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December 2022

31 December (Part 2) - Children of the Damned

31 December (Part 1) - Public Enemies

30 December - Con Air

29 December - Current Wars

28 December - Inside I am Dancing

27 December (Part 2) - House of the Dragon

27 December (Part 1) - Bad Santa

24 December - Willie Wonka

23 December (Part 2) - The Horse Whisperer

23 December (Part 1) - La La Land

22 December - Resident Evil

19 December - Calling Doctor Death

18 December (Part 2) - The Joker

18 December (Part 1) - Live. Die. Repeat

17 December - The Last House on The Left

16 December (Part 2) - Street Kings. Not!

16 December (Part 1) - The Reader

15 December - Death Wish

14 December (Part 2) - Closely Observed Trains

14 December (Part 1) - State of Play

11 December (Part 2) - Bad Boys

11 December (Part 1) - Frozen II

10 December (Part 2) - Frozen

10 December (Part 1) - Revolutionary Road

8 December (Part 2) - Die Hard

8 December (Part 1) - Mission Impossible?

7 December (Part 2) - Bah Humbug

7 December (Part 1) - Off her tiny rocker

6 December - Watt are you going to do to survive this Winter?

5 December - Making Bexley even Better. Yeah, right!

4 December - Shop Local

3 December - Zero tolerance. How’s it going?

1 December - An inevitable change of political direction

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November 2022

30 November - Valiantly fighting their corner from a position of weakness

29 November - Fighting back

28 November (Part 2) - Zero tolerance

28 November (Part 1) - Nothing is sacred to Bexley’s Philistines

27 November - No I didn’t

26 November (Part 2) - Khanage. He is out to get you

26 November (Part 1) - The lowest form of wit

25 November - Nothing to see here

23 November - Not me this time

21 November - Bent cops

20 November (Part 2) - The Matrix revisited

20 November (Part 1) - Escaping the Matrix - a search for post-fantasy politics

19 November - On patrol in Hurst Road

18 November - Putin’s War, Covid or twelve years of Tory incompetence? Which is to blame?

16 November - There but for the grace of Bexley’s Guardian Angel

15 November - Labour MP exposes Tory MPs’ lies

10 November - Bexley Council has a plan

9 November - A bit of a let down. I should have known better

8 November - The Leader’s Report

4 November - A quick first report on this this week’s Council meeting

1 November - How many Council employees does it take to change a light bulb?

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October 2022

31 October - Old problems ignored

30 October - It is definitely ugly

29 October - Helping the local economy and financing the national one

28 October - Bins and rubbish

27 October (Part 2) - Make your BID

27 October (Part 1) - Feed back

26 October - No Way Home

25 October - Water torture

20 October - A greener climate aware Bexley

19 October - What’s the problem?

17 October - Fraud. Pure and Simple

15 October (Part 2) - Bexley Cabinet meeting. Same old, same old

15 October (Part 1) - Bexley Council accelerates war on motorists. Parking fees more than doubled

14 October (Part 2) - Wanna laugh?

14 October (Part 1) - Not to be Trusted with your child’s education

13 October (Part 3) - What did he do to deserve that?

13 October (Part 2) - If you can’t beat them, join ‘em

13 October (Part 1) - Trains chopped. (Not Tory Councillors this time)

12 October - Sanctimonious tosh

11 October (Part 2) - Rail wars

11 October (Part 1) - The Wokerati speaks

8 October - Health issues in Bexley

7 October - She’s no lady

6 October (Part 2) - The poisonous Left

6 October (Part 1) - Rubbish on repeat

5 October - Best of the bunch? She could well be

3 October - Nationalise the railways

2 October - Shop Talk

1 October (Part 2) - The preferred weapons are demos and strikes, definitely not nukes

1 October (Part 1) - Utterly shameless

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September 2022

