Earl Aelfheah

Try taking off the blinkers. Whilst 'try taking off the blinkers' is a really insightful comment, could you expand a little? What do you disagree with - the £2.925 trillion, the role of the bond markets, or the demands for investment in public services?

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100%. Many of the problems that Labour have (after 1 year in office) are down to that 14 year legacy. They have very little room for manoeuvre. UK debt is around £2.925 trillion and the costs of borrowing are rising. The government is at the mercy of the bond markets. Meanwhile many services are on their knees and people are demanding investment.

Starting with Brexit, all the way through to drunken lock down parties, and then finishing on Liz Truss' 'mini budget', I would say it was fairly disastrous from start to finish.

Yes that's right; An open, lawful and democratic challenge.

Oh, I see. I think that could also be classed an open, lawful, and democratic challenge.

Was he? I wasn't aware of a plot. Do you have any details?

Don't know about the title of the article, but yes, I suspect it's the same around a number of schools / the area generally. Like I said, it makes sense that increases in term time traffic worsen local air quality.

Sounds like it, yes.

Would make sense that increases in term time traffic worsen local air quality.

I don't know about that. The transport section is pretty awful, but only because some use every conversation as a way to relitigate the changes around Calton Avenue. I'm aware I contribute by responding to those posts, but it is difficult when any discussion, of any transport topic, invariably gets brought back to this five year obsession a handful of people have.

Noticed the bollard (big bell shaped one) has again been torn up. Wonder how many times this has happened over the years and how much it's cost.

"Parents driving children to private schools is associated with a 27% increase in air pollution and congestion in a south London street, according to campaigners who are calling for private schools to make greater use of sustainable transport": https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jan/14/private-school-run-in-south-london-linked-to-27-per-cent-rise-in-air-pollution#:~:text=Private school run in south London linked to 27% rise in air pollution.&text=The analysis by Solve the School Run,when only local state schools were open. More detail on the campaign group who did the research (I haven't looked at it that closely, so can't comment on how robust it may be): https://www.solvetheschoolrun.org/dulwich-wards#:~:text=We found that there is a 50%,term time compared with the school holidays.&text=Our research for Herne Hill Junction%2C Dulwich%2C,school term time compared to school holidays.

Bullying? I’m not the one calling others names and creating ‘foe lists’. Presumably that is constructive debate, but sharing and discussing objective data is ‘bullying’. 🤔

Aka ‘obsession square’