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News and Comment Index 2023

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December 2023

31 December (Part 2) - Is it close to a one woman dictatorship?

31 December (Part 1) - Things that didn’t happen in 2023

30 December (Part 2) - Shenstone School

30 December (Part 1) - A rude awakening

29 December - Arrogant lying law-breaking cowards? The view from Sidcup

28 December - Pit Bull @Tony unleashed. Parking is barking

27 December - Sectioned

26 December - Boxing clever - or maybe not

25 December - Heְ’s full of Christmas Cheer

24 December - The last word on ULEZ?

23 December - Another fine mess…

22 December (Part 2) - When choosing restaurants make Marstons the Lastone

22 December (Part 1) - Counting down to 2024

21 December (Part 2) - By Royal Appointment

21 December (Part 1) - If it doesn’t look right…

20 December (Part 2) - Bexley Council. Is it ennobled at the top and nobbled at the bottom?

20 December (Part 1) - In the clear

19 December (Part 2) - Computer says No

19 December (Part 1) - Leaf him alone

18 December (Part 2) - Peabody on the move? Possibly

18 December (Part 1) - FOI King Tony

17 December - Becoming Peter Craske

16 December - From the Morgan to Manhattan

15 December - Blame the managers

14 December - Please insert the word ‘some’ where appropriate

13 December (Part 3) - Crap from Complaints

13 December (Part 2) - Crap in Belvedere

13 December (Part 1) - Crap in Abbey Wood

12 December (Part 3) - Stop the War!

12 December (Part 2) - Bone headed Bexley

12 December (Part 1) - If at first you don’t succeed…

11 December - The Morgan, Belvedere. A place to avoid

10 December - Broke(n) Bexley

7 December (Part 2) - The important word is ‘Permanent’

7 December (Part 1) - Waste not want not

6 December (Part 2) - On a high horse making up rules on the hoof? Looks like it

6 December (Part 1) - More crookedness

5 December - A bunch of crooks?

4 December - Here they go again

3 December - It wasn’t me guv!

2 December (Part 2) - Small Business Saturday

2 December (Part 1) - From Vision to Vinyl. A Cabinet meeting report

1 December (Part 2) - Things that didn’t happen in November!

1 December (Part 1) - Defiance!

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November 2023

30 November - As bad as each other?

27 November - The New Year brings a new petition

26 November - Pointless questions?

25 November - Wind up time

24 November - Catching up

23 November - Time to give up?

22 November - Bexley. One very inconsiderate Council

21 November - Shenstone School

20 November - It’s pinch of salt time

16 November - Spend, spend, spend

15 November - Excuses, excuses

13 November - Water torture

12 November - Cob, Cash, Cabins, Cameras, Campaigns, Copyright and Cancer diagnostics

11 November - FOIs delay road safety improvements. Really?

10 November - Judge, Jury and Executioner

9 November - Back in the fray

6 November - Interesting but…

5 November - Recycling wrecked houses

4 November - Making Bexley Even Better

3 November - Recycling old news

2 November - Hold on to your wallets

1 November - The reason energy prices are unaffordable?

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October 2023

31 October - The Restoration

30 October - The No Hope Service

29 October - The inevitable consequence of complacency

28 October - Achievement zero

26 October - Another man down

24 October - A Good Omen for May 2024

23 October - Things that never happened

22 October - So dilapidated that no one wants it?

21 October - The only way is down

20 October - Bugs in the bins?

19 October - Lessons have not been learned

18 October - Lessons will be learned

17 October - Rewriting history

15 October - 300% above inflation in 30 years

14 October (Part 3) - Glass and Greed

14 October (Part 2) - Bins and Buddleia

14 October (Part 1) - BIDs and Books

13 October - Don’t get ill!

12 October (Part 2) - Three in a row

12 October (Part 1) - Number 13. How many more?

11 October - A potentially good but little known medical facility

