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[first mate]

I don't think you can really describe the Dulwich Society transport sub-committee, chaired by an award winning LCC activist of the year, as truly apolitical? Weren't a number of those committee sessions also attended and supported by incumbent Labour Councillors?

[Rockets]

22 hours ago, DulvilleRes said:

Never happened. I've never actually name-checked any individual.

Apologies if I got this wrong but I thought you were naming one person quoted in the media in relation to One Dulwich - apologies if that was someone else. You have thought, more than once, suggested failed Conservative candidates might be the ones behind it.

22 hours ago, DulvilleRes said:

The Dulwich Society, as a community-based, well-run apolitical organisation, does publish transparent accounts of who they are and what they are up to.

Is this not the very crux of the issue: parts of The Dulwich Society are no longer apolitical. You started the discussion way back last year by trying to convince everyone that people were trying to hijack the Society EGM/AGM. This peaked interested in what was happening and it seems the transport sub-committee had become massively politicised.

So much so that Dulwich Society had to state that the transport sub-committee did not speak in behalf of DS as they were becoming increasingly vocal about their support for the DV LTN.

Then you look at some of the people now involved in the sub-committee, how they got elected to their positions, the attendance of our local councillors and the responses to your original post from others with knowledge of what had been happening. Marry that with the repeated redaction (at the request of someone) of the name of the sub-committee chair when linking them to their active travel lobbying efforts and it doesn't take a genius to work out what might have been happening here. Some, myself included, think there has been a coordinated political effort to influence the Dulwich Society transport sub-committee to support the council's agenda.

So really you bleating on and on about who is behind OneDulwich pales into insignificance when you start looking in to what has been happening in the supposed "apolitical" Dulwich Society. That's where the real story seems to be.

[Rockets]

The fight back started in Dulwich!

https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/dulwich/dulwich-residents-lead-national-charge-against-unwanted-ltns/

[Spartacus]

Good to see that Richard, from One Dulwich, isn't afraid to provide his name.

LTNs need community support and not just council officials telling communities what they want, after all we elect them and indirectly pay their wages so why shouldn't they listen to their electorate? 

[Penguin68]

1 hour ago, Spartacus said:

indirectly

Rather directly, in my view

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

On 09/02/2025 at 18:53, Spartacus said:

Good to see that Richard, from One Dulwich, isn't afraid to provide his name.

Well, he is OneDulwich. There are no members or officers, there is no legal entity or internal rules or funding transparency.

It's weird that Southwark News gives such credence to the claims of someone raging about a minor road closure almost 5 years after it happened. 🥱🥱🥱

[Spartacus]

41 minutes ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

 

It's weird that Southwark News gives such credence to the claims of someone raging about a minor road closure almost 5 years after it happened. 🥱🥱🥱

If you feel that the LTN was introduced correctly, is valid and has local support, then you have nothing to fear from closer scrutiny and publicity. But your cry, "5 years after it's happened" dismisses 5 years of concern by residents and makes you sound like you fear additional scrutiny. 

 

[Earl Aelfheah]

1 hour ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

Well, he is OneDulwich. There are no members or officers, there is no legal entity or internal rules or funding transparency.

It's weird that Southwark News gives such credence to the claims of someone raging about a minor road closure almost 5 years after it happened. 🥱🥱🥱

100%. Just because he calls himself 'one dulwich' doesn't give him the right to talk on behalf of the wider community. I have no doubt that vast majority would oppose the square being returned to a narrow pavement and a queue of motor vehicles, just so a handful of people can shave a couple of minutes off a short local car journey. 

[first mate]

Even Southwark refer to the Dulwich LTN as not a true LTN, whatever that means. 

I also do not understand the '5 years later' response. If people are unhappy with changes to road and layout then the time that has elapsed since initial changes were introduced is beside the point.

[Rockets]

1 hour ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

It's weird that Southwark News gives such credence to the claims of someone raging about a minor road closure almost 5 years after it happened. 🥱🥱🥱

I think what DKHB meant to say was: "How dare Southwark News report on something that I want everyone to forget about". 

 

Bravo to One Dulwich (and Richard Aldwinckle if he is the person behind it - I am sure DulvilleRes is checking to see if they are a Tory) for keeping this in the minds of Dulwich residents and supporting the wider fight against the imposition of these measures against the will of local residents.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

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[Spartacus]

34 minutes ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

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Are we keeping you up with worry that finally the council will be held to account ?