30 September - 30 days of rubbish

26 September - Not a good look

24 September - Going for broke

22 September - Transport of Delight

21 September - SloppyStyle Recycling

20 September - History repeating itself

16 September - Sharing the misery

15 September - I’m in trouble again

11 September - The Tories’ friend comes out on top again

10 September - Love is all around

9 September - God Save the King

8 September (Part 3) - Market forces

8 September (Part 2) - A healthy start?

8 September (Part 1) - Cap in hand?

7 September - CountrySlop Recycling strikes again

6 September (Part 2) - Crossrail woes - addendum

6 September - Crossrail woes (Part 1)

5 September - Stung and stung again

4 September - Joseph Goebbels would be proud

3 September - Marking time

2 September - False economies

1 September - Things can only get better

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August 2022

29 August - Can civil unrest be far away?

28 August (Part 2) - Bexley Council. Built on lies

28 August (Part 1) - Now wriggle out of that one!

27 August - The sting in the tail

25 August - When black is white

23 August - Anything goes

20 August - Manifesto promises. “We delivered every commitment since 2006”

19 August - Death by ice-cream

13 August - From Russia with more love

12 August - Another service reduction by Countryslop

9 August - The internet and why is the extreme left so full of hate?

8 August (Part 3) - In Liz we must Truss

8 August (Part 2) - Hampshire Police are Institutionally Corrupt

8 August (Part 1) - Just as bad in Bexley? Probably

7 August - Asking questions can be risky

6 August - CountryStyle Recycling recycling recycling story. Experts in waste

5 August - Woke Britain’s reputation trashed worldwide

3 August - Whitewash by the bucketload

2 August - It’s party time in Erith

1 August - Common assault in Crayford

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July 2022

31 July - How to waste public funds

30 July - Minor matters

29 July (Part 2) - Worthless promises

29 July (Part 1) - The bin man strikes again

28 July - Education, but not as we know it

27 July (Part 2) - We won’t tell you

27 July (Part 1) - Protest and sign it now

24 July - Maybe the old ways were best

23 July - Use your food waste bin or be fined

22 July - ULEZ again

21 July - The Full Council meeting that wasn’t

20 July - Financial Services Report (Part 2)

19 July - All as bad as each other?

18 July - Financial Services Report (Part 1)

17 July - Peter the Pop. Frying (tomorrow) night

16 July - Cabinet Report (Part 2)

15 July - Could do better

14 July - Cabinet Report (Part 1)

13 July (Part 2) - Penny for them

13 July (Part 1) - Summer of Stink Round 2

12 July - Anyone but Rishi

7 July - Bexley backed Boris and Boris backed its Leader

4 July - The opposing point of view

3 July - School report

2 July - Lying low

1 July - Another Summer of Stink

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June 2022

30 June - Keep taking the medicine

29 June - The first anniversary of the Serco bin strike…

26 June - I joined the club

23 June - Seen it all before

22 June (Part 2) - The French revolution

22 June (Part 1) - It’s all about the money

21 June - Noxious taxation

20 June - French goes into hiding

19 June - Ask a silly question…

18 June - Khanpox outbreak in London

17 June - The answer to all life’s ills is increased taxation

16 June - Oblivion awaits the Conservative Party unless…

15 June (Part 2) - CountryStyle wakes up

15 June (Part 1) - BexleyCo

14 June - What did you do in the war Grandad?

13 June - CountryStyle’s never ending idiocy

12 June - Nearing the end of the road?

10 June - My Smart Reader: The end of the road?

9 June - CountryStyle: Utterly useless

8 June - Gareth Bacon nails it again

7 June - Teflon O’Neill

6 June - 54 is the magic number

3 June - Crossrail. It’s not quite perfect

2 June - What were you doing 70 years ago Grandad?

1 June - If at first you don’t succeed…