0 October (Part 2) - A bit of a rant

10 October (Part 1) - And another one!

9 October - Ombudsman puts an expensive boot into Bexley Council

8 October (Part 2) - For his next trick…

8 October (Part 1) - A day in the life of Council misfits

7 October (Part 2) - We’re doomed! Doomed, I tell ye!

7 October (Part 1) - It’s all bull

6 October - The non-stop gravy train

5 October (Part 2) - Another Council boss gone

5 October (Part 1) - They built a railway to Abbey Wood? We never saw that coming

4 October (Part 3) - The lack of parking logic

4 October (Part 2) - The countdown to 114

4 October (Part 1) - Bexley Council. Converting misery into money

3 October (Part 4) - Cretinous commuter takes advantage of a cretinous Council

3 October (Part 3) - Lessons learned? Probably not

3 October (Part 2) - The cretin is back

3 October (Part 1) - Give us a job

2 October (Part 2) - Bexley Council, their management and political leaders are all absolutely useless

2 October (Part 1) - Bexley Council’s LGO failures with more to come

1 October (Part 3) - Corruption everywhere

1 October (Part 2) - Ulose

1 October (Part 1) - The minutiae of parking rules are complicated

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September 2023

30 September (Part 3) - A charmed life coming to an end?

30 September (Part 2) - Two and two

30 September (Part 1) - A nice round dozen

29 September (Part 2) - Into double figures

29 September (Part 1) - Passing the buck

28 September - Bexley Council ignores the law again

27 September - Wen do you think Chloe might reply? Wen do you think the Council might act?

25 September - From bad to worse again

24 September - From bad to worse?

23 September - Yellow hypocrisy

22 September (Part 2) - Broken Britain

22 September (Part 1) - Diesels, Dames, DVDs and Disposals

20 September - The need for Speed

19 September (Part 2) - Oh no, not another one! ©

19 September (Part 1) - No CPZ extension

18 September - The S word

17 September - Nothing to see here

16 September - Cleaned up their act did I say? I wonder

15 September (Part 2) - Another three years hard labour

15 September (Part 1) - Lying again?

13 September - The housing Merry-Go-Round

12 September - Bexley’s finest engineering brains choose Lego bricks

10 September - ULEZ charlatans and frauds?

9 September - Another wrong move

8 September - Where Bexley leads, Birmingham follows

6 September - The wheels are falling off all around us

5 September (Part 2) - Park wherever you like - almost

5 September (Part 1) - Not sitting on their arses. © Gillian Keegan

4 September - Phase I completed

3 September - The lack of concrete facts

2 September - Net stupid

1 September - Two down, one to go

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August 2023

31 August (Part 2) - Follow the science

31 August (Part 1) - Lies, damned lies and Khanage

30 August (Part 4) - Facing both ways

30 August (Part 3) - It's back!

30 August (Part 2) - OnTalkTV

30 August (Part 1) - What is the point of Councillors?

29 August (Part 2) - Twits to the Left of you, twats to the Right

29 August (Part 1) - Pollution by design

28 August (Part 3) - Quick work

28 August (Part 2) - Beware of Capita based scams

28 August (Part 1) - The Bogeymen

27 August (Part 2) - Elephants and former Bexley Council staff never forget

27 August (Part 1) - “Tainted by the actions of Officers”

26 August - Hunt Khan

25 August - In trouble again

24 August (Part 2) - Next steps

24 August (Part 1) - Obfuscation

23 August (Part 2) - Phase 1. But more to do

23 August (Part 1) - Wrong Move?

22 August (Part 2) - A lie too far

22 August (Part 1) - Here we go again, sadly

21 August - Facing both ways

20 August - When Up is Down and Right is Left

19 August - Soothsayers Anonymous

18 August - Beware of the dark

17 August (Part 2) - Bexley helps to bail out Capita

17 August (Part 1) - Do nothing Bexley

16 August (Part 2) - Shut up!

16 August (Part 1) - Why are we waiting?

15 August - If at first you don’t succeed…

14 August - No contact breakers

