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