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December 2025

31 December - Looking back-

24 December - Doom mongering

22 December (Part 2) - Who tells porkies?

22 December (Part 1) - Sidcup shut again

21 December - Is the grant up or down. What is the truth of it?

19 December - Bexley Council. Incompetent or malicious?

16 December (Part 2) - How to fix Bexley’s traffic problems

16 December (Part 1) - Sainsbury’s is useless again

15 December - Sidcup has a Castle

13 December - Widespread waste

11 December - In a flap over flag waving

10 December - Bexley Council wants DLR to go to Belvedere but once voted against it!

9 December - No Transport for Bexleyheath

8 December - D Notice

7 December - Highwaymen

4 December - Massive investment in Bexley’s roads

3 December - Every day sees a new traffic calamity in Bexley, South East London’s centre for road idiocy

2 December - Bexley Council is the biggest Story Teller of all

1 December - How to dodge most of Rachel Reeves property taxes

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November 2025

30 November - Buses due and Due Diligence

29 November - Leaf on mute

28 November (Part 2) - 7 m.p.h. to Sidcup

28 November (Part 1) - The 301 bus again

27 November (Part 2) - The real Clown Show

27 November (Part 2) - TfL Clown Show

26 November - Bexley Council does not have the monopoly on cretins

24 November - Hammergate

22 November - Bus bollocks from TfL

20 November (Part 2) - Bexley’s buses are bloody awful

20 November (Part 1) - The cinema refurbishment that didn’t happen

19 November - The Leader’s last report to Council

18 November - Ugly or what?

12 November - We have friends

15 November - For one day only

14 November - Comeuppance

13 November - Council first. Residents second

12 November - We have friends

6 November - David’s the man

9 November - A Party Political Broadcast on behalf of the Conservative Party

8 November - Several questions, rather fewer answers

7 November - Bexley’s roads are nothing to be proud of

6 November - David’s the man

1 November - Ta-Ta To Teflon Tess

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October 2025

29 October - A little more from the Cabinet meeting

28 October - The do nothing Council

27 October - Lucky it is half-term

26 October - Teresa’s last Cabinet

24 October - Method in their madness? But at a high price

23 October - Maladministration?

20 October (Part 1) - The Finance Scrutiny meeting. Complaints officially down but maybe they are not

20 October (Part 1) - The Finance Scrutiny meeting. Complaints officially down but maybe they are not

18 October - More on the Transport meeting

17 October - Interim Transport meeting report

14 October - Saint George banished from his horse

13 October - It’s not fair

12 October - Meetings resume

5 October - The Sidcup Storyteller. More bad news

1 October (Part 3 - contact@

1 October (Part 2) - The digital divide

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September 2025

29 September - Peter’s vanity project

26 September - The Bottle battle

23 September - Absence

18 September - Gone!

17 September - “Underhand and illegal”

16 September - Utterly Dimented

15 September - A CPZ designed by random number generator

14 September - The intolerant Left

13 September - Waving the flag

12 September - Bexley Council : Thoroughly vindictive, as usual

10 September - Get rich quick

9 September - Where did they go?

8 September - Today is the day

7 September - Cheap and cheerful and possibly not total crap

5 September - Elwyn Bryant : 1937 - 2025

4 September (Part 3) - Computers on wheels - Phase 2

4 September (Part 2) - More profit than BexleyCo

4 September (Part 1) - Commuters on wheels

3 September - Computers on wheels

2 September - Not a gold mine

1 September - Reform UK has combined two branches to form a single Bexley Branch

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August 2025

31 August - What does your Councillor do for his £10K per year?

