Sorry, I understood Martin Linton’s Lavender Hill office had been providing support to your campaign. When you referred to Jane Ellison ‘refusing’ to help I assumed you were comparing to the assistance you’d received from Martin Linton.

I can assure you that the council and police have worked together across the borough for a long time, without needing any MP to suggest it to us. Indeed, the council police partnership was formalised long before there was a statutory duty for partnership working. Indeed, one of the disappointments of having a government minister in the borough is that, to date, he has never responded to any letters I have sent him asking for support on a number (non-political) community safety issues.

On your second point, I’m not sure what point you are trying to say, as you know I am limited in my response on the allegation you make but Jane Ellison widely distributed a leaflet opposing the planning application, exactly the same as Martin Linton. Has Martin Linton been offering some of his publicly funded staff to assist with your campaign?

BTW, I will notice with interest the reaction of the Conservative party after the decision on the twin tower proposal in CJ station, as the Conservative spokesperson for Battersea refused to help on the campaign … at least the consequence should be: no help = no credit… except if it is actually taking credit for a successful approval of course 🙂