Bexley council is Bonkers

If you are dying of thirst waiting for jobs to be completed, relief is in sight

Sat, 21 Sep 2019 10:14:02 +0100

Felixstowe Road late. Gayton Road extremely late.

Mainly rubbish

Fri, 20 Sep 2019 19:03:10 +0100

Four quickies.

In search of a scandal

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 19:03:28 +0100

But it remains out of reach for now.

The Invisible Man - and woman

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 15:47:38 +0100

A face that maybe didn't fit.

No trains again. Nine days of replacement buses but all in a good cause

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 14:54:35 +0100

No more landslips at Barnehurst?

For your amusement (and despair at the lack of intellect on display)

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:23:10 +0100

Complete lunatics at large.

Calling in favours?

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 08:14:34 +0100

Teresa meets Boris.

Eff off and die

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 07:10:16 +0100

Lib Dems. Getting madder by the Day.

A victimless crime

Tue, 17 Sep 2019 21:18:00 +0100

Incompetence in Kent from top to bottom.

Late and later

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 15:39:18 +0100

Bins and roads. Some time never!

Ten years of Council watching

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 12:16:17 +0100

Still a bit Bonkers after all these years.

Karma

Sun, 15 Sep 2019 04:04:41 +0100

Don't laugh but...

What about Welling?

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 20:03:57 +0100

An amazing range of specialist retailers.

The ugly face of Bexley Council

Sat, 14 Sep 2019 07:21:21 +0100

Nothing well about Welling.

Getting there! Abbey Wood’s closed bus stops reduced in number from six to five

Fri, 13 Sep 2019 07:21:14 +0100

A bus stops at the end of Yarnton Way for the first time in more than a year.

No hiding place

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:55:32 +0100

Google circumvented.

It’s not all bad news

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 09:22:52 +0100

Another market in Wilton Road, Abbey Wood.

Profiteering from having fun

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 20:35:40 +0100

A car that appreciates in value.

Five years of misery. (No it’s not another Parliament)

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:11:45 +0100

Roads in a mess for ever.

The Eyes have it. The Eyes have it

Wed, 11 Sep 2019 09:24:04 +0100

Lady Nugee. One of too many hopeless politicians.

One brave man in a sea of serpents

Tue, 10 Sep 2019 07:50:06 +0100

Most are beneath contempt.

Speculation and squabbles

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 17:38:04 +0100

Bollox, Bollox, Bollox.

Gate crashing City Airport

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 21:24:30 +0100

I went to their stakeholders' consultative meeting.

Green but very mean

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 20:00:16 +0100

Bexley goes electric - maybe.

London City Airport is growing. Noise can only get worse

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 14:59:27 +0100

Twice as many flights by 2035.

Harrow Manorway regeneration gets even messier

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 22:14:45 +0100

It's closed for three weeks.

It’s just not cricket

Sun, 01 Sep 2019 06:57:02 +0100

Maybe I will cancel my membership.

LandQ. “Because Homes matter”. What? Even to them?

Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:23:24 +0100

L&Q are still intent on penny pinching even if their own property is ruined in the process.

BiB accused of complicity in Council child death cases

Sun, 25 Aug 2019 18:10:58 +0100

The world is full of nutters.

Another three weeks of road chaos and enormous diversions in Abbey Wood

Sat, 24 Aug 2019 20:54:56 +0100

Warning from Bexley Council.

Rhys Lawrie has been dead 7 years but still the accusations fly

Thu, 22 Aug 2019 17:26:15 +0100

Bexley twinned with Thurrock.

The Leather Bottle battle resumes

Fri, 16 Aug 2019 14:40:02 +0100

Diggers move in.

Something smells

Sun, 11 Aug 2019 15:17:23 +0100

When children die under Council's noses, mum's the word.

A one sided conversation. Anonymous messages

Thu, 08 Aug 2019 14:56:22 +0100

Eight bits of gossip from the trivial to the criminal.

Not just the Met. Kent Police are either totally incompetent or corrupt too

Wed, 07 Aug 2019 18:10:59 +0100

Kent Police are probably bent but they are definitely stupid.

The Metropolitan Police is bent and hoist with its own petard

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:21:15 +0100

More proof that the Met.is bent.

