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We'll go on then rather than just talk about it on this forum. Up to you if you don't want to try all your councillors.

I am quoting what a Tory SPAD said about Jenrick. I've not analysed Jenrick's exact words but it sounds like he is going down the GB News route which if true is rather sad. This was picked up by the media so you can follow this up - an article below, the Mail and Telegraph may have alternative takes. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/05/badenoch-defends-jenricks-remarks-about-people-from-alien-cultures I could stereotype and generalise about many cultures, races, nationalities and religions but I try not to. I'd rather hear in more detail from a Pakistani community leader and the like rather than a white privileged politician. https://mcb.org.uk/the-muslim-council-of-britain-calls-for-jenrick-to-be-sacked/

They like the warmth of roads and pavements, they are quite common on car parks and school playgrounds.

You have three councillors, by the time you have read and responded to this post you could have emailed them all, rather than pointing your finger at one. You could ask to meet them,invite them to your local society etc etc.

Catch 22, if they said sorry you will need to pay more tax as the country is broke and we need to rebuild the economy, they may not have got in. And if they had raised taxes for those working they would have been roasted for not following their pledges.

Just remembered that we paid a lot more for our CDs compared to Europe. Government investigated, the industry said we had higher quality product. Then that argument collapsed and we got parity. Now we are outside the trading bloc we don't have these competitive pressures. I think we were told that Brexit would make things cheaper. Do you have an answer Farage, Gove and Johnson? The first will blame the others, the others have their well paid careers, so don't care

Well we were either taxed more or the money had to come from somewhere else ... Either way we would have less money to spend but the former was preferable. Expect the market will adjust, hopefully sooner rather than later. Reducing the amount of unprocessed food would be a great start both for our pocket and our wellbeing

Good to have debate, just like the forum of old! Like most I use post offices a few times a year, usually Forest Hill Road, occasionally the Village, Forest Hill or Sydenham. All of these are wider businesses, Sydenham is quite successful but sells a right load of tat 😊 Does society want to keep them open as a service to the community making a load or as a streamlined business which may disadvantage us from time to time, think the dwindling number of branches of banks with less and less staff on hand. I have parcels delivered from time to time by Royal Mail and others, usually good but if course parcels have been left in the wrong places. Both my usual postie and the RM parcels chap are good and friendly although preferred the regular morning delivery not tea time. Labour opening up parcel deliveries to competition in 2006 hammered Royal Mail but we are where we are. They are catching up the digital age. Meant to post a link but copied and pasted someone else's post below sorry... The unsavoury side to all this is inefficiency of the need it now customer and the try on and return customer. I expect many are guilty! And the dreadful gig economy.....

I think that those that like the square and those that don't should meet for a sing off/dance off at the Castle. This would save scores of posts on the issue. We could make it a square dance unlike the other event which I understand will be a line dance. I'm thinking of some relevant songs It's hip to be square.

Starmer probably gave his best speech on this. Catch up with Kuensberg (spelling?) in Sunday. Farage does his usual talking around the subject without condemning either Musk or Trump for this populist nonsense. Trump I expect is more focused on taking over Canada, and there was me thinking we were the 51st state. The ex Tory SPAD on the panel was disgusted by Jenrick going down the demonising Pakistani men. I used to blame Cameron for kicking much of the move to the right off, but Osbourne and others who increased to gap between rich and poor off is more guilty. On the LDs watch if course. Trump, Farage, Musk and the like capitalise on this. Johnson plays it all ways but has much to do with the anti immigrant surge, when legal immigration rocketed.

Don't start me on Lidl pastries....

Nope. I worked on a task force twenty years ago, when the UK was considered to have one of the worst records in Europe driven in part by the theft of high end vehicles which ended up in the Gulf where they also drive on left Keyless cars have if anything made things worse. Get a car that is undesirable. It's for the manufacturers to sort out, dunno why not. Two reports, manufacturers saying things have got much better, albeit ten years ago and the Guardian pointing a finger at the trade https://www.smmt.co.uk/2015/04/stolen-vehicles-down-70-in-a-decade-as-smmt-calls-for-more-detailed-theft-tracking/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/24/revealed-car-industry-was-warned-keyless-vehicles-vulnerable-to-theft-a-decade-ago

Perhaps someone can do a Johnny Cash impression

Has to be the Castle, we need an old school boozer and we can order pizzas for half time. Perhaps get Lynn Miranda what's his face to do a rap/hip hop musical score. It will be the next big musical. Or some scenes from West Side Story

In the old days social meetings were arranged. Never ended in fisty cuffs. Perhaps people could come to the Goose sing around on Sunday and put their views to a nice tune.

You've had my view, couldn't give a monkeys about either junction. For your own sanity perhaps time to move on.

I'll answer, it's an irrelevant question as anyone with proper control of their vehicle would.t clip the white line in either junction. Time to move on...

I did that a few years ago, and yes I got a penalty notice. I argued that I simply got into the bus lane slightly early before the junction, and that I had not gained any advantage, nor got in the way of a bus. But that was that. I've not done it again. There is a general point in any enforcement that the serial offenders should be targeted rather than those more considerate that make the occasional mistake. We've all seen those happy to drive at 60 on Brenchley Gardens before the speed trap, or park on pavements/double yellows, zigzags and the like. Decriminalising speeding would help and giving this responsibility to the local authority rather than police. A wider issue for government

I went there many years ago and it had long since been past its best as an idyllic spot. But perhaps out of season you will find something peaceful away from the golf courses and British bars. Others may be less cynical! If you get a car and go up to the Alentejo there are some wonderful hill towns, but nicer in the spring when the meadows are in flower.

Grenada as you have the wonderful culture as well as the weather.

I don't give a monkeys. If anything I'd be happy with TFL adopting the same standard. Just admit that you made a mistake and let's move on, rather than using this site to express your anger at the authorities.

I am a transport professional who has worked on driving standards. If you cannot steer your vehicle to avoid a bus lane then you have even fallen into a bad habit - as witnessed by many (may be even most) who cut the corner when turning at junction;, or you were not paying proper attention, It's irrelevant that you are angry about junction design, difference in approaches between enforcement bodies etc you were rightly issued a fine because of the way you controlled your vehicle. I have been rightly issued with fines in the past for similar behaviour. I wasn't happy at the time. I now own up to this and improved my driving standard.

My professional opinion is that you made a mistake and got caught. I'm not sure whether this was due to bad habits or a temporary lapse. I also expect that you will be more careful in future I'm not a highways engineer so can't comment on junction design except for my personal experience where I don't have any issues. It is a shame that as a whole drivers cannot be trusted and therefore we have to have cameras and what are often clumsy physical traffic calming measures. I'd like DfT to ensure more consistency on the latter I'm far more interested in bike routes but the thread I started on this subject was ambushed/trolled by a few people who have a general hatred of cyclists so no point in saying more on this forum. Although spookily I did write to Southwark in the 90s asking them for a pedestrian crossing on Dulwich Village bt the junction with court Lane due to the school, and to change the priority Carlton/Court Lane. They declined but twenty years later did that. I did not ask them to close the Court Lane junction but was pleased when they did this

I'm the first to admit that I have had a few fines in my life. Which makes me well qualified to comment. And the comment on me taking a different route home, +_ 100 metres either way is just silly. Own up to your mistake rather than blaming others.

No I was just confused as I thought that this was a thread complaining about LTNs and one person on this site complaining that they were caught on a bus lane due to poor positioning. The numerous threads here which can be summarised as complaining about cyclists, and complaining about Southwark, all meld into one.