3 April (Part 2) - More law breaking councillors. It’ll be one rule for them…
Southeastern really knows how to make a bad situation worse don’t they? The 09:38
from Abbey Wood to Charing Cross via Lewisham arrived unannounced this morning
but with no destination indicator on the driver’s cab or inside. Being a cautious
sort of chap I went to the door at Woolwich and heard something about a
diversion via Greenwich.
I judged that using the DLR from Greenwich would miss the connection at Lewisham
and cause a half hour wait, so I used the route recommended to me by
former Lesnes ward councillor Daniel Francis. DLR to Canning Town, Jubilee Line to
Canada Water and Overground to Denmark Hill. 58 minutes travelling time and not
a lot worse than the regular route. Thank you Sir!
Shame on Abbey Wood staff for not bothering to make a platform announcement. It
wasn’t good coming back either but you will have had enough of travel stories for one day.
Things
are inevitably slipping after another long day at King’s Hospital but
Bonkers did at least beat the News Shopper with
the mayor’s strip night
by a week, the news coming through at an unfortunate time for a weekly newspaper.
The News Shopper confirms what I knew already from conversations within the
Civic Centre; that the deputy mayor’s pub is not licensed for the sort of
entertainment she and the mayor evidently enjoy.
The council has confirmed that The Charlotte “is permitted to provide such
entertainment on an occasional basis no more than eleven times in a twelve month
period” but the licence specifically excludes “semi or full nudity” and the
council source goes on to say “it is likely that the council’s Licensing Enforcement
Officer and Police Licensing Officer will visit the premises next week”.
This will almost certainly be another in the long sequence of events starting
with Teresa O’Neill’s predecessor Ian Clement’s abuse of Bexley’s credit card
through to the illegal closure of Bridleway 250 when Bexley police rallies round
to conceal a Bexley council related crime. Watch this space!
Meanwhile I have come to the conclusion that mayor Sharon Massey likes her
drink far too much. About half her Tweeting activities are booze related. The
photograph shows her hard at it again in a pose that could be described as ‘half
cut’. She is opening the London Ale Festival.
Deputy mayor Geraldene Lucia-Hennis is no stranger to
controversy and stupid quotes.
I didn’t think I would have to say this but the photograph of the three bums is
a PhotoShop job. Some readers weren’t sure.