tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post6992357254594434321..comments2024-02-14T12:43:04.624+00:00Comments on Crosswhatfields?: Thames Tunnel Public Hearing: Thursday 21st November at the Ahoy CentreSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914930883748622529noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-20259593341143053872013-11-22T16:16:29.329+00:002013-11-22T16:16:29.329+00:00or you could just carry on back-biting...or you could just carry on back-biting...bikepesthttp://www.dontdumpondeptfordsheart.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-23372467085489669112013-11-22T09:29:03.253+00:002013-11-22T09:29:03.253+00:00let's be honest, Dromey was invisible in Deptf...let's be honest, Dromey was invisible in Deptford a few weeks ago and he'll return the invisibility after he loses at the next election – he's jumping on any passing bandwagon, even 'Save Lewisham Hospital' for which he has done absolutely no work at all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-26271720723944782042013-11-21T16:32:02.695+00:002013-11-21T16:32:02.695+00:00Of course, we could spend all our time slagging pe...Of course, we could spend all our time slagging people off, or we could work together to try to stop this thing...<br /><br />So now you've forced me to defend the people who are really doing the work. Joe was one of the very few people to turn up to deliver our Don't Dump on Deptford leaflets on Saturday. Joe, Brenda Dacres and Paul Maslin helped to knock on every door on the Crossfields estate and beyond on Sunday (the only explicitly Labour Party activity). On Tuesday all three turned up to give out leaflets to the parents at the school. All three of them were outside the hearing this morning in the driving wind and rain. Joe took the day off to help make the case at the first planning inspectorate hearing, he took a couple of hours off this morning to be there again today. Joe printed all the campaign leaflets. Brenda rang the press. I could go on. <br /><br />It's going to take an enormous effort to stop this tunnel construction, just as it will Convoys or any of the other developments that seem poised to ruin our lives. Please let's put our energy into preventing them, rather than back-biting ...bikepesthttp://www.dontdumpondeptfordsheart.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-4279896461917369292013-11-21T16:02:45.443+00:002013-11-21T16:02:45.443+00:00"only one of them is likely to be of any use ..."only one of them is likely to be of any use (Joe Dromey)"<br /><br /> well, I'm sure he has the support of his mother (Harriet Harman) - and I suspect his interest in Deptford is merely one way of scrabbling up the greasy pole . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-38338770889720890992013-11-20T23:41:25.971+00:002013-11-20T23:41:25.971+00:00And breathe...And breathe...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-44027142541560700952013-11-20T22:46:35.318+00:002013-11-20T22:46:35.318+00:00They're all linked, aren't they.
Capitali...They're all linked, aren't they. <br />Capitalism gone mad and Deptford being dumped on. <br /><br />Would we even need the Thames Tunnel if every bit of land wasn't being built on? Apparently there's a housing shortage, but that isn't being solved by luxury housing. The shortage is of social housing/affordable housing for the poor people who do all the necessary service or shit jobs, so that they don't have to spend all their wages on travelling into and out of the city as they have to live ever further out to find cheaper accommodation. <br /><br />The shortage definitely isn't for those are earning a packet in the city and in Canary Wharf, who can afford to live anywhere they want. <br /><br />Predictions are that technology will soon do away with those lower-middle classes servicing the financial industries, so that all that's left is the office and apartment cleaning, baristas, and onsite smart phone sales. Oh, and nurses and all ancillary workers, firemen, postmen, social and mental healthcare workers, you name it, teachers, policemen, and every other public service that this government hasn't decimated.<br /><br />Yet all that's being built is luxury housing, sold offshore, with the tiniest percentage going to solve the problem, far less (15% or even nothing) than was originally prescribed (50%). <br /><br />So yes, we need a better sewage system, but there are other options. Building tall rather than covering hard ground with buildings may be one of those, but not so that wealthy people who don't pay their taxes here can monopolise them and leave them empty. <br /><br />Where is the debate?<br /><br />It's frightening to think no one with any intelligence is in charge (Boris) and no one has taken all these local developments into account in a proper town planning sort of way. Where is the opposition from Lewisham Council, who must know what the impact of all these proposals will be? As should all the people working at the GLA.<br /><br />The rivalry or lack of talking between the two boroughs (Greenwich & Lewisham) doesn't help. Greenwich seem to have made some terrible decisions, and thanks to Lewisham Labour's complacency, Deptford's local Councillors have been utterly useless. We now have two new councillors but only one of them is likely to be of any use (Joe Dromey), one more whose picture looks like a ghost on the recent handout, and the retainer (Paul Maslin) has done nothing of any use to Deptford for years.<br /><br />More importantly, Councillors in charge of Planning Decisions are still next to useless since they don't even read the intricate details of major planning applications, but wait to hear what the chief planning officer advises and go along with it. They have no training in planning and obviously couldn't care less about an area they don't actually live in, which is most of them.<br /><br />Even the bright people still in charge don't seem to read the latest academic thinking on urban planning. Lesser debates are lobbied by capitalist developer types who moan on about viability and profits for their shareholders, as if that were the only consideration, especially in Property Developer sponsored mediums such as the Evening Standard. <br /><br />Discussion in other media outlets is abysmal. Only Building Design has reported the Convoys Wharf situation but who the fuck reads that? Radio London yesterday claimed to have a debate but hardly touched the real issues. A brave citizen called Colin tried to introduce the subject of Convoys Wharf but was easily dismissed by presenter Robert Elms, who seems to have only a shallow understanding of the complexity involved.<br /><br />If you think other people are to blame, look at yourself. <br /><br />HOPE? Or not a hope in hell?<br /><br />Sign the petitions. Let's stop at least one of these fuckers.Deep Fortnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-64294066666571416622013-11-20T17:10:28.543+00:002013-11-20T17:10:28.543+00:00Open Floor Hearing: Registration is 9-9.30am.
It ...Open Floor Hearing: Registration is 9-9.30am. <br />It is not confirmed what time the hearing starts or when it ends!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914930883748622529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-10437033317337694992013-11-20T15:09:50.640+00:002013-11-20T15:09:50.640+00:00TIME OF MEETING ???
TIME OF MEETING ???<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com