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News and Comment August 2026

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17 August (Part 3) - Somebody should have told her

As mentioned once or twice before, personal circumstances are that I can no longer blog on a Monday or Friday and what you see here on those days will have been written on the day before; however the submission of the Shaheedi Jor Mela photograph this morning demanded that something was quickly cobbled together.

On reflection I felt it might be a little unfair on the current Mayor who has only been a Councillor for four years and might know nothing about those she met yesterday. The blog was slightly modified in consideration of that.

No footpathMayor Lisa Moore probably doesn’t know about Ye Olde Leather Bottle, a listed building, being demolished in 2015 and remaining a dangerous wreck.

There is no reason to suppose she ever read of me being beaten up by the site workers or how the Health & Safety Executive successfully prosecuted the new owner for his reckless working practices.

Lisa was not a Councillor when her ‘new friends’ built on Council land without planning permission. The Planning Department confirmed it breached the boundary with Lesnes Abbey Woods yet the Planning Committee forgave the irregularities and did not ask for reversion to the status quo.

She may not have heard of the total loss of Footpath Number 11 or the Community Protection Order demanding the vermin ridden site be cleared and the Footpath restored; an Order which expired last September and totally ignored.

The photograph shown here was taken this evening. No footpath. Still a danger to every passer-by.

It would be entirely reasonable to assume that Mayor Moore was totally ignorant of the history of her hosts and might now be embarrassed by it but the same cannot be said of her companion yesterday. What exactly is the former Chairman of the Planning Committee whose ward is far away Blackfen doing in Crayford with his old friends?

I suppose it is not as blatant as being pictured inside their houses.

If anyone including the Mayor is unaware of what has been going on over the past dozen years they might like to peruse the comprehensive Index.

 

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