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By Dulwich dweller · Posted
Denmark Hill to Clapham Junction then pick up the 345 from Falcon Road ( exit Clapham Junction Station from the back entrance) The overground will terminate on platform one anyway so you're already on that side of the station. The 345 bit should take you approximately 30 minutes and the overground from Denmark Hill to CJ approximately 15 minutes. All the best!! -
I would go to Victoria (185 bus or Southern Rail) then get either a bus from there to Chelsea Town hall (I think it may be the C1 but I'm not sure..I moved from that area over 25 years ago) and the Royal Marsden is a short walk from there. OR get a Underground from Victoria to Sloane square and a Taxi from there to Royal Marsden..It would'nt cost much because its a few mins away..or a bus from Sloane Square to Chelsea Town Hall or Fulham Rd/Sydney St -
I don't know how the law works, nor what rules cover what doctors can and can't say in their professional and private (?personal?) capacities, but on the face of it I agree that some of the comments quoted are unacceptable, to say the least. However, in the context of the subject of this thread, I think it is important to differentiate between antisemitism ("hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people") and hostility to the Israeli government's apparent attempted genocide of Palestinian civilians in retribution for the appalling attack on Israeli civilians by Hamas. I might be completely wrong here, and naive, and I am sure someone will correct me if I am, but it seems to me to be as if the English government had started trying to annihilate the whole of the Irish population because of the IRA bombings in the nineties. I also realise that there is a whole historic background to the Palestine/Israel thing, but I am not familiar with it. Anyway, I and everyone I know who has taken part in any of the recent marches has done so to try to get our government to stop supporting genocide, not because they are antisemitic. And yes there are other awful things going on in the world, and always have been. I can't fight all of them. One of my brothers has taken in three generations of a Ukrainian family. ETA: Do you really think it is OK to refer to people as "blacks"? Or am I wrong about that as well, and there is some reason why it is acceptable? -
An abridged version of the article I posted:  The health secretary is preparing to overhaul medical regulators â the General Medical Council (GMC) and Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS) â after being appalled by a series of cases in which doctors have escaped disciplinary action. Streeting told The Times: âIt is clear that the current medical regulatory system is completely failing to protect Jewish patients and NHS staff.â  Doctors have been let off after spreading antisemitic tropes including claiming that Britain is âcontrolled by Jewish supremacyâ, and claiming the architect of the attack was a âlegendâ. Some medics have ramped up their activity in the days after the Manchester synagogue attack.  A spokesman for the Campaign Against Antisemitism said: âTime and again, doctors who spew antisemitic bile online and in the streets are being allowed to continue practising medicine, as though calls for hatred and violence are compatible with the duty to care for others.â  Doctor who called Jews âworse than Nazisâ cleared Dr Rahmeh Aladwan was investigated over her social media posts, including one that stated that Israelis were âworseâ than the Nazis and a claim that the âRoyal Free Hospital in London is a Jewish supremacy cesspitâ. Since escaping suspension by the MPTS, Aladwan has posted incessantly about Jews and Israel.  She suggested the mediaâs focus on the Manchester synagogue attack was an example of âJewish supremacismâ. The day after the attack Aladwan shared an image of Britainâs chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, with the words ârabbi genocideâ emblazoned on his forehead. On Saturday, she tweeted: âGlory to the Palestinian armed resistance. Death to âIsraelâ.â Aladwan has been a member of the proscribed group Palestine Action, and has shared claims that Streeting is a âZionist ghoulâ funded by âthe genocidal âIsraelâ lobbyâ. At a rally earlier this year, she said that âPalestinian people who are fighting for liberation, including armed struggleâ are âheroes, every single one of themâ. âWe are proud of our armed resistance and in Islam we call that jihad. Thatâs an honour. Thatâs how you defend your people,â she added.  The MPTS ruled that no suspension was necessary, arguing her comments would not âalarm or concernâ members of the public.  