Penguin68

So business in the Village is suffering from there being fewer cars, and Lordship Lane business is suffering from there being more? Both sets of businesses have developed and succeeded with specific business models - which include footfall, ease of access and so on. Change the models for both and you change their profitability - over time new models may emerge (models which might, in the case of Dulwich Village, equate to no businesses at all, or far fewer) - but immediately both groups are quite justified in saying that the council has broken their business by creating a precipitous, rather than a gradual, change to their models - gradual change you can adapt to, over time, precipitous change is much more difficult to cope with.

That's what Southwark wants to do. Its declared policy is to drive out privately owned vehicles from Southwark.

It's odd how on this forum there is a Southwark Derangement Syndrome (led by a few "usual suspects") where everything under the sun is somehow the fault of the council. The council is making significant alterations to the facility of one type of travel (by private car) without (apparently) noting or taking any account of other types of travel (train/ bus) which also impact their constituents. In the north of the borough there are substantial alternatives to almost any single travel type (including the tube) - this is not true of the south (the old Borough of Camberwell) where alternatives are few and far between. Of course they don't control those alternatives but (1) they could be making more noise when these are withdrawn or disrupted and (2) they should not be planning to pull the levers they have without reference, or care, to the levers in others' hands. If inner city transport is not planned for in a joined-up manner (it isn't) then we have chaos and unfairness. As we have seen.

Going (quite) far away to University is a big thing - and with changes flowing from Covid - not something which others can reassure about - nobody knows this year what first year at University is going to be like (as people, broadly did, pre-Covid). Check what you daughter wants/ will feel most comfortable with. The support of family may be important to her, so maybe make a family event of it if it is. Some will want to be independent - and make their way 'alone'. Others will very definitely not. Clearly you have responsibilities for your younger child as well, but this is very much your older daughter's event - and she should dictate, as much as she can, its form. Involve her in the decision - it will be amongst the first of many she will be taking as a new and independent adult. I recognise that it will be also difficult for you - 'losing' a first child to adult life can be traumatic, but focus on her needs (given your other parental responsibilities) as much as you can.

obviously anyone who saw the crime or who has access to cctv would be in contact with the police. Anyone not on this forum or unaware of the crime would have any idea (necessarily) that people passing their CCTV camera were in any way suspicious. So would have no reason at all to contact the police. And I'm afraid that people who actually see crime committed my not report it - some at least will be afraid of any consequences when the little scrotes, if even arrested, are let off with a caution.

Like many people I have a life long side effect of the BCG jab - a permanent scar about a centimeter in diameter on my upper arm. How many people would lose their minds if told the covid jab gave them permanent scarring? For me on my shoulder - an open wound for several weeks. But TB (which my mother had as a child) would have been far worse.

Zenoria You are clearly someone who subscribes to a number of conspiracy theories. You conflate differing 'facts' to draw unwarranted conclusions. The Yellow Card reporting system is designed to pick up any reported (note reported) effects following a vaccination - some of these may later be identified as an actual side effect of the vaccination (i.e. the vaccination is a probable cause); many will not. With the large number of people being vaccinated a number will die (of causes other than vaccination) following that vaccination - particularly where, as in this case, elderly and clinically vulnerable people are being mass vaccinated. I suppose it is possible (in hospital and care home situations) that 52 million face masks a day are being used (I doubt it, that's more than one for every adult member of the population - indeed for the population over toddler age) - but if there are, then the very vast majority are being disposed of in a clinical environment, not left in streets (but of course there are still some being discarded like that, which is a disgrace). However most of them are made of paper and will not take 'years' to break down in landfill. Clinical waste will be incinerated. To suggest that NHS staff, or indeed those advocating vaccination, (or indeed apparently your colleagues) are the equivalent of a particularly brutal Nazi war criminal is disgusting. I can understand your own anger about your symptoms - but those being vaccinated are protecting others and not just themselves - for the young who are unlikely to be very ill this is an admirable and unselfish act which should be applauded. And spreading disinformation and wrongly interpreted 'truths' - for whatever motives - is morally reprehensible. You chose to quote me to continue to peddle your misinformation - but if you read my post properly you will see that I expressed nothing but sympathy for your personal experiences - I just did not want others to extrapolate from those to some more general possibilities for themselves.

