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What problem does a CPZ actually address? The perceived problem of a small minority who feel that they have a special right to treat the bit of street outside their house as private property, to the exclusion of others? This despite the fact that the road is paid for / maintained by everyone and therefore for the use of everyone. But hold on. The council don?t mind double charging for this section of road (maybe treble charging as they can issue more permits than spaces). And the homeowner can afford to pay in order to exclude others....

What is this entitlement to park outside your house, when you have neither a space, nor a garage on your property? Why should the council privatise sections of the public highway like this and in the process of doing so cause inconvenience to others who either can't, or do not wish to pay for use of a street that they already fund through their taxes?

Waitrose don't have a single store within the SE London postcode district, so they're certainly not on every high street (not around these parts anyway).

My wife and I were walking along Hinkley Road on Christmas Eve with our two young children (2years old and 7 months old respectively), when this really aggressive man bounded across the street ranting at us about 'looking at his house'. It was pretty scary because he was very aggitated and like i say, we had the kids with us. We just moved away as quickly as possible, but if you're in that area be a little careful

Very convenient location, but the roads do tend to be a little shabbier that side of green in my opinion.

I was ticketed in the same spot after checking the restrictions carefully. Took a photo of it and considered appealing but that means paying double the charge first, so we didn't in the end. civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > edcam's post reminds me of when we parked round > the back of the Old Vic on a Sunday afternoon > after carefully reading the sign to see if we > could. In spite of all our care, the car go towed > and we spent Sunday eve traipsing to the back end > of East London to retrieve it from a car pound. > > Being the nerdy thing I am, I went back to check > the sign and it's true - the info it gives is > ambiguous. Either it was written by someone who > eats, shoots and leaves, or by someone whose aim > is to maximise council revenue at any price.

More metal scuplture thefts in the north of the Borough: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-15879563

I have no problem with someone choosing an isle seat. I have never experienced anyone failing to stand and let another by in order to take the window seat next to them. I have more of an issue with people who on a full train, use a seat for bags etc. There is a parcel shelf if you don't wish to place your bag on the floor / your lap. Someone shouldn't have to ask you to remove your belongings from a valuable seat in rush hour.

Why isn't east dulwich forum, renamed just 'dulwich forum'?

I think your frustration is completely justified. Using an old bike to 'reserve' a space is completely out of order.

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He is in South Dulwich next Tuesday. Where abouts in South Dulwich? Actually, where is South Dulwich?

I think it depends on whether Ed has been naughty or nice... I wouldn't like to comment.

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Apparently Poundland have bought the Iceland site and will be opening up sometime in the new year. It's a shame because I use Iceland a lot and co-op is a lot more expensive. Poundland does have some good bargains though.

Personally, I hate all these backlit signs and advertising hoardings. Everyone has to be more visually arresting than the next. It's a visually assaulting arms race which has no end game. Light pollution is a serious problem, and as James points out, pretty unsound environmentally.

I have been looking everywhere for a hat with the face of a panda knitted on it. Thank god for this shop.

Ok, I know there are umpteen threads on this already, but i. We'd some advice. My 7 month old will not sleep at night. She will cry for hours (up to 9 or 10), with our going in to comfort her every 30 mins or so. She seems incapable of learning to put herself back down. From everyone I've spoken to, the kind of crying down which we've been doing for sometime now, is the last resort when all else fails, so what else is there?

Train to Elephant from Denmark Hill and then Bakerloo Line to Paddington. From their catch a direct train.

Jazz fags and toddlers don't mix. Imagine night garden after a couple of biftas. No, stick to the booze kids.

DaveR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I looked at the Occupied Times, and it's a none > too impressive. I'm trying not to be too harsh but > touchy-feely pseudo New Age bullshit will not take > anybody any closer to understanding, let alone > dealing with the genuinely complicated issues that > the current economic situation has thrown up. There is no doubt that the Occupy movement is a fairly disparate group. It's a bit incoherent, but for better or worse, it takes something controvercial and inconvenient like the camp to keep the issue live. Prior to their appearance, we were in very real danger of the debate fading from public attention. What has actually changed as a result of the financial crisis in terms of how we regulate markets. Very little indeed. There is nothing to stop the same thing happening again? In fact I see only yesterday that the government are encouraging 95% mortgages again.

There are a number of very dubious practices which need regulating. Closing down so called vulture funds for example. restricting short selling for another. I posted this on another thread, but Professor Robert Frank recently presented a really good lecturer to an audience at the LSE which also outlined some interesting ideas on how one can reduce wasteful activities based on positional competition. The current crisis has exposed some serious faults in the current system. It's not good enough to say it's too difficult a subject to think about so lets carry on as before.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unregulated capitalism? What, as in... no > regulation? > > Surely we do have plenty of regulation. The > discussion we need is about what additional regs > we need to protect our society. Not a load of > cliched vagaries. OK, so you could say inadequately regulated capitalism, it amounts to the same point. Primarilly though the issue is about financial markets which have very little regulation indeed.

> What is this opportunity of which you speak? What > re-engineering are you proposing? What refinements > would work? There is a general feeling that the deregulation of the financial industry has seriously backfired. A consensus that the system needs to change and this could act as a catalyst for change. To suggest regulation of the financial markets has been politically difficult, but the crisis has presented an opportunity. In terms of re-engineering the system, clearly this needs to be looked at very carefully and needs to follow a full, public debate. But, basically, it needs to ensure that markets are more balanced, that they deliver outcomes that are for the benefit of more than a small minority and that they incentivise efficient and value adding activities. > Sitting in a tent near St Pauls doesn't seem to > have achieved very much - except to undermine the > quality of life of Londoners working and > travelling in the area - and sending out the wrong > message to potential tourists. It's created a debate and it's kept some of the issues surrounding the financial crash at the top of the news agenda. It is important that the rightous indignation that followed in the immediate aftermath of the crisis doesn't fade and allow us to return to business as usual IMO. > If people wish to engage in political dialogue - > fine, make a speech, set up a political party, > write an article. Squatting isn't dialogue - as > Ian Hislop has pointed out all the St Pauls camp > has actually achieved is the departure / dismissal > of two or three rather woolly minded clerics. For better or worse, the actions of the camp have actually done more to raise their profile and propogate their grievances than an letter to their MP would ever have done.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But on a wider scale litterally millions and > million globally have been pulled out of poverty > as a result of global capitalism especially and > increased internationalism in trade, especially in > the past 10-15 years. How well markets are designed determines how efficient they are at incentivising value adding activities - the types of activities that help pull people out of poverty in the way you describe. The problem at the moment is that many activities of unregulated, unrestrained capitalism actually destroy value and impoverish society. It's not an question of capitalism vs anticapitalism (whatever that may mean). But of unregulated (too often inefficient and unproductive) forms of captialism vs minimally regulated / structured markets that incentivice value adding activities.