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She also suggested that the 2017 Manchester terror attack (perpetrated by an Islamist extremist) was due to "divisiveness" and tried to pin the blame on the far right. Grim, really.

Thankfully, it seems that yesterday's "Red vs Blue" school wars thing has turned out to be a hoax/ nonsense/ whatever. (See link below if you managed to avoid this stuff). In years to come, we might found out who - or which countries - has an interest in testing what happens when you post socially disruptive content online about fake events... In the meantime, thank you to our local teachers and other school workers, police community support officers and police officers. My commute happens to take me past a bunch of schools at dropoff/pickup times, and I noticed a much greater and more visible presence on streets outside/near schools than normal. Annoying as it must have been to be distracted from other important duties, I really value and appreciate them looking out for the kids. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/school-wars-trend-red-blue-london-police-latest-142328025.html https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/01/birmingham-new-year-fireworks-display-centenary-square-police

Hi Eleanor, I run the Just Dance Fit classes mentioned above. It would be lovely to have you there. I’m at the dance studio at Harris Girls’ Academy on Homestall Road throughout the year every Monday, Wednesday and Sunday: Mondays 6:30-7:30pm - Just Dance Fit Mondays 7:30-8:30pm - Flowetic Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm - Flowetic Sundays 10:30-11:30am - Flowetic Lots of information and booking via the website: www.justdanceuk.com but if you have any questions don’t hesitate to drop me a line at 07522 231 446 or [email protected]. Hope this helps! Fiona =)

a) Because they published a leaflet in Urdu promising to give "Muslims a strong voice". This is reprehensible - just as a party that promised to give Protestants or Jews or Buddhists alone "a strong voice" would be acting in a sectarian manner. Parties - especially socialist ones like the English & Welsh Greens are now - should not be assymetrically promoting the interests of one religious group. b) Because they published a video in Urdu and Bangla criticising Kier Starmer for meeting Narendra Modi, when Modi has nothing to do with the issues discussed. Modi is a Hindu nationalist bigot - but in this context, the Greens are just shitstirring existing tensions between British Hindus and British Muslims for the purpose of trying to win Muslim votes - see the first point. FWIW I don't have any problem with parties communicating with the electorate in languages other than English (from Irish to Polish to Malayalam). What is very suspicious is when parties pump out sectarian messages only in one language... When Mamdani ran for Mayor of NYC (and won) he released plenty of campaign videos in multiple languages - but always with English subtitles too. There was never a suggestion he was sending different, sectarian messages to different groups. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/why-greens-made-advert-urdu-164616073.html https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/uk-green-party-accused-of-sectarianism-after-releasing-videos-in-urdu-and-bangla-featuring-pm-modi-and-gaza/articleshow/128826689.cms

@Sue the Green's campaign video showing Keir Starmer shaking hands with Modi and David Lammy shaking hands with Netanyahu is one such example. As I say, I don't know the organisation, but I would expect election observers to only report after polls have closed. To do otherwise could be perceived as interfering in the election. They might need to check patterns across multiple polling stations. Any public criticism by an independent observer mid-poll could discourage participation and could be interpreted as campaigning. Much safer / more robust to check observations and release after the event. Sorry - those posts merged. Not intended.

Could you be more specific as to how "the Greens have practiced this on a far more significant scale in Gorton and Denton"? How exactly did they "try to exploit ethic tensions"?

I think the accusation derives from the Greens mobilising the Muslim vote, hence engaging in sectarian politics. But happy to be corrected

But the democracy volunteers don’t seem to report their concerns until the voting closed.

Ahem. No not presumptuous. My grandchildrens' generation. One can already vote and the other will soon be able to. And I'm pretty sure they will do.

Precisely this. It was alarming when Zac Goldsmith tried to exploit ethnic tensions as part of his London mayoral bid (he specifically targeted Hindu, Tamil and Sikh communities saying their jewellery was at risk from a Sadiq Khan wealth tax) but to my mind the Greens have practised this on a far more significant scale in Gorton and Denton. I don't know who Democracy Volunteers are, but reports of an uptick in family voting is also of concern.

Bumping this to see if anyone has any more up to date info eg Vauxhall City Farm have paused their DofE programme.

Sorry to be dim. How are the Greens "peddling sectarianism"? I have googled a definition and I can see how this might apply to Reform 🤬 but I can't see how it applies to the Greens?

Just got this email: Dear Supporter, Report of our meeting with TfL The Dulwich Bus Campaign group met with representatives of TfL on 25 February. TFL sent a strong delegation, led by Geoff Hobbs, Director of Public Transport Service Planning, supported by the Head of Bus Performance Management. Other TfL officials, Southwark Council’s Head of Highways and Sustainable Transport Policy, and members of Marina Ahmad’s (London Assembly representative) and Helen Hayes’s (MP) offices were also present. The meeting was to explore solutions to the lack of connectivity between Dulwich Village and the neighbouring areas and railway stations, and the general demand, supported by our petition with 1460 signatures, for an improvement in local bus services. The TfL team explained their established practice in providing bus services in London, with the objective of meeting demand and managing timings, against the many problems that occur on London’s roads and that disrupt the best laid plans. They also noted that bus usage had dropped by 23% overall in the last twelve years. Against this background, they said they had looked at our ideas but could see no case for change: The P4, which we had argued was unreliable, was only slightly underperforming. The problems with this service arose from road works in south east London and the mechanical reliability of the buses in service. Passenger numbers on this service had declined and there was no case for increasing frequency. There was also a decline in passengers on the no 3 bus. A new route: This would cost between £2.5 and £3.5 million. That money would have to come at the expense of other services, so other customers would suffer. TfL could not see the demand to justify this. Extending or re-routing an existing route: There was discussion extending a route such as the 315. TfL said they would think about this. The meeting was amicable and TfL impressed with their professionalism. It is disappointing that we could make no progress with our main ideas. Given the support locally for an improvement to bus services, we intend to continue to pursue the options, which now probably best turn on extending an existing route. We will also press TfL for a timescale for addressing the mechanical issues with the P4 fleet. We did ask TfL to look at the bus stops or the proposed Superloop on the South Circular to align more closely with the P4 on College Road, so improving connectivity. We have a meeting with our MP Helen Hayes next week and we will discuss with her the best way forward. We also have strong support from our London Assembly representative, Marina Ahmad and we will consult her as well. Thank you for your support. We have not given up! The Dulwich Bus Campaign College Road London, Greater London SE21 7

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There is a dance fit class at Harris girls on a Monday evening 630 pm which I have been going to for years . It is an inclusive class with a wide range of ages. The teacher is Fi and she is amazing and the classes are lots of fun. look on the web justdanceuk .com. There are other dance classes (flowetic )that Fi and the lovely Lizzie runs at Harris girls too . They also have an event next week which is a bit further- near Penge which is a day of dance to include just dance fit, dancehall, line dancing, garage fit and flowetic . Which is also available to book on that website ( look at the events section) .

that’s just been misused first by Faraz and then Starmer. It’s evocative and negative. But it’s flooding the news today.

I didn't realise that either! I thought it just meant division within communities - religious, racial or otherwise. Yes, it is frightening. The days of the broad church political party are over.