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DuncanW Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think that's pretty much it. > It wasnt a Death on the Rock style execution. In > the heat of the moment, they thought he was a > threat. Cressida Dick was in operational command > and I believe gave the green light to use fatal > force, but she made that decision on the basis of > poor intel that was given to her. - I think. Almost certainly true and if she?d owned up to it immediately then I?d perhaps accept that. However there was a protracted attempt to mislead the public and place the blame on the victim. As Dick was the operational commander the cover up after the fact should have ended her career. In terms of is it still relevant 15 years later, I think it is part of a pattern of her (and other senior officers) being unable to accept criticism. We saw it in Stockwell, with Tomlinson at the G20, and last summer with the stopping of the Black athletes and her subsequent handling of that. I don?t think she?s a fit leader if she doesn?t have sufficient humility and self awareness to accept legitimate criticism.

That Dick was ever considered an appropriate commissioner after her role in the Stockwell shooting boggles the mind.

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lots of different type of engineers...structural, > civil, mechanical, electrical, heating... Absolutely all valid engineering disciplines, but the difference between a civil engineer and a builder, a heating engineer and a plumber, and an electrical engineer and an electrician are vast. The misuse of engineer in the UK drives me mad.

mynamehere Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone think finding skilled engineers: > plumbers building electricians etc is harder after > BREXIT? All of those are important, skilled trades, but none of those are engineers.

We had our son in Oakfield for a year and then moved him to the local primary school. Even with a much shorter commute compared to what you?re proposing the drop off and pick up was only really manageable with a nanny to do it. However many parents did manage it and there were kids from all over South London at the school. That was the other reason we switched to the local primary, we really wanted him to have friends he would see in the park after school and at weekends.

Sephiroth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cat loves the oneils and liddles of this world. > Always posting them with cringey ?possibly a bit > OTT but..? caveats > > Any sane person can read an o Neil or Liddle > column and think them deeply troubled and strange > men, with a track record of being wrong about > pretty much everything And in Liddle?s case a Police Caution for assaulting his partner and a history of racist, homophobic and misogynistic articles - including one that caused his magazine to be prosecuted for potentially prejudicing a murder trial.

I was with them, they use O2 as their network. Cheap and reliable, easy to use. I left because they don't do eSims and I needed that for various reasons. I didn't think their coverage was great, but between Goose Green and Rye Lane is a bit of a black hole for all the networks.

Thanks for the prompt. I?ll email the ward councillors.

AnnieC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do local libraries here do rhyme time, or toddler > reading sessions or stuff like that? The main library at the corner of Lordship Lane and Eynella Rd did pre-pandemic. Not sure if the new library on East Dulwich Grove did/does. > Are there any toddler drop in sessions? Goose Green church hall had a playgroup too.

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alex_b, where are you (approxmimately, of course)? Adys Rd

I saw what I?m fairly sure was a peregrine falcon using our neighbour?s chimney as a lookout before swooping off to catch something.

mima08 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've been toying with this idea but couldn't quite > make the numbers work. > > We almost never use the car - the occasional trip > to the recycling centre, a day trip and twice a > year visit family in rural Devon. It's the latter > that makes a car club not work: no clubs down > there, no public transport but taking a zip car > from here to have down there for a week become > super expensive (as does hiring a car down there). > > > We're currently resigned to keeping ours on the > thinking you only pay ULEZ when you drive, not > when the car is parked on the street - do I have > that right? I think you only pay when it?s moving. As for the Devon trips, wouldn?t a normal hire car from enterprise, Avis etc be more reasonable. Even at a couple of hundred pounds a week you?re still likely better off than insurance, servicing etc.

Thanks both, I am wondering for the tiny number of times we use a car whether an Uber would just be easier. Perhaps useful for occasional Costco runs though.

With the looming ULEZ extension and the fact we almost never drive anymore anyway we're thinking of selling our car and relying on a car club where necessary instead. I had a quick search of the forum and couldn't find anything specific; does anyone have recommendations? We're on Adys Road as that might affect people's recommendations.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Penguin68 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > was a Lib Dem and therefore not running > Southwark > > > > There was a time when we were not a one party > > state, and indeed when Lib Dems had influence > and > > power. > > Not since 2010 > > And your point is? I've lived here for over 30 > years, and for only a third of that time has there > been a one party state. Before that there was > effective opposition (sort-of) and indeed > collaborative working. And council proposals were > properly debated locally and local views won out > over central proposals, when clearly stated. At > least sometimes. And local councillors thought > they owed something to their constituents, and not > just to the party machines (whichever party that > was). My point was to 4321, who had said James Barber ?closed his own street in the first of the east west closures?. Labour have had complete control for 11 years so places this claim as either untrue or over a decade ago.

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > was a Lib Dem and therefore not running Southwark > > There was a time when we were not a one party > state, and indeed when Lib Dems had influence and > power. Not since 2010

4321 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As James Barber (who lets not forget closed his > own street in the first of the east-West closures) > said, Labour have created a school street for > Alleyns. Perhaps Cllr James Ashworth-McClintock > might tell us about his work to give Alleyns > coaches access at the expense of local parents? How did James Barber close his own street in when: a) he hasn?t been a councillor for a couple of years b) even when he was a councillor he was a Lib Dem and therefore not running Southwark?

