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West Dulwich Win, But Not for Democracy

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2025-05-16

Lambeth Council have been taken to Court by a residents group for ignoring their views on an LTN proposal.

" 'Lambeth council chose to spend public funds fighting the very community it exists to serve, rather than sitting down with us to find a workable, locally supported solution,' the group’s spokesperson said."

I wonder what problem it was that required a solution ?

" ...the judge said in his judgement on Friday that the council was guilty of a 'masterclass in selective partial reporting' in how it reported the outcome of the library consultation... "

" ... it was easier to sustain the cross-party political consensus on climate, via air pollution scare stories, and local chapters of a few dozen Friends of the Earth activists, against practically zero organised opposition at the local level"

Ah, so the problem was that nobody was buying into the "climate emergency" scam, so they decided to call it something else, but nobody bought into that either?

There's no pleasing some folk.

But never mind, the Council is taking its time to decide whether it needs to actually do anything different, because whilst the High Court found the consultation / decision process wanting, perhaps it didn't specifically criticise the actual outcome, so maybe the council could simply leave the LTN in place whilst it arranges a new and improved "consultation" ?

Ministry of Justice Fails 'FOIA Request' Test

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2025-05-15

Martin Geddes' quest to get to the bottom of his strange "prosecution" for parking his van in darkest Cumbria has elicited a remarkable response from the person in charge of "Legal and Professional Services, Central Legal Operations", at "HM Courts and Tribunal Service".

You just have to read this, otherwise you wouldn't believe that a senior Barrister in high position would be capable of such a legally inadequate reply.

But in mitigation, perhaps the said respondent hasn't caught up with the AI revolution yet? I suspect that running the FOIA through an appropriate AI would have prompted a rather different response ...

 

Crazy Times ...

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2025-05-15

Make of this what you will ...

... but as always, Trump is wrong-footing a lot of people!

He's probably the only global politician who can pull it off. I suppose you could say that this is what power-play leadership is all about, and of course, it serves to keep his opposition confused.

(21 minutes)

 

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Iran to Board the Trump Train?

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2025-05-15

Il Presidento has moved on from Saudi to Doha, with much signing of agreements and general adulation (none of which includes Netanyahu's Israel, once the master of the USA - Trump must be feeling remarkably confident).

Even Iran it seems now wants a piece of the action, and if granted that would be a complete about-face from previous form of decades.

Will a decisive break from the past really emerge from all this?

 

It Matters Not to Free Men What Tyrants Write on Paper

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2025-05-14

This follows on from this previous article, and a separate appeal for assistance (I don't normally carry appeals for donations because my job is to inform and not to raise money, even for worthy others - I have to have a policy on this for consistency and reputation and that is my policy).

Martin Geddes is personally involved (not as a parent) in a case of child abduction, under colour of law in an apparently legal process, but which upon critical examination can appear to break all the rules in the legal rulebook.

"What many believe to be a system of neutral adjudication is, in reality, a machine that can be co-opted to launder unlawful actions through a veneer of procedural legitimacy"

He brings us up to date with this case.

 

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