CPR Dave

You sure? Maybe also a student cycled into a car on a stolen lime bike and rode off?

Did you enjoy the view to your right hand side in the south west corner?

Do we still get 50+ outdoor community events per year? All the ones round here seem to have been cancelled, like the Christmas Cracker and the summer equivalent and the Small Business Saturday event etc. Even on the Southwark Presents page the only events in East Dulwich in the foreseeable future are non-council events organised by other people. https://www.southwark.gov.uk/southwark-presents?event_price=All&localgov_event_locality[0]=239&date_min=&date_max=&search=&page=2

Sorry, not having a dig at Southwark for that. I'm just shocked that next door they've chosen to abandon such an institutional community / family event so they can keep pumping out commercial stuff instead. I suppose the same could happen here next although we don't really have any longstanding family events like that one.

Could just decorate the palm tree on the middle of the roundabout. There are palm trees in Bethlehem, and palms symbolize Jesus's triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Some accounts (in the Quran for example) even have Mary giving birth to Jesus leaning against / sitting under a palm tree. Some gorilla Xmassing of our holy roundabout palm tree might be fun.

I'm not sure what to make of that, Sue "the Lambeth Country Show will not take place in June 2026." It's been going for over 50 years. Seems a shame to bin that one off in favour of the other four festivals.

Thanks Joe. Sorry to the poster of that thread if it was my comment. It was just that none of it made sense to me.

Sorry if it was something I said.

Absolute mugs. That's what they take you for.

Good stuff

"Opening hours Monday to Sunday from 06:00 to 00:00" Good news for when Co op / M and S are closed early on Sundays.

It's not magistrates that are needed, it's judges and they will rattle through these cases whether the loos are working or not. Barristers get a brief fee and a day rate.

I happen to think jury trials are a good idea and the government should be spending efforts making them more efficient and bringing them to court more quickly. However, criminal barristers have a huge conflict of self interest in lengthy delayed jury trials and I've not seen any of them mention that when they argue against these new proposals.

James Barber used to help get the pavements sorted on Lordship Lane, especially if there were "ponding" issues like this. Vote him back in May is my suggestion.

The markets only react if they think there is risk. The fact that runaway inflation has caused enough of an increase in tax receipts to cover spending with a surplus means there is no increased risk. The new tax rises can therefore be spent wholly on benefits without any increase in borrowing, again minimising risk to existing treasury bond lenders.