Had to giggle at this!

vetski · April 2014

<font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13px;">http://www.hamhighbroadway.co.uk/news/travel_2_3504/fail_stroud_green_roundabout_arrows_point_drivers_in_wrong_direction_1_3532499</span></font>;

Stella · April 2014

LOL Were they painted on the 1st of April?<br>

Toddlesocks · April 2014

lol Went past and didn't notice doh They have been quick.

Arkady · April 2014

I'm on it!<div><br></div><div><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2822/13715426004_dccc7d81d1.jpg"></div>

Sutent · April 2014

Ben you have lost your musketeer look

Arkady · April 2014

It's part of an attempt to look more serious. this hasn't been that successful, as you will notice.

kreuzkav · April 2014

<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">For some reason this has track is going through my head. And this is meant in good humour.</font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=you+spin+me+round&oq=you+spin+me+round&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.3720j0j8&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div>

Stella · April 2014

You don't look anything like I thought you would, Ben. Serious or Musketeer. <br>

Arkady · April 2014

I'm more handsome, right? Right?

Arkady · April 2014

Damn it kreuzkav, I'm going to have that in my head all day!

Sutent · April 2014

@ben. Stella only has eyes for her big boy zorro

vetski · April 2014

@BenMyring, why are you doing the Funky Chicken?

Arkady · April 2014

It’s a postmodern statement about the political cowardice of the council.

vetski · April 2014

Ah, of course. Silly me.

Stella · April 2014

Of course, Ben. :-)<br>

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Arkady · April 2014

No no, I'm the one on the right

Detritus · April 2014

Most splendid.

markpack · April 2014

So bad it gets a double point I see Ben, not just the one armed point.

vetski · April 2014

@BenMyring will obviously make a great councillor - he's got the angry councillor face & pointing down to a T already!

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Sutent · April 2014

@misscara. If the Lib Dems were in power this sort of thing would definitely not happen

Toddlesocks · April 2014

<font size="2">That section was done during the days of very bad air quality ( 3rd to 5th April), when advising people not to exercise outdoors. Working in it with tarmac and paint fumes seems highly unwise. Doubt they were given a choice?</font><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"> I remember as went past with Mr T on Thur , the smell was horrific, made me feel light headed and sick just walking past. I commented to Mr T what a horrendous job they had especially on a day like that ( bad air and Sunny). They were clearly under pressure to get it done quick especially at the crossroads ( I live between Oakfield and St Aidans and was surprised how quick on that stretch ).Took the time to be civil and helpful to people like me, enquiring about diverted buses.</font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"> It was spotted very quick, no accidents. </font></div><div><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><font size="2"> Really hope the fuss created does not lead to laborers getting sacked. </font></div>

Stata · April 2014

@sutent - if the lib dems were in power they would apologise for not painting a roundabout, despite promising to paint one for anyone who wanted it.

markpack · April 2014

@Misscara My experience of reporting things to Haringey for fixing is that their management of contractors is frequently very poor - and when there's a sustained pattern like that it, it's fair to hold the council to account for the pattern.<div><br></div><div>The roundabout mistake is an amusing and high profile example of a wider problem, many of whose other manifestations are far more serious in terms of their consequences for people - such as sending the wrong people to do housing repairs - http://www.markpack.org.uk/48605/haringey-takes-an-unusual-approach-to-getting-peoples-homes-repaired/</div>;

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markpack · April 2014

@Misscara It's a bit like ministers and Whitehall departments - it's unreasonable to hold a minister to account for every single action of every single civil servant in their department, but if there's a sustained pattern of problems (or something major at a senior level etc.) then that is something that falls to the minister. Of course the debate over whether a minister should resign after a mess up is often about exactly where this line falls.<div><br></div><div>For the sorts of examples I've mentioned in Haringey's case, I think it's fair to say they do fall to the responsibility of the ruling group's councillors in the end, as they are examples of sustained long-lasting problems. (I also think the ruling group doesn't do itself any favours with its frequent reluctance to face up to the scale of the problems, often looking to blame others instead. E.g. when Haringey's call centre was in such meltdown that a third of phone calls simply went unanswered for a year, action to sort it out was far too slow to start.)</div>

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