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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - October 2016

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editor said:
You seem to be mistaking this event for some kind of fundraiser. It's not.
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friendofdorothy said:
Consequently I prefer not to slag off others efforts to put a message over/ put on an event / raise money. Give them a chance.
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I didn't assume it was a fundraiser.
Young artists/actors/musicians/creative people of all kinds need to make a living too.
 
Lots of well pissed off parents over this:

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Brixton’s adventure playgrounds: confusion and anger over unexplained closure
 
^ Thanks for doing that.
The same 'unexplained' closure here in Loughborough Junction, of the lovely Gordon Grove adventure playground.
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Difference being that here Lambeth have been very clear about the fact that they are now actively looking to sell the land to a developer for flats.
(I'm not a parent and I'm well pissed off too).

Please people take 1 minute to sign the petition linked in that buzz article, these places are really important in so many ways.
 
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Didn't a gas / water company have to pay for the newer Dexter's equipment in order to dig up the site? They might have an interest in stopping any redevelopment - as it was less than 5 years ago.
 
snowy_again said:
Didn't a gas / water company have to pay for the newer Dexter's equipment in order to dig up the site? They might have an interest in stopping any redevelopment - as it was less than 5 years ago.
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Hoping for a gas / water company to step in and save our playgrounds is probably a better bet than quoting article 31 of the UN convention on the rights of the child at lambeth by email. :(
“That every child has the right to rest and leisure, to engage in play and recreational activities - That member governments shall respect and promote the right of the child to participate fully in cultural and artistic life and shall encourage the provision of appropriate and equal opportunities for recreational and leisure activity.”
 
Puddy_Tat said:
cross-posted from the bus thread -

there's an open day event / family fun day sort of thing at Stockwell bus garage Saturday 16 October (a few minutes' walk from Stockwell Underground) - more here
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Go Ahead, who are putting this on is a multinational corporate that runs transport networks across the UK and Singapore. They made an operating profit last year of £157 million.
I'm surprised there haven't been calls for it to be boycotted. It certainly puts sponsorship by local estate agents into perspective.
 
editor said:
The Blog is running a helium-weighted piece of throwaway PR fluff about Our Great Leader if anyone's interested: Is the council listening? Leader Lib Peck says it is
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My friend who is supportive of the Blog said Cllr Peck didnt get questioned hard enough. To be fair Peck is past master at this kind of NuLabour middle of the road not really saying anything that might frighten the horses.

This does grate:

She admits that “It’s fair to say that Labour Party politics isn’t in the best state at the moment. I hope having had the leadership election the party can pull together and looks at who the real people are we should be challenging – and that is the government.”
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Coded attack on Corbyn. Looking at some Cllrs twitter and they were supporting the anyone but Corbyn candidate.

It was her lot that tried to get rid of Corbyn. Instead of challenging this government.

All the talk of "fairness" is still Nu Labour. Its about class and the inequality that follows from that. . So I wish politicians like her would just say that.
 
Gramsci said:
All the talk of "fairness" is still Nu Labour. Its about class and the inequality that follows from that. . So I wish politicians like her would just say that.
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Doesn't she kind of say that?
BB said:
"It’s a fascinating borough. I love its diversity, but we have to recognise that, at one level, some very rich people sit alongside some very poor people – there’s a huge diversity.” Peck says the council will use proceeds from regeneration to tackle inequality which is, in some ways, its most difficult problem.
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I agree, the questioning could have gone a bit deeper though.
 
CH1 said:
Curiously despite the politicised nature of the Ritzy workforce there is little spin-off in us in Brixton NOT being force-fed Hollywood shit is there?
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The strike isn't about the artistic nature of the films being shown: it's about fighting for a decent wage and decent working conditions for the workers, something all Brixtonites should support.
 
Yeah....but why are they showing Bridget's Jone's Baby when there are poor babies out there that need to be seen too?

Them red ritzy beatniks have such double standards....
 
editor said:
The strike isn't about the artistic nature of the films being shown: it's about fighting for a decent wage and decent working conditions for the workers, something all Brixtonites should support.
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Do you support the RMT strike on Southern - about not being able to close doors on trains? When Thameslink drivers have been doing this since 1994?
 
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