When Thames Water commissioned this Review one wonders what it truly wanted to hear.....
Mike Woolgar, the chairman reported last week and had very little to say mainly because nothing has actually happened.
His co-member, Roger Falconer, a retired academic living in Yorkshire, had nothing to say apart from alluding to his work on the Somerset Levels flooding.
The lady in the image, Lykke Leonardsen lives in Copenhagen so one doesn't expect to see too much of her.
When Mr Woolgar was asked if a resident could join the Review he said NO: a shame, Cllr Lindsay who has worked hard for all of us would have been ideal.
Most of what Woolgar had to say revolved around the impact of Climate Change....not one word about the duplicate floods of 2007 when Climate Change was not on the tip of tongues.
The Dame holds no great hope for a constructive result but the reaction of others would be helpful.
It is a farce. Nearly as big as Johnson's COVID parties at No 10
ReplyDeleteWhen will the dizzy Leader say "enough is enough"
dizzy needs to put her foot down. Unfortunately neither foot has touched ground for many months. Perhaps years.
DeleteShe is guided by the toxic duo of Cllr False and the wheelie bin ("we agreed to listen but not to hear")
Any review of the flooding that already says anything at all about Climate Change as opposed to Thames Water's myriad failings and failures is plainly going nowhere useful at all. Unless you are Thames Water of course.
ReplyDeleteCommissioning Reviews to side step responsibility and damages is the new art form of the 21st Century. There is a fine skill required to write the terms of reference and choose the Committee members.
ReplyDeleteThis case is a classic. An Academic in Yorkshire, a lady in Copenhagen and a Chairman who who is bound by terms of reference linking the damage to climate change. And of course there is a ban on residents participating in case they might be able to contribute an understanding of what took place.
Any wonder that the general public is cynical about the current political class?
Why will the Buchan MP and the dizzy Council Leader not put a stop to all of this nonsense? The drains were blocked, it rained, and there was a flood. And the drains were blocked because Thames Water did not maintain them.
It is not rocket science. And there is no need for tax payers to pay academics in Yorkshire and ladies in Copenhagen to obfuscate.
Thames Water is only interested in reports that exonerate themselves from blame. They have behaved disgracefully and treated the residents concerned appallingly.
ReplyDeleteShane, don't forget that the RBKC Council has just launched a "flood survey". No doubt they will raid the tax payers piggy bank to pay for this work creation project and then file the report for historians.
DeleteDon't hold your breath.....
Too true, Africa Watcher. Whose side is the Council on?
DeleteThe Conservative Party needs a wake up call. MP Buchan and Leader Cllr Campbell need to get off their butts and for once do something useful for residents. And stop faffing around with sitting out benches in Kensington High Street and giving over Resident Parking Bays for fine dining.
ReplyDeleteBTW, RBKC is the ONLY Borough in the UK that is giving over Resident Parking Bays to pubs and restaurants. Just like RBKC was the ONLY Borough to establish and fund a civic opera that they blew £20m of Council tax on.
Giving up parking bays is another little step to clogging up the roads with slow and stationary traffic which is the best way known to road users for causing pollution.
The traffic madness lies mainly at the door of juvenile Cllr Takki, who is in charge of planning and totally out of control. A poodle pet indulged by dizzy
Pass the sick bag, Dame
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ReplyDeleteThe Dame needs to apply the lash to these spammers......
ReplyDeleteMy dear lady,
DeleteGet the whip out.
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