5 March (Part 1) - Hunger, Idiocy, Contradiction, Corruption and Incompetence
The following should have appeared here yesterday but to paraphrase Harold ‘You’ve
Never Had It So Good’ MacMillan, events got in the way, but here we go…
Bexley Foodbank
Fortunately I am never likely to be a Foodbank user and I don’t know much about
them except that a neighbour helps out in one. I gave him a hundred quid once to
get some essentials in but there my involvement ends.
I didn’t realise until recently that Danny Hackett, is a Moderator on a Bexleyheath Facebook Group. That’s
another thing that I don’t know much about, Facebook. I find it difficult to navigate and
it often attracts the sort of people I’d rather avoid.
Despite that Danny asked me to join the Bexleyheath Group.
That led me to an announcement about a Foodbank and as you might expect, Danny is well into Foodbanks and lends them whatever
support he can. The organisers’ latest efforts are directed towards equipping themselves with a van. To this end there is
a fund raising web page which is looking to raise £2,000.
It will be a pittance to some people and would probably not even scratch the
surface of the funds available to a political party, but when did they ever help anyone?
It’s early days for the Foodbank Appeal but so far it has not been doing too well. Perhaps you can help out?
“This van is sponsored by Bexley is Bonkers.” Hmmm.
Click image to go to the donation page.
You don’t have to be mad to be a road planner in Bexley but it will help your promotion prospects if you are
I
simply do not understand the mentality of the people who design road markings
like these. We have a light controlled pedestrian crossing where you might
expect a cyclist to carry on regardless, whether the lights be red or green.
No one likes that so Bexley Council has come up with an innovative wheeze.
Cyclists are directed up on to the pavement away from the crossing where they can scatter any waiting
pedestrians and then join the traffic flow a few yards further on - very probably without a backward glance.
Harrow Manorway for those who are not familiar with the area.
The Tweedle Brothers are at it again
They
want it all ways and are stupid enough to think we will fall for it.
Outnumbered as they are 35 to 10, the Labour Group in Bexley has zero chance of
getting a budget proposal accepted which may or may not be a good reason for not
expending a great deal of effort in putting their ideas forward.
The consequence is that Bexley Tories constantly take the proverbial out of them which they would
probably claim is part of the cut and thrust of politics, but do they have to constantly lie about it?
In recent days their Tweets suggest that when Labour does come up with an idea
they are promptly gagged - by whom they fail to say. Then they follow up with
the claim that Labour produce so many expensive ideas that they would cost another 5%
on Council Tax, neatly avoiding the fact that the law would not allow them to raise taxes that high.
Neither Tweet is truthful, it is rare for any Bexley Tory Tweet to be other than a lie, and they
frequently contradict what is actually said in Council meetings. The liars rely
on the fact that almost no one attends Council meetings and they won’t be caught out.
However here is a week old audio clip of Cabinet Member Peter Craske complaining
that Bexley Labour were silent when he asked for budget ideas.
Cabinet Member Craske complains that Labour Councillors remain silent. One of many examples.
Bulb Energy
Remember I said that
three people had taken the £100 incentive to take energy from
Bulb, giving me £300 at the same time? I got the confirmation emails OK but Bulb
has credited someone else entirely. A software glitch they say. The
same happened last July and they promised me it was fixed.
P.S. I have just received an email which says the error cannot be corrected but
I will be given a credit next month. That’s £900 dished out; no wonder your
energy bills are so high. Or is that down to Ed Miliband’s Climate Change Act?