POLICE TURN BLIND EYE TO DANGEROUS DRIVERS

 

typical offender

This afternoon Brompton Rd was the usual scene of auto anarchy.

A mix of Middle Eastern registered Lamborghinis raced against heavily modified saloons. 

The heavily modified cars all bore UK registrations and were certainly not driven by local residents.

It is difficult to imagine any other European city allowing foreign-plated cars to drive in this way. 

The modifications not just increased speed but injected nitrous oxide into the fuel injection system causing decibel levels far in excess of  permitted and accompanied by a series of explosions.

But the explosive noise is one thing. More importantly, is the risk to human life as these imbeciles accelerate well beyond 80 MPH in bursts of speed. So much for the 20 MPH speed limit normal people have to adhere to.

The council gathers tens of millions of pounds in parking revenue. 

There is no reason why this ring-fenced revenue should not be used to fund a proactive enforcement programme.

It was the Dame who alerted the Council to Acoustic cameras. What is needed now are police-manned speed controls. In this way offending vehicles can be taken off the road.

Whilst careful drivers gets dragged onto speed awareness courses for exceeding the limit by a few MPH the weekend racers are given carte blanche.

CAFFCASS AND INFANTICIDE

This is Jackie Tiotto, boss of Caffcass. Caffcass and its social workers advise the very secretive family courts on whether vulnerable children be returned to their parents. One of Tiotto's team overrode Derbyshire County Council and recommended a little baby be returned to his skunk-smoking parents who then put Finley Boden to death by inflicting 130 injuries on his little fragile body.

Finlay

His murderous parents were well known to the Derbyshire CC as unfit to parent but astonishingly Caffcass pressed the family court to release Finlay. And family courts rarely challenge Caffcass.

the baby killers....

The little boy's Labour MP insinuates that it's all about lack of resources. That is not how the Dame reads it. Derbyshire CC's social workers were against the Caffcass plan so for the MP to politicise the killing is quite obscene. 

What she sees is Miss Tiotto's organisation strong-arming the court into releasing Finlay in the hands of his killers.

No doubt there will be an inquiry and 'lessons will be learned': all a little too late for Finlay.

Tiotto and her people have many questions to answer.

WAIST HIGH IN WASTE

Flattery gets immediate attention. 

The Dame's friend draws attention to the increased fouling of our streets. 

Not just Thames Water spilling excrement into our homes but residents doing their bit by dumping litter everywhere.

One day we might yearn to be colonised by Singapore with its zero tolerance for anti-social behaviour and littering.

Perhaps our once highly disciplined country can now only be run in an authoritarian manner. 

Dear Much Revered Dame,

I have lived and worked on Ledbury Road W11 for 25 years. 
Rubbish dumping and litter has become much worse everywhere, especially on and along mixed residential and commercial streets.

There is casual rubbish dumping mainly from take away food outlets nearby.
Also,  new renters leave bags out on the wrong days at the wrong times allowing foxes to tear into the bags, and once a bag is left out on the public footpath others come along and throw their takeaway food wrapping and drinks on top!
People leave all their shopping’s packaging without flattening it and tying it up with string. Then more rubbish is added by others.
I've been trying to deal with the local councillors but it is a losing fight.
So I have taken up litter picking on some Sunday afternoons along Ledbury Road (South-eastern side) as a white-haired, 'little old lady' of short stature.

The trouble is I am ignored when out and about with my litter picker.
No one sees me and I am not getting any message across.

Would the DAME have some serious, actual suggestions for me how to get noticed? 

??

A costume that will get attention? Signs to wear?

I fear that our council,  RBKC,  in order to appear to keep our tax down, is not allocating enough financial resources to pay for SUEZ to clean our streets and public footpaths often enough - I feel lucky to see it done once every few weeks in my area.

It is time for public action?

Two days ago I noticed an older white-haired gentleman bend over to retrieve coffee cups dumped in someone's front garden along Chepstow Crescent. I said thank you to him and he straightened up and looked me clear in the eyes with a warm smile.
He told me he cannot stand the dumping anymore and so he, like me, goes out, ignominiously, and does what he can to help clear the rubbish left when people sit on the front garden walls to eat/drink and then chuck the rest in the garden!

I want to appear bold when I litter pick so everyone sees me.  Not being an actor, or having an interesting wardrobe, may I have suggestions (law abiding) please?