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May 2022

31 May - Queen’s Jubilee bin days

30 May - Comrade Sunak

29 May (Part 2) - Cock-ups everywhere

29 May (Part 1) - Labour’s new faces in Bexley

28 May (Part 2) - £150 going begging

28 May (Part 1) - Called out

27 May (Part 2) - Speeches

27 May (Part 1) - Serco was never this bad

26 May (Part 2) - With the high flyers

26 May (Part 1) - Four more years

25 May - Facing two ways

24 May - Crossrail whisks me to Canary Wharf in eleven minutes. Smoothly, quietly and fast

23 May - The mission to kill London

22 May - Round Mayor at the Welling Table

21 May - There will be riots

20 May - Danny’s D.ream

19 May (Part 2) - Strangely exciting, and all over a train!

19 May (Part 1) - The jewel in the Crossrail crown?

18 May - It was a long wait but finally…

17 May - Your vote doesn’t really matter

16 May - Petition ignored

15 May - Ignorance and corruption in Bexley

12 May - Was it a landslide?

11 May - A very good start

10 May - Lampoon

9 May - More of the same…

6 May - True Blue Bexley

5 May (Part 2) - I may come to regret it but…

5 May (Part 1) - Disenfranchised

4 May (Part 2) - Good planning

4 May (Part 1) - In Sidcup voters have a choice

3 May - Now they are scraping the beer barrel

2 May - Not the Perfect pair

1 May (Part 2) - It’s Crossrail, right?

1 May (Part 1) - A reminder

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April 2022

30 April - The last train to Twickers

29 April - It’s Labour all the way for me

28 April (Part 5) - The ever popular Danny Hackett making more friends

28 April (Part 4) - Cheap lies and more expensive claims

28 April (Part 3) - How bad can Bexley’s planning get?

28 April (Part 2) - Lib Dems contest ten wards

28 April (Part 1) - Toryboy Danny

27 April (Part 2) - Opening with a bang?

27 April (Part 1) - Where next?

26 April (Part 3) - Dubious links proven to be true

26 April (Part 2) - No need to make it up

26 April (Part 1) - Seems fair enough

25 April (Part 3) - A website announcement

25 April (Part 2) - Is this the truth I was looking for?

25 April (Part 1) - One way or another, the truth will out

24 April (Part 3) - Pillars of Society

24 April (Part 2) - What a tangled web they weave

24 April (Part 1) - The cost of living. (The elephant in the room)

23 April (Part 2) - An awkward juxtaposition

23 April (Part 1) - All friends together

22 April (Part 2) - Which side are they on? You need to know

22 April (Part 1) - If I had a suspicious mind…

21 April (Part 2) - The Leader’s final report

21 April (Part 1) - Catching up with the recent past

20 April (Part 2) - Out to lunch?

20 April (Part 1) - Time and Motion

19 April (Part 4) - Extreme hypocrisy

19 April (Part 3) - The Independent candidate for Sidcup

19 April (Part 2) - The 2022 Tory Manifesto

19 April (Part 1) - More questions, a few answers

18 April - The slippery slope?

17 April - Good Labour and Bad Labour

15 April (Part 2) - Political stooges reconvene in Bexley

15 April (Part 1) - A wishi that Rishi would go

14 April (Part 2) - In Sidcup you have a real alternative

14 April (Part 1) - On Wednesday 13th April democracy died in Bexley

13 April - Labour Manifesto Review

12 April - None of the Above

11 April (Part 2) - From Russia with Love

11 April (Part 1) - Energy from Octopussy, bills from the Casino Royale

10 April (Part 3) - Two views

10 April (Part 2) - But never in Bexley…

10 April (Part 1) - Dave’s departure

9 April (Part 2) - Phantom questions

9 April (Part 1) - Phantom power

8 April (Part 2) - Labouring the point

8 April (Part 1) - Green taxing us back to the stone age

7 April - Are you going to vote for liars?

6 April (Part 2) - You couldn’t make it up, but they did

6 April (Part 1) - Abstention it is then. Sorry Sally

5 April - Back for Round 2

4 April - Bent? You bet they are!

3 April - Resources scrutinised

2 April - If you are going to tell a whopper, make it big and say it often

