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Yeah, I think they're just posh ham sandwiches. :-)

... maybe it's, if not the new ED, a new Penge that's emerging.

Beer Rebellion are also looking to open up in Penge I think.

Iceland do a doner kebab pizza: http://groceries.iceland.co.uk/iceland-deep-pan-doner-kebab-pizza-432g/p/50772 at least until they become an M&S

I just think that it is ridiculous that the tube network has a massive hole in it. That out of 270 stations only 5 in SE London, outside of Zone 1 and yet it doesn't get addressed. Instead money from the transport budget is used to fund tourist attractions like the Emirate Dangleway, the garden Bridge and vanity projects like the 'Boris bus'. The latest extension of the northern line serves an area where there is no current demand or existing community - it's is just a huge public subsidy to a development of luxury flats. So yes, I think it's reasonable to demand that transport priorities shift, so that the budget is used to improve provision for existing London communities, rather than serve the interests of property developers or the mayors ego.

Salsaboy, that comment is ridiculous. Yes, please don't check your mirrors folks, if you hit a cyclist, they'll probably have deserved it.

Will you support the call for an investigation into the Heygate Scandal? http://www.change.org/p/heygate-estate-scandal-demand-an-investigation

.. sorry that's Vulcans

I find vegans detached emotionally but extremely logical.

If you eat insects are you still a vegan?

Pickle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anyone that thinks by putting their hazard lights > on it's acceptable to block the road while faffing > about in/around/beside their car. Especially when > there's room to pull in out of the way slightly > further ahead. Well they are causing a hazard, so the lights are kind of appropriate I guess.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can't really agree with this "I demand we have a > tube line" stance If you look at the tube map, I think it's obvious that SE London is massively under served. This should be a strategic priority for investment / expansion. I'm not suggesting East Dulwich necessarily, but SE London generally. An entire quarter of London is reliant almost exclusively on trains and buses and as a result, when things go wrong on the former, there is carnage on the latter, leaving people with few options.

MarkE Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just checked with the people at the Thameslink > Programme and they've confirmed that this is > indeed the case - from January, Platforms 8 and 9 > will be out of action, as will the steps to the > footbridge from Platform 8, meaning that to get to > 1-7 will require routing out of the station and > then back in (without being charged twice for your > PAYG journey). That is so ridiculous, it's *almost* funny. So things set to get significantly worse then basically.

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Still annoys me the number of people who put their > feet on the seat opposite them on the train. Yes, yes, yes. I get so annoyed about this.

@Lowlander - the jubilee extension was an particularly complex and expensive extension - passing under the river several times and ran over budget. The projected cost of extending Bakerloo all the way to Hayes is ?2-3B. So between the ridiculous two stop extension of the northern line to subsidise a development of luxury flats, the dangleway, the garden bridge and the 'boris bus' - we could probably drum up more than enough to provide transport improvements for existing communities in SE London (who are after all contributing the money used to fund Boris' schemes).

I'm not convinced that it's going to improve much until the works are finished in 2018, but hope I'm proved wrong. For me it just emphasises why we should be pushing hard for an extension of the tube network into SE London. We are totally reliant on the trains with no viable, high speed alternative.... I know we have buses, but they're so slow in rush hour, that they don't represent a viable commuting option for many of us. We pay for the tube network through our taxes, we should be served by it as much as those in other parts of London.

Wow, that would be great news.

Considering we're living in one of the wealthiest cities in the world, the public transport on offer is a disgrace. I drop my children off at nursery at 8 and the only way I can be at my office (just 4.5 miles away) by 9 is to cycle. That is not good enough. If the Mayor didn't keep spending all his transport budget on tourist attractions instead of actual transport infrastructure (the Emirates Dangleway, Garden Bridge etc) and vanity projects such as the new Routemaster, we might be able to get some high frequency tube lines in SE London.

Cyclists without mudguards who rain a 6 ft high arc of muddy water down upon anyone cycling behind them.

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Yes, slightly disappointing from Tessa. Will continue to chase. For those who haven't yet signed, please do and continue to share it.

Harriet Harman, Tessa Jowell, Peter John and Simon Hughes have all been written too also. Currently awaiting replies.

Great response from Jenny Jones. Eric Pickles has yet to formally respond to the petition, but I am chasing it. Will provide an update as soon as I can.

There is a big difference between proper Italian pizza and 'american pizza' - which is an almost entirely different product. The type of pizzas Franco Manca produce are not particularly unhealthy, certainly better for you than anything you're likely to get in Dulwich Cafe and not unreasonably priced. FM use Sourdough for their pizza bases which is very nutritious. Lactic acids make the vitamins and minerals in the flour more available to the body by helping neutralise the phytates in flour that would interfere with their absorption. The acids slow down the rate at which glucose is released into the blood-stream and lower the bread's glycaemic index (GI), so it doesn't cause undesirable spikes in insulin A bit of dairy is good for you (lot's of protein, calcium and minerals) as long as you don't over do it.. and as previously mentioned they do offer a cheese free option. Processed meats aren't great I'll grant you, but you can go for one with plenty of veg and tomato. It's a far cry from your 'chedder crust BBQ' frozen pizza.

Dodgy. Wonder if it's the same gang of 'moped hoods' who've been attempting to nick motorbikes round here