JohnL

Rumours of a re-shuffle (goodbye Sunak) if results aren't good for the tories - but don't think Boris will go yet. Sue Gray might force his hand at some stage.

Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We had heard from a friend in Here Hill that they > were told they could not vote unless they had > their card which I thought was a bit odd. That was implied - and it was the people supervising the ballot - but if you persisted they allowed you. I saw someone complain a bit that took up more time than voting cards saved :)

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Waseley Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Mr/Mrs Rockets, Wandsworth, low council tax AND > no > > LTNs. Oh and it's a sunnier borough too. Ant > > plans to move there? 😊 > > It's a demographic change in Wandsworth. More > Labour supporting voters have moved into > Battersea/Nine Elms and they pledged to keep the > council tax artificially low. Even if Labour put > it up 5% per annum, they'd still have the second > lowest council tax in England. Barnet ? Westminster ?

We were all asked for our voting cards yesterday - It was muttered that it was just to make it faster to vote but there was a feeling you needed them. Should have posted this yesterday. Well done London Labour.

trinidad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Band B property council tax 2022 - 2023 > > Southwark council ?1240.20 > > wandsworth council (one of the cheapest council > tax in the country) ?698.59 > > Lewisham council ?1413.07 > > Lambeth council ?1291.30 As I said Hillingdon gets a fair bit of praise Hillingdon ?972.90

Cyclemonkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is a reason why Wandsworth has very low > Council tax - the services aee minimal and you pay > extra for everything. Hillingdon is meant to be the flagship tory borough

Isn't that the Mayors department - or the old GLC

Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > march46 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Saw this on Twitter, the ?Ground Zero? > reference > > is horribly distasteful and wholly > inappropriate. > > Deeply worrying coming from a Conservative > > candidate who wants to represent the Dulwich > > Village community. > > > > https://i.imgur.com/ecbMI49.jpg > > Can you explain why you find this so offensive - > the term ground zero was widely used to describe > the epicentre of many things - not just bombs or > the WTC...surely he is using it as a metaphor - as > in the Square is the epicentre of the problems > caused by the LTNs? After 911 - if you lived through it as its 21 years ago now - it means one thing. It's funny to think that most of the people I see out in the pub didn't live through it or were too young to remember.

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The real solutions have to come from the motor > industry by reducing emissions from petrol/diesel > vehicles and speeding up the process of EV > becoming the norm. Shell have converted some > former petrol stations into EV charging stops. Electric cars are very expensive - considering leasing or zipcar type use as an alternative as I hardly drive at all now.

Companies are sending around test emails and messages with attachments and semi plausible reasons to click on them. about 1 in 100 clicked in our test - and had to enrol for extra training LOL.

The Russian spokeswoman just said they know exactly what "Heappey" said and are preparing retaliation - almost as if he was a really important world statesman.

It's amazing how quickly people just accept an ongoing cold war and the constant threat of obliteration.

Hmmm Putting your least effective people in the safest wards. Isn't that going to discourage your best people who are put in a ward that may not vote for them.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Other pubs being open though doesn?t > prove/disprove the driving reason for the > landlords who closed that day. > Some people are speculating racism, but I?d be > surprised if someone would willingly turn away > huge custom on that basis and I wonder whether > other considerations were at play. Google it and loads of pubs across UK and Ireland do it. I found a thread on Reddit where whole towns in Ireland would shut as soon as some travellers turned up at the first pub (they all phones around). Obviously there's a perception of something by pub managers and companies.

Not only did the staff in Pret Holborn give me regular free coffee but they also waved at me as they brought sandwiches into the building I then worked in. I know its probably corporate policy to be nice to your regular customers but they did seem to make an effort.

Brideshead Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well after much consideration my own personal > opinion is that the ?Gas Leak? single day > temporary closure, on the evidence, WAS a lie. > That is most likely because of plain & simple > discrimination against the Traveller Community. > > If I can be shown evidence from a gas engineer/ > fire brigade to the contrary, I?ll happily change > my opinion. > > That being said a business telling lies to the > public? looks like the new manager isn?t much > better. > > ?Gas leak? sounds a bit of a fake excuse. Why not > just say ?Temporary Closure. Apologies?? Why the > disrespectful silly lies? Makes you wonder what > else they?re up to, hey? what goes on out of > sight, before your drink &/or food gets brought > out. > 😱😱😱 eek! 2015: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/02/wetherspoon-backs-campaign-against-traveller-and-gypsy-discrimination 2019: https://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/news/2019/08/traveller-anger-shops-and-pubs-close-across-two-counties-day-girls-funeral

Nadine copied his email word for word - she is so smitten

The Cherry Tree has always been empty as long as I remember except after football matches - when I first came to this area the then landlord was not popular on here (that takes me back) I'm sad it never really got popular as its a great space.

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sad thing is, we should be training the young in > programming rather then outsourcing or importing > labour. > Isn't it better to have home grown talent? I'm not sure what Boris's plan is but I suspect he has no plan except to say he got a trade deal and that worries me as he could get it completely wrong.

So on his way to India the PM says we need more immigrants to do IT jobs after years of saying the NHS and other services are overused because of immigrants. Thanks Boris.

Chick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was told by a pub manager the pubs were all > closed because a traveller's funeral was taking > place. Anti traveller bigotry-the last socially > acceptable racism. I was in the Angel Oak and it was definitely open Strangely no Camden Hells.

Boris on his way to India today saying "The UK needs hundreds of thousands of new workers particularly in IT and programming" So no refugees allowed but we are selling visas for a trade deal

Is this a dark kitchen ? I asked on another thread how you link complaints like this to licensing when it comes up. ?

So what if the noise is people leaving a pub at 1:00AM every night and only lasts a short time whilst they wait for their taxis and shout. Surely Southwark can ask for notices to be put saying "please leave quietly and respect the residents" without having to attend. How do you just register a complaint so when licensing time comes you can say there were xxx complaints after 1:00am

It wasn't just the Archbishops of Canterbury and York criticising this but the Pope made a little reference too (without saying UK).