12 August - Blowing fuses!

11 August - A straight bat

10 August - Serial Troughers

9 August - Bad investments and non-disclosure agreements

8 August - Bexley backs Capita

7 August (Part 2) - A sinking ship

7 August (Part 1) - There is no escape from CCTV

6 August - It’s Labour’s way

5 August - Storm Antoni backs ULEZ

4 August (Part 2) - Flirting with bankruptcy

4 August (Part 1) - The word according to…

3 August - Deep pockets. Deep doo-doo

2 August - Hey Big Spender!

1 August (Part 2) - Paying for Park Prestige

1 August (Part 1) - All change at the top

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July 2023

31 July (Part 2) - Leopards do not change their spots

31 July (Part 1) - At least she holds surgeries!

30 July - A murky month

29 July - There are worse boroughs than Bexley

28 July - Greasy Pole Time

26 July - In praise of ULEZ

25 July - Compassionate Conservatism

24 July (Part 2) - What the Leader said

24 July (Part 1) - Recycling issues

23 July (Part 3) - Scraping the Transport meeting barrel

23 July (Part 2) - Lies and Khanned lies

23 July (Part 1) - MiliMayMadness

22 July (Part 2) - The party divide

22 July (Part 1) - Railway Ticket Office closures

21 July (Part 3) - Institutional Corruption

21 July (Part 2) - Cheap parking

21 July (Part 1) - Super Loopy

20 July (Part 2) - Royal Fail

20 July (Part 1) - Hot Air Quality

18 July (Part 2) - Fair’s fair. Maybe

18 July (Part 1) - Privileged people

17 July (Part 2) - Desperation

17 July (Part 1) - Heads we win, tails you lose

16 July - Vexed

15 July - Judge, Jury and Executioner

14 July - Destruction and death

13 July (Part 2) - The Cost of Freedom

13 July (Part 1) - Another Bexley Council IT failure

12 July - Teething problems with Council Tax Direct Debit reminders

11 July - Taking the pee

9 July - MP or Men in Pink?

8 July - A nice letter and a nice little earner

7 July - What should we make of this?

6 July (Part 2) - The known unknowns

6 July (Part 1) - Singh City

5 July (Part 2) - The Great Escape

5 July (Part 1) - Neglect is the norm

4 July - Telling Stories

3 July - Let another battle commence

1 July - Bexley Places

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June 2023

30 June - Two birds, one stone! (Country Style and parking)

29 June - A breath of fresh air?

28 June - A tiny step in the right direction

26 June - It’s naive to expect a straight answer

24 June (Part 2) - Treacherous weasel

24 June (Part 1) - A shortage of mugs

23 June (Part 2) - Secret Bexley

23 June (Part 1) - A Gym for Erith?

22 June - Overnight failure and overnight success

21 June - Doom and despondency

20 June - Only the messenger

19 June - The driver of Toyota GV58 CFM is a selfish cretin

17 June - Nothing to Singh about

16 June - When did it all go wrong?

12 June - Dangerous developments

8 June - Same old same old

7 June (Part 2) - Killing the Golden Goose…

7 June (Part 1) - Google block

6 June - Bob needs a friend

5 June - Idiocy and thoughtlessness everywhere

2 June - The Guilty men

1 June (Part 2) - The Council that doesn’t care

1 June (Part 1) - Dave Putsoff further Cost of Living meetings

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May 2023

31 May (Part 2) - Fifteen quid is no deterrent

31 May (Part 1) - Fifteen quid is cheaper than a PCN

30 May - Two new car parks. You have a choice. £15 or free

29 May - Cash and Trash

26 May - Turkish Delight

25 May (Part 2) - Better late than never

25 May (Part 1) - Not Dim and not Dour. Definitely not

24 May - No arguing, I’m in charge

23 May - Bexley’s Grand Plan. 7,000 more families on your GP’s waiting list

22 May - The message from Bexley’s Lady of Lords

19 May - Things can only get better

17 May - Police parking drama in Belvedere. When will Bexley Council react?

16 May - The Russian invasion

15 May - Enough is enough

13 May - Dishonest then, dishonest now?

11 May - Bexley Council pleasing no one again

9 May - What’s their excuse?

6 May (Part 2) - God Save Us From Country Style!

6 May (Part 1) - God Save the King!

