malumbu

Sorry but this is typical of a lot of ignorance - the police are responsible for enforcing speed limits not local authorities. The Highway code does not specify different road users, apart from a few additional paragraphs for groups like cyclists, pedestrians and for transport on horses. It's therefore road user standards not driver standards. Then it is up to the authorities to enforce as they deem fit.

Glad to hear that the cops are taking crash for cash seriously. The situation I am aware of the driver called the police, reported it separately as dangerous motorcycling, avoided all calls from 'ambulance chasers' and subsequently got a letter from the police saying it was an unregistered rider/uninsured rider. It was reluctantly reported to their insurers who actually did not put up the premium which was a nice surprise. So as stressful as it may be just hold firm, deny everything, take down details and report to the police.

A rather old article about the benefits of leaving the Common Agricultural Policy https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/10/brexit-leaving-eu-farming-agriculture I'm not sure if we have seen any benefits yet. CAP was acknowledged to be CrAP by many I knew in this area, but major reform a challenge. Not sure why I should be posting possible benefits of Brexit - what about those of you who voted leave. Where is Cat nowadays!

I am occasionally involved in a charity that helps manage a wooded area. I hope that all of you who are posting their concern about the cherry tree also volunteer their time in similar organisations. I expect that this would be better use of your time.

Just over half felt it was wrong, so that reflects the vote itself. However, rather than nitpicking the meaning of the figures I am interested on how on earth 11% feel life is now better. Of which a quarter of them voted to stay. Perhaps some of this forum can enlighten me. The Romans did quite a lot of good in Britain, and even traded with their enemies in Wales and Scotland. I'm not sure we can answer "What has Brexit ever done for us?"

Big question is how much are you prepared to spend, it never ceases to amaze me how prices in SE22 and most of the adjacent post codes continue to spiral. I don't know how the average London family can afford to move here. I expect many of us became owners when prices were not silly.

It's good to hear different views and there is certainly not one size fits all. A number of people I know were dead against remote working before Covid but views very much changed. I'm looking at this from a rosy perspective, and not sure what I would think now when we aren't in the same boat (100% remote working), and being in a team when at any one point a third or more aren't there in person. I also need people to 'bounce off' and worked best in a campus type environment where you are interested in what everyone else is up to, and get a lot of cross-fertilisation. But even there there is a balance as I am sure we have all worked with people who just talk too much (what? me??) I like the point of spending too much time 'debating' on EDF, and note that there is more discussion during the working week on here than at weekends. I have an unusual work pattern, but even for me I am neglecting jobs around the house at the moment. Many years ago there were telephone chat rooms where you could discuss anything eg current affairs, and I called in once. It was very juvenile, and most people seemed to be at work, at times they would go quiet when the boss walked in. I think most recognise that younger people suffer more from remote working as the office is much of their social life. Sadly I lost a colleague and friend many years ago in a motorcycle collision, and it dawned on me I saw more of this person than most other people in my life. As well as your preferred way of work, it must also depend on the job you do. Are you working on isolated work, or part of a team. And even in the latter some would rather get on with work rather than spend all day in meetings. Before I switched Jeremy Vine off due to the rabid LBC type conversation this encouraged (I'm sure I could say the same about some of 5 Live call ins) he commented that he always has a chat with call centres - what's the weather like in Nottingham? Which part of India are you based in and are you enjoying the cricket. I sense it's nice for many to have a short chat. I rarely got a push back.

I'd be pleased to get through so quickly. Seriously, they have shed so many staff you can't get hold of anyone easily. Why did you not say anything at the time, "I'd be grateful if you don't eat whilst you are on a business call. Anyway I've thought of an issue. We used to have a minimum number of staff over the Xmas working days. It was a lot of fun, as colleagues were in a light hearted mood, in the days where you'd still have a beer at lunchtime on the odd occasion. The in recent years most people would work from home as there was no longer the necessity to be in the office during the festive period. The office became soulless, and you'd just end up clearing a backlog of paperwork and e-mails. As there was no buzz, you'd just be demotivated.

I'm glad I am not interrogated doing my job by passers by. Difficulty I have with this forum is the distrust in Southwark by some. I expect that Southwark are fairly competent on knowing when trees are diseased and needs to be felled.

