Wednesday, 20 October 2021 Once never seen….now everywhere At the Council meeting last Monday, Terry Oliver, director of Cleaner Greener and Cultural Services said that gully cleaning was part of Suez’s contract yet NO ONE had ever seen one of these machines
The Dame: A PLAY FOR OUR ‘PLACE’ AND OUR TIMES
Sunday, 17 October 2021 Dear Dame, At the Tabernacle Theatre I saw a great piece of theatre and a thought provoking performance. Grenfell was an accident waiting to happen because of long term neglect. The inflammable cladding is
The Dame: A GOOD MAN SAVED
Tuesday, 5 October 2021 The Dame remembers the days when local councils were peopled by independently minded councillors. They stood as Independents so as to follow their conscience without some Little Hitler/Stalin/Mao of a Council leader telling them what or
The Dame: HOLLAND PARK ACADEMY: WHO PAYS? THE POOR BLOODY TAXPAYER?
Thursday, 30 September 2021 Hall and ‘associate’ Dear Dame, So Colin Hall is going but what about his close associate, David Chappell, and other members of the so-called leadership team? As importantly, how and who appointed Jane Farrell, the new chair
PUT YOUR QUESTIONS TO THAMES WATER ON MONDAY 11th OCTOBER 6.30PM @ THE COUNCIL CHAMBER
Thousands of residents were victimised by Thames Water’s Third World sewage system. In mid-July tons of sewage ruined homes and businesses yet not a word of apology from this partially owned Chinese/Middle Eastern company. Thames Water’s pathetic line
The Dame: BETTER STREETS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
Dear Dame, I have some concerns over BetterStreets4KC. The group is supporting, on Twatter, London Car Free Day who are attempting to block Exhibition Road on weekends dedicating the shared road for pedestrians only; claiming safety of museum visitors though these roads have
The Dame: PITIFUL PATEL AND BORIS ‘CHURCHILL’ JOHNSON DEFENDS OUR COAST
Sunday, 4 July 2021 Down in Dungeness locals were astonished to see a stream of ‘newcomers’ exempt from any border controls sauntering past a nuclear power station and Derek Jarman’s cottage. They seemed to have not a care in the
The Dame: Lawless London
Thursday, 10 June 2021 Get back on the streets This email highlights the sheer fearlessness of London criminals. The Dame does not believe there is a shortage of police: she does believe there is a dearth of skills amongst
The Dame: NEXTDOOR CLOSES DOOR ON DOWNES
Sunday, 2 May 2021 Justin Downes wrote this below on Nextdoor. In a New York Second Nextdoor management removed an entirely factual statement about its intrusive and probably illegal harvesting of personal data relating to its millions of members. Particularly
The Dame: AN URGENT INDEPENDENT AND ANONYMOUS SURVEY ON HOW OUR COUNCIL IS DOING
Tuesday, 13 April 2021 RBKC Survey This independent survey is being carried out by the Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (CfGS), in order to support a review of governance which CfGS is carrying out and which Kensington and Chelsea Council is funding. The survey