Index: 2009 – 2010 – 2011 – 2012 – 2013 – 2014 – 2015 – 2016 – 2017 – 2018 – 2019 – 2020 – 2021 – 2022 – 2023 – 2024

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23 December - Just a trifle? In the park and in the Budget

22 December - Freezing this Christmas

21 December - French’s letter

20 December (Part 2) - The Wrong ’Un

20 December (Part 1) - Liz line commuters go green

19 December - Simply despicable

18 December - Well done Jeremy

17 December - Oh! Jeremy Fosten

16 December (Part 2) - Thank you Bexley Council, again

16 December (Part 1) - Thank you Bexley Council

15 December - Court in the act

12 December - This and that

11 December - Now what?

10 December - Who is the nosiest of them all?

8 December - The Methuen Road mystery

7 December (Part 3) - Probably untrue then. Definitely not true now

7 December (Part 2) - When is a Consultation not a Consultation? (When it gives the wrong answer!)

7 December (Part 1) - Stef is very happy. David may not be

2 December - CPZ. Consultation Passed-by Zone

1 December - Bexley Council fails again - and again!

30 November - The Borella Breakfast Box

28 November - The battle of Crayford

26 November - A sign of national discontent?

24 November - From balls to Box and Cocks

23 November - Hail the winner!

22 November - Liars, hypocrites and thieves

21 November - Not such a bad day’s work

20 November - Khan’t do anything right

19 November - Stuck Farmers

18 November (Part 2) - London diverges from the EU?

18 November (Part 1) - Democracy? What democracy?

17 November (Part 2) - Buses Bulgarians Burglars and Bexley Based Body Botherers

17 November (Part 1) - Back to TfL

6 November (Part 2) - Back on track

16 November (Part 1) - Danson Park. Never again

15 November (Part 2) - The SL3 to Bexley Village - or not

15 November (Part 1) - Bexley’s Box Bankers

14 November (Part 2) - Kier SStarmer grants Baroness her wish

14 November (Part 1) - Bexley Boxes

13 November (Part 2) - Transport Committee discussion on roads

13 November (Part 1) - Just a quick one - or two

12 November - Difficult Choices and the ‘wicked’ response

11 November - The Leaderְ’s Report

10 November (Part 2) - The Conservative view on ULEZ 15 months after its imposition

10 November (Part 1) - Labour’s case for ULEZ

9 November (Part 2) - Safety Valve blows

9 November (Part 1) - ULEZ again

8 November - Question Time

7 November - My first hybrid Full Council meeting

6 November (Part 2) - Just an amateur

6 November (Part 1) - It seems I am getting forgetful too

5 November - It seems I am Billy No-mates

3 November - Vexatious or not? We have the definitive answer

2 November (Part 2) - Everything comes to he who waits

2 November (Part 1) - Still aboard the gravy train

1 November - Incompetence rules the roost in Bexley

31 October - Labour stooge?

29 October - The best of Labour

28 October - Some you win and some you don’t

27 October - Believe it if you like

26 October - The battle rages on

25 October - Bexley’s autism strategy

23 October - Preparing for a healthy Winter

22 October - Housing. Targets versus reality

21 October - Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence

20 October - Libraries not to be shelved

19 October - The Glee Club

18 October (Part 2) - Business up - except in Erith

18 October (Part 1) - Business as usual

17 October - Polling Day in Belvedere

16 October (Part 2) - Expensive children

16 October (Part 1) - For how much longer?

15 October (Part 2) - Cabinet Member reports to Finance Scrutiny meeting

15 October (Part 1) - Spot the difference

14 October (Part 3) - Bexley Council sets the management bar low

14 October (Part 2) - Panel beating

14 October (Part 1) - Oh B! I got that wrong

13 October (Part 3) - Reform UK delivers their by-election leaflet

13 October (Part 2) - HR STAR Quality

13 October (Part 1) - Labour isn’t working

11 October - The Customer Service Experience in Bexley. It needs to improve

10 October - Bexley Council. Wrong again

9 October - Selective leafleting

8 October - One of us? Who knows?

6 October - The lull before the meetings storm

3 October - Maybe the multi-skilled Mayor needs a better Abacus

1 October (Part 2) - Oh no. Not again!

1 October (Part 1) - Charity begins at…

30 September - End of month roundup

29 September - If at first you don’t succeed… it’s only taxpayers’ money

28 September - A reason to vote Conservative

26 September - A reason to vote Liberal Democrat

25 September - Unwise to park in Abbey Wood and unwise parking in Abbey Wood

24 September (Part 2) - Another inconsiderate commuter. PF14 HXZ

24 September (Part 1) - Perhaps the Lib Dems have a point…

23 September - The bin tax. It could be worse

22 September - “Send Labour a message”

16 September - Bexley Council’s top management. Filled with rats and wasps

15 September - Bexley in Westminster

14 September - Not Appy

13 September - Attempted murder is not an urgent matter in Sidcup

12 September - Prophetic words

11 September (Part 2) - They are called Liebour for a reason

11 September (Part 1) - Selling up

10 September - Flip Flopping Frauds

9 September - Good progress but more to do

8 September - The Belvedere By-election. Some questions for Labour

7 September - The cost of democracy

2 September - Idiots work for Cabinet Member Richard Diment. Does he know?

1 September - It is an Express Bus after all

31 August - Belvedere By-election

25 August - Tinker Taylor

24 August - Eight more Council Houses for sale

21 August - Bexley Council has employed another misguided loyalist who, despite overwhelming evidence, will not accept that they broke the law