On Monday night, the CAA announced that it had notified the GMC of its intent to challenge the decision not to impose the condition on Aladwan while she is under investigation. It said that her case was âone of the most egregious examples we have encountered of a regulator failing in its duty to protect the publicâ.  One of Aladwanâs key supporters is Dr Rehiana Ali, a consultant neurologist who was reinstated by a medical tribunal this year after describing the architect of the October 7 attacks as a âlegendâ, calling for Israel to be âdismantledâ, and claiming that 9/11 was conducted by Mossad.  Ali has made several controversial comments in the wake of the Manchester synagogue terrorist attack, and has claimed that Streeting was an âIsraeli puppetâ. On October 4, she quoted a post calling for Israel to be abolished and claiming that Hamas had âdone nothing to apologise forâ, adding: âAgree 100%.â On October 2, about eight hours before the attack, she quoted the same post and said: âArmed resistance is the only solution.â  Ali defended her comments and told The Times that she did not believe in Israelâs right to exist. She said: âIt is outrageous that the CAA weaponises an unfortunate incident to continue its defamatory attacks on doctors with a moral conscience for political ends.â Hundreds of complaints over antisemitic doctors Nearly 500 complaints of antisemitism relating to 123 doctors have been submitted to the GMC since the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023. Of these, 84 per cent were closed at the triage stage, according to figures obtained by Jewish News in July. The rare cases where complaints have led to disciplinary action include that of Dr Manoj Sen, an NHS surgeon. Last month he was struck off for making a string of antisemitic social media comments, including referring to a Jewish man as âcircumcised verminâ.  The doctor, who was working as a surgeon at Northwick Park Hospital in London, commented on a Facebook post shortly after the October 7 attacks, using the word âuntermenschenâ â German for subhuman â as well as the phrases âJewish c***â and âJew boyâ. Sen also referred to the Auschwitz concentration camp along with the German phrase âDie Juden sind unsere Ungluckâ, meaning âthe Jews are our misfortuneâ.  Others have escaped serious sanctions after being reported for antisemitism. In February, Dr Kamran Ahmed, a Wolverhampton-based GP, was not struck off but given a formal warning after posting material described by the GMC as âobjectively antisemitic and seriously offensiveâ. This included sharing a post which said: âThe Israeli flag is modern-day swastikaâ. Dr Ellen Kriesels, a consultant paediatrician at Whittington Hospital, remains on the GMC register despite spending months making openly making racist claims. On her X account, Kriesels has claimed that âvirtually every Jew has some feelings of supremacyâ. The Whittington Health Trust has previously said that it was investigating and that Kriesels was not working.   Jewish doctors âare afraid at workâ Jewish doctors have warned that the institutional failures to tackle antisemitism extend to the British Medical Association (BMA). Those attending the BMAâs annual conference in June warned that they âfeared for their safetyâ.  There have been widespread reports of antisemitic incidents in hospitals. In August, the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust issued an apology over posters claiming âZionism is Poisonâ. A Jewish patient who was undergoing major tests at the hospital and felt âangry, distressed and upsetâ after seeing some of the posters, adding: âI shouldnât have to remove my Star of David necklace to go to a hospital visit.â Concerns have been raised at at least two NHS trusts about staff wearing pro-Palestine symbols, such as lanyards in the design of a keffiyeh and badges that say âFree Palestineâ. I don't have any skin in the game with what's happening in the Middle East (most likely like many on this forum) and I stand by my clearly stated opinion on other threads that neither Hamas, nor Israel, has clean hands. What I do care about is what happens on British soil and the idea of any ethnic group in this country - with its supposed history of tolerance and inclusion - being afraid for their lives. There can be little doubt that the rhetoric of many on these marches fuels the killing that we saw last week. Don't share a platform with anti Semites. If you care so much about a community being starved, abused, bombed and oppressed, why not march for Ukraine (where we do have skin in the game), or the 150,000 blacks murdered in Sudan as well? It makes no sense to me.  Â
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