Whilst it is undoubtedly true that a few (probably very few, in terms of %age vaccinated) have very bad reactions to the vaccines - and this is frequently I believe related or linked to previous health and immune etc. responses - the vast majority of those vaccinated will have a relatively mild response - normally at worst the headache and lassitude which 'feels' like 'the flu' coming on - and which clears in 24-36 hours. Many have virtually no response at all (I felt like the flu was coming on after my first AZ and didn't really notice any effects following my second). Obviously feel sympathy for those who do have a peculiarly bad response, but the relative dangers of Covid still well outweigh those of the vaccine. And those who do have a very bad vaccine response might well respond also particularly badly to an infection. Obviously if symptoms following vaccination become extreme, then contact the NHS immediately.

My most recent download also 'expires' in early September (I needed it for a Crystal Palace event at end August). I have found that you need to re-load the certificate from the app every time you want to update.

Or buy a normal car and park on the road? Curiously the National Trust house I was visiting only had parking in fields - I was unable to force them to build roads through the parkland I was visiting. Outside London and other major cities there are frequently insufficient roads (in the countryside) where it is safe or convenient to park. Particularly for 100s of visitors attracted there. Once again, whilst there are luxury SUVs which of course no one should be allowed to buy as it upsets those who choose not to, but spend on other things, there are many SUVs which are small(er) and are marked more by their profile (high off the road) than either their width or weight (or length). No different from very many vans on the road. But less likely to be diesel powered. And (god forbid) comfortable to drive. Which is of course a sin, as cars should be screamingly uncomfortable so people don't use them. Perhaps mandatory spikes on the seat?

SUV as a term covers everything from Hummers to 'small' SUVs which effectively replace (and indeed many are smaller) than standard people carriers, formerly the go-to car for those with families - and much smaller then large estate cars. They have a very similar profile to vans, including driver height. For older people they are much easier to get in and out of (which believe me is an issue) - and they are also much easier to take move babies in and out of. There are luxury (and big) SUVs of course. If a 'proper' SUV they may have some off road capability (less use around town perhaps, although I have been grateful for 4WD on the few snow days around here). But I had to park up in a muddy field recently and 4WD was a boon. As it was recently on motorway driving in intense rain. Their rather stately profile additionally probably discourages 'boy racer' mentalities, which hot hatches certainly don't. 'SUV driver' is increasingly a short hand for 'people of a class I don't want to associate with' - and such a usage is a lazy shorthand for the class warriors that occasionally lurk on these pages.

I have heard of a similar problem regarding a Scots vaccine. There are 4 autonomous NHS units in the UK (England, NI, Wales and Scotland) following devolution and as a matter of principle, so far as I can see, they don't/ won't cooperate. Your best port of call may be Helen Hayes - as it's a national (UK wide) matter. It's clearly ridiculous, the Welsh NHS system will have the details necessary, and they should share them with the English NHS system.

Strangely, a lot of them seem to have animal based names! Not always an accurate pointer...

A warning A friend of mine with a smartphone was turned back from the airport by Ryanair because he couldn't download his Covid 'passport' in the airport - he had failed to download and store a .pdf of the passport in advance and he couldn't get a connection (or the site was down) when he tried at the barrier. ALSO - the passports are issued with only a month's validity (which is updated every time your download) - so only download as late as possible before you travel.

HMG has announced a 3rd (booster) vaccine, initially for the clinically vulnerable and over 70s, to start in September with the annual flu vaccine roll-out - followed by one for the over 50s. https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2021/07/C1327-covid-19-vaccination-autumn-winter-phase-3-planning.pdf https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-57667987

I think there are genuine and valid concerns about the possibility of damage to the Rye area being used, not because of the usage itself, but because of the potential damage if, like last year, there is heavy rain and waterlogging which will make recovery of the land used a longer haul. But end of July ought to be a good time for this. The noise disruption however, whilst I am sure annoying to some, won't be to many, and the value of having a vibrant event locally, with good quality 'turns' and (if last year is anything to go by) relatively little trouble is a positive contribution to living around here. A Festival we can walk to is surely a good thing locally - if it brings in, as it will, outsiders who otherwise don't know the area, then that too is overall a good thing. South East London (and particularly those bits adjacent to Peckham) frequently get a bad, and in my over 30 years experience of living here, broadly undeserved press.