1 April - Your faltering NHS

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March 2022

31 March - The month end moan

30 March - Fostering good practice

29 March - While Tories lie about the £150 Council Tax rebate, Capita plays it straight

26 March - Bexley’s liars are vote losers - or maybe just losers

24 March (Part 2) - Planning Sub-Committee goes doorstepping

24 March (Part 1) - Incompetence or corruption?

22 March - The truth, and nothing like the truth

21 March - Beyond contempt. Beyond the rules

19 March - Here we go again

18 March - Parking: Ticket machine broken? Send PCN, anything else is too difficult

16 March (Part 2) - Meet the team

16 March (Part 1) - The long and the short of it

15 March (Part 2) - Round 2 of the Budget grandstand

15 March (Part 1) - Beautiful Belvedere. Huh!!

14 March - Full Council budget meeting. (Round 1, the Amendment)

12 March (Part 2) - Pay more, get less. Taxes up while the housing crisis goes unchecked

12 March (Part 1) - Taxes up

9 March - Addicted to lies and deception

7 March - New names but nothing changes

6 March - The end of an era

3 March - No censorship here

2 March (Part 2) - Bexley Council. The home of spiteful and vindictive tyrants

2 March (Part 1) - Little action, no plan

1 March - How did things get to be this bad?

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February 2022

28 February - A failing borough

27 February - A failing contractor

24 February - Manifestos and Mendacity

23 February - This and that again

21 February - Just who can be believed in Bexley?

18 February (Part 2) - “Sheer lunacy” from this Tory Government

18 February (Part 1) - Scammed

17 February - Free garden waste service and cheaper parking. Don’t hold your breath

16 February - Full circle

15 February - Who is destroying Bexley’s parks?

14 February - Not so innocent after all

13 February - When the borough is broke, is anyone safe?

12 February - He passed the test

11 February (Part 3) - Cressida goes but why now when Institutional Corruption was acceptable?

11 February (Part 2) - Famous in Plumstead too

11 February (Part 1) - Good value for money

10 February - Manifesto claim. True or false?

9 February - Knickers to Bexley Council

8 February (Part 3) - Bexley Council SLAPped down

8 February (Part 2) - Bexley’s Beer Ban

8 February (Part 1) - Your caring law breaking Conservative Council

7 February - The Nicola, Caroline and Sybil show

4 February (Part 2) - Bexley Council politely says “bog off”

4 February (Part 1) - Another Party Pooper

3 February (Part 2) - Serious cuts have their effect on the budget and services

3 February (Part 1) - Party and poopers

2 February (Part 2) - Non-stop Partygate?

2 February (Part 1) - Coincidence?

1 February (Part 2) - Par for the Parliamentary course?

1 February (Part 1) - Back to the dark ages

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January 2022

31 January - For God’s sake cool it

29 January - One crap day

28 January (Part 2) - Let battle commence

28 January (Part 1) - The Banana Republic that is Boris’s Britain

27 January - Better late than never

26 January (Part 2) - Hypocrisy and corruption in high places

26 January (Part 1) - Should he stay or should he go?

23 January - Legless

22 January - Excuses, excuses!

21 January - Council neglect leads to vandalism

20 January - When the music stops

19 January - Bin banter

17 January - The Story of my Life

9 January - New blue and old blu

6 January (Part 2) - A Blend of party opinions

6 January (Part 1) - Shabby Wood

5 January (Part 2) - The Plane truth?

5 January (Part 1) - Live the Danson Dream

4 January - And then there were three

3 January (Part 2) - Tree Tweets

3 January (Part 1) - Tea for two. (Days)

2 January (Part 2) - Where’s Tiff?

2 January (Part 1) - Bexley’s forgotten backwater

1 January (Part 2) - Must do better

1 January (Part 1) - A look back to late 2009

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