tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post4726829648382406043..comments2024-01-30T07:41:20.885+00:00Comments on Broken Barnet: Taking a haircut, in the market place of care: another Residents Forum in Broken BarnetMrs Angryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-9627686499355676472016-01-20T11:40:04.715+00:002016-01-20T11:40:04.715+00:00Has anyone ever tried to disclose how many members...Has anyone ever tried to disclose how many members on the council are Common Purpose? There's a much wider agenda that seems to be at work which crosses both the left/right divide of the political spectrum. Seeing that the Government isn't too keen to allow the great unwashed, us, the opportunity to discover what ultimately lies behind the seat of power with the potential removal of Fioa (Freedom of Information Act)requests coming down the road. It seems we're heading straight into a Stasi Police State. With Council's selling off public services at rock bottom prices to private business's which has been going on now for deacades with a slow, incremental, drip, drip process, so that many people don't really realise what's happening. There's certainly something afoot. I live in Cornwall myself, and this only demonstrates the levels of corruption taking place now. The old boys network has been replaced by the Common Purpose network and Cameron's BIG SOCIETY initiative. Either which way, Labour or Conservative, it doesn't really matter, the agenda of change within council's carry's on unabated. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00298773268108641426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-49001032754728726892014-06-22T10:39:22.886+01:002014-06-22T10:39:22.886+01:00Anon: I think effectively there is little choice, ...Anon: I think effectively there is little choice, in Your Choice Barnet. I believe there are doubts about the exact legal status of the whole enterprise, in relation to the council, but I am not certain. It seems clear it is failing both users and employees, but political priorities would appear to dictate it will be kept going, regardless.<br /><br />Baarnett, I think you are living in cloud cuckoo land if you think the answer to an increasing population is cycling. There are too many cars in London: people use them too often for short journeys when they could walk, or catch a bus: a revolutionary thought, I realise. I used to despair, walking my children all the way to school and nursery, and back, and seeing parents who lived even closer than we did still stuck in a traffic jam while we walked through the school gates. It's not just laziness, but a feeling of dissasociation from the environment and community: not wanting to interact. Sad: it's good for children to walk to places,and observe things on the way to school: dead stag beetles on the pavement, waving at the same old boy in his front garden every morning,learning to cross the road safely etc. <br /><br />Yes, Red Sonia, well my only experience of designated cycle routes is in Brighton and that bit along the river by Tate Britain, in both cases I forget it is there and have nearly been knocked down by cyclists doing what seems like 80 mph: my fault, of course. Perhaps we need to reinvent designated pathways for pedestrians. Call them pavements, or something.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-10487353604036564512014-06-21T18:19:54.033+01:002014-06-21T18:19:54.033+01:00It's fine in, say, Vienna, where cycle routes ...It's fine in, say, Vienna, where cycle routes and walking routes exist side by side, often with kerbs to stop each getting in the way of the other.<br /><br />Also in Vienna (Greens form a large number of councillors) the walking and cycling lanes change sides quite frequently which means you all have to keep on your toes to keep out of each other's way! Not for cissies in either lane!Red Sonianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-54474998207022045642014-06-21T16:03:00.376+01:002014-06-21T16:03:00.376+01:00MRS Angry , I need to fully understand the way YCB...MRS Angry , I need to fully understand the way YCB , work , as a ( private company ) & I say that in the loosest sense !!! Are there clients the Disabled etc , Able to Go Elsewere ! If they are Able to then I would suggest that they themselves withdraw from the said service !! & if they are Not !!! Then there must Be Legal implications to creating a monopoly !!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-65506717627778535262014-06-21T11:22:29.791+01:002014-06-21T11:22:29.791+01:00Population growth leads to more people, Mrs A.