30 August - Davey John’s look out

29 August - Democracy in operation at Reform UK Bexley

28 August - News Stopper

27 August - Beware of scammersK

26 August - Bexley. The do nothing Council

23 August - Something to hide?

22 August - A message to RS

21 August (Part 3) - BexleyCoining it in

21 August (Part 2) - Too late now

21 August (Part 1) - If at first you don’t succeed…

20 August - A housing net loss

19 August - For and against the CPZ

18 August (Part 3) - BexleyCo : The borough’s biggest failure

18 August (Part 2) - Bexley Council : Worst in London

18 August (Part 1) - Thames Water : Worst utility in UK

17 August - Out and about in Belvedere

16 August - - The inconstencies of Bexley Council’s new Crazy Painting Zone (CPZ AW1)

15 August - Food was in short supply but we had a party

14 August - Bexley Council says flat dwellers are dim

13 August - The last word on 16 New Road

12 August (Part 4) - Running late

12 August (Part 3) - Neglect and vandalism

12 August (Part 2) - From West Heath to West Street; everything is going west

12 August (Part 1) - Lining the roads and lining Council pockets

11 August (Part 2) - Abbey Wood CPZ - No action so far

11 August (Part 1) - 16 New Road - “Wholly out of keeping”

10 August - That CPZ! Lining to be completed next week

9 August (Part 2) - Bexley Council; vindictive as ever

9 August (Part 1) - Bexley Council; despoiling New Road, Abbey Wood

8 August - This and that

7 August - The Abbey Wood (Outer) CPZ

5 August - Ye Olde Leather Bottle. A brief history

4 August - The Reform v MP spat. Who won? Looks like it was Reform

3 August - The Reform v MP spat. Who won?

2 August (Part 2) - Finance Scrutiny Committee report (Asset Management)

2 August (Part 1) - Ye Olde Heron Hill dump

1 August (Part 2) - Burstead Woods

1 August (Part 1) - Finance Scrutiny Committee report (Transformation)

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July 2025

31 July - Thames Water. Enemy of the people

30 July - Bonkers

29 July - Safer Streets Summer

28 July - “An absolute load of nonsense.” Are we sure about that?

27 July (Part 2) - The Leader’s report

27 July (Part 1) - It’s bin collected

26 July (Part 2) - Democracy in Bexley

26 July (Part 1) - Council Questions

25 July (Part 4) - The Great Replacement

25 July (Part 3) - Another computer failure

25 July (Part 2) - 99·9% of statistics are made up

25 July (Part 1) - “A recipe for head on crashes”

24 July - How do HMOs operate?

23 July (Part 3) - Bexley needs Reform

23 July (Part 2) - The Old Scrooges Association

23 July (Part 1) - Sidcup cinema closes for refit

22 July (Part 2) - Transport extras

22 July (Part 1) - HMO or what?

21 July (Part 2) - A disappointing Transport meeting

21 July (Part 1) - The hate list

20 July (Part 2) - Epping boils over

20 July (Part 1) - The Abbey Road crash

19 July (Part 2) - Idiot driver causes half a million pounds’ worth of damage

19 July (Part 1) - More excuses

17 July - Conservatives’ “affront to democracy”

16 July - Risky business

15 July - Public enemy number 1

14 July - Ignorance is bliss

13 July - Stinking bins

12 July - Not quite broke yet

11 July - Library Strategy

10 July - No smoke, no talent, no commuters

9 July - Albany Park station. 90

7 July - Labour logic. Labour lies

6 July - Fostering

5 July - Bexley Council admits to being the worst borough for Extra Care Housing and abortions

3 July - Downgraded. BexleyCo falls short

2 July - You win some, you lose some

1 July (Part 2) - What a racket

1 July (Part 1) - Artful management

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June 2025

30 June - Money back at the third attempt

29 June - Boundary change?

28 June - Erith. Hard to get to and who wants to anyway?

27 June - Pee’d off with butt kicking

26 June - Little Weeds

25 June (Part 2) - Starmer continues the well established decline

25 June (Part 1) - No more messing around

24 June (Part 2) - A storm in a talking shop

24 June (Part 1) - I told you so

23 June - Rachel thieves again

