removed the first post alluding to someone being killed. But they didn't, why? They chose to leave it up.

What this "correction"....which is correcting the location....? The only person being misleading is whomever is behind the Dulwich Roads account.... Their first post is clearly designed to imply someone died which then forced the police to issue a statement that there were no fatalities - probably because of the understandable concern from parents with pupils at the school. Utterly, utterly irresponsible and quite sickening from Dulwich Roads. But they have previous as they never bother to find out the facts - just excitedly post anything and everything to try to make their point.

https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/southwark/council-investment-in-ltns-and-cyle-lanes-has-failed-as-fewer-people-walking-and-cycling-data-suggests/ It will be interesting to look at the underlying data supporting this.

Dulwich Roads have been up to it again, posting (deliberately?) misleading post to suit their agenda which actually led police to announce there was no fatality. "A Met Police spokesperson: “One male has gone to hospital for treatment; we await confirmation on his condition but no fatalities." Whomever is behind this account really needs to engage brain before posting, this is outside a school and would terrify any parent that may have seen this. They circulated incorrect and erroneous facts and did nothing to correct it - disgusting. It's almost as if they are wishing for a far more tragic outcome to suit their narrative.