Admin notes - off topic.
The "Birmingham alerts" and "reflections upon a river" threads are off topic for this community. "reflections upon a river" (constructive and supportive as it is) would be appropriate for londonhurts; "Birmingham alerts" belongs on a politics blog or the original poster's own journal. Neither will be removed for the time being, although I urge the original poster of "reflections upon a river" to repost to london_hurts.