It seems very unfortunate to me that this whole debate is now descending into personal blame and acrimony. Perhaps a few facts would help.

Individual members of the public even if they be leaders of a campaign group or the mayor himself are not responsible and therefore to blame or praise for listing buildings. That is the responsibility of English Heritage and they have clearly taken the view that Louise House is of sufficient value and importance to list. Indeed I believe that they listed it under all four national criteria for listing i.e. architectural merit, historical interest, group value and connection to a famous person. They exist to take a broader view beyond local political pressures. Listing buildings is not always the disaster that some suggest. The listed library next door could not be demolished and replaced with a modern deisgn; it had to be retained and modernised inside and haven't Lewisham done an excellent job there! Listing doesn't in any way mean that the insides can not be adapted - English Heritage want a viable building with a future just as much as anyone else. That is the best way to preserve its future.

Continuing to play the blame game about delays doesn't really help the current situation. Anyone who went to the recent public meeting about the pools can be left in little doubt that the actual situation is that the local community is divided on this issue. Some people want a modern pool as soon as possible and if that means demolition- so be it. Others - like me- strongly feel that Louise House and the Pool's frontage block should be part of a modern pools complex. I don't honestly know which group represents the majority opinion but neither really does anyone as the council has not recently consulted on this. What I find slightly patronising though is the idea that there might not be a large group of local people who do genuinely feel strongly about their local heritage or who do not have the intelligence to know what they are signing up to. As a signatory of the petition I knew what I was signing up to and trying to rubbish it seems a rather pointless tactic.
Surely the way forward now is to offer people a real choice between totally modern [with Louise House ] and retained pool block with modern complex behind and at the side - then at least both sides can feel that their concerns have at least been listened to.