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Nov 3, 2021, 7 tweets

How many times has this #NoLaughingMatter campaign been launched? Anyone noticed that it has no effect whatsoever? None. This is just a PR event for @TH_Labour politicians. See the photos attached? Exactly the same road in #Wapping. Taken on 19 November 2016 - 5 years ago.

Some more same day, 19 November 2016.

And these on 4th June 2016.

These 21 August 2016 - three large cardboard boxes full of used NO2 cannisters in #Wapping one morning. At least they were neat I suppose.

And this is the damage (total write-off) to one residents car caused by people driving while on NO2 / Nitrous Oxide. Taken 18 October 2016.

So it is safe to assume from these photos (and thousands like them all over the borough) that the current administration's #NoLaughingMatter campaign will have proved just as effective in another five years, 2026. As in not in any way effective whatsoever.

Last thought. Why does it need all those people (15+) to do a clean-up? Answer: It doesn't. But it looks better for the camera as the politicians think that if we see more people that means more resources dedicated to this issue. Which is not true.

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