Spartacus

Right with you Mal They are yuk

Interesting to see the proposals bring unveiled today by Labour. They include a reform of the house of Lords and more devolved powers. Proposals also include more revenue raising powers for local government and 50,000 civil service jobs being moved out of London. A few things strike me One. 50,000 staff members will be expensive to relocate, if indeed they want to move and if they don't that's a lot of knowledge and skill lost. With the current working practices, more people are working remotely so again they may not want to do a long commute on their days in the office. Two. Devolving power, whilst allowing local decisions to be made, adds layers of bureaucracy which in turn adds costs which means services cost more. Three. The concept of more revenue raising smacks of local taxes which means the government can say they haven't raised taxes but we all end up paying more. The plans to reform the House of Lords sounds like it will echo the American system, and if so can we expect to see one house blocking the other if opposing parties have their political members in power ? Will these ideas being presented work or will they add to the problems?

Three doctors die in a car crash and appear at the pearly gates St Peter asks the first what he did for a living on Earth. "I was a renowned Gynaecologist" was the reply "Oh there's no need for you" St Peter said, "there's no pregnancy or illness in heaven" and with that he banished the doctor to hell. He asks the second what he did "I was an Orthopedic surgeon, fixing the bones of people who would otherwise never walk again" "Very admirable" said St Peter "but no one breaks bones here so there's no need for you" and with that he banishes the second Doctor to hell. The third Doctor, preemptively said " I guess there's no use for me, I'm a psychologist" To which St Peter replied "Fabulous, just the person we want, God thinks he's Putin"

A man goes to the Doctor feeling unwell. After a thorough examination the doctor says " I've got some bad news Mr Smith, you have a condition that will kill you" "Oh my God says the man, how long do I have?" The Doctor replies "Five" "PHEW" says the man, " Five years isn't bad" The Doctor says "Four" ....

I went to a meeting of the ‘Chesney Hawkes Fan Club’, very poor turn out. I was the one and only...

Up to now, flying was a safe space from listening to other people's calls "yeah, I'll have chips wiv gravy" or similar and if you wanted to sleep on a long haul flight you could (baring "excuse me I need the loo" or "are you awake for breakfast sir") but now the EU are going to make the last safe haven* from calls a noisy place. Heaven forbid BBC News - No more airplane mode? EU to allow calls on flights https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63786591 * excluding the back room of most houses where NO phone signal can ever penetrate

A White Horse walks in to a bar and the bar man says "funny we've got a whisky named after you" The horse replies "a whisky called Gordon?"

Scientists have discovered the first two people on earth were Cockneys. Would you Adam and Eve it?!

Is that to arrive in time for Christmas 2023?

A priest, a minister, and a rabbit walk in to donate blood. The rabbit says, I think I might be a type-O.

A lot of those ideas have been explored in the past and various issues around who actually owns the property have stopped physical changes to the buildings (most shops are in rented units and there are issues getting to and getting the owners to agree to changes) The council and police are trying to bring in a scheme to add art to shop fronts but the traders are against it as it will potentially attract more graffiti and there needs to be a zero tolerance approach by the council, police and businesses to drive the taggers out but that is another issue. It's worth discussing issues with the traders group Peckham SEfifteen Peckham vision is also another good port of call and talk with the Rye Lane SNT to help put pressure on the council assist the police to get a zero tolerance policy in place. Sadly the tagging has been going on for decades and got massively worse when Rye Lane was closed to all traffic as taggers could operate without the fear of passing traffic or people waiting at bus stops seeing them. I personally think its not for the lack of ideas or trying, but it is down to a failure to have a joined up anti graffiti policy that all agencies and business can sign up to.

Nice spin attempt mal If you read the whole tfl FoI document then you will see the issues that are being discussed It's quite worrying that it feels like Southwark against the community in some of the exchanges. Aren't the council supposed to be working for those who elected them ?

Saw this on twitter so claim no responsibility I went to the Doctor with hearing problems. He said "Can you describe the symptoms?" I said: “Homer’s a big guy and Marge has blue hair.”

A lorry carrying onions has shed its load all over the M1. Police are advising motorists to find a hard shoulder to cry on.

When my boy asked me to explain what a solar eclipse was I said No son

Two nuns walk into a bar Boom boom

If Parthenon gets his Marbles back, there's hope for me getting mine back from Billy Chapman who stole them when I was 9 along with my Action Man 😁 But fair play to the Horniman for returning the Benin Bronzes

Maybe Just maybe there's a new craze in the farmyard

I think Mal, that the ULEZ expansion is a good idea but the timing is wrong as people and businesses are struggling financially at the moment. This is why over 60% of all responses said no or delay it with 80% of those in the outer boroughs saying no. Khan is not listening to the majority in this and I wouldn't be surprised if there's a legal or other challenge to postpone it.

Badly dubbed adverts (current case is the teeth alignment one where "many know my name" no we don't)

For some context Nigello Most shops at the Rye end of Rye Lane don't have rear access for the rubbish and recycling lorries to access so there is an agreement with the council for them to put their waste out on Rye Lane between certain hours for collection. Unfortunately some traders do abuse this and put waste out when they shouldn't and Southwark do occasionally crack down on them. The Graffiti is a different problem, traders are loath to clean it off as a clean space attracts more "artists" and where it is sprayed on shutters it often goes through the shutter and damages the window as well. The Rye Lane police have it as a priority to reduce and they and the council are working in schemes to make it better. Please don't blame the traders for Graffiti as they are as frustrated by it as everyone else and the situation was made worse when Rye Lane was shut to traffic as there was less people on the Lane to observe and stop the issue.

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Hi Jody Have you registered with the long covid support group https://www.longcovid.org/ or been on their Facebook page https://m.facebook.com/100071509996381/ where I suspect you will find others in your situation and gain support for your drive to get treatment at Kings.

Live at the Apollo when it's repeat 🤔

What a stupid post caulie ... It's distressing for anyone when their car is broken into so stop being a troll and be a bit more sympathetic to victims of crime