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7 Labour MPs have whip rempved

For voting against the leadership yesterday.Seem to recall outrage on here when the Tories did similar.Ah well.

Andy Pike ● 3d57 Comments ●

2 More JSO Morons Convicted Today👍

Two Just Stop Oil activists have been found guilty of criminal damage after throwing tinned soup at one of Vincent van Gogh’s most famous paintings.Anna Holland and Phoebe Plummer, both 22, damaged the frame of the post-impressionist’s Sunflowers in London’s National Gallery.Judge Christopher Hehir – who last week jailed the co-founder of Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion for five years at the same court – told the duo they will be released on bail until they are sentenced on September 27 at the same court.

Sue Hammond ● 1d32 Comments ● 16m

Our politicians are also under threat - from Palestinians and their supporters

It is not just Trump under threat in the US from extremists, but UK politicians.It is reported in the Telegraph that - 'Pro-Palestine ‘aggression’ raises UK assassination risk, says violence tsar'.Let's remember such aggression resulted in the stabbing of Labour MP Stephen Timms and the murder of Conservative MP David Amess.And lefties should not gloat and say "well they're Tories, so what'.Even the deputy leader of the Labour Party Angela Raynor, who infamously called Conservatives 'scum', is now saying she is intimidated by Palestinians (who somehow have the right of abode in this country), and their indigenous British sympathisers and fellow travellers.You reap what you sow !

John Hawkes ● 12d84 Comments ● 48m

Fulham on Next Door Site

Shop assistant has been sacked for taking a bag of stolen goods from a thief, the thief was awarded 5000 for whip lash. The country is getting worse, that's why something needs to be done, it's disgusting.

Barbara Stevens ● 2d11 Comments ● 1h

Random pic 27 July 2024

Mystras, Pelopennese, Greece https://flic.kr/p/2q2QM4F

Michael Ixer ● 12h0 Comments ● 12h

Rubbish Collection ~ Message To WBC Waste Management 

Please pass this simple message on to your operatives:IF YOU TAKE THE DUSTBIN LID OFF, PUT IT BACK ONTO THE BIN! IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!! THANKYOU

Sue Hammond ● 4d32 Comments ● 18h

Roger Hallam

Front page of forum being sentenced today, he used drones to try and shut down Heathrow Airport.

Barbara Stevens ● 112d85 Comments ● 21h

printer fix

PC MACgicians in the Lower Richmond Road came to our house today to fix our printer.Excellent service and happy to recommend them to others.

Katrina Black ● 1d5 Comments ● 1d

Random pic 26 July 2024

Nottingham https://flic.kr/p/2ooMZZE

Michael Ixer ● 1d0 Comments ● 1d

Mind the Gap

Not exactly complaining, just puzzled.  WHY are there such huge  gaps between train and platform?  Is the fault with the trains or with the platforms?  Walking difficulties and a very modest bit of luggage does make it a real challenge at every station (three trains out and three home again two days later, so six challenges.)Maybe I should regard it as my version of extreme sports??

Judy Allen ● 98d24 Comments ● 1d

GLA Executive Salaries

Did anyone else read the following BBC News report ?'An east London councillor has been announced as the next deputy mayor of London for environment and energy.Mete Coban, who is Hackney's cabinet member for climate change, environment and transport, as well as a councillor for Stoke Newington, announced the news on X, formerly Twitter. He said he was "honoured" to be appointed to the role by Sadiq Khan. Mr Coban will receive a salary of £147,769 and is due to start work in July'.I found the item intriguing and so wrote the following to our MLA Ms Leonie Cooper.'Can you tell me where I can read his job spec and responsibilities ?You will be aware I am sure that he is now added to the list of 844 existing members of GLA staff for which Mayor Khan is responsible for appointing and deploying, that are paid more than £100,000 per annum (see below your response to my earlier query on GLA Salaries). (NB This correspondence from Ms Cooper earlier had provided me with the number and deployment of such staff).The salary of the London mayor is £154,963 and the prime minister's salary is £167,391.Do you think Mr Coban warrants a salary just 12% less than that of Keir Starmer ?'Is any other Forum reader as surprised as I am by these figures that surely must affect the GLA precept in our Council Tax ?And do they not weaken the case Mayor Khan is putting to the Labour Government for more central government funding ?