18 August (Part 2) - Not a riot

18 August (Part 1) - Another dump dumped by a Housing Association

17 August - Pile ’em high; sell ’em cheap

16 August - Anti-establishment rhetoric

15 August - Sir Flip Flop

14 August (Part 2) - Government Policy is criminal

14 August (Part 1) - Back to basics

13 August - It could get worse

12 August - The Socialist revolution

11 August - Bang them all up

10 August (Part 2) - Looking for Newcastle Brown shirts

10 August (Part 1) - Creepy Crawley

9 August - A divided nation. Divided friends

8 August (Part 2) - Make them famous

8 August (Part 1) - A bit of a dick

7 August (Part 4) - Eggs and a beating

7 August (Part 3) - The Left strikes back

7 August (Part 2) - The Government controls the media

7 August (Part 1) - Two Tier policing. It’s obvious innit?

6 August - Don’t rise to the bait

5 August - Protests, riots and thuggery

4 August (Part 3) - Stabbing, Starmer and Stoke

4 August (Part 2) - Starmergeddon looms. Blood flows

4 August (Part 1) - Cheap but maybe not too nasty

3 August - The shortest honeymoon in history

2 August - Mr. Khan will not be pleased

1 August (Part 2) - Tinderbox Britain

1 August (Part 1) - Under attack

31 July - Wasting time. Wasting money

29 July - Marking time

26 July - It’s good news

25 July - The good news and the bad news

24 July - 50 Not out

23 July - Attempted murder is not a crime in Bexley

22 July - The Leader’s report

21 July (Part 2) - Don’t mention the R word

21 July (Part 1) - Another ghetto

20 July - Mabel’s Motion

19 July - Councillor’s Questions No. 2, 3, 4 and 5

18 July - Councillor’s Question No. 1

17 July - Forget freedom

16 July (Part 3) - Sadiq makes sense

16 July (Part 2) - @ToRyofSidcup. Correction and conciliation

16 July (Part 1) - Sidcup Police. Utterly useless again

15 July (Part 2) - Axe Axiom?

15 July (Part 1) - Preparing Children in Care for Adulthood. A new Strategy

14 July (Part 2) - CPZ consultation confusion

14 July (Part 1) - Debate and dither

13 July (Part 2) - Fire and emergency drills. Is Bexley ready for the unforeseen?

13 July (Part 1) - Housing Associations selling off stock again

12 July (Part 2) - Lawless London

12 July (Part 1) - How not to handle complaints

11 July - Finance and Corporate Services Scrutiny

10 July - Another day, another Council cock-up

9 July - Another clueless Bexley manager with a God complex

8 July - Not good enough

7 July - A ‘Vision’ for improving Adults’ Social Care in Bexley

6 July - Thinking aloud

5 July - Where’s her hat?

4 July - Elections may come and go but Abbey Wood remains scruffy

3 July (Part 2) - Bexley 1: Greenwich nil

3 July (Part 1) - Well stuff them then

2 July - Nearly there

1 July (Part 3) - Pirates of the Caribbean 5

1 July (Part 2) - The final straw

1 July (Part 1) - Nothing is done right in Bexley

30 June - The nation is restless

29 June (Part 2) - A bunch of amateurs

29 June (Part 1) - The truth will out

28 June (Part 2) - A stitch in time…

28 June (Part 1) - In the news

27 June (Part 2) - With a week to spare

27 June (Part 1) - They would say that wouldn’t they?

26 June - Reformed characters?

23 June - Put on the spot

22 June (Part 2) - Balancing the books

22 June (Part 1) - Spiting their faces

21 June - Would-be leaders appeal to the hard of thinking

20 June - Let down by Bexley Council - again!

19 June (Part 2) - Unreformed

19 June (Part 1) - The answer must be “No”

18 June (Part 2) - Where does all the money go?

18 June (Part 1) - Where Rishi went wrong - the abridged version

17 June (Part 2) - It may be all my fault

17 June (Part 1) - Be prepared!

16 June - Reserves down again

15 June (Part 2) - Taxes are far too high because…

15 June (Part 1) - Reform UK unmuted

14 June (Part 2) - New Chief Executive in Bexley

14 June (Part 1) - Reform UK on mute

13 June - Predictions are easy after all

12 June - Hedging one’s bets

11 June (Part 2) - Rising discontent

11 June (Part 1) - Gizza job

10 June - Five minutes of fame

9 June (Part 2) - What if?

9 June (Part 1) - Looking after themselves

8 June (Part 3) - Sadiq Khan’s London

8 June (Part 2) - A bit of self-indulgence!

