Blogged: Tweets for week ending 2009-12-20 http://bit.ly/7kKd55 #
If the bus is to make up the time lost by being late it should be going supersonic about now. Scary thing is the driver seems to be trying. #
Blogged: Wandsworth’s Learning Bus http://bit.ly/6Cl6LX #
Blogged: Crime briefing, 10 – 15 December http://bit.ly/8WDEXd #
"Many thanks for your invoice, sorry [...]
As hinted at yesterday I’m taking a break from blogging for Christmas. My last ‘official’ bit of council work for the year was last night (a meeting that finished at 11:30pm!) and while I’ll be using the Christmas break to keep on top of things and hopefully clear away a few loose ends I’m [...]
The map below details crimes reported in Wandsworth between 10 – 15 December and will (probably) be the last crime briefing for 2009.
This isn’t a full week, but the amount of yellow tags denoting burglaries is worrying. With lots of presents sitting under trees it’s a great time burglars to get their hands on [...]
I spent most of this morning on what I would call the inaugural tour of the Wandsworth Learning Bus.
The bus, which starts work right after New Year is run by Wandsworth (with funding from the Transformation Fund) and will be visiting 8 locations in the borough offering taster sessions for adult learners. The bus [...]
Blogged: Tweets for week ending 2009-12-13 http://bit.ly/6HoAFU #
I don't think MiniMe likes Mondays. That, or he doesn't want me to like them. #
Blogged: Crime briefing, 3 – 10 December http://bit.ly/7b9i1s #
Email volume has definitely dropped, has Christmas started? #
Love the Fabien Society idea: basically, put everyone on benefits, then we will all be one happy [...]
Things are getting quieter as we get close to Christmas. While we don’t have a ‘recess’ like Parliament (since we don’t sit, but meet every six weeks or so) the council carries on, there are no formal meetings over the Christmas period.
That’s not to say we do nothing. Obviously all the council staff have [...]
Earlier this week I did a little analysis on the number of Jobseekers Allowance claims in Wandsworth and pointed out that while claims seemed to have plateaued nationally the trend was still upwards in Wandsworth. This week saw a drop of 172 claims (or 2.5%) in Wandsworth that perhaps gives some hope we aren’t going [...]
Once again the issue of CCTV has raised it’s head. This time it is as a result of a ‘Big Brother Watch’ press release that, I believe, totally misses the real point.
I’m afraid I don’t have a lot of sympathy for BBW (and don’t put that into Google at work). They are an offshoot [...]
Last February I wrote a few posts about how Wandsworth had dealt with the snowfall. They seemed (surprisingly to me) well received and, as the country braces for some more cold weather I thought it might be worth repeating what happened, and what will happen again.
Wandsworth dealt with an abnormal snowfall admirably. At a time [...]
I’ve touched on police powers to stop and search a couple of times in the past. Once when I was subject to a stop – but not a search – around a year ago (although I posted about it some months later, prompted by section 76 of the Counter Terrorism Act coming into force) and [...]
James is a Councillor for Shaftesbury Ward and Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Community Safety in the London Borough of Wandsworth. More...
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