“Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back… she would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.” - Aslan, C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Showing posts with label Procedural Theatre. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Procedural Theatre. Show all posts

You Circled Our Home. We Filed the Perimeter.



⟡ Unscheduled, Unjustified, and Unwelcome ⟡

The Immigration Visit That Circled the House
Filed: 26 August 2021
Reference: SWANK/TCI/2021-IMMIGRATION-VISIT
πŸ“Ž Download PDF — 2021-08-26_SWANK_TCI_ImmigrationHarassment_UnannouncedVisit_IntimidationComplaint.pdf


I. They Didn’t Knock. They Loitered.

This complaint documents a non-consensual immigration encounter that didn’t take place at the door — but at the side of the property, as if procedural legitimacy could be rebranded through awkward geography.

  • No appointment

  • No stated reason

  • No visible safeguarding concern

  • Just two uniformed men, stationed in silence beside a medically shielding home

They didn’t ring the bell.
They performed jurisdiction from the shadows.


II. The Location Was Intentional. The Message Was Clear.

This was not engagement.
This was surveillance masquerading as presence.

They made no contact.
They asked no questions.
They simply stood — close enough to be noticed, far enough to deny intent.

There was no procedural purpose.
Just presence. Unjustified. Undocumented. Unwelcome.


III. Why SWANK Filed It

Because not every abuse arrives with noise.
Because intimidation is architectural — and this one used your house as a theatre.

This complaint exists:

  • To name what they pretended was innocuous

  • To log the act before they reframe it

  • To preserve the moment before it disappears into forgettable misconduct

They stood beside your home.
So we filed beside their authority.


IV. SWANK’s Position

We do not accept “presence” as plausible deniability.
We do not tolerate the politics of proximity.
We do not confuse physical distance with procedural innocence.

Let the record show:

  • The officers stood there

  • The safeguarding excuse did not exist

  • The intimidation was architectural

  • And SWANK — filed it in full







Polite delays, perfunctory empathy — Westminster’s signature approach to accountability



πŸ›️ An Acknowledgement of Administrative Banality: Westminster’s Response to Complaint 39170353

Date: 5 March 2025


✉️ To:

Polly Chromatic


πŸ–‹️ Subject:

Your Complaint 39170353 Concerning the North West Social Work Team


πŸ“œ Dear Ms Chromatic,

We are in receipt of your correspondence, formally acknowledged on 19 February 2025.

It is, of course, regrettable that you have found cause to express dissatisfaction with the service provided—though, given the prevailing standards within the North West Social Work Team, perhaps not entirely surprising.

In accordance with Westminster City Council’s Corporate Complaints Procedure (a document whose aspirations far exceed its operational reality), we aspire to furnish you with a written response by 12 March 2025.

Should we, as is customary, fail to meet this modest timeline, rest assured that we will provide you with suitably bureaucratic explanations, accompanied by vague assurances of “progress.”

For your edification, the full procedural spectacle can be reviewed at the following link:
πŸ”— Westminster Complaints Procedure


πŸ–‹️ Yours, with predictable formality,

Customer Relationship Team
Westminster City Council


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On Formal Acknowledgment and the Art of Saying Very Little: A Response from RBKC’s Customer Relationship Team



🦚 On Formal Acknowledgment and the Art of Saying Very Little: A Response from RBKC’s Customer Relationship Team

Filed under the documentation of courteous placeholders and the ceremonial act of "looking into things."


13 February 2024
Our reference: 12136041
To: Polly


πŸ“œ Dear Polly,

Thank you for your complaint, which we acknowledge receipt of on 12 February 2024.


🧾 On Timeline and Tactful Vagueness

We are presently looking into what you’ve told us, and aim — with appropriate reverence to internal processes — to provide a response by 26 February 2024.

Should additional information be required, rest assured —
we shall be in touch.

No need, of course, for detail, specificity, or substantive engagement just yet.
For now, we offer this letter — a ceremonial marker of awareness.


πŸ“š On Further Reading

For those inclined to understand the machinery into which their concerns have been gently ushered, we graciously provide the following link:

πŸ”— RBKC Complaints Process

Because knowing the route rarely guarantees the destination.


πŸ“œ Kind regards,

Customer Relationship Team
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea



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