Sydenham Town Forum

I think the only question that needs asking is this: is the population of Lewisham 100 per cent Labour? If it is not (and, spoiler alert, of course it isn't) then shouldn't its governance, at least through representative opposition, reflect the more than 40 per cent of residents who regularly vote ...

51pc of the vote on 20pc turnout = 11pc of the electorate. What a dog's dinner.

What a story! Had no idea that 1) Morley's was a chain and 2) it started here in Sydenham. Also, Stormzy.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66593572

Wrote this mock review on a bored trip into town a few months back having seen KFH's truth-stretching signage once too often. Guess it's finally opening, so too late now. Anyway... --- A bold art installation that challenges its audience to consider preconceived notions of time and language has ...

All this angst about boundaries, none about multi member districts. We always tend towards the issues about our democracy that the established powers are happy for us to discuss.

Thanks Jack for replying, the magic words (well, letters) “STV” sound good to me.

Afternoon Jack, good to see you taking questions and your answer about dealing with the procurement of GLL is a particularly interesting one. I'd like to ask your personal take on proportional representation as it relates to councils. 40 per cent of voters actively vote for someone other than Labour ...

Good news!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-50275613

Love to know more about the 'secret negotiations'...

Another genuine question: can individual London boroughs vote to introduce proportional representation in the same way some have brought in mayoral systems instead of leader-cabinet? Such a system in Lewisham would break 60 per cent Labour to 40 per cent other party councillors (based on the most ...

So indeed, the internet at its best - potentially! Very glad that you've responded Supreme, and I'll happily return should future reviews posted here report the problem resolved. Hopefully, whichever part of the supply chain was at fault will not find themselves dealing with any unexpected ...

It was open when we drove past today, circa 3:00pm. Looked great! Presumably a 'soft launch' - no promotion on Twitter - but the Sydenham Mamma Dough is now offering its own 'specials' on the Mamma Dough website. Just no Deliveroo option for now.

To my mind this is exactly what a forum discussion *should* be - a way to alert others to issues they may find useful. In this case there's no alleging that my cod wasn't cod - it simply was not cod. And it's good to see that word is clearly getting out about this issue, even though it is ...

Walked past today - there's now a poster outside saying 'Under new management'.

Might just print this forum conversation out and slip it through the letter box if they have one...

Can't speak for whether this is a permanent change of management - but I can similarly say that this new team sold me a piece of fish that most certainly wasn't the cod I ordered. So that's it, another takeaway bites the dust.

Shame, really - It's been very good in the past.

"If it really is a stronghold, then no amount of marketing or proportional voting would make a difference." I'll respectfully take issue with that one point. I've now downloaded the results. Based on nothing but party votes allocated proportionately, the seat allocations would have been (rounding ...

Agree to a point Stuart, in that we were served up the most insipid, poorly considered option in a referendum on (national parliamentary) elections by a Lib Dem party clearly looking at its own short term gain at the expense of any long term impact. And indeed, voter apathy is the issue. The ...

I haven't looked at the results but I can tell you one thing without doing so - borough wide, around 40% of those who voted did not vote Labour. The way people are represented at local and national level continues to embarrass. Our electoral systems force absurd majorities rather than the calculated ...

I see the bar's gone in, with workers working on it on Christmas Eve. Very weird timing to all of this, but the bar's inclusion has to be a positive sign.

"A train service that train users are choosing not to use because it is so unreliable is a terrible indictment;" It is that, of course. But with train use having doubled in twenty years, the train operators can afford to show passengers the contempt they currently display in the sound knowledge that ...

Has something happened to it since last night? Looked pretty good then, although it did seem to me inevitable that the lights will get played with. Twig? Perhaps there's another one. Is this the one set top by Skanska at the top of Queensthorpe where the Christmas trees are being sold?