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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.
Tag Archives: Balham
Balham power failures (again)
The power in Balham Town Centre failed again today, affecting a number of businesses and residents. I thought it worth a quick blog post to mention a recent meeting I had with UK Power Networks to discuss the situation. The history To give a brief history this is not the first time it has happened.
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Ritherdon Road street party
View Larger Map Businesses in Ritherdon Road in Balham are, together with the Balham Partnership, hosting a street party this Sunday. The event is designed to raise the profile of the road, and the businesses in it, while also offering something for the community and raising money for the Thomas Pocklington Trust. It runs from
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Weekly wrap-up, 6 November
It seems to have been an oddly quiet week. Regeneration and Community Safety OSC (well, cycling) I posted about the meeting the following day, so will not repeat the points. Except, rather smugly, to point out that I cycled to the meeting. I’m rather pleased that I’ve been managing to keep the cycling up –
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Posted in Community Safety, Weekly report
Also tagged AlertBox, Battersea Park, cycling, fireworks, Northcote Road, Oxford Circus, RCS OSC, Remembrance Day, Southfields, Tooting, Westminster
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Now 99% opinion free
A series of events over the past few weeks have left me realising quite how dangerous it is to hold opinions – to the extent I’m thinking of giving them up. In recent weeks I’ve had two episodes in which my opinion has elicited a surprising response. First when I suggested in my weekly wrap-up
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Posted in Blogging, Politics
Also tagged Alan Davies, BNP, Council, Jan Moir, Nick Griffin, opinion, Oxford Circus, Question Time, Stephen Fry, Tony Belton, Westminster
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Oxford Circus: An apology
View Larger Map In previous posts on this blog I have made comparisons between the Oxford Circus diagonal crossing and the crossing installed some years ago at Balham. These suggested that Balham should have received more credit for installing such a crossing and being one of the first – if not the first – in
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Balham was there first
I couldn’t help myself back in April when the idea of a diagonal crossing for Oxford Circus was was first publicised, and I cannot help myself now: BALHAM GOT THERE FIRST! Of course, it would be dishonest to pretend Balham’s was the world’s first diagonal crossing. Without wanting to waste officer time getting a precise
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Weekly wrap-up, 14 August
My weekly look back on a few bits and pieces I want to highlight or didn't post about first time around.Another slow-ish week council-wise, as the summer slow-down truly takes hold. But a few things to include this week. GoogleLocalgov My weekly wrap-up last week was posted during the lunch break of GoogleLocalgov. Google are clearly targetting local government as a market and, as part of that hosted a whole group of local government types
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Posted in Weekly report
Also tagged Chuggers, Chugging, Google, GoogleLocalGov, Lavender Hill
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Balham Street Festival
If you are in Balham this weekend then make sure you get along to the Balham Street Festival this Sunday between 1 and 5pm on Hildreth Street. The event boasts a packed programme of entertainment. You can get more information from the Balham Town Centre Manager’s blog at http://balham.squarespace.com/tcm-news/2009/7/17/balham-street-festival-sunday-9th-august.html Posted via email from jamescousins’s posterous.
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The first SW11 (plus) tweet-up
Jealousy might be an ugly emotion. But it also can motivate. When I saw there was a Putney tweet-up organised, I can’t deny that I was jealous (and also a little annoyed that it was on my wedding anniversary). Surely anything SW15 can do SW11 can do better? So that’s what I’m hoping to do,
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Posted in Twitter, Wandsworth
Also tagged Battersea, SW11, SW11tweet, Tooting, tweet-up, Twitter
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