The new Home Secretary has much to learn

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 15:26:05 +0100

Cops are very often bent. Deal with it Priti.

Birds of a feather

Sun, 04 Aug 2019 16:07:46 +0100

You mind my back I'll mind yours.

Cock-eyed optimists

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 18:25:13 +0100

Everything Bexley Council does runs late.

All Bull

Sat, 03 Aug 2019 17:03:53 +0100

News Shopper reporter earns good wishes after 19 months of reporting. Bonkers received a threat of arrest after the same period.

Mrs. May has gone but her Nasty Party lives on in Bexley

Fri, 02 Aug 2019 16:19:25 +0100

It's The Craske and Read Show again.

Council employment is just a self interested gravy train

Thu, 01 Aug 2019 07:31:21 +0100

Over paid and underwhelming.

Hasn’t he done well?

Wed, 31 Jul 2019 07:24:54 +0100

Is the Bexley Cabs man now a multi-millionaire?

Rubbish is kicked down the road towards Scrutiny

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 14:42:52 +0100

Labour wants rid of Serco.

More foul play?

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 07:56:57 +0100

Do they cover up deaths too?

Foul play?

Sun, 28 Jul 2019 23:36:13 +0100

An American Billionaire? I don't think so.

Oh dear, it’s back to 2011 standards of honesty at Bexley Council

Sat, 27 Jul 2019 15:04:21 +0100

They are still Dishonest and Vindictive.

1128 and all that

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 23:14:22 +0100

Council meeting report.

Education in Bexley is not Perfect

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:47:34 +0100

Labour and Tories at loggerheads again.

All cock

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 09:05:53 +0100

100 years since Alcock and Brown flew a Vickers Vimy across the Atlantic.

428 and 301

Wed, 24 Jul 2019 06:40:50 +0100

Buses.

Crime’s up. Facebook gossip confirmed by official figures

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 18:27:23 +0100

No longer the lowest crime borough in London. Fifth best possibly, sometimes worse.

100 years after the first transatlantic flight. Bexley celebrates

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:03:22 +0100

100 years of the Vickers Vimy.

Drama in the Council Chamber. Enter stage right

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 20:39:19 +0100

Asking silly questions.

Caught red handed

Fri, 19 Jul 2019 07:05:47 +0100

Just like the old days. Bexley Council hiding the truth.

History in the making

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 23:23:20 +0100

Nikola Tesla v Thomas Edison

Pushing their luck

Tue, 16 Jul 2019 08:04:20 +0100

Bloody Fothergill again

Making residents’ lives difficult - as usual

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:59:49 +0100

Nothing but buses buses buses from dawn until the early hours.

Much more than just a good constituency MP

Sun, 14 Jul 2019 15:05:24 +0100

A wonderful friend to me and Bonkers.

All is not well in Welling and it is dead in Bexleyheath

Sat, 13 Jul 2019 17:18:55 +0100

Bexley Council has a plan to save its shopping centres.

Temporarily and permanently, buses are forbidden to use direct routes

Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:13:23 +0100

Bexley Council prefers trees to people.

The non-stop gravy train

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 13:10:26 +0100

Job hunting and job jumping pays big dividends.

“Devious Bastards”

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 07:40:34 +0100

Incompetent Council monkeys.

ThamesLink fined

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:42:53 +0100

Slade Green station gets £30,000.

Transport for London. Talking fresh Lunacies

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 09:50:58 +0100

Seat bound ignorance in ivory towers.

Public CabiNOT

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 08:22:50 +0100

I couldn't go.

Crossing boundaries

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 10:47:51 +0100

Who in Bexley authorised filming in Greenwich?

No major project runs on time in Bexley

Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:37:48 +0100

Every single one of them is more than a year behind schedule.

Councillor Alan Downing fights your corner on health issues

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 09:51:44 +0100

Erith Hospital is not fit for purpose.

Still Bonkers after all these years

Sun, 07 Jul 2019 18:51:13 +0100

Exceeding their authority.

When they were young

Fri, 05 Jul 2019 11:34:38 +0100

Same old same old.

For some it will be no new bins until Christmas

Tue, 02 Jul 2019 13:49:01 +0100

"Sorry, we cocked up."

Desk hopping their ways to a personal fortune

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 15:07:03 +0100

Council management failures lining their own pockets.

