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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.
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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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Launching the Clapham Junction app
At The Junction – the Clapham Junction iPhone app – was formally launched today. If you passed through Clapham Junction you would, hopefully, have seen the posters that adorned the doors and displays in the station. The free app contains listings of all the local businesses, so you can find what you’re looking for by
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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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Police innovation…
This sign, one of many that have appeared around Clapham Junction after the recent murder there, caught my attention. It struck me as a surprisingly innovative approach to witness appeals, especially as the police (with good reason) place a lot of faith in traditional, tried and tested, approaches. A few thoughts, positive and negative, occurred
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Action! Image! Exchange! *
The other thing happening in Clapham Junction this weekend apart from my surgery (well, tonight) is the finale of Offret, the EU funded ‘process-based, community-focused project’ that I commented on last month. Apparently it is the culmination of the project will be an artistic intervention on the building that has been affected by arson, a
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At the frontline
Reflecting further on the Neil Kinghan report I cannot help but feel a resonance with another report by David Hunter I read a few months ago on public sector health partnerships (which I think has relevance to all partnerships). Hunter’s conclusion, after getting through more than £250,000 on research, is that there is no proof
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Kinghan report published
Neil Kinghan’s report in the looting at Clapham Junction (and elsewhere) was published today. It is, by necessity, not an in-depth look into the riots, they causes and consequences, but instead a first look: trying to show what happened and draw out some key recommendations. And it is, by the nature of the process, a
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Posted in Business, Community Safety, Regeneration
Also tagged disorder, Neil Kinghan, riots
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SW11 Literary Festival
This year’s SW11 Literary Festival launched at the Bellevue Pub on Battersea High Street earlier this week. The theme for the year is Monsters: which might be offensive to some of the more genteel authors on the programme, but is all good fun. The festival runs from 17 September until 3 October (you can download
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Posted in Regeneration
Also tagged Battersea High Street, Bellevue, SW11 Literary Festival
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Battersea Buzz: ten days on
The riots sometimes seem such a long time ago, and it’s almost tempting to say that things are largely back to normal. Yes, there are a few scars remaining – perhaps most notably the boarded up Party Superstore – but most shops are fully restored and back in business. But some scars will remain for
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Battersea Buzz
The response after the disorder in Clapham Junction has been amazing. But one thing that is starting to become clear is that there isn’t quite the focal point that last Tuesday’s cleanup had. On Tuesday it was obvious, the streets needed cleaning. But now it’s less obvious. So people are still itching to ‘do something’
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