8 June (Part 1) - Tempus Fugit

7 June (Part 2) - The defecating dog

7 June (Part 1) - Question time

6 June - Does a Conservative deserve my vote?

5 June - It’s not illegal but it makes you think

4 June - No style and Country Style

3 June (Part 2) - 40 minutes of passion!

3 June (Part 1) - Down with Daniel!

2 June - Drip, drip, drip. Money, money money

1 June - Daniel enters the lion’s den

31 May - Complaints

30 May (Part 3) - Abbey Wood Village. The end

30 May (Part 2) - Here he goes again

30 May (Part 1 - Knee Hill is shut…

29 May (Part 2) - Where’s the Swingers’ Party?

29 May (Part 1) - A disgrace to Bexley Council

28 May (Part 3) - Knee Hill is shut all week

28 May (Part 2) - Sixty years of elections

28 May (Part 1) - Boxley-is-Bonkers

27 May - Wagwan endz mandam?

25 May - Zero transparency leads to wanton waste

24 May - It’s a point of view

23 May - A pretty good day outside of Downing Street too

22 May (Part 2) - Bexley’s new Mayor is…

22 May (Part 1) - Corruption everywhere

21 May - Scouting, Suspicions and Statistics

20 May - Shameless

19 May - Bexley answers the question while most donְ’t

18 May - A pain in the backside

17 May - Information Commissioner moves the goal posts

16 May - How did it go so wrong?

15 May - ‘V’ for vexatious, vindictive, vendetta

13 May - The gutter press

12 May - A new lark in the park

11 May - Marking time

10 May - Sorry. No idea

9 May - Funambulism

8 May - Something to celebrate

6 May - Intelligence required

4 May - Another reason not to vote for Rishi Sunak

3 May - Delay by design

2 May - Sidcrap

1 May - A Fantastic Fun Fifty

30 April (Part 2) - No more Khanage please

30 April (Part 1) - Ye Olde Memory Battle

29 April - Twelve years of progress

28 April - 53 Questions. Few Answers

27 April - And They All Lived Happily Ever After

26 April - Friday Fillers

25 April - No show

24 April - No easy answers

23 April - Potholes first

22 April - Into the abyss

21 April - How do you solve a problem like Dimitri?

20 April - Bexley says StuffYourStreet

19 April (Part 3) - The all electric home

19 April (Part 2) - Buy a boat

19 April (Part 1) - Promises, promises

18 April (Part 3) - When in a hole, buy a bigger spade

18 April (Part 2) - Non-PC AT & Tea

18 April (Part 1) - Lightning strikes twice

17 April - Three failures

16 April - Out Foxed

14 April - No Trading Standards has consequences

13 April - Thames Water is mainly crap (in rivers). Octopus Energy is mainly clapped

12 April - Someone may be fibbing

10 April - Twice a year is not enough

8 April (Part 2) - Road relief

8 April (Part 1) - Yarnton Way crossing

7 April (Part 2) - Bexley is truly Bonkers

7 April (Part 1) - A short history of SEN failure

6 April - B is not for Blocks, it’s for burglary. R is not for Resin, it’s for rape

5 April (Part 2) - Council breaks your bin. Wait five months for another

5 April (Part 1) - Lion Steam Cleaning Services

4 April (Part 2) - In praise of Shenstone School

4 April (Part 1) - The SEND inquest

3 April (Part 2) - Spinning in his grave

3 April (Part 1) - Bye bye bin

2 April (Part 2) - Can it get any worse?

2 April (Part 1) - Bexley bodge boys

1 April - Looking out for their own

31 March - It’s all bad news

30 March - Bad management in Watling Street

29 March - Scammed?

28 March - From Contact Centre to Chatbot

27 March (Part 2) - Child care and education

27 March (Part 1) - Sent to Coventry

24 March - Blocked drains explained

22 March - Rail Road matters

21 March (Part 2) - Bexley’s Safety Survey

21 March (Part 1) - 2,000 lies

20 March (Part 2) - Bexley has above average GP numbers - if you exclude Thamesmead

20 March (Part 1) - Bexley Council’s 2,000 lies. Here’s another one

18 March - Things will get busy, but not just yet

16 March - Making Bexley Even Wetter

14 March - Tories preen themselves while Felix ruffles their feathers

13 March - A fantastic Budget says the Bishop

12 March (Part 2) - What is the point of our Express bus?

12 March (Part 1)- Budget Amendment rejected

11 March (Part 2) - Well that told ’em

11 March (Part 1) - It will not end well