On this day in 1969

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 09:04:59 +0100

Prince Charles Investure.

The East London meat processing factory

Sun, 30 Jun 2019 20:40:33 +0100

Utterly useless.

Councillor Philip Read, flying the Kate Bush Kite again

Sun, 30 Jun 2019 05:45:06 +0100

What a Tweeting twit.

Proud to be Catholic

Sun, 30 Jun 2019 18:42:14 +0100

God awful parkers.

Financial incompetence everywhere

Sat, 29 Jun 2019 23:09:07 +0100

Council cockups.

New in SE2

Fri, 28 Jun 2019 22:25:50 +0100

Market tomorrow.

Rubbish from start to finish

Thu, 27 Jun 2019 09:44:46 +0100

First report of two.

Resources and Growth Overview and Superficial Committee?

Wed, 26 Jun 2019 16:13:43 +0100

Report on Resources Scrutiny meeting.

One for Dave

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 19:30:08 +0100

Ten year saga ends. Last of dumped vans is taken away.

Just when you thought the lying had stopped…

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 15:44:31 +0100

Bexley Tories. Addicted to the mendacious.

Some days nothing useful gets done

Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:08:09 +0100

Looking after old people (and killing some of them).

Fun and games in Newham

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 19:01:22 +0100

Newham hospital continues with its stupidity.

I simply do not understand politicians

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 16:07:03 +0100

Are they all various shades of mad?

It’s bad but not quite as bad as it seemed

Sat, 22 Jun 2019 15:14:12 +0100

Abbey Road to close for two weeks.

Mesothelioma menace

Fri, 21 Jun 2019 15:07:42 +0100

Dumped more than ten years ago. Eventually removed by Bexley Council.

Councillor puts on a show of determined perseverance

Thu, 20 Jun 2019 08:44:23 +0100

Rubbish dumped ten years ago is about to be removed - if all goes according to plan.

Politics is a dirty game

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:15:33 +0100

Skullduggery.

Local Labour Councillors succeed after Bexley Council let us all down

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 17:18:56 +0100

H&SE takes action over Leather Bottle demolition.

Justice prevails, sort of

Tue, 18 Jun 2019 10:00:31 +0100

Kulvinder Singh gets his comeuppance. His neighbours suffer.

And about time too

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:28:14 +0100

Abbey Road to be resurfaced and it will be closed for two weeks.

Empty streets and sometimes empty promises

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 15:03:40 +0100

Wilton Road in decline.

Jews, boos and lose

Thu, 13 Jun 2019 11:26:19 +0100

A three parter.

The Riverside Energy Park

Sat, 08 Jun 2019 18:15:57 +0100

Labour against burning rubbish.

Vote green

Wed, 05 Jun 2019 15:36:59 +0100

The Council promised trees. It delivered none!

Bexley Conservatives missed the bus. (And the train, and the bikes and taxis too)

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 16:07:14 +0100

Couldn't be bothered to put Bexley residents' view to London Councils.

Bexley Labour. All charged up

Tue, 04 Jun 2019 07:17:49 +0100

Press Release on electric vehicle charging points.

Bonkers. Where next?

Sun, 02 Jun 2019 15:52:24 +0100

Going soft on Bexley Council? Probably.

The man on the Thamesmead omnibus

Sat, 01 Jun 2019 11:04:47 +0100

Buses. All change please.

Praise where praise is due

Thu, 30 May 2019 09:57:01 +0100

Bexley has a new Mayor.

Belvedere and other Roads

Wed, 29 May 2019 15:44:20 +0100

Bungalows and parking.

Mayor making

Tue, 28 May 2019 19:51:41 +0100

Booze, and cake but no pole dancing.

Care, crime and cream

Sat, 25 May 2019 20:20:11 +0100

There little ones.

Bexley Conservatives. Lying naturally from 2013 through to 2019

Mon, 20 May 2019 18:55:56 +0100

They know no other way.

Facebook Folly

Sun, 19 May 2019 19:29:20 +0100

Drivers beware.

The Green Man emerges

Sun, 19 May 2019 09:32:38 +0100

Out on the tiles at The Abbey Arms.

Back home

Sat, 18 May 2019 20:22:45 +0100

The brief stay in a care home did not go well.

