DuncanW

Sure - but do you remember typing this beauty out? "I made a point of complaining about the noise every day even if I knew it was within the permitted levels," But yeah, it's the bats - oh and they pruned a tree, oh and they don't seem to live in the local area, oh and the council won't tell you where the money is going.

The venn diagram of people who are personally really bothered by the noise from GALA and are also deeply concerned about the local bat population looks remarkably just like a circle.

It's on Channel 4/E4 I think, so you could ask somewhere with multiple screens to put it on for you. It's FA Cup 3rd round weekend but I don't think there's a televised match on at that time. The Angel Oak has that set up. Or there are plenty of Nigerian spots in Peckham/OKR - I'd imagine most of them will have it on.

I'm sure there's a coherent point in there somewhere, but I can't fathom what it might be TBH

I would challenge that. Price is a function of supply and demand - that's what I learnt at school anyway. It doesn't matter what your costs are, if supply increases and demand remains constant, prices (rents) will fall. And vice versa

You okay mate?

For folks who are trapped in £2M houses that they just simply can't move away from and see themselves as asset rich but cash poor as they bought it for a small fraction of the current value back in the 80's or whenever, how about this: House inflation in the UK is currently 2.6% pa* - that equates to £52,000 per year gain on the asset. Don't worry at all about the money you've earned to date by just simply living in your own house, but from this point you could realise (borrow against) that whopping £52,000 a year that the property is going up by, and cover this new tax amply. *yes I'm aware London is dragging compared to national figures here, but family homes in London are outperforming smaller properties, and that has certainly not always been the case.

We got our daughter's done at Superdrug. They have a designated, trained member of the team so it's not just a random shop assistant who does it. It was fine, there's not much to say other than the piercings are in the right place and there's been no problems afterwards

I'll tell you what I have a problem with... 'Dulwich Roads is also on BlueSky' nicking my joke and putting up on Twitter as their own. And Rockets, I'm pretty sure I explained to you what vested interest meant a couple of years ago... obvs not paying attention... 🤑

Did anyone else see that car completely upside-down on Adys Road yesterday? The road was closed off so I didn't get a close look, but I genuinely hope that no-one was seriously injured. It makes you wonder though from a purely mechanical perspective, how that's even possible on a road like that. And how reckless the driving must have been and the damage that could have been done in a road with a playpark and a school on it! Oh, and for balance I saw a Lime bike rider skip the lights the other morning.

These are salient questions for sure. We need to think about 'then what happens' not should it happen or will it happen cos that driverless taxi has already left the rank The current economic model will need to evolve just as fast as the tech. And that's the hard part.

I've used them in the US - Waymo over there, not Uber. It's always tough for workers in any industry when automation takes over - it's been happening for a long time and is accelerating (excuse the pun) - we need to accelerate how we adapt to these changes. As for the passenger experience... my take is it's superior, by a margin. The driving is smooth, they are proven to crash less than human-driven cars, you have the ride to yourself so don't need to make polite conversation (or not) - you can put your own music on as loud or as quiet as you like. It's a no-brainer really!! Sorry, cabbies!!!

https://williambaileysolicitors.co.uk/ William Bailey is a well-established local solicitors firm based in Goose Green I've used them in the past with no complaints

Emirates Stadium is >60,00 but they tend to be very quiet 🙂 Jokes aside though, it's a case in point. Highbury was <40,000 and was 300M up the road, so there are definitely Islington residents who used to live half a mile from a fairly big football stadium, and now live right by a massive one. One that holds rock/pop concerts too accomodating 70,000 fans whether they like ot or not. 40% of Islington households are in social housing so regardless of when they moved their current homes, they may have had little say in exactly where they are housed.

Why would you need to know any of that?