Earl Aelfheah

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good or bad? Indifferent. One boring chain > replacing another. There are already better places > to grab a coffee, but I'm sure it will do OK. ^this.

That is outrageous. I hope he's OK.

There are loads of chains in Peckham and I don't think a Costa is evidence of gentrification anymore. They're everywhere.

Would be absolutely fantastic if it happens.

Interesting, I wonder where that is?

Who can't park in 'their' street. It's nonsense. Who'd want to stop people (like healthcare workers and teachers) travelling to the area they work in? In the majority of cases I think it's just people wanting to be right outside their house (like directly in front of it) every single time they park, because they're territorial about it. I'm sure there are a few exceptions to this, but mainly that's what it's about.

Thanks ed_pete, so I think I'd misunderstood what was being proposed - this will just apply to areas which have controlled parking int he first place as opposed to being something which is introduced universally? It would be much easier to justify if it was cost neutral / non-revenue raising - so that there was a commensurate decrease in charges for low emission vehicles (as opposed to just raising income on those vehicles that are less efficient).

Does any other Borough, or local authority tax vehicle emissions?

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The current administration has budgeted to > introduce emissions based parking permits. They > propose to announce the details this summer but > anticipate making a scheme that will raise > ?350,000 over the next two years. With thousands > diving prematurely from air pollution we need to > do something to remove the worst polluting > vehicles. But deciding how much to raise and then > creating a scheme doesn't appear the best way to > do this. > So if we were ever asked again locally about > controlled parking it would have quite a different > context. Vehicle Excise Duty already does this. What is Southwark playing at?

This confused the hell out of me, as I thought half the thread had been deleted. Then I realised that there are two separate threads on this. Anyway, as per many of the observations made on the other thread, I'm not convinced there is much of a problem.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/08/despite-nicky-morgan-academies-u-turn-schools-till-in-a-mess

I totally agree with Broca. I don't see any evidence of significant 'commuter parking' around the station.

Lynton Crosby is a nasty piece of work. As long as the Tories have him leading their strategy expect plenty more deplorable negative campaign tactics.

I'm rather proud of Londoners for rejecting zacs negative campaign. I suspect such tactics may have worked in some other regions and cities outside the Capital.

I'm glad that Zac's sleazy tactics didn't pay off.

I love Robert Dyas

"I want to be clear there will be no pulling back from that vision, there is no reverse gear when it comes to our education reforms". So definitely a U-turn.. no reverse gear.

..corrected

The government have climbed down apparently. Obviously decided today was a good day to bury news of the U-turn (with the local elections). Glad they've seen sense though.

The headlines ('Tories surge as Labour get demolished') seem to be reporting some other, purely imagined election. i think you've summed it up very well Loz.

A polling station at the pub would be good. I might take a bit more time to fully contemplate my vote.

steveo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sir Dave will be able to say 'Would you like to > come on my boat?' fnar

The decision to ignore the public is b*llsh*t McB*llsh*t.

Does seem weird that they have to shut the whole school. Would have thought the whole thing could be done electronically by now.

feck it, I'll go out on a limb and say I doubt there are more than a handful of people who genuinely cannot park within a few minutes walk of their front door, more often than not, anywhere in ED. *ducks, takes cover under desk*