Failing Grayling

Fri, 17 May 2019 18:03:53 +0100

The Probation Service. Bexley Councillors were sure it would be a disaster.

Gayton Road, open at last

Thu, 16 May 2019 09:38:34 +0100

Sanity returns.

Why, why, why? Yoga, Yellow, Yuck

Wed, 15 May 2019 10:12:18 +0100

Three in one.

Newham University Hospital. The Omnibus Edition

Tue, 14 May 2019 09:21:19 +0100

All 13 blogs in one place.

Andrew Marr’s car crash interview. A ‘Must Watch’

Mon, 13 May 2019 06:00:35 +0100

Remainer Marr slaughtered on live TV.

Danny and me. In and out of trouble

Sun, 12 May 2019 21:01:27 +0100

It's all Bollocks.

A ha’porth of tar

Sun, 12 May 2019 14:46:13 +0100

Abbey Wood takes a step nearer to normality. It's only been a mess for eight years.

They got that wrong! Badly wrong

Sun, 12 May 2019 07:18:20 +0100

No rail freight depot in Slade Green. Labour campaign pays off.

The end of an era. 78 years!

Sat, 11 May 2019 23:59:59 +0100

Moving out. At last a care home.

It’s still no go in Newham

Fri, 10 May 2019 08:29:16 +0100

They are trying but so far the goal remains stubbornly out of reach.

Promises promises. Broken promises

Thu, 09 May 2019 07:35:32 +0100

Very little progress in Newham.

It’s Desperation Day plus one in Newham

Wed, 08 May 2019 09:46:49 +0100

Social Services steps in two weeks late. Cretinous NHS failed to notify them.

It’s the day of reckoning

Tue, 07 May 2019 09:48:16 +0100

Running out of options and time.

The grinning incompetents from Newham Hospital

Mon, 06 May 2019 13:15:27 +0100

Uncaring self satisfied death dealers.

The cretins who run Newham take a break

Mon, 06 May 2019 06:45:19 +0100

Sent home to die.

Trouble at the Abbey?

Sun, 05 May 2019 22:59:59 +0100

Another false fire alarm?

Round in circles in Newham

Fri, 03 May 2019 20:00:44 +0100

From pillar to post but no one is prepared to help.

Lesnes Abbey Good Coffee to close

Fri, 03 May 2019 18:00:26 +0100

War of words with Bexley Council.

The state of the NHS in Newham

Fri, 03 May 2019 09:11:14 +0100

Newham Hospital in particular cocks up big time.

The state of the National Health Service today

Thu, 02 May 2019 11:10:28 +0100

The NHS cocks up big time.

Abbey Wood closed for business. Please go away

Wed, 01 May 2019 19:50:49 +0100

Wilton Road, Gayton Road, Florence Road. All shut next week.

Pull the other one, it has bluebells on it

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:34:36 +0100

Bashing bluebells.

NHS envy of the world? Not when run by Barts Health NHS Trust

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 21:12:49 +0100

Simply sadists.

Barts Health NHS Trust. Totally incompetent, dangerous and liars too

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 05:29:19 +0100

They can get not one single thing right.

Abbey Wood. The chaos continues

Fri, 26 Apr 2019 14:56:25 +0100

Local road construction is well behind schedule.

Bed blocking. Barts Health NHS Trust haven’t a clue how to manage it

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 23:26:28 +0100

Not a single brain cell between them.

What Crossrail means to Abbey Wood

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:20:22 +0100

A short video on how Crossrail delays are hitting Abbey Wood hard.

Who runs the better rail service, Southeastern or TfL?

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 20:56:17 +0100

Bexley Labour issues a Press Release.

Arsonists return to Lesnes

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:29:12 +0100

For the third or fourth time.

Labour favours Red

Tue, 23 Apr 2019 08:11:20 +0100

Bexley Council reluctant to support #doitforbexley.

The Leader’s report. Fabulous!

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 18:25:46 +0100

Everything in Bexley is Fantastic.

Stage managed questions

Sun, 21 Apr 2019 17:06:56 +0100

What is the point of it all?

Bexley Conservatives lend their support to Jeremy Corbyn

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:59:59 +0100

They punish Councillors who stand up against him.