Yours faithfully,

Mrs  xxxxxx
Ledbury Road, W11

GREAT CHELSEA IN BLOOM EFFORT FROM KIKI McDONOUGH!

There is nothing the Dame loves more than the seasonal burgeoning of Chelsea in bloom.

On her way to Peter Jones the Dame espied this wonderful decoration to cheer up passers-by in these gloomy times.

It's original and replete with humour. 

The Dame will be casting her vote HERE for this wonderful decoration dreamed up by Kiki McDonough and team.

Please join the Dame and cast your vote for this happy addition to our streets.

BORING CIVIL SERVANTS

 

Dame,

Suella Braverman is probably one of the better Home Secretaries of recent times.

So, as Home Sec she was nervous about going on an online speed awareness course knowing (despite attendees being told not to record other attendees) some clown would do so. 

And imagine her having to attend a physical course with all the complex security issues but the added possibility of some idiot deciding to physically abuse the woman. 

Braverman knew all this and took sensible steps.

Civil servants are boring people. It's the sort of job only some bore would want. Too frightened to attend the 'real world'. 

One can just imagine little huddle of boring nonentities giggling as they decided to leak this non-story.

Pathetic!

Yours but not a Tory

Redacted

HELP RBK&C.... BUY LOADS OF CLLR ALI'S SAUCE

Cllr Ali has chosen a rather misleading image here. 

He is trying to give the impression he is 'presidential' material as if waving to adoring fans. 

Ali once worked for the dodgy President of Somalia so picked up his 'presidential' ways there. The reality is that no one wanted the job of leader so he got in unopposed....that is another aspect of life in faux democracies like Somalia....unopposed power grabbing.

Dizzy Lizzy won't have much difficulty putting this inarticulate motormouth back in his box.

But there is good news. Ex-chef Ali has created a sauce. He names it Kensington Sauce though there is nothing 'Kensington' about his fiery, exotic mixture. But the Dame has another worry for this wannabe tycoon. There is another sauce out there called 'Sir Kensington'....one hopes Sir Kensington won't accuse the leader of 'passing off'

Ali is sanguine that every home in the world will have a bottle on its table.

When that happens he claims that he will give politics a miss and manage the sauce production. This is why we all need to buy a bottle.

 

MR GOVE'S 'DOG'S BREAKFAST' OF A BILL

Here's The Rt Hon Michael Gove getting 'carried away' in a very risque Aberdeen 'entertainment venue'. One hopes it's not chemically induced.... you can stop it when quite sickened.

Mr Gove has got quite 'carried away' with his Renter's Reform Bill.

Everyone wants rid of bad landlords but certain features of this Bill are so onerous and unreasonable that it will be the last straw for good landlords: landlords already hit by the removal of tax relief on mortgages and other punitive measures.

A healthy rental sector is a must but the Dame heard this from a local landlord.

Mr X owns several small South West London flats. He charges moderate rents and is a good and conscientious landlord.

He mentioned that one of his tenants had acquired a badly behaved dog. Under Mr Gove's Bill, there will be nothing to stop a tenant from keeping a nuisance dog.

There are other irritants which make Mr X ponder giving up. 

This good landlord is not alone: thousands are wondering if it's worth the candle.

The last thing you want in the midst of a housing crisis is a hollowed-out of the rental sector. 

Mr Gove's Bill threatens exactly that.

SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN!

The thing the Dame abhors is waste.  

Around £650,000 was wasted on the stupid and ugly fountain and the overpriced benches in Chelsea Green....a scheme universally hated.

the £600,000 piece of rubbish

Down the road at Worlds End, the much loved and very much used Under 5 Centre is about to close through lack of funding. 

Now we know that ring-fencing determines how revenues are used but this is sheer madness.

The £650,000 should never have been wasted in this way: a way should have been found to divert funds to protect the Under 5 Centre.

My London describes with great pathos the reaction to this unnecessary closure. HERE

Please read and comment so that the Council is aware of the strength of feeling. 

This is not the time to be splashing out on fripperies like art for Leighton House and unwanted 'place making'

This is the time to focus financial resources on those in real need.

Please sign the PETITION

THE DAME MEETS JOE POWELL

The Dame's Chief of Staff asked whether the Dame had time to meet Joe Powell, the Labour candidate for Kensington.

With her usual graciousness the Dame agreed and how pleased she was to have done so. 

Powell is bright, personable and pragmatic. 