22 June (Part 2) - Strike up the banned

22 June (Part 1) - Who goes there?

21 June (Part 2) - Luke is no longer singing from the same Hymn Sheet

21 June (Part 1) - Safe route cut

20 June - Signs of neglect

19 June (Part 3) - Uninvited guests

19 June (Part 2) - Facebook Frauds?

19 June (Part 1) - Scrap metal

18 June (Part 6) - Jess Phillips. Minister for Women and Girls

18 June (Part 5) - HK17 CHG. No MOT

18 June (Part 4) - HK17 CHG

18 June (Part 3) - BexleyCo indexed

18 June (Part 2) - HK17 CHG

18 June (Part 1) - Wickedness beyond comprehension

17 June - Bexley’s useless Council allowed HK17 CHG to get away with it yesterday, so now he is a regular

16 June (Part 2) - I was wrong. Maybe Bexley is the most useless Council in London

16 June (Part 1) - Frightening to think Bexley is probably not the most useless Council in London

15 June (Part 2) - Sadiq Khan is a cheating bastard

15 June (Part 1) - Deceiving Sidcup

14 June - In praise of NHS Services. Shame about London Ambulance Service. Is it always so bad?

10 June - Avoid First Direct bank and be very careful with The Metro ATM

8 June - Labour hates free speech

7 June (Part 2) - Gridlock in Bexley again. It really is time to retaliate through the ballot box

7 June (Part 1) - I may be on the Prevent list already (†)

6 June (Part 2) - Police, Fire or Ambulance (or Coastguard in appropriate places)

6 June (Part 1) - Labour activists run Facebook locally. Don’t expect honesty and integrity

5 June - Down on your knees

4 June - Factory on fire. Fiery fools (BC70 UNU)

3 June - Reputation trashed worldwide

2 June (Part 2) - Council stupidity. Labour dishonesty

2 June (Part 1) - Fancy a bungalow? Cheap

1 June - The Mayor. It has been a very good year

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May 2025

29 May - Tinderbox Britain

25 May - Brief ones again

24 May (Part 2) - Labour in Bexley may be in big trouble

24 May (Part 1) - Someone messed up…

23 May - What’s going on in Blackfen?

22 May - Following yesterday…

21 May (Part 2) - An impossible act to follow

21 May (Part 1) - Bullet points

18 May - Assault (on the greenbelt) and battery

14 May (Part 2) - Scorned

14 May (Part 1) - A correction

13 May - The reason it is called Longlands?

12 May - No justice

8 May - Bexley Council says this is totally acceptable

7 May - Reformed character

6 May - Inconsistent enforcement

5 May - Reform UK on Bexley’s doorstep

3 May - Council meeting - Leader’s report

2 May (Part 3) - Council meeting report - The Motion and the Labour Amendment

2 May (Part 2) - Council meeting report - Motions

2 May (Part 1) - Black Monday

1 May - Council meeting report - Questions

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April 2025

26 April - Adobe dumped

25 April - Back again…

22 April - Bexley Council punishes teachers

21 April - From Erith via Crayford and Southend to Runcorn

20 April - Porkie Pies?

19 April - Like rats in a sack

18 April - Worth the wait?

17 April - Who is the biggest StoryTeller?

16 April - Homeless in Bexley

15 April - Ripped off ticket. Rip off Britain

14 April - 60 years a borough

13 April - Where the money goes

13 April - How the money goes

12 April - Buses poor. Trains good

11 April - Nothing but problems

10 April - Broken Bexley

9 April - Children’s Talk

7 April - Going Places

6 April (Part 2) - The catch up begins

6 April (Part 1) - The man who knows too much

5 April - The sell off continues

4 April - Their own worst enemy

1 April - X rated Tweet?

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March 2025

29 March - County Gate crashes

28 March (Part 2) - Another Bexley Council failure

28 March (Part 1) - It doesn’t compute

26 March - Dragging their feet

25 March - Under pressure

23 March - Gown but not quite forgotten

17 March - Labour commands the high ground

16 March (Part 2) - Jackson on Jeremy

16 March (Part 1) - Conservatives speak in favour of their Budget

15 March - Labour’s initial response to the Tory budget

14 March - Fob Off Idiots