Read and write no evil

Sat, 20 Apr 2019 10:29:53 +0100

Insults and defamation partially banned by Bexley Council.

Councillor Hackett sees Red?

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 08:48:20 +0100

Bexley Council. Vindictive as ever.

A conflict of interests?

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 09:23:24 +0100

Flats next door to Planning Committee Vice Chairman's house.

Trouble for London

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 08:56:42 +0100

London brought to a halt by soap dodgers and TfL.

Road planning madness

Wed, 17 Apr 2019 07:35:56 +0100

Bexley's incompetent Highways Management.

Worse than Philip Read?

Tue, 16 Apr 2019 08:54:53 +0100

Gareth Bacon. Not quite in the same class.

The good, the bad and the bespectacled in Sevenoaks

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:13:33 +0100

The Independent candidate for Fawkham and West Kingsdown.

Not totally Bonkers then?

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:28:29 +0100

A welcome falling out among election candidates.

Bad PR for P and R

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 16:48:59 +0100

Allegations that local company is losing big contracts.

Plastic Peter

Sun, 14 Apr 2019 10:36:58 +0100

Do it for Bexley but at your own risk.

BexleyCon trick again?

Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:56:59 +0100

No Lidl for Erith.

Virtue signalling

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 20:33:04 +0100

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Not so Planny Danny?

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:03:37 +0100

Will they or won't they allow Danny to stay?

In good company

Fri, 12 Apr 2019 10:30:36 +0100

The Daily Telegraph on James Brokenshire MP.

Planny Danny

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 20:52:32 +0100

Councillor Hackett retains his postition on the Planning Committee.

Growing old disgracefully

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:03:55 +0100

Mick Barnbrook on the campaign trail.

The shape of things to come

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 10:51:40 +0100

Wi-fi while shopping, electricity while parking and heating from rubbish if you live in the right place.

The North South Divide

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 20:28:16 +0100

Never the twain shall meet - by road!

The police can’t cope

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 14:37:54 +0100

Far too busy looking for rude words on the web.

More jam has been approved for tomorrow

Tue, 09 Apr 2019 22:04:54 +0100

Library, cinema, wifi, cheap heat and electric vehicle chargers are all coming to town.

How do you put a clown back into his box?

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:04:44 +0100

All about Read.

Intoxicated by his own verbosity again?

Fri, 05 Apr 2019 00:37:37 +0100

Twitter diarrhea.

Cabinet Member for Children. Sounds about right

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 01:11:11 +0100

More juvenile than the children he purports to be looking after.

Useless cops. Corrupt cops. Murderous cops

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:15:28 +0100

Bent as nine bob notes, the lot of them!

Tax stats

Wed, 03 Apr 2019 11:09:15 +0100

Inflation nibbles away at your standard of living.

Michael Slaughter

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:43:39 +0100

R.I.P.

All Fools Day

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:41:40 +0100

Never trust a policeman.

The police. Are they corrupt or simply incompetent beyond belief?

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:01 +0100

Corruption is beginning to look the most likely but definitely incompetent too.

Crossness sewage pumping station reopens

Sun, 31 Mar 2019 15:23:07 +0100

Facilities strained by the large attendance - and some photos.

Slower is good and quicker journeys are good too. Bexley Council likes both

Sun, 31 Mar 2019 04:45:11 +0100

Facing both ways.

It might put Thamesmead well and truly on the map

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 14:10:21 +0000

Priti Patel for PM.

Now it is four bins to clutter your garden

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:36:35 +0000

Two weekly collections for everything.

Cutting remarks

Sat, 30 Mar 2019 09:56:40 +0000

Another report on the Barnehurst landslip.

Not guilty. Bexley Tories are probably making it up

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 18:50:05 +0000

Rewriting history again.

Councillor Leaf nails his colours to the flag pole

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:30:04 +0000

Champagne goes to waste.

Amey down the toilet

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 15:36:47 +0000

They did not impress. Out they go.

Oh no! Not another one. ™ Brenda from Bristol

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 08:48:43 +0000

They are at it again. More deception.

Erith. Itְ’s both good and not so good despite what Bexley Tories say

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:59:19 +0000

When is a survey not a survey? When it is written by Bexley Council.

BexleyCo-lapse

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 13:26:24 +0000

Of piss ups and breweries.