Rugbytots from age 2 is great, it runs on Sundays at Dulwich College Sports Centre. There?s usually a waiting list but who knows post-lockdown.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think that's fairly unlikely given that Trump > and Brexit supporters over index among white > working class and blue collars worker and > non-metropolitan areas My understanding is that this is a bit of a misreading of the data. The majority of Brexit votes came from the South of England, including asset rich retirees in the Home Counties who may well have been yuppies in the 80s. The majorities for Brexit were higher in the white working class areas of the North, but by numbers of voters Brexit was won in Southern England. As for Trump you?re right that his support is strongly in rural areas and he suffered a strong shift away from him in the suburbs and exurbs. It?s also distorted by the electoral college system that inflates rural states vs more urban states.

ED - NAGAIUTB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bic Basher Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I don't believe for one minute these huge > lorries > > are going down Goodrich Road. Apps will > usually > > send my cab along either Barry Road or Wood > Vale > > to get to my place rather than use Goodrich or > > Dunstans Road as a shortcut. > > The GPS systems used by hauliers 'usually' default > to roads only suitable for HGV's, much like on > Waze you can choose car/cycle/walk routes. > > I've seen John Lewis vans etc and the odd delivery > of steel for extensions or loft conversions but > never anything bigger than that. Not saying that > once in a blue moon you don't get the odd driver > of anything bigger trying to take an ill advised > short cut but I wouldn't say it was a regular > thing (source: resident for nearly 30 years) I had a chat with an HGV driver stuck on the corner of Maxted and Nutbrook. He was very embarrassed and waiting for the police to guide him out. He said that his companies commercial route planning software had sent him down that route even though its unsuitable for HGVs. The answer is for the council to designate the roads access only for HGVs which will eventually filter into the route planners and satnavs

uplandrd2020 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here are some true facts from the UK Gov Yellow > card weekly reporting > > https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronav > irus-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-reactions/coronaviru > s-vaccine-summary-of-yellow-card-reporting I?m not sure what point you?re trying to prove with this link. The key section for me is just before the conclusion: ? The MHRA has received 173 UK reports of suspected ADRs to the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in which the patient died shortly after vaccination, 150 reports for the Oxford University/AstraZeneca vaccine and 3 where the brand of vaccine was unspecified. The majority of these reports were in elderly people or people with underlying illness. Usage of the AstraZeneca has increased rapidly and as such, so has reporting of fatal events with a temporal association with vaccination however, this does not indicate a link between vaccination and the fatalities reported. Review of individual reports and patterns of reporting does not suggest the vaccine played a role in the death. A range of other isolated or series of reports of non-fatal, serious suspected ADRs have been reported. These all remain under continual review, including through analysis of expected rates in the absence of vaccine. There are currently no indications of specific patterns or rates of reporting that would suggest the vaccine has played a role. A range of other isolated or series of reports of non-fatal, serious suspected ADRs have been reported. These all remain under continual review, including through analysis of expected rates in the absence of vaccine. There are currently no indications of specific patterns or rates of reporting that would suggest the vaccine has played a role.?

Wandavision on Disney+. Disney+ has just added Star which gives a huge back catalogue including Scandal so that?s my next 6-months of watching sorted. I also really enjoyed Mandalorian (Disney+) and Bridgerton (Netflix) recently.

Excess deaths have closely tracked recorded COVID deaths in waves 2 and 3 (and were well ahead of the recorded COVID deaths in wave 1 due to lack of testing). It?s simply not credible that there?s a wave of ?with but not of? COVID deaths occurring.

In your example I?d certainly be on the look out for what dodgy proposition he was using it as cover for. Just like neo-nazis using superficially un-contestable statements like ?all lives matter? or ?blue lives matter? to appear reasonable when opposing the BLM protests, I would be suspect he had an ulterior motive. And so it is with the Moore article. As with most of his others he cobbles together a collection of anecdotes with some innuendo to advance a fundamentally individualist view that if you want to succeed you will, and that society (and particularly the educational system) has no place critically evaluating our history or the structural inequalities that remain. The last paragraph is pure fiction, acknowledging deep structural racism (and misogyny) in our society doesn?t imply the end of the nation state it just shows we need to be better, something Moore is ideologically opposed to as it implies prioritising society over individualism. I particularly like the selective quoting of MLK, I suspect that he wouldn?t have supported MLK?s point of view when he was alive and would point out that MLK?s daughter has repeatedly disavowed this type of argument from right wing politicians misconstruing for her father?s words in this way.

This would be the same Charles Moore who wrote ?that there really is something different about blacks, or at least about black men, or at least about young black men.? and ?I wonder if the law will eventually be changed to allow one to marry one?s dog. Until now, this would have been considered disgusting, since marriage has been a law revolving around sexual behaviour, and sexual acts with animals are still, I believe, illegal.? He also displays that curious antisemitism of the libertarian right is casting Jews as ?other? but thinking they?re being complimentary while doing so, e.g. ?If it is true, as it surely is that some races ? the Jews are the obvious example ? are highly enterprising and talented, it may also be true that some are the opposite.? I have to presume that anyone who looks to him to support their argument either hasn?t read him very closely or has pretty suspect motives. PS Woke is such a moronic epithet.