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To which one do you refer - the original OHS consultation from 2017? BTW here are the guidelines on consultations: Consultation is technically any activity that gives local people a voice and an opportunity to influence important decisions. It involves listening to and learning from local people before decisions are made or priorities are set. It seems the voice only apllies if constituents agree with the council's proposals...if they disagree thays when they claim "this was not a referendum". ...you forgot to mention that the polling was conducted amongst those who live WITHIN an LTN...an important, perhaps deliberate, ommission in your part.. -
Ahh, the local election where even if Labour said they were going to slaughter all first born, people would still have voted for them to stick one to Boris snd the tories 🤣 You really can't take that as an endorsement for a scheme that felt marginal compared to how people felt about bigger issues.. -
@Earl Aelfheah do you find living on a busy and polluted road funny? Why? I simply can't afford moving away - is this amusing and if so, why? -
By Earl Aelfheah · Posted
They have. They asked in the original consultation. I’ve talked about it above. Around 3000 people (57% of a self selecting sample), were against the scheme. But the point you seem to be struggling with is that it wasn’t a referendum. We don't routinely have referenda on matters public policy in the UK (Brexit aside). We elect people to make decisions and then we judge the quality of those decisions in the round, and either re-elect them, or kick them out. That’s representative democracy. It’s not a good idea imo, but happy to listen if you do want to make the case for the routine use of referenda in matters of public policy. Not so much if you just want to use it selectively for a single issue you feel strongly about. Still ducking the question I’ve posed to you more than once now on claim of inadequate signage and intimidation of emergency services I note. I actually think the majority quietly support the local LTN. The local elections suggest that most people either support it, or don’t feel strongly enough either way for it to stop them re-electing those who oversaw the implementation (even though opposition voices touted the local elections as a referendum on the LTN). Polling across London suggest most Londoners support them generally. Again, I don’t believe in routinely holding referenda on matters of public policy. There are many reasons for this but that's another thread. Hopefully any sensible person reflecting on it for a second will understand the reasons why it wouldn’t be desirable. As above, if you're just interested in using it selectively for a single issue you feel strongly about, I'm not really interested. ....Still waiting for someone to defend One Dulwich’s claims as laid out above. 🥱
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