Angelina

You can seek better understanding by following interviews with people; you may find people are quite unaffected by being labelled right wing/ racist. you may also find that the local council is also anti the hotel use, it’s not just individuals

very likely - when it's a larger chain of charity shops, they move stock around locations if they can't sell it. I don't know what independents do when they have things they just can't shift - clothes I would imagine are sold in bulk and I'd also imagine a fair amount is binned - they don't get to choose what is donated to them.

perhaps your view that everyone is demonstrating against something is skewing your perception.

There are many sensitive and emotive issues. The backlog should be cleared, the temporary accomodation matter (location and cost) reduced and asylum seekers given decisions, which should clear things up.

The issue, with children starting school again, is that there is an unknown risk, and people want to know their children are safe, which they do not. You know all of this, I don’t need to attempt to outline the views for you as it’s widely available. There is outrage at how some people are behaving. Did you not see women attacking a man being interviewed? As with all things, the actions of a few is damaging.

All to do with the issues in Essex, with a child allegedly assaulted by and asylum seeker residing in a local hotel, ensuing community outrage, particularly with asylum seekers given priority over the community. The whole thing is toxic.

The current issues around immigration are fuelled by the housing of asylum seekers who have appealed the decision that they are not eligible for asylum. Although quite sure you would know that as it’s all over the news. The process is long and drawn out and is also undergoing change, with new body set up to process the backlog and expedite decisions, and reduce the need to put people up in hotels. Speeding up the process is beneficial all round, as you can’t deny.

There have been recent changes to the law regarding immigration, for skilled workers, social care workers, dependents, English language requirements and further changes are underway. If these changes were not necessary to address problems, they wouldn't need to be done. As it is, protest does raise awareness of the issues - public interest in various matters is measured, and prioritised accordingly. Previously, it was public concern about energy prices, and cost of living - and at that time, immigration and the claims process were not on the 'list'. They are now.

It's regrettable that impact of the various topics of immigration have escalated to the level that people have to protest their unhappiness and that laws have to be rewritten, and yet people complain that those protesting are racist.

That’s a very unhealthy view. Particularly when the very top echelons admit that the immigration law is out of date and not relevant and is being amended as we speak.

You can read it to be that everyone who flies a flag is racist and anti all immigration if you want, but that isn’t the case and it’s a very extreme view. It’s very dangerous to go down that road and dismiss real issues because you don’t agree with them. The law around immigration is being amended, as it is widely known that the laws were set when immigration levels were lower, not the levels of today and the future.

I think that charity shops are - in general - no longer the place for bargains and affordable items, as they used to be. It's a little ridiculous that you can spend the same for a second hand item as you can for new. We donate to two particular ones that are not overpriced, because we want our donations to go to people that need them, and are affordable.

There are plenty of charity shops around, even on Lordship Lane. For SCH one, would be interested to see how much of the donations goes to rent and overheads, rather than the actual intended cause.

Hi, if you have any jars with lids - any size, any number, may I please have them rather than recycling them? thanks Angelina

I think that's the whole point of this thread - highlighting unnecessary and detrimental removal and if it can be avoided

Thanks for your help googling the council responsibilities and being patronising. How lovely of you. That's certainly cleared up the matter.

let's have blind faith in our council doing the right thing, with the right considerations for environment, for wildlife and for conservation, or let's not and expect them to be transparent and accountable

why do we have to guess what the reason is? Why isn't that information readily available, especially in advance.

It sounds very much as though they like using the chainsaws too much

no you shouldn't post the address, just that anyone making a complaint will need the address to do so. ideally, you could work with local neighbours. Is there a street whatsapp group?

just say yes you'd like all the work done - do they take credit as you have no money - when can they start

If having been bitten has left you fearful of dogs, I’m sorry to hear that. You can report an attack, the owner is held liable ( Animals Act). I’d take photos of them and call the police.

As a dog owner, I completely agree. I’ve been chased through the park by a dog, whose owner was completely ignoring it, in spite of me calling her, dog walkers who cannot control the number of dogs they walk, owners who don’t understand dog behaviour (yes, small dogs can be aggressive). It’s not all dog owners though, and it might be better to label them as socially inept people, because really the lack of respect for other people and self entitlement is the main characteristic.

Isn’t that the same time that Sainsbury is open til? It’s hardly late