Bexley Council is still near the bottom of the class

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 09:34:51 +0000

A high taxing Council.

Not much enthusiasm shown for local shopping facilities

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 18:47:39 +0000

The Resources Scrutiny Committee seeks retail therapies.

Defeating Brussels

Wed, 27 Mar 2019 08:59:06 +0000

Speed limiting nonsense.

Jackie Belton

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:58:03 +0000

Bexley finds itself a new Chief Executive.

Just sayin’

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 12:27:21 +0000

The day democracy died.

Crossrail. More money to be spent

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:03:57 +0000

Just a feasibility study.

Farcebook

Sun, 24 Mar 2019 20:16:59 +0000

Who likes Facebook? Not me.

Designed by a loser?

Sat, 23 Mar 2019 16:13:16 +0000

The antidote to the Loser's March.

Drive into Abbey Wood’s Wilton Road at your peril, there may be no way out

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 19:03:25 +0000

Six weeks of no road access to Abbey Wood station.

People are at breaking point and Bexley Council lies again

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 16:42:12 +0000

According to our lying Council £38 is less than nothing.

Abbey Wood again. It’s going to be carnage

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 18:28:30 +0000

Bexley Council has apparently planned some world class road chaos.

The Public meeting that isn’t really

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:42:20 +0000

No Joint Health Scrutiny meeting for me tonight.

A thirst for knowledge

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 08:20:49 +0000

What's happening at the Abbey Arms?

Fines, taxes and charges. In Bexley they are all skyrocketing

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 14:50:01 +0000

Parking charges up by as much as 50%.

The police no longer deserve any respect whatsoever

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:45:19 +0000

What would you do for them if they were on fire?

Another money raising trap to look out for

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:21:11 +0000

Yellow money boxes again.

Sell ’em cheap and buy ’em dear

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 18:23:54 +0000

Providing temporary housing costs us dear.

Network Rail explain the Barnehurst landslip and TfL fails to say anything about their DLR map which includes Abbey Wood

Sun, 17 Mar 2019 12:09:22 +0000

Report on Bexley's Transport Users' Sub-Committee meeting.

Ancient woodland destroyed while Bexley Council stands by powerless to stop it

Sat, 16 Mar 2019 12:43:29 +0000

Absolutely incredible!

Not every journey matters. © TfL

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 18:35:12 +0000

TfL is deplorable according to the meeting Chairman.

How does she do it?

Fri, 15 Mar 2019 17:05:19 +0000

And why does Kent Police let her?

Trolling Philip Read

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 09:33:33 +0000

Don’t count on it Philip

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 07:41:44 +0000

He thinks the Tories might win in Thamesmead. Delusional.

Deception is our game

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 23:59:59 +0000

The Tweedle brothers are up to their tricks again.

Hypocrisy among politicians is not really news

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:21:29 +0000

Brexit. Having one's cake and eating it.

Responsible fly tipping

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 18:59:31 +0000

An ingenious solution for those with too much rubbish to get rid of.

The budget debate - Seconds out, Round 2

Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:09:28 +0000

The Conservatives slap themselves on the back.

The budget debate - Seconds out, Round 1

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:00:19 +0000

The long version.

TfL. Failed again

Sat, 09 Mar 2019 12:59:31 +0000

Week old traffic lights fail.

Am I black listed?

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:33:18 +0000

I can't get tickets for Sadiq Khan's visit to Bexley. Do I care?

No one is impressed. Two years of disruption and it is not pedestrian friendly

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 19:32:18 +0000

Harrow Manorway is a big disappointment.

No one is impressed. Two years of disruption and it is not pedestrian friendly

Fri, 08 Mar 2019 15:01:05 +0000

Harrow Manorway regeneration. Crap along the way and crap bus shelters when it is finished.

Myth busting

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 19:10:02 +0000

Electricity and batteries are cleaner than you think.

Full Council report. The moderately short version

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 11:43:35 +0000

Labour, Conservatives and Independent. The pluses and minuses.

Better late than never

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 14:43:17 +0000

Bexley Council has begun to think about on street electric car charging points.

Same here!

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 12:33:17 +0000

No Register of Interests.

Hunger, Idiocy, Contradiction, Corruption and Incompetence

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 12:18:16 +0000

Like it says...