Buses emit more pollution per vehicle than cars, but way less per journey taken. Generally true for buses running in rush hour at full capacity (which, with Covid rules they don't at the moment) - but less so when running out of the rush hours and much emptier. And even where the roads are quite clear, they stop and start off again more frequently, so this does add to pollution - although when things are congested of course all vehicles do stop and start a lot. If you compare a clean running modern car (particularly electric) against an old(er) bus things look even worse.

We should probably ignore the contribution local car journeys make to the climate crisis as they?re not the *only* contributor. No no, we must focus only on the use of private vehicles locally, solve that and climate change is history. Driving polluting vehicles is the single biggest cause, contributing to around half of the air pollution in London And of course we all know that it is private vehicles (which must all now meet the ULEZ, or at least in autumn) driving locally which are the aforesaid polluting vehicles, not the vast number of commercial diesel vehicles, including still a very significant part of the bus fleet.

If we're not happy with measures which reduce car use, we could swap the SUVs out for kayaks in time? I recognise that this is hyperbole and satire, but by concentrating attention on the comparatively very small contribution to global warming made by carbon-fuelled SUVs (particularly in the UK) compared with other sources of CO2 we will lose sight of those much more significant contributors to increased greenhouse gas levels. And LTN's are not really about global warming but about particulate pollution reducing air quality - a CO2 rich atmosphere is not poisonous in that way. In fact, (outwith the Covid-19 impact) the UK carbon position (and CO2 is just one greenhouse gas) has been improving significantly https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uks-co2-emissions-have-fallen-29-per-cent-over-the-past-decade. Clearly there is still a job to do.

I'm sorry, but the local government for the old borough of Camberwell will remain under Southwark (whether we like it or not). The impact of this Parliamentary Constituency boundary change is broadly irrelevant to local Camberwell issues, save that in future there may be 2 MPs who can be called upon to raise issues at a Parliamentary/ Ministerial level and not one. There may be reasons to challenge the proposals, but further damage to Camberwell local government is not one. It will remain unchanged. Camberwell will stay in Southwark, in its entirety, and Southwark will continue not to listen to 'South Southwark' issues.

so a current of air is createad That areas have to be airy is a good thing, of course - but if there really was a real air current, and it was blowing through a crowded pub out to where I was sitting, I'm not sure I would be welcoming that - if the aerosol droplets were all coming my way - it's about dissipation, not funelling, after all!

The council have a commitment to biodiversity and have chosen not to mow in some areas In those areas where the council is in charge of the upkeep (including cemeteries) there has been a general policy of allowing 'meadow' grasses to grow in certain areas, whilst keeping other areas (e.g. around 'active' graves) properly mown. But all meadows do have to be mown in high or late summer - and then ideally grazed, although this is not Southwark policy, probably understandably. This is one area where the council do seem to be delivering what, I'm suspecting, a majority of their residents would want (I certainly do - and I feel more comfortable about painting others with my beliefs on this than I would over LTNs!)

Hay making generally runs sometime between July and September, depending on the wild flowers in the meadow. It is perhaps slightly early to cut now, but not overly so. It is better to cut the hay before it is trampled, as it would be by the event - so probably an acceptable call.

The murder of this woman is clearly tragic, of course, but I believe so little is known about it (I believe that there has been an arrest) that commentary would seem to be otiose (and would now be covered by sub judice rulings). Many people die locally each year, each death will be a personal tragedy for some. It may be for this that when and if full details emerge there may be issues of wider concern which require, or allow, commentary. But the lack of commentary at this stage suggests a (surprising) thoughtfulness and reserve in EDF-ers I would suggest.

Are you accessing through a VPN? In theory, linking via clicking on a link in the forum should 'read' as being 'inside' the forum - but I'm not sure how a VPN access would look. Are you just clicking, or using the 'open link in new window' command? - If you are using Windows at all. For Admin to help, I'm guessing he will need the OS you are using - Apple, Windows, Linux, Android etc. And whether you are using WiFi, mobile, broadband etc. The complexities of access possibilities (including VPN), and of the OS you are running could throw up any number of anomalies. He will also need to know the file you are trying to access, to ensure that it is not coding on that which is causing problems. Have you tried to access other files with the same result?