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I'm a councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth; this blog mainly covers that, sometimes general politics and policy and occasionally anything else that takes my fancy.
Category Archives: Personal
150 years of Clapham Junction in Battersea
I attended the small event held to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Clapham Junction yesterday. It is remarkable to think about the impact it has had on the millions of people who have worked, lived by, used and travelled through the station in those 150 years. Indeed, it defies comprehension. Having to say a few
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Tagged Battersea, Clapham Junction
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Why do I run?
I was lucky enough to get a ballot place for this year’s Royal Parks Half Marathon and, at the risk of annoying those who failed to get a place, am feeling strangely ambivalent about it. I entered the ballot largely on a whim having been told it was open by a friend who ran it
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Grimsby, a thousand delights
Having identified lots of reasons why I had, effectively, stopped blogging and deliberately taken several weeks off I found myself faced with another hurdle: what on earth do I post first if I am to attempt blogging again? Should it be council or ward related (despite my feeling I should be less Wandsworth-centric), should it
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Tagged Blogging, Elton John, Grimsby
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A belated jubilee observation
After a few days of Jubilee-related events I found myself bloated and lethargic: the consequence of a little too much cake, ice cream and alcohol. My weekend managed a degree of diversity. Saturday was spent in Kent, at a fair organised in my wife’s home village. It was the very image of what I imagined
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Put Your Love Letters Up
The music video may, or may not, be to your taste. However, it is undeniably influenced by the events following last August disorder in Clapham Junction. (Something highlighted by the artist in his direct marketing of the video.) What heartens me is that even months after the riots, the outcomes remain overwhelmingly creative and positive.
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Tagged Clapham Junction, iTunes, Jamie West, music, riots
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My councillor performance
I was thinking about the Shaftesbury Ward report back next week, and specifically the leaflet containing facts and figures about the ward and the area. One thing it doesn’t contain is any real information about the councillors. However, I do publish some information already on my open data page so I spent an idle few
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Motivation the PowerPoint way
I’ve always wondered what this blog is about. I say it’s personal, but so much is about the council it’s hard not to see it as a councillor blog. There’s not even much mention of politics on here, which strikes even me as a little strange. But every now and again I find something that
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Tagged capital punishment, geek, Keynote, PowerPoint
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