Spartacus

@march46 we will have to wait and see if the Streatham LTN is reinstated or, if like the rising bollards that were in Peckham years ago, simply forgotten about post the road works. Its a 50 50 gamble.

Thanks Rockets It's like a quote from the bible "before the rooster crows today, you will deny three times" What is the real reason for keeping it? Residents don't want it (see above) it's not a money maker as you can't drive through the square so no fines generated, It's almost as if someone has a vested interest in it staying, maybe a resident who is in the council 🤔 or a friend of a friends kid goes to school there. Who knows 🤷‍♀️ but does feel like residents are rolling a stone uphill at the moment 🤔

Well they took a turn I didn't expect

With the "what has the Mayor done for us lately" (cue Janet Jackson song) going off thread to LTNs I want to ask if there are any viable opponents in the race or will he get over the line by apathy of choice ? Please, absolutely no discussions on the merits or lack of merits of LTNs (we have other rhreads for that) but feel free to say if a candidate is pro or anti them !

Okay @Sephiroth you have convinced me. Let's make London one huge LTN, block every street and stop traffic movements. But how will we all get deliveries I hear you cry, where are my amazon or ocardo goodies 🤔 well for the sake of humanity you can't have them. Okay so we can all shop local except shops can't get any goods and prices go up for getting the limited ones they do. What about the disabled, how will they get anywhere? Well let's be honest they can't so they can all live at home and enjoy a fantastic poor quality of life. What about uncle Pepe who's having a heart attack, don't worry he will be dead before the emergency services can negotiate all the planters so leave him in the middle of the street where the dustbin people can collect him except that even they can't get down all the planter festooned roads so the rubbish and bodies will build up So how does the city function ? 🤔 oh I know back to horses and the complaints of manure and horse p!ss everywhere but for the sake of cleaner air we can't have a single vehicle at all. You all know it makes sense. 🤣

CPZ expansion by stealth

It's been going on all over for years, hardly new. It is selfish behaviour, but parents are often time constrained and sometimes have multiple drop offs /pick ups when kids are in different schools. Whilst not an excuse, I can see why they do it. Not really sure what the answer is, maybe retaining and more local schools so there is a school within walking distance ? Maybe like America, a dedicated school bus and no local drop off by cars. But what ever solution is found, parents will always have time constraints that will effect their behaviour 🤔

This thread sounds like a song by Edwin Starr The Mayor, huh, yeah What is he good for? Absolutely nothing, uhh The Mayor, huh, yeah What is he good for? Absolutely nothing Say it again, y'all The Mayor, huh (good God) What is he good for? Absolutely nothing, listen to me, oh 🤣

If you take only the good and strong support it amounts to less than a 1/3 of all responses which isn't a strong thumbs uo sign for the consultation. But as we all know, the council only do a consultation because they have to and they don't actually care what the results are as the outcome will always be that it will occur. Somehow we really need to call these decisions in.

George, they were the best with the wind down windows that let the air really flow through them on a hot day and the excitement of running after a bus that was departing the stop and jumping on the rear platform with a grin of satisfaction (to hell with health and safety) and the sound of the conducters hand cranked ticket machine "one and two half's please to Oxford circus" Oh the nostalgia And best of all they were efficient and you didn't get " the driver has been instructed to wait at this stop to regulate the service" 🤣

You sold it on the phone holders alone 🤣

If the rules do change and councils try and grab even more then I predict a poll tax riot

Archie, with your chicken poisoning and half cooked Chinese experience, remind me never to join you for a meal as you seem really unlucky 🤣

As I understood the CPZ rules for implementation, permits should cover the cost of administration for the scheme and not generate revenue for a council. Therefore can Southwark truly claim that it costs £225 each time to register, issue and maintain a list of active permits ? Remember on top of that they also get fines for vehicles incorrectly parked in a CPZ. Sadly, a £100 increase does raise the question of what exactly is their motivation for wanting a Borough wide CPZ and are they bending the rules on revenue by doing it ? 🤔

More likely they are trying to see which roads need focusing on to design out speed or introduce cameras. My bet is Barry Road will end up with the one way priority chicaines that force traffic to slow down making bus journeys even more painful 😒

Can't guarantee they can but try SMBS

Glad you enjoyed 148 There is also, slight further out, Dragons Castle at the Elephant and Castle, a bit of an experience but good food

Royal Mail (RM) claims that due to falling demand in letters and increased package demand that they are having to change their model. It's obvious to most that to attract customers you meed to provide a cost effective reliable service yet RM appears to be acting contrary to what you would expect with this price increase

A £5 investment (in southwarks Green plans) wager says that the council will spin the different funding pots wheel when you ask why the 11.5 million wasn't invested in the green projects 😉 Guess they think their residents are stupid and we all have wool over our eyes.

Archie, can you explain more about the circumstances You bought the chicken thighs at the weekend (Saturday or Sunday) and cooked and ate it Tuesday from what I am reading. So sorry to hear its made you ill, hope you are feeling better now. There is a possibility that you were unlucky twice but probability says if you were then others were as well over the last month so environmental health would have recorded that fact. Another possibility is your fridge may not be functioning correctly and the chicken was stored at the wrong temperature, might be worth using a fridge thermometer to rule that one out and prevent other potential problems. I'm assuming you cooked it for the correct time so let's dismiss that for the moment. Are there any other factors that may have affected the chickens quality ? If nothing you can think off then talk to environmental health and get them to check the business, did you keep any of the thighs as evidence as that makes it easier to trace?

Curious question But in a mayoral election year, if southwark, a Labour Council, does go for maximum council tax rise, how will that impact Sadiqs share of Southwarks mayoral vote ? Obviously something he will be keen to see not happening. Wonder if pressure will be put on London labour councils to keep the rises low this year 🤔

That's a fair point Ted A lot of people are suffering with financial pressures and councils seem to believe residents can dig deeper and stump up extra cash when some can't even put three meals a day on the table. If councils were run like businesses they would either all have gone out of business by now or trimmed their sails to suit the wind by reducing internal inefficiencies and waste.

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