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According to Cabinet Office, Sue Gray broke the code........

Sue Gray broke civil service code over Labour job offerhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66086668This is two days after:Sue Gray cleared to work for Labour [by Parliament's appointments advisory body] amid Conservative anger https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66067865There seems to be an odd smell in the air.........

Ivonne Holliday ● 1224d9 Comments ● 1223d

Johnny Bairstow’s Dismissal Today at Lords

Wondered what the cricket fans on this Forum thought about it? 

Martine Guy ● 1225d10 Comments ● 1223d

Plan to stop the boats being held back

"Cruella accusses the West of "phoney humanitarianism" after judges rule Rwanda is not a safe third country".Words on the main news page of the BBC but quoted differently in the article.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-66051292""Phoney humanitarianism" is holding back plans to tackle small boat crossings, the Home Secretary has said.Suella Braverman told MPs the abuse of the UK asylum system was "lining the pockets of people smugglers" and "turning our seas into graveyards".It follows a Court of Appeal decision which ruled government plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda were unlawful."I would dearly love to know why it is so difficult for governments to find people smugglers......

Ivonne Holliday ● 1227d17 Comments ● 1224d

Protest about 5G masts being installed DHE conservation area

Please follow and object to https://planning2.wandsworth.gov.uk/planningcase/comments.aspx?case=2023/2100WBC are considering allowing these huge, ugly masts and all the ancillary cupboards, in completely inappropriate green areas on Dover House Estate which is a conservation area, subject to article 4.Please support us in getting this stopped. The 1st try 2021/2179 was rejected due to residents opposition.

Victoria Miller ● 1238d123 Comments ● 1224d

ULEZ: Watchdog criticises mayor over data transparency

A democracy works by making informed decisions, we can not do this if those we elect withhold or misrepresent information or willing mislead."The UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) says Sadiq Khan's claim that 90% of cars in outer London meet Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) standards was not supported by publicly available data at the time."https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66060758.amp.

Ed Robinson ● 1225d3 Comments ● 1225d

Joe Joyce

Joe Joyce from Putney is having a re match in September.  Front page.

Barbara Stevens ● 1226d2 Comments ● 1225d

Random pic 2 July 2023

Royal Institution, Faraday's laboratory in                  https://flic.kr/p/2ouZdJ6

Michael Ixer ● 1225d0 Comments ● 1225d

Random pic 1 July 2023

Sunset, Battersea Power Station, July 2019             https://flic.kr/p/2gpNSef

Michael Ixer ● 1226d0 Comments ● 1226d

The High Street - News

Whilst the revitalised M&S displays are at last looking good and a member of staff in Mountain Warehouse on the day of their closure told me that they are due to open once more in The Exchange in September, the decline of Putney High Street's infrastructure continues. A recent rash of graffiti up and down the High Street, some of which is carried out with acid that is very costly to remove has become a persistent problem. (Nero's suffered an attack and had to resort to expensive removal of acid graffiti in the week) If anyone should see graffiti being executed please report to Wandsworth Council and also the Police.

Miles Thompson ● 1227d0 Comments ● 1227d

Problems with BBC webite?

I am trying to open the BBC website, it takes ages and the message is that the website cannot be reached.Anybody else having this problem?

Ivonne Holliday ● 1227d2 Comments ● 1227d

Random pic 30 June 2023

The hydrofoil to Stromboli     https://flic.kr/p/uL5h7

Michael Ixer ● 1227d0 Comments ● 1227d

Doctors etc.

With all the strikes, I was just wondering if anybody knows if they get paid while striking. If their wages got stopped, they might not be so quick to strike.

Barbara Stevens ● 1229d8 Comments ● 1227d

EDF

EDF in the Newspaper today, want EDF customers to pay monthly not quarterly.

Barbara Stevens ● 1228d7 Comments ● 1228d

Box junction PCN Putney high street and Norroy road

Anyone else received a PCN for this junction?  I'm about to appeal, but also noticed that the markings don't appear to comply with the traffic signs regulations - mostly with the central reservation extending into the box.  So you can be clear of obstructing the crossing traffic, but still have a bit of your car in the yellow markings - which the CCTV operators issue a PCN for.  Satellite view here: https://goo.gl/maps/h2LjfQ72WHAXH24w5It looks like the box junction markings weren't updated when the pavement works were completed which narrowed the roads crossing the High Street.

Alan Sherman ● 1228d2 Comments ● 1228d

Random pic 29 June 2023

A windfarm south of Northampton                https://flic.kr/p/2oo8F3M

Michael Ixer ● 1228d0 Comments ● 1228d

free site

Do we have in Putney a 'free' site for goods?  Like Gumtree.

Barbara Shillabeer ● 1235d6 Comments ● 1229d

partygate  cont

Well done Sunday Mirror

Barbara Shillabeer ● 1239d27 Comments ● 1229d

Random pic 28 June 2023

The New York skyline, 1981                 https://flic.kr/p/2kYdnHk

Michael Ixer ● 1229d0 Comments ● 1229d

Passport Renewal at Post Offices

I would appreciate advice on renewing a passport at a post office.  Is it an easy process and is it 100% secure? Thank you.

Martine Guy ● 1229d1 Comments ● 1229d

Random pic 27 June 2023

The Ramadan Pavilion at the V&A                      https://flic.kr/p/2onrYFU

Michael Ixer ● 1230d0 Comments ● 1230d