Comments on: Gay Camberwell and Peckham straying

By: Mushtimushta

Mushtimushta — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:25:42 +0000

OK Regen — develop your argument for me, please. Give me two examples of Southwark Council (whatever the political control) committing vast sums of money in a marginal ward & what the effects of this were on voting intentions.

By: Regeneguru

Regeneguru — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:03:30 +0000

@48b Mushtimushta — it’s not a criticism of Labour councillors, but people who vote blindly for any political colour. Camberwell is a safe political area in a Borough perpetually teetering on NOC (no overall control), and it’s nature that the parties will fight fiercely over wards in the balance, far from SE5, pledging vast sums of money and strategic commitments to them instead of us. Long shall it continue, but much can still be done at little cost, and I wish all local community campaigners well in that regard.

If enough local voters still get a feeling of well-being for punishing the party responsible for what happened to ‘pit, then there is at least a silver lining, and a more relaxed community.

Not sure where you get the idea about “Vote Regen”. Never stood, have no such intentions, and certainly don’t have the time.

By: Mushtimushta

Mushtimushta — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:00:08 +0000

Regen — a very partisan piece, posing as un-partisan. You conveniently forget that the Thatcher government slashed direct government grants to Local Authorities like Southwark and simultaneously imposed rate-capping. Where was the money going to come from? “Tribal” voting? A strange term that you introduce whenever you talk about Labour councillors. I can only deduce that at some stage, you have stood against Labour and lost. If it helps to blame tribalism, go ahead!

By: Regeneguru

Regeneguru — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:24:37 +0000

Mumu — you could equally well take the view that Southwark Labour don’t care about Camberwell, as the vote’s int’ bag. The only way to be sure is to check which Executive presided the longest over the period of the Baths’ decline.
Either way, tribal-voting wards tend to get left out. To its detriment Camberwell is not a swing area in that sense.

By: Mumu

Mumu — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:22:31 +0000

See http://tinyurl.com/6ptxzt — it looks like the baths are “saved” for the time being at least but watch out for the Council blaming the government if no funding is available. I get the striong impression that Tory/Liberal Southwark do not care about Camberwell as there are few votes for them here

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:59:39 +0000

The baths are up on eBay?

By: Carole

Carole — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:12:07 +0000

The answer to your question is that someone did (not me!), and it’s up on eBay:
http://tinyurl.com/5mmgy9.

By: dman

dman — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:19:51 +0000

they decided to keep the pool — for the kids, natch — but there’s no money

By: Vix

Vix — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:32:57 +0000

Hi Camberwell — I’ve just found camberwell on-line and wondered if any of you have an update regarding the future of Camberwell Baths? I seem to recall a decision was due in October? Thanks!

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:31:22 +0000

Or Adam Street, Charing Cross. Or Paradise Street, Bermondsey. Or Cork Street, even.