I got angry with the Jeremy Vine programme yesterday when many callers were going down the current populist view that if you are working from home you are sciving. I spoke on the programme last time they discussed this when I was working remotely during lock down, with my positive experience. I emailed yesterday saying I was insulted by what some had said, So briefly - working from home can make you more productive, gives you flexibility during your day, and can help balancing work life with family life Or - working from home leads to social isolation, and for many is the opportunity to bunk off. What do you reckon? I've given more from my own experience below. Working one day a week from home over a decade ago so I could also volunteer at a community centre for a few hours. At that point I was hampered by poor IT (I blame TalkTalk, and was forever on the phone to IT support). I felt that I had to justify my whole day. I felt on call when I was volunteering and the need to take work calls and check e-mails - I was told to stop trying to do my day job from my volunteer manager; that was the right advice. Back in the office there was still the common view - oh where is so and so, oh it's Friday so they are off, oh sorry working from home (that was about a sizeable number of people who worked from home on Fridays). Fast forward a few years and much of the IT had been sorted, changed provider, Blackberry's a thing of the past, the Cloud. Remote working had become more established, and it was more common for people to dial into meetings (pre Teams/Zoom). Remote working was being actively encouraged, as part of smart working, paperless office and to reduce office accommodation needs. Working from home, the tube, cafes etc etc. But there was still a view of 'bunking off'. It was seen is discourteous to stare down at your smart phone during meetings. There was a eureka moment when I realised that you can get everything down you need to know on a smart phone presentation rather than printing of reams of documents for a meeting. I left office work but had a temporary job for a few months during Covid and there had been a revolution. Teams and MS 365 became the main way of working, interacting through video calls and Teams chats, and working collaboratively through documents in real time was the norm. Social events worked, and there were regular team catch ups. I got to know a whole new group of people most of whom I met after lock down. One of the nicest teams I have worked with. The down sides: Excess hours. It felt that you were working 24/7, You'd log off maybe at 17.30 knowing that when you went on line the next day there would be reams of messages. Some colleagues would spend much of their weekend working. You felt like you were always on call. This was not discussed during the Vine call-in Information and technology overload. You would be in meetings, looking at the Teams chat, taking e-mails, Whats Apps, occasional phone calls, often almost at the same time. Every advance in technology from the photocopier and word processor to Teams has increased information by many times. I expect generations before complained about Faxs. Telexs, phones, the telegram, the pony express..... Social isolation - I thought our team catch ups worked well, and I like being in the direct company of colleagues so in the longer term would never want to have stayed working at home five days a week Cramped working conditions. I expect here may have space to some sort of home office but I knew a few working from their bedroom and worse still slumped on their bed on a laptop - dreadful posture. Overall.... from my perspective productivity was fine, and felt no worse that being in an office. The ability to take time off during the day to do errands, have your hair cut, whatever is a bonus. And with sensible arrangements so people know your working times is not bunking off eg taking an early lunch, starting or finishing early to give yourself a longer break during the day. Normalising being interrupted by young children was good/fun, of course it should not be encouraged! But it brought down a lot of barriers, when your big boss was embarrassed by the cat coming in. Your on mute. Or worse still, please mute. Ans so family friendly. There are huge swathes where you can't work remotely and perhaps this is stirred up by the right wing rags, Trumps and various distruptors - oh the wokes in the metropolitan areas can bunk off at home when you are doing a proper job on the construction site, engineer, shop, etc. Here is one disruptor: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78wn5qg3nyo And an earlier version that failed: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/sep/17/jacob-rees-mogg-working-from-home-labour-workers-rights-jonathan-reynolds Partially because the civil service had given up considerable office space. As well as being counter productive

Thanks all. A colleague from many moons ago has joined one, and they have pretty sophisticated equipment. I don't think they operate like a repair cafe where they do multiple small jobs. MIS appear to do bigger community projects as well as help reduce isolation (sorry if that sounds a bit patronising, but others can maybe explain better)

As I've said numerous times join Southwark Cyclists on a Saturday rude and then comment. You are making sweeping comments based in your own interpretation. SC are generally nice community minded people. Those campaigning against anything that may impact on your 'right' to drive are very much in it for themselves. Based on those that I have across at public meetings. I'm taking activists here rather than most of the pro car lobbying this forum. The last sentence was a light hearted one. Of course you could join Southwark Cyclists and look to get them to change their position.

Hope you get good value. No need to make a snidy remark...

Admin can decide. But if a business is touting their products then the person running this may wish to get a cut. I find it strange that a community web site where issues like dog poo and local surgeries should be subject to guerilla/ambush marketing. You don't need to share this view.