Th...Population growth leads to more people, Mrs A.<br /><br />The upgrades to the Northern Line will not be enough for Barnet's population, for instance.<br /><br />Let some of them cycle instead.<br /><br />There is a cycling commuter route all the way south from Chipping Barnet that can be invested in, with proper, separate footpaths alongside.<br /><br />But commuter cycling will only be part of future demand. There can be mainly traffic-free cycle routes to Barnet's town centres, routes to schools, and general leisure demand.<br /><br />Pedestrian routes to town centres need to be better too, to stop the increasing demand to drive to them. baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-22537391422035141562014-06-21T10:09:01.390+01:002014-06-21T10:09:01.390+01:00As I said, Baarnett, I'm all for dedicated cyc...As I said, Baarnett, I'm all for dedicated cycleways, even though the ones that run along side roads are rather dangerous, I think - it's simply that in an urban context it is impossible to create them in the way they ought to be. Cycling in London is simply too dangerous, and I don't see how you can make it safe enough now.<br /><br />Not sure what the population growth has to do with cycling, unless it is linked to one man with a bicycle and a wide range of social opportunity, in the Greater London area. Have I misunderstood?Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-47819235292909407312014-06-20T23:31:21.551+01:002014-06-20T23:31:21.551+01:00I never get on a bike, by the way.I never get on a bike, by the way.baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-82982421266573918892014-06-20T23:30:34.773+01:002014-06-20T23:30:34.773+01:00"Cycling and walking are not compatible and n..."Cycling and walking are not compatible and need separating."<br /><br />Yes, and cycling needs to be separated from motorised traffic as well. That means dedicated cycleways, including, as much as is feasible, along the Dollis Valley, and any other long-distance route across London. <br /><br />No doubt many people in the 1930s did not like all the private housing being built, 300,000 houses across Britain, urbanising many parts of what is now the borough of Barnet. But they adjusted.<br /><br />Or. Stop London's population rising by 100,000 a year, presumably for several more decades.baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-51727784105168701792014-06-20T14:16:33.609+01:002014-06-20T14:16:33.609+01:00Wonderful stuff, Tony S, thank you ... excpet ther...Wonderful stuff, Tony S, thank you ... excpet there is no heart to tear out, I think.<br /><br />Baarnett: the Dollis Valley Green Walk is a Green Walk, in Dollis Valley. It is not a cycle route. I like walking. I like cycle routes. I don't want them to be on the same route, whether it is - illegally - on the pavement, or by the brook. <br /><br />Frankly I am sick of militant cyclists (not you,naturally) bullying anyone who objects to their encroachment on areas that are meant to be for pedestrians, who have a right to walk in peace and safety, just as they have a right to cross the road at traffic lights without some selfish idiot on a bike ignoring red lights simply because he or she think they have a right to do what they want.<br /><br />Cycling and walking are not compatible and need separating: Barnet see only free money and are happy to change the use of this path with no real consultation. No surprises there, of course.Mrs Angryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00586223909475832791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-52061172020915586072014-06-20T13:39:55.099+01:002014-06-20T13:39:55.099+01:00The Dollis Valley corridor is too important as a s...The Dollis Valley corridor is too important as a strategic cycle route to remain merely as a walk way for pedestrians.<br /><br />Instead of widening the North Circular Road, as the council wants to do, let's spend the money on proper separated cycleways and footpaths along the route.baarnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12301292285255035403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371203489316363738.post-36214430252507373982014-06-20T12:51:41.856+01:002014-06-20T12:51:41.856+01:00By Tony S.
LET'S ALL GET A HAIRCUT
Let...By Tony S.<br /><br /><br />LET'S ALL GET A HAIRCUT<br /><br /><br /><br />Let's all get a haircut,<br />Let's all get a trim.<br />Let's call it a fair cut,<br />And then lop off a limb.<br /><br /><br />And if that makes them queasy,<br />Let's start to sympathise.<br />Just say "It isn't easy",<br />And then poke out their eyes.<br /><br />No room for more dissension,<br />We'll show them how to vote!<br />Did we forget to mention<br />A blade across the throat?<br /><br />It could become a habit.<br />We've made a goodly start.<br />Let's spot the chance and grab it -<br />And let's tear out their heart.<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com