10 March (Part 3) - When is a tweak not a tweak?

10 March (Part 2) - The way they live in HMOs

10 March (Part 1) - The Amendment is a piecemeal Fudge

9 March (Part 3) - Turkish and Delight

9 March (Part 2) - Bedlam, Building and Bins

9 March (Part 1) - Who’s a Wonka?

8 March - BexleyCopout

7 March (Part 2) - Leader and Deputy talk tough

7 March (Part 1) - Taking the pee

6 March - Jam today and jam tomorrow

5 March - Local Labour Loons

4 March (Part 3) - Give them an inch…

4 March (Part 2) - Slow and Late (3)

4 March (Part 1) - Crime and Prejudice

3 March (Part 2) - All talk

3 March (Part 1) - Subservience is what you need

2 March (Part 2) - SENDing best regards

2 March (Part 1) - Bexley Council is playing Silly Buggers

1 March (Part 2) - When Meeting Minutes lies

1 March (Part 1) - False names and fake news

29 February (Part 4) - Left wing trolls

29 February (Part 3) - Worrying words

29 February (Part 2) - Michael Barnbrook

29 February (Part 1) - Fickle

28 February - From the BiB post box

27 February (Part 2) - Am I a skinflint?

27 February (Part 1) - If you don’t like my excuse, I have more

26 February (Part 2) - I was a Hotten Tot

26 February (Part 1) - Gaslighting Council is not good enough

25 February (Part 5) - Riku Fryderyk. Queen of buses

25 February (Part 4) - One oak. Few blokes

25 February (Part 3) - Bexley is in “a very sad place”

25 February (Part 2) - Superflop cancels Superloop on Day 2 while Superloon has a Sunday lie in

25 February (Part 1) - Crossing Yarnton Way

24 February (Part 3) - Superloop SL3

24 February (Part 2) - Crossing swords

24 February (Part 1) - Well this is a little embarrassing

23 February (Part 2) - The financial future. Starmageddon?

23 February (Part 2) - Costs up, reserves down

22 February - Ancient and Moderna

21 February - “Eye-watering sums”

19 February (Part 2) - Another “diatribe”

19 February (Part 1) - June the 1st

18 February (Part 2) - A little bit of finance

18 February (Part 1) - We plan on ripping you off until you rebel

17 February - Labouring the point

16 February - Everything is broken

15 February (Part 2) - Customer Experience

15 February (Part 1) - Michael Barnbrook, 25th March 1943 - 14th February 2024

14 February - We have a plan; to spend another £55k.

13 February - Enough is enough. Too much actually!

12 February - How to cripple Bexley’s Night Time Economy

11 February - Sunak is not a Looney

9 February (Part 2) - More ‘Places’

9 February (Part 1) - Who is the clown?

8 February - Hayley the Unhelpful

7 February - The electric tube is coming to Bexley

5 February - If it ain’t broke, break it

4 February - Black Lives Matter

3 February - It has to stop

2 February - Shangrila on Thames

1 February (Part 2) - Council intent on impoverishing voters

1 February (Part 1) - “Self-entitled bastard”

31 January - It is true what they say about BMW drivers

30 January - Where’s the evidence?

29 January - Smoke and fire

28 January - Buses and bikes

27 January - Railway matters

26 January (Part 2) - Stop the war

26 January (Part 1) - Keep Bexley UnTidy

25 January - They got there in the end

24 January - A spoke in their works

23 January - Electrical waste of time

22 January - Prepare to dig deep

21 January (Part 2) - Chinese laws take precedence in St. Pancras

21 January (Part 1) - Every journey matters

20 January - We have bins (and pots!)

19 January - The open reach of BiB

18 January - Crooked accounting

17 January - Dry January

16 January - Another unauthorised building start

15 January (Part 2) - No one cares

15 January (Part 1) - They took their time

12 January - The vagaries of a bin man’s mind

11 January - We are well and truly stuffed

10 January - Another £65 reduction to our Council Tax bill

9 January - Do now, ask later

8 January - My Street Fixed

7 January - Men of straw

6 January - Depreciating assets

5 January - Feedback

4 January (Part 2) - Where are we now?

4 January (Part 1) - Please Fix My Council

3 January (Part 2) - What’s the missing link?

3 January (Part 1) - Bin waiting a long time

2 January - Keep on digging

1 January - Whatever happened to No. 2?