Spartacus

From the BBC news today "The Isreali military has told Palestinians in northern Gaza to leave for their own safety and has now begun telling people in the southern city of Khan Younis, where many thousands of people who have fled northern Gaza are, that they must now also leave " It opens up a question of what the end game looks like, once the IDF are satisfied Hamas is gone, will they return Gaza to the Palestinians and help them rebuild ? Or will a tranche of land be retained as a buffer between the two states ? What happens next will be key to future relations between the two States and the Arab world.

As far as I understand it, they are a group of local residents who oppose the LTN and after the issues where pro LTN supporters targeted signs opposing the LTN, they obviously don't want to attract attention to whom they actually are. They aren't the illuminati pulling strings of world leaders and certainly not sinister shadowy characters trying to throw the next election.

This post reads like a conspiracy theory 🤔 Are LTN supporters real? are LTN layouts in fact messages from higher intelligence (like crop circles)? Are there lights on every cycle ? Only the Southwark X files know !!!

A CPZ just means you pay more for your car to "stand still" it doesn't magically remove all cars from all streets In areas where CPZs are introduced, there is still a high proportion of people who choose to still own a car. Your argument is nonsensical

The last poster alerted me to this. My old man would say "if your mates were jumping off a cliff, would you?" Strange peer pressure type argument there malumbu 🤔

Long "Cleve" Reed & Little Harvey Hull (The Down Home Boys) with "Don't You Leave Me Here" is a particular old favourite of mine and I like to crank it up when I can

Ofgen are doing a review into Standaing Charges and are asking for customer feedback BBC News - Energy standing charges review after anger at rises https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67431758 People can submit their views via email to [email protected] by 19 January. I'm sure thete will be template email formats pur there soon to use. 😎

Cucumbers, unwrapped, tend to go soft quickly. It is a problem that some suppliers are looking at wirh alternatives to plastic wrapping and they are the only item I will buy wrapped. But I agree pre wrapped fruit and veg is a big issue both environmentally and can often hide damaged goods that turn the whole packet to mush

Maybe the fine can go towards paying excess charges for anyone who received parking or other fines late 😄

I'm sure you are pulling our puddings Billy 😅

Redpost, and someone correct me if I'm wrong, the marches aren't in support of Hamas but in support of innocent Palestinians who are caught up in the middle of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Unfortunately I fear that the attempt to wipe out Hamas by leveling large parts pf Palestine could backfire, create martyrs out of them and result in more Palestinians joining a Hamas type group. Let's hope not but there is a risk.

Charles Had the proposed CPZ for nunhead been included in the councils U turn, or are you Still waiting on a letter to say-so?

I wonder if a new consultation will appear after the next general election 🤔

Sue They are obviously very heavy valuable items and need three posties to deliver 😅

Today I got a "Delivery Attempted - Address Inaccessible" email which if you look it up basically means Royal Mail failed to load for delivery or a temporary worker couldn't find your address 🤔

Signs up outside Barry's today read 6th and 7th for the Upland Road junction of Barry Road. Status alert for route 12 and 197 BARRY ROAD, East Dulwich: ROUTE 12 and 197 is on diversion in both directions each day Monday 06 November and Tuesday 07 November 08:00 to 17:00 due to resurfacing at Barry Road. Buses are diverting via East Dulwich Road and Lordship Lane. Buses towards East Dulwich are not serving stops from "Peckham Rye / East Dulwich Road" (WN) to "Goodrich Road" (DD). The last stop "Dulwich Library" is being served. Buses towards Oxford Circus are not serving any stops in East Dulwich. The first stop served is "Nigel Road" (WM).

What's not to like about like, like ?

There's a new report (first month figures) out from tfl / City Hall https://www.london.gov.uk/media/103225/download Interesting in that it claims 95% compliant vehicles in London now. However we know from the consultation where they measured vehicles seen by ANPR (Automatic Number Plate Recognition) that the number of vehicles owned is higher than seen through a limited number of cameras. Again, compliance in this report is taken from spotted vehicles and not actual registered vehicles. What is scary is that the expanded scheme made 52 million pounds in the first month. Read the report and see if you agree or disagree with it, but my opinion is that if so many vehicles were compliant before its introduction (above 90%) and the increase in compliance (approx 4.8% since Nov 22) making £52 million a month it does feel like a tax on Londoners during a cost of living crisis for very little gain in compliant vehicles. (See table 4 page 20 for data on compliance)

And the section at Upland Road junction 6th and 7th November Does this mean no buses along Barry Road for a week ? Or maybe longer ?

Therein lies the rub. Two surveys, producing different results. What is needed is a commonly defined survey that is unbiased and the metrics recorded are agreed in advance so that there can be no question of the outcome.

Thanks Earl , that report is a year old and as I understand it the dft report is only a month or so ago so will be interesting to see sn up yo date tfl one. It may well be that London bucks the trend observed in the dft report

You think the post would be that quick ST, obviously you don't really live in East Dulwich. 😄

The UN issue is unfolding. UN chief Antonio Guterres appears to have criticised Israel this week and the response is quite interesting. I am not sure who is right and wrong in this situation but I do believe governments need to be open to scrutiny and critism.

Earl, Can you provide your source for the 40% Increase as the DFT's National Travel survey shows a different figure. would be good to understand and compare.

This doesn't surprise me It's a pity as they do serve a lot of customers but have lost their way wirh customer service. Guess mass migration to other pharmacies is on the cards now.