The Leather Bottle site remains a mess, should we believe the developer’s plans for Woolwich Road?

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 16:56:26 +0000

No.

Just what was the point of that?

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 11:39:36 +0000

Brief report on a crime prevention meeting.

Four offences in one. OV58 DZU

Sun, 03 Mar 2019 10:45:23 +0000

Cretinous drivers.

Another fiftieth anniversary

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 17:57:35 +0000

50 years on. Thamesmead, knock it down and start again.

50 years ago today

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 11:52:44 +0000

Concorde development and it's first flight.

Councillor Peter Craske does a hand brake turn. Who yanked his string?

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 17:28:03 +0000

Three week bin collection is the favoured choice but Bexley's Red Tories run away from it.

There! At last

Fri, 01 Mar 2019 09:37:36 +0000

Harrow Manorway flyover opens.

Pay to park by phone. Oh dear! Bexley Tories are lying again

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:23:22 +0000

Another Tory Tweet taken apart.

Nice little earner

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:21:15 +0000

Bexley Bridge PCNs.

Nearly there

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:19:57 +0000

Harrow Manorway flyover is very nearly complete. Wow!

It’s the economy stupid

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 11:49:14 +0000

Bexley whacks up Council tax as much as it possibly can.

The Grand Old Duke of York

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:42:43 +0000

Councillor Craske loses out to his Luddite friends.

Will he or won’t he?

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:18:21 +0000

Go for three week green bin collections?

Oh Danny Boy!

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 20:00:00 +0000

Councillor Hackett resigns the Labour whip.

Backward Bexley

Sat, 23 Feb 2019 19:14:33 +0000

No DLR. No tube. No Crossrail. No river Crossings. No electric vehicle charge points.

Place your bets now

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 19:18:27 +0000

Will the Abbey Wood flyover open next week? It's anyone's guess.

Bexley’s road planners are a disaster for vehicle automation

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 12:50:48 +0000

Trinity Place roundabout is going to have to go.

Bombing Hall Place

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:24:41 +0000

100 years since the first trans-Atlantic flight.

Cashing in on Crossrail

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 17:45:13 +0000

30% increase in parking charges. 25% over budget on public real expenditure.

Recycling. The choice is between “significantly worse” and “marginally worse”

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 18:04:28 +0000

Where next with the rubbish collections?

Art and Belvedere all in danger of being washed away

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 17:06:36 +0000

No room at the Stables. No room in the pipes.

Free money

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 23:59:59 +0000

Where the money went.

Tory lies destroyed

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:39:01 +0000

Tweedledee and Tweedledum have esacped from the asylum again.

All forgiven?

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 22:05:58 +0000

The Carnegie Bookstore cafe is a resounding success.

Three week bin collection is not popular but it is one of Bexley’s preferences

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 20:02:52 +0000

An interim report.

Kent Police. Still intent on dodging every issue

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 09:52:01 +0000

And a video...

Erith’s Carnegie (former) Library reopens

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 22:55:14 +0000

Eat in the reading room.

Houses in Bexley. Too expensive and too small

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 19:35:44 +0000

Lies, damned lies and statistics.

Improving the retail experience

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:31:17 +0000

Free wifi looks likely. Free parking; probably not.

Along County Lines

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 15:13:06 +0000

The drug problem in Bexley.

Bexley’s Budget. Conservatives ask no questions; no one has any bright ideas

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:41:18 +0000

The budget meeting that achieved nothing.

Watts at IKEA?

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 15:56:21 +0000

IKEA doesn't charge. Any modern electric car that is.

Made in Erith

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 11:33:59 +0000

The Concorde engine test facility wasd made in Erith.

Where are all the kids?

Sun, 10 Feb 2019 07:58:49 +0000

Bexley's runaways.

From Charlton to Concorde via Cairo and Churchill

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 22:27:48 +0000

100 years ago.

Socking it to the Domestic Abusers

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 18:53:52 +0000

Bexley Council gave the subject twelve minutes of their time.

You’re far too fat. (Yes we have no bananas)

Thu, 07 Feb 2019 11:22:35 +0000

The sixth Obestity Strategy gets under way.

Harrow Manorway flyover. Far too slow and far too quick

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:47:18 +0000

Audi A1 LY15 GGJ.

