Bloody hell, calm down. Its only a wine bar, its not an A&E Department after all. I too find myself in conflict with those that would like ED to be like it was in the "good old days" when the place was on its arse and everybody was malnurished and made match boxes for a living. Keef doesnt happen to be one of those people. He is (unusually) an actual "local" (unlike most of us including me) and in my experience, has always enjoyed and respected the best of the past and the present. He doesnt use the G&B as so is possibly able to be a little more objective about it than some of us. Instinctively I am pro-G&B. I like their wine (especially on a Tuesday), I like the ambience of the place, the food and the staff (especially Rebecca, the foxiest bar person on the Lane ::o). However, in my opinion the G&B campaign was at times rather overly passionate and we only ever really heard one side of the story. Hopefully, their drain problems will get sorted out in time. I dont think local transport is that bad. You can get the 176 to Oxford Street direct and there are many other buses that then connect with the tube system, we have ED, Denmark Hill, Peckham, Forest Hill and Nunhead over-ground stations all within hitting distance. OK, we dont have a tube station, but that was the case before any of us were born and for those of us that moved here by choice (i.e most of us) we cant say that we didnt know. I get hacked off the with the lack of investment in the SE London transport network, it could be better, but is not poor. Try living in a rural village with a bus that does 2 return journeys a day, thats poor. More importantly, where did Rebecca go? :'(