The conversation covered many topics of local interest: planning came top of the list of issues crossing political divides.

The Dame and Joe agreed that by the time residents were consulted developers had more or less set their plans in stone. 

There must be a better way for the local community to be involved at the outset.

Joe Powell certainly represents the thoughtful and moderate Labour Party under Starmer. 

This is a good moment, by way of comment, to fire questions at him.

THE GRANDIOSITY OF A VERY JUNIOR MINISTER!

There is nothing quite as embarrassing as the pomposities of junior ministers.

The Dame recalls a meeting with Mr Hands and his entourage. During the meeting, he told the Dame, "you do know I am a minister". 

The Dame rebuked him saying, "we are never given the opportunity to forget it".

Seeing red?

It seems his neighbour, Felicity Buchan, is falling into the same bad habits.

Felicity has a public relations lady and now a 'Chief of Staff'!

The Dame always felt that only Field Marshals had Chiefs of Staff so perhaps Felicity is readying herself for the electoral battle ahead?

In 2019 she scraped in with a mini majority of just 150. 

Next time around she will be up against Joe Powell with none of the Commie baggage of Emma Dent Coad. 

The Dame raised with Felicity's office this CASE. 

She hoped Felicity might spare a moment from ingratiating her way to the top and raise the matter with the relevant regulatory bodies.... including the Secretary of State for Business.

Not a hope. 

Her 'Chief of Staff' basically told the old Dame to buzz off and that it would be picked up by a 'case worker'.

Improbable though the vision might be The Dame fears that Felicity might be soaring too close to the sun...and we all know what befell Icarus.

SCOTT DYLAN AND HIS COLOURFUL PAST & 'BUSINESS ACTIVITIES'

It is rare for the Dame to stray from Kensington and Chelsea but a story sometimes hit her with such velocity and of such public interest that she has to focus on it. 

The Dame is wary of what she writes. Mr Dylan employs a legal chappie, (aka The Singing Judge of the Costa del Sol) who is featured HERE in the Mail.

Shifty

 

Step forward Scott Dylan, one of those 'entrepreneurs' you need to do some research on!

Maker&Son was a company formed by Felix Conran, a nephew of Sebastian Conran, director of the Design Museum

Customers who purchased their overpriced sofas found that their deposits were used by directors to shore up the failing company. Millions were lost and the sad stories are told HERE

One of the directors, Sophie Hatch is wife of the ex UK/Europe boss of Facebook. She and her co-director, Alec Willcock have a few questions to answer.

In the end, the bust company was sold for £1 to a company run by a Manchester-based company run by the duo, Scott Dylan and Jack Mason....and this is where the real misery started.

Any journalist reading this should contact the Dame and she can give you the lurid details of Mr Dylan's past 'business activities'.

When all the media below focus on the 'business activities' of one man and the regulatory bodies stand idly by you can understand why many feel we are a quasi 'banana republic'.

Mr Dylan should never have been allowed to continue as he has. 

The Serious Fraud Office and the Insolvency Service have many questions to answer.

The Dame expects our MP to raise the matter of Mr Dylan with the Secretary of State for Business. 

Her neighbouring MP, Andy Slaughter has already got his teeth into it so come on Felicity...get on with it!

If you want to see the way we are now click on the links below....

The Times   The Guardian   Daily Telegraph  

The Business Desk  Big Issue North  Business Desk North

Business Desk North  The Times   Daily Mail   Daily Mail

THE END OF THE ROAD

 

The usual political suspects will be spinning things left right and centre. 

The spinner we need to hear most from is Felicity Buchan. 

Every week Felicity sends out a platitude-rich message to residents: it's redolent of John Betjeman saying at the end of the world he hoped to be in Peter Jones's haberdashery department as 'nothing bad could ever happen there'

Reading Felicity one has the feeling she believes everything in the garden is rosy and the future perfect.

The reality is the Conservative Party is on the road to ruin after a decade-plus of incompetence. 

The Dame's friend, Doctor Heffer wrote years back that the Party needed to be out of office for a term so it could rediscover exactly what it stood for. 

No one has a bloody clue!

THE DAME HITS THE HEIGHTS....1400 VIEWS YESTERDAY!

 

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According to the Dame's enemies, she sits in her vast drawing room racking up views to boost her flagging ego.

Friends of the Dame say differently: they say she is the 'Go To' source for what is happening around and about. 

Anyway, whatever you believe.....