13 March - From Sixth Form to Re-Form

8 March (Part 2) - The Lessons from Labour

8 March (Part 1) - The Gospel of David

7 March (Part 2) - They win, you lose. It’s the Bexley way

7 March (Part 1) - The word according to Saint Teresa

6 March - Bexley under siege by a Labour Government

5 March - Bottom of the class

4 March (Part 4) - The quickest £100 (nearly) I ever earned

4 March (Part 3) - Cyclists are disposable in Bexley

4 March (Part 2) - Rough times ahead?

4 March (Part 1) - Give ’em an inch

3 March (Part 2) - Leaf lays it on the line

3 March (Part 1) - Legal lunacy

2 March - It was all about the money

1 March - State secrets

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February 2025

28 February - Thames Water; what a shower!

27 February - Laid up

26 February (Part 2) - Richard’s Rails

26 February (Part 1)- Boxing clever

25 February (Part 2) - Another massive eyesore

25 February (Part 1) - Brown stuff

24 February - The last financial knockings

23 February - Farming Bacon

22 February - Conspiracy theories?

21 February - Sue Chris Ball

20 February (Part 2) - You’re wrong!

20 February (Part 1) - You’re banned!

19 February (Part 3) - Best to keep quiet right now

19 February (Part 2) - Diment delivers

19 February (Part 1) - James Hunted

18 February - 25% Council Tax increase for the not well off

17 February - This Website

16 February - Talking intelligently?

15 February - Bexley’s Childrenְ’s Care providers are “verging on the criminal”

14 February - … and they will take a mile

13 February - Under Labour there is no money. Not yet anyway

12 February - India rubber man

11 February - A barrier to progress

10 February - Nine months to answer an FOI honestly. (One assumes)

9 February - £5 garden waste hike was tolerated last year so the reward is £10 this year and next

8 February - A BlasT from the PasT

7 February - Build ’em, neglect ’em, junk them

6 February - Not good at answering FOIs. Not good at educating SEND pupils

5 February (Part 2) - Lowest spending borough in London

5 February (Part 1) - Highest taxing Tory borough in London

4 February - Playing FOI catch up

3 February - Back to the drawing board

2 February - Something to hide?

1 February (Part 3) - Erith Road

1 February (Part 2) - A planning free for all?

1 February (Part 1) - Simple Exodus or Stampede?

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January 2025

31 January - Net stupid

30 January - Give them an inch

29 January - Carry On Lying

28 January - Mission Impossible

27 January (Part 2) - “Government grants are designed to hand more money to Labour boroughs”

27 January (Part 1) - Looking for help

26 January - Speculation but could it be uncomfortably close to the truth?

25 January (Part 2) - Seriously dodgy

25 January (Part 1) - Jane bows out

24 January - Still sitting in the dark

23 January (Part 2) - Intolerable abuse

23 January (Part 1) - Indecisive Bexley

21 January (Part 2) - You couldn’t make it up

21 January (Part 1) - More than just a patch

20 January (Part 3) - Pot hole or Pothole and how can we fill them?

20 January (Part 2) - From three screens to three emails

20 January (Part 1) - Loadsa money being spent but not much in Bexley

19 January - Miscellaneous Transport issues

18 January (Part 2) - Where has the money come from?

18 January Part 1 - No Platformed

17 January - It’s all about the money

16 January - No trains today, not many buses either!

15 January - Normal business may resume soon

12 January - The End

11 January - From wokery to wankery

10 January - Where are we now?

8 January - The pavement parking lottery

7 January - You couldn’t make it up

6 January - Where the bins are

5 January - It’s not all bad

4 January - The Depraved and the Disappeared

3 January (Part 2) - Six months and nothing!

3 January (Part 1) - Pedestrian progress

2 January - The Commies are optimistic for the longer term

1 January - Absent for ten years but still lurking

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