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So what? Let me guess, you couldn't hear it when you went to bed?
Playing a club sound system for 3 days straight til the early hours on a residential street isn't community minded no matter how many people had a nice dance during the day.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
What do you think of the plans to turn Windrush Square into an international tourist destination with a giant screen and program of events?
David Clapson
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So the Met have killed another black guy. They haven't said who he is or where he's from, so I don't have a good reason to put it in this thread, but here it is. He was holding a screwdriver, dropped it after being tasered, and officers continued to tase him until he jumped off Chelsea Bridge Man jumps to death in Thames after being tasered by cops
Gramsci
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This wasn't about people objecting to a bit of fun.
It was about three days of a sound system on a residential street.
It doesn't appear that people on the street were asked about this
From reading the posts it looks like if it was one day most would have accepted it
It's the fact that it went on for three days.
What I really object to is implication from this post that anyone who might be affected adversely is somehow not part of the community.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Looking at the video it looks very much like torture.
They have enough problems with "restraint" in mental hospitals, without the Met adding exra-judicial killing outside.
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
surely there is never a good reason to taser someone more than once?
and it is shocking that in a city the size of London they closed the only mental health A&E at the Maudsley.
It seems the police are too often dealing with mental health issues with violence and no compassion and that racism is still such a big issue in how they perceive people as aggressors rather than sufferers.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Mental health awareness training is called for. They keep re-running the script. What lessons did they learn from Sean Rigg's murder?
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
GarveyLives
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(Source: as stated in image)
Condolences to the friends and family of The Late Oladeji Adeyemi Omishore of Pimlico, who is reported to have had some history of mental health issues.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Everything is so conditional with the police:
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Condolences to the friends and family of The Late Oladeji Adeyemi Omishore of Pimlico, who is reported to have had some history of mental health issues.
"Footage of the incident appeared to show one of the officers firing a taser and knocking the man to the ground."
Leighsw2
strictly off the record
Please tell me this is an ironic joke......
editor
hiraethified
Ros Griffiths & Co are going to 'reclaim' it for tourists Ros Griffiths & Co. Reclaiming Windrush Square
Rushy
basically a scrotum
David Clapson
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That suggests that £1m will be spent on the toilets, a cafe and a screen. £200k will go to Ros Griffiths/Friends of Windrush Square, for.....what? Having meetings, and leaflets and a web page to tell us how great they are? I object to giving RG any role to do with spending other people's money.
GarveyLives
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editor
hiraethified
Why are you quoting me? Can't you read? I clearly said that I've never made a noise complaint despite having to put up with illegal, all night ticketed private parties outside my block.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
I complained to Lambeth about a neighbour repeatedly stripping huge piles of insulated electrical wires through burning to retrieve copper. It is a horribly toxic smoke, choking smell and a criminal offence under environmental legislation (enforceable by Lambeth). Lambeth took 3 weeks to get back to me and then said that if they weren't doing it right now, what did I expect them to do about it? I pointed out that I had contacted them at the time and several times after but that this was their first response, so I asked what I should do. They said that next time I should record details and they would look into it. I said that that was what I had just done and they had told me that they could not do anything with the details and had asked me what I expected them to do about it? They said they are very busy. Total head fuck.
nick
Pleomorphic Adenomas R us
Same deal with the noise control stuff -pretty sure they now work 9-5 and will "come round to assess it in a week or so".
Since this approach appears to be as useful as a chocolate teapot (cf the 3 day party observations up thread), would it not be prudent for the financially constrained Lambeth to accept defeat and just close these functions completely?
Or so they actually have some successes?
Since this approach appears to be as useful as a chocolate teapot (cf the 3 day party observations up thread), would it not be prudent for the financially constrained Lambeth to accept defeat and just close these functions completely?
Or so they actually have some successes?
Rushy
basically a scrotum
I can totally accept that they don't have the resources in terms of number. But the ones they do have seem to lack any practical skills too.
Years ago I complained about Fridge Bar holding a new event midnight to 4am on a Wednesday - the whole frontage wide open and sound system (which had been moved up from the lower ground floor) blaring. Even air horns. It happened like clockwork every week. Lambeth said they would look into it. I chased it several times but heard nothing for months whilst the parties continued. When I raised a complaint about the lack of response they replied saying that they had investigated immediately on two separate occasions and found no problem. This seemed unlikely so I asked when they had attended and it was something like Friday at 8pm and Saturday at 10pm - even their website showed they were only just opening at 10pm on a Saturday. Their response to that was that they have procedures to follow (which little people clearly would not understand).
There is just a weird obstructive officiousness about the service.
Casaubon
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Lambeth promised to get their act together in 2018, after being taken to the Ombudsman.