5 May - Thinking about ULEZ, Part 7 - The Endgame

3 May - A wrong blog and bad parking

2 May - Council plans to impose yet more charges on Bexley residents

1 May - They have concrete plans

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April 2023

30 April (Part 2) - Bexley twinned with Islington? God help us

30 April (Part 1) - Idiots everywhere

29 April - Councillor John Davey. Tweet or Twit?

26 April - Creeps, crawlers and charlatans

25 April - Where’s Felix?

22 April - They have plans

20 April - Bexley. A council built on incompetence and lies

16 April - And another one!

13 April - Thinking about ULEZ, Part 6 - Valley of Decision

8 April - Beating the commuter parking problem

6 April - Another Craske failure, inevitably

5 April - After a ten year wait it is coming back

1 April - “Delay, Deny and Hope You Die”

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March 2023

31 March - Living dangerously

28 March (Part 2) - Stop electing Idiots

28 March (Part 1) - The NHS. Does it still exist?

25 March - Going Places

20 March - Dawn on the Cob

18 March - Making Bexley Even Poorer

17 March - Higher taxes augmented by poor quality insults

10 March - Money Money Money

9 March (Part 3) - Labour’s budget statement

9 March (Part 2) - In a nutshell

9 March (Part 1) - Abbey Goodwood

8 March - No drinking, no browsing, no use

5 March - Who’s sorry now?

4 March - Right and wrong

2 March - Inflation and deflation

1 March - Thinking about ULEZ, Part 5

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February 2023

28 February - Virtue signalling leads to needless loss of life

27 February - Our useless Council, again

24 February (Part 3) - Book Buster

24 February (Part 2) - Someone needed to be locked up

24 February (Part 1) - Our useless Council

23 February (Part 3) - Site additions

23 February (Part 2) - Reclaim the NHS

23 February (Part 1) - Vindex. Delivering Traffic Management and much more…

20 February - Déjà vu : Illegal Council spy cameras again

15 February - Thinking about ULEZ, Part 4 - A Beautiful Mind

14 February (Part 5) - MP shows signs of becoming an independent while an old Tory drifts towards the left

14 February (Part 4) - Never mind the quality, we can’t afford to pay for it any more

14 February (Part 3) - Bexley Group malPractice

14 February (Part 2) - Thanks Elon

14 February (Part 1) - Khan is a liar

12 February - GP. Gill Postponed

11 February - Duvet Day

9 February - Earth shaking. Turkish news and Covid news

8 February - The increasing cost of living

7 February - Thinking about ULEZ, Part 3 - People Will Talk

6 February - Tirana-on-Thames

5 February - Going Places

4 February - Your next GP appointment

3 February (Part 3) - The downside of the Elizabeth Line

3 February (Part 2) - Phantom video

3 February (Part 1) - Not content with wrecking London, Sadiq Khan is on a mission to spread his misery worldwide

2 February (Part 2) - The Cabinet meeting report. The consensus was that it makes for sombre reading

2 February (Part 1) - Classroom fat cats

1 February - School transport costs are rising

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January 2023

31 January - The Mayor is green, but not in a good way

27 January - The end may be nigh

26 January - Tuppence for ’em

25 January - Thinking about ULEZ, Part 2 - Soldier of Fortune

24 January - Things can only get bitter

23 January (Part 3) - Choose with care

23 January (Part 2) - The plans came to nothing

23 January (Part 1) - A narrow escape

22 January - By luck or good judgment?

21 January - Freedom to Obfuscate?

20 January - Is a week still a long time in politics?

13 January - Friday the 13th

11 January - Bexley Council. A disappointment to all

10 January - Parking. The good news and the no good at all

8 January - Thinking about ULEZ, Part 1 - Men of Honour

6 January - Has SloppyStyle failed Bexley yet again?

5 January - The square root of sweet Fanny Adams

3 January - Wishful thinking

2 January - Van d’Lies

1 January - Children of the Damned

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