John Hawkes ● 4d19 Comments ● 2d

To Moderator

I have 2 E-mails, one for the computer and one for my new phone. I'm rather confused with it all. When I got the phone from EE they said I had to change my E- Mail, don't know why. So I will probably be using my computer more than my phone.  Just incase any confusion, only just got the phone.

Barbara Stevens ● 2d0 Comments ● 2d

Putney tree loss

It seems a shame that Putney is losing so many trees on at least one  residential street. There are signs on lots of established trees on the east side of Clarendon Drive to notify of their immanent removal.  Whilst appearing to be thriving I imagine they have succumbed to a disease and need to be removed before they eventually fall down.  I see they are going to replace them with new trees but I seem to remember that Putney has very mixed (at best) success with developing saplings into established trees.  I wonder if other streets are impacted too.

John Geoffries ● 3d3 Comments ● 2d

Random pic 25 July 2024

The O2, North Greenwich https://flic.kr/p/2pSxf2W

Michael Ixer ● 2d0 Comments ● 2d

Harry Savage Reality Program

Front page, been found dead in his Putney home.

Barbara Stevens ● 2d0 Comments ● 2d

Lawrence Oates

I am preparing a talk on Antarctic  hero/martyr Lawrence Oates. He spent three years at Willington School in the 1880s in Putney now in Wimbledon. Any old boy or girl who has  any memories of this distinguished old boy and how the present school deals with his legend I would love to hear from

Hugh Thompson ● 3d0 Comments ● 3d

Labour Are Opening The Doors Again

Home Secretary Cooper, speaking in the Chamber this afternoon, has announced that the Rwanda plan is being scrapped.  So Starmer, like Blair before him in 2004, will in effect be opening the U.K. to unfettered immigration again.

Sue Hammond ● 4d32 Comments ● 3d

Random pic 24 July 2024

Sunset over the South Downs https://flic.kr/p/JkhJJW

Michael Ixer ● 3d0 Comments ● 3d

Why can’t Wandsworth Council count?

You may have seen news reports in the last few days about the General electionresult here in Putney.I thought I understood the result quite clearly. As a newly elected local Councillor Iwas at the count and saw the election result read out from the main stage in the earlyhours of Friday 5 th July.  Only that isn’t what happened at all. On Wednesday (17 th July) the council added anextra 6558 votes to what it announced as the result.It doesn’t change the outcome. Fleur Anderson clearly won, and I hope she does agreat job – regardless of who you vote for that’s in our collective interest.What has now emerged has left me shocked. For context the number of ‘extra votes’that have been added this week are more than the combined winning margin in 2019and 2017!Turnout has leapt up from 42,737 (59%) to a far more respectable 49,513 (68%).The number of votes each candidate received has now also changed even if therespective places of the parties has not.For almost 2 weeks 1 in 6 votes in Putney effectively didn’t count. They weren’tphysically lost. There was no hidden box or sack of voting slips.But Wandsworth Council have demonstrated they simply cannot count.The council’s highly paid Chief Executive Mike Jackson was the man in charge of theelections and within 24 hours has announced he’s going for what we are told aretotally unrelated ‘personal reasons’. I will take what he says at face value.But as a Putney resident and Councillor I think we need answers. What we have hadso far is a pretty muted apology and a vague promise it won’t happen again. MyCouncil colleagues have pressed for answers and tried to have the matter formallydiscussed. But rather than a full update and taking questions the Council sought toshut down debate.Openness and transparency are not the way this Labour run council operate. This isn’tFlorida and we ought to be able to quickly and accurately count paper ballots.A ‘spreadsheet error’ doesn’t explain why the system failed so spectacularly. After allthe votes cast should equate to the number of ballot papers issued. One sheet ofpaper, a pencil and a calculator should be enough.Having been so incompetent the Council needs to demonstrate it can do the basics.Next week we might learn a bit more. It will need to be impressive if voters can haveconfidence that when we get the result next time it wont then be overturned!

Nick Austin ● 7d51 Comments ● 3d