Lambeth Council will improve its noise nuisance service, after an ombudsman found it had turned down more than 6,300 complaints since 2016.
The council had changed its policy as a response to budget cuts, only investigating a noise complaint if three people raised concerns.
But local authorities cannot place restrictions on what they will investigate, local government and social care ombudsman Michael King said.
“Ongoing noise nuisance can cause significant distress, but Lambeth Council’s policy unfairly swept many people’s complaints under the carpet,” he said.
“Councils have a statutory duty to investigate and cannot impose their own limits on what they will and will not consider.
“I’m pleased Lambeth council has now changed its policy to recognise its duties, and will now look into any ongoing concerns that have not been investigated previously,” Mr King added.
During the investigation, the ombudsman found 6,353 other complaints had not been considered because of the change in policy.
The ombudsman found fault with the council for changing its policy, which meant it was not meeting its statutory obligations.
A Lambeth Council spokesperson said the council had made changes and would ensure complaints were handled more effectively.
“We’ve fully accepted the findings of the LGO and apologise unreservedly for the inconvenience caused by the changes to the statutory noise service, which were introduced in 2016,” he said.
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Lambeth Council will improve its noise nuisance service, after an ombudsman found it had turned down more than 6,300 complaints since 2016.
The council had changed its policy as a response to budget cuts, only investigating a noise complaint if three people raised concerns.
But local authorities cannot place restrictions on what they will investigate, local government and social care ombudsman Michael King said.
“Ongoing noise nuisance can cause significant distress, but Lambeth Council’s policy unfairly swept many people’s complaints under the carpet,” he said.
“Councils have a statutory duty to investigate and cannot impose their own limits on what they will and will not consider.
“I’m pleased Lambeth council has now changed its policy to recognise its duties, and will now look into any ongoing concerns that have not been investigated previously,” Mr King added.
During the investigation, the ombudsman found 6,353 other complaints had not been considered because of the change in policy.
The ombudsman found fault with the council for changing its policy, which meant it was not meeting its statutory obligations.
A Lambeth Council spokesperson said the council had made changes and would ensure complaints were handled more effectively.
“We’ve fully accepted the findings of the LGO and apologise unreservedly for the inconvenience caused by the changes to the statutory noise service, which were introduced in 2016,” he said.
Lambeth Council changes noise complaints policy, after investigation found thousands were turned down
Lambeth Council will improve its noise nuisance service, after an ombudsman found it had turned down more than 6,300 complaints since 2016.
Winot
I wholeheartedley agree with your viewpoint
I’m guessing they have a statutory duty to provide that service? Obviously they don’t actually provide it.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Lambeth promised to get their act together in 2018, after being taken to the Ombudsman.
Lambeth Council will improve its noise nuisance service, after an ombudsman found it had turned down more than 6,300 complaints since 2016.
The council had changed its policy as a response to budget cuts, only investigating a noise complaint if three people raised concerns.
But local authorities cannot place restrictions on what they will investigate, local government and social care ombudsman Michael King said.
“Ongoing noise nuisance can cause significant distress, but Lambeth Council’s policy unfairly swept many people’s complaints under the carpet,” he said.
“Councils have a statutory duty to investigate and cannot impose their own limits on what they will and will not consider.
“I’m pleased Lambeth council has now changed its policy to recognise its duties, and will now look into any ongoing concerns that have not been investigated previously,” Mr King added.
During the investigation, the ombudsman found 6,353 other complaints had not been considered because of the change in policy.
The ombudsman found fault with the council for changing its policy, which meant it was not meeting its statutory obligations.
A Lambeth Council spokesperson said the council had made changes and would ensure complaints were handled more effectively.
“We’ve fully accepted the findings of the LGO and apologise unreservedly for the inconvenience caused by the changes to the statutory noise service, which were introduced in 2016,” he said.
Lambeth Council changes noise complaints policy, after investigation found thousands were turned down
Lambeth Council will improve its noise nuisance service, after an ombudsman found it had turned down more than 6,300 complaints since 2016.
That the Council should provide this service was pointed out to local Cllrs more than once.
I remember Cllr Donatus saying at a meeting that it wasn't really needed as Brixton BID could deal with noise issues in central Brixton.
Typical example of how Labour Cllrs ignore residents. It takes a judgement by the ombudsman to get it re instated.
Labour Cllrs should be defending people's right to a service. Not saying a private business organisation can run it.
ash
Inittogether
They also have to have 3 separate complaints from 3 different addresses!
David Clapson
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Can anyone hear a crowd of kids shrieking? Is Brixton being visited by a celeb?
editor
hiraethified
There's an immense queue of kids stretching hundreds of metres down Coldharbour Lane.
It's for this: https://www.sofarsounds.com/events/40216
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