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The Dame: GO LOCAL, DON’T USE STARBUCKS AND OTHER MULTINATIONAL TAX DODGERS

The Dame: GO LOCAL, DON’T USE STARBUCKS AND OTHER MULTINATIONAL TAX DODGERS

Blackball Starbucks, Costa, McDonalds The business of local, independently owned cafes and restaurants have been devastated by an incoherent government strategy. When this lockdown ends most will end up on their knees never to rise again. For Starbucks, it will

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The Dame: BENDING TO THE WILL OF BELL, MATES AND MORGAN

The Dame: BENDING TO THE WILL OF BELL, MATES AND MORGAN

  Tuesday, 15 December 2020 Dear Dame, At 11.00am today the mostly supine governors of our great hospital will vote will doubtless go “for the merger” but in reality the statutory acquisition of the Brompton by Guys and St Thomas’s

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The Dame: IDLING ENGINES KILL CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIAN

The Dame: IDLING ENGINES KILL CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIAN

  An idling engine can produce up to twice as many exhaust emissions as an engine in motion.  Exhaust emissions contain a range of air pollutants such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and particulate matter.  These can affect the air

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The Dame: LIGHT AT THE END OF THE CONGESTED ROAD?

The Dame: LIGHT AT THE END OF THE CONGESTED ROAD?

Wednesday, 25 November 2020   To All Who Signed The Petition: We Have Traction!   This morning, following weeks of discussions and surveys, we were delighted to read the public support given to our campaign by Felicity Buchan (MP For Kensington) and Tony

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The Dame: LEAVE OUR CHURCHES ALONE, WITTY

The Dame: LEAVE OUR CHURCHES ALONE, WITTY

Saturday, 7 November 2020 Anyone visiting our local churches will have been astonished by the extraordinary antiseptic measures in place to ensure the virus does not seek sanctuary. Pews are cordoned off to ensure proper spacing and masked parishioners assiduously

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The Dame: Rewarding Screw Ups

The Dame: Rewarding Screw Ups

When the Dame was a sprightly young thing she was an adviser to horrible Robert Maxwell.  It was a traumatising experience but she learned one thing about British life. Maxwell fired one of his directors paying him off with a

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The Dame: THE DAME HITS BACK!!

The Dame: THE DAME HITS BACK!!

Sunday, 11 October 2020   The Dame is much annoyed by certain comments on the congratulatory piece about local hero, Cllr Henderson….a Labour councillor and a very good one. Some comments suggest her jottings are inspired by fervour for the

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The Dame: ACOUSTIC CAMERAS SEEM TO BE WORKING!

The Dame: ACOUSTIC CAMERAS SEEM TO BE WORKING!

We all had our doubts about the efficacy of acoustic cameras in dealing with the supercar noise nuisance but, according to Cllr Johnny Thalassites, they are working.  The results so far seem to prove his point. Over 130 warning letters

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The Dame: Bingle and Buddy

The Dame: Bingle and Buddy

  Here’s a picture of  a couple of horrors….our useless mayor and a friend of Milord Moylan of the Post Office off Kings Rd, Mr  Peter Bingle.  You can read all about Mr Bingle’s lunching and dining companions HERE No Town

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The Dame: CALM DOWN, DAME!

The Dame: CALM DOWN, DAME!

Thursday, 17 September 2020 May I remind those roaring on about the Government’s negotiating position with the EU may I remind readers what President de Gaulle had to say about treaties.   “Les traités sont comme les roses et les

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