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MarkT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Double yellow lines across a private dropped kerb, > with or without the 2 metre extensions, give > exclusive benefit to one household to the > disadvantage of every other vehicle user. > > By contrast a disabled parking space, sited > directly outside the applicants house, is not > exclusive. It is open to any other badge holder. Exactly this. It is privatisation of part of the highway for the exclusive use of the householder.

Drop kerbs effectively amount to privatisation of public space. It also leads to the loss of front gardens, which is undesirable in both environmental and visual amenity terms. I would like to see a general policy of refusing drop kerb applications except in exceptional circumstances.

It's a good question. I am not aware of one, but agree that more co-ordination and oversight would be helpful.

"The reason we have public authorities like TfL is so they can plan infrastructure that benefits the whole city, rather than just the bits where rich people live." hmmm... not sure anyone's told Boris about this.

You could always trash a new business, or moan about pushchairs, or something. These seem to be EDF perennials.

Yes, you're right about the 148. It's another reason I don't think the new Routemasters were a sensible investment.. the 'hop on, hop off' aspect, which was one of the major advantages of the old buses is often missing anyway.

Anyone on the left who doesn't have money is accused of 'practising the politics of envy' and anyone who does is called 'a hypocrite'. It's just a way of closing down any debate around social justice.

Penguin68 - calling me a xenophobe because I disagree with the Mayor's carefree attitude to misappropriating transport funds to pay for tourist attractions, is out of order.

I have absolutely no problem with tourist attractions (and your implication that I don't like foreigners is a bizarre leap). My point is, they should not be funded from money raided from the transport budget.

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The Garden Bridge and the Dangleway both come out of the transport budget btw. Which is why Boris insists (against all good reason) that they're for commuters. Of course, they're primarily tourist attractions / follys / vanity projects (pick your preferred term) - but the money spent on them results in less to spend on actual public tranport infrastructure.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Boris Cable Car.. Boris Johnson's 'pitiful' > ?60m cable car used by just four regular > commuters.. ...latest I read that had dropped to zero ( http://853blog.com/2014/12/16/emirates-air-line-cable-car-now-has-no-regular-commuters/ ). I can't find the reference now, but I heard that for the price of developing and rolling out the small number of 'Boris Buses', TFL could have made the entire bus fleet hybrid. (edited several times because I couldn't get link to work)

tomdhu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > rahrahrah: what is the cost of a Boris Bus > > compared to a normal double decker? > > The cost of a Boris bus is ?353,000 compared to > around ?200,000 for a regular double deck bus. > > The difference is as a result of such items as > triple entrances/exits, air-conditioning nd a > whole lot of fancy frills. Plus the development costs. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19605280

The 'Boris Vanity Buses' are rubbish and cost the earth. The price, along with that of the Dangleway vanity project, garden bridge vanity project and northern line diversion (into an overseas property portfolio), could together have funded some high frequency metro services in the SE of London.

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How awful, your poor daughter. I really hope she's OK, it must have been really traumatic. Those dogs sound really dangerous, I hope the owner is found.

Beards are a thing everywhere though, and not exactly a 'country living' type thing.

Really sorry about this, it's fecking outrageous. Hope the police catch them.

Gut Rocking Comedy is on at the EDT. Sean Hughes playing there later this month: https://www.facebook.com/GutRockingComedyClubAtEastDulwichTavern

Must admit, I hadn't clocked the wippet thing - will look out for them. Definitely a notable rise in Barbour jackets, hunters and 4X4 s over the last 10 years though.

I love watching the 'plate dance' at a Toby Carvery.

Bob Stanley on the danger of confusing musical inspiration with appropriation: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/11/blurred-lines-musical-inspiration-pharrell-williams-marvin-gaye

A Boris bike has already been pictured in Gambia: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/ways-a-boris-bike-could-have-ended-up-in-the-gambia#.pmaVEoLk2

Most pop songs seem to be secondary to the accompanying softcore videos, featuring gyrating, barely-clad women. I blame MTV. ;-)

I like Nandos, but it never really fills me up. And the chips are rubbish. Basically, I just really like the sauce.