SFFH was dishonest because the frankly extremely unpleasant volunteer who engaged me outside the station one day insisted that I should sign her petition even though I disagreed with her aims, her methods and almost everything she said, tugging at my sleeve as I attempted to walk up Dartmouth Road. So much for simple terms. It was only through force of will I was able to resist. I've seen less hard sells in a Timeshare sting, frankly, and if those were the methods employed then I find the petition worthless and yes, dishonest. Meanwhile, the right-thinking locals found they could blame the council for everything. Good work, SFFH. And we're still waiting for our apology.

And I'm sure everyone who signs KSIFH's petition is fully aware of all the options and the full text of KSIFH's mission statement, oh yes. Call the group something less 'Flag, Mom and Apple Pie', and more akin with what its aim is (a suggestion is in a post above) and I might find it rather more honest. KEEP OXYGEN IN FOREST HILL! KEEP BUILDINGS IN FOREST HILL!

By the way, I still don't see how memberships of these two groups is in any way mutually compatible.

I'd like a pool somewhere near where I live. I'd like that to be in SE23, because it would be nearer (and I live closer than most to the existing site). But if it was marginally in SE26, SE22 or SE6, say, I wouldn't mind that much, and I think throwing one's hands up in horror because it might be is just wrong.

The whole pools debacle has really robbed me of my faith in citizen's movements, I'm afraid.