Keeping it in the family

Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:21:56 +0000

Councillors through the generations.

The survivors

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 20:44:28 +0000

Just what does one have to do to get rid of them? :-)

From Belvedere to Hinkley Point

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:25:57 +0000

Belvedere is in line for a makeover too.

BexleyCon?

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 11:42:54 +0000

For their next trick?

House buying ramps up

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 10:15:04 +0000

63 Belvedere Road has the builders in.

BexleyCo business plan : Selling Bexley by the pound

Sun, 03 Feb 2019 06:25:55 +0000

Money, money, money

Bexley’s budget. When 18 minutes seems like five years

Sat, 02 Feb 2019 13:23:20 +0000

Some details from the Cabinet and some waffle from Councillor Leaf.

Hall Place - You are going to have to pay

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 15:03:04 +0000

Four quid with £2 off for Bexley residents.

Carol and me

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:58:31 +0000

Anti-Semitism. Why?

Just deserts

Thu, 31 Jan 2019 06:51:05 +0000

The concrete bunker has got to go.

What do residents think of the coming cuts and stealth taxes?

Wed, 30 Jan 2019 19:10:38 +0000

Budget consulation comments.

Money grabbers, vandals, more vandals, xenophobes and criminals

Tue, 29 Jan 2019 20:21:45 +0000

A five parter.

Kent Police: Intransigence, Incompetence or worse?

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 14:47:55 +0000

Silence is their last defence.

Are we nearly there yet?

Sat, 26 Jan 2019 13:59:44 +0000

Not if you need to catch a bus.

More on Bexley’s transport issues. Narrowed roads, long drawn out reconstruction and accidents

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 11:59:02 +0000

The final Transport Users' Sub-Committee report

Grab yourself a quick hundred quid. No catch!

Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:05:55 +0000

Last chance!

Shaping the future of Belvedere

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 14:33:02 +0000

8,000 new houses in Belvedere.

Faster trains, slower buses

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 16:11:52 +0000

Quick quick slow. Prepare for longer bus journeys.

They just can’t help it. Lying that is

Sun, 20 Jan 2019 20:05:26 +0000

Read and Craske have been at it again.

Peabody updates its plans for 498-500 Abbey Road

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 17:31:58 +0000

All the pictures on line.

A spoke in the Harrow Manorway works

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:06:07 +0000

Transport Users' Committee - Cycling report.

My second referendum

Wed, 16 Jan 2019 14:14:47 +0000

A family poll.

The lamest police excuse yet

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 07:28:50 +0000

A victim's response.

Ruxley Corner. Accident blackspot

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:10:17 +0000

Another accident in Maidstone Road.

Grab yourself a quick hundred quid. No catch!

Sun, 13 Jan 2019 13:09:07 +0000

Free money.

Transport issues

Sat, 12 Jan 2019 11:02:24 +0000

Rail, road, air and silly parking.

You don’t have to be an idiot to rise to the top of Kent Police…

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 22:01:04 +0000

Bonkers is the subject of many lies but not the victim of them.

Seeking the stamp of approval

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 13:51:41 +0000

Plans for a replacement Post Office building in Abbey Wood.

No Crossrail extension - not yet anyway

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 20:48:55 +0000

Too many more important things to do first.

Scammers everywhere

Wed, 09 Jan 2019 15:30:48 +0000

Be on your guard.

A tangled web

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 14:27:40 +0000

Do politicians interfere with police investigations? Of course they do.

Trust no one

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 15:18:02 +0000

Former Bexley Councillor Katie Perrior in trouble with MI6.

Sandwell Council on the skids

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 13:19:47 +0000

Bexley Council goes straight. Sandwell Council is something else.

When the letters P and O stand for Pee Off?

Sat, 05 Jan 2019 23:43:19 +0000

Abbey Wood Post Office shuts up shop.

Following Elwyn

Thu, 03 Jan 2019 13:16:44 +0000

Brexit betrayal.

Friends and foes?

Thu, 3 Jan 2019 11:01:02 +0000

Bexley Tories can't stop lying

To pay or not to pay?

Wed, 2 Jan 2019 15:15:00 +0000

Rail fares up. Whose fault is that?

No longer Bonkers?

Tue, 1 Jan 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Bonkers faces an uncertain future.