alex_b

That kind of gentle mocking on a light hearted magazine breakfast show would have been fine a few years ago with the politician likely playing along to show how ?normal? they were. This confected culture war is swallowing up the norms of behaviour I grew up with. See for example Mrs Merton (Caroline Ahern) interviewing Debbie McGee or Clive Anderson?s BeeGees interview. In both cases the public and press were firmly on the side of the interviewer.

I thought they were mocking the escalating performative and escalating patriotism of Conservative politicians. Historically British patriotism has been restrained, flags popping up indoors (in ministers homes during lockdown) and on suits in ever increasing numbers for me looks insincere and gauche. As has been said before, growing up in the UK I don?t think I saw a Union flag indoors except in the scout hut or at church parade. On a more serious note, wrapping themselves in the flag is a way for this government to imply everyone who opposes them is a traitor. They did that with Brexit and they?re realised it?s successful so they?re ramping it up.

Yes you can borrow ebooks and audiobooks online through Southwark libraries website.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Signs prohibiting vehicles still in place.. > > BEWARE Probably Cameras too. Another SCAM to > generate Fines.. How are road signs enforced by cameras a scam as opposed to enforcement of the rules of the road?

I haven?t read the leaked report but if it is as described then yes she should resign. Of course I recognise I don?t have a dog in the fight and so it?s easy for me to say that. For me it?s a genuine conundrum, I think the pro-Brexit/pro-Tory side have been successful by dispensing with many democratic norms so I can see the temptation for my side of the argument to do the same. On the other hand you can?t get a healthy, liberal society through populism and norm breaking, so better to try to hold the line and hope that it starts resonating with the public. Fundamentally the last 5-10 years in the UK and US have shown that the general public don?t place much value on honesty in politics and until that changes the behaviour of politicians won?t change either.

Yes, we?re with Sternhall Lane surgery.

Zak Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For that many people to have driven through a > prohibited road unknowlingly (one assumes),it must > be the result of something more than simply their > being inatttentive. Do even 10% of cars obey the 20 limits across Southwark? I see at least a few drivers on a handheld mobile every time I go out. Drivers routinely ignore road rules and then complain about enforcement.

I?m confused, the planters are unacceptable because they permanently block the road preventing access at off peak hours and stopping emergency vehicles getting through, but camera controlled timed closures are a money making plot because drivers are too inattentive to read signs and incur fines.

legalalien Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > With the possible exception of beer measures, > TheCat? Well they use Schooner and Pot from what I can remember (which are confusingly different sizes between States).

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