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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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Crime in Shaftesbury: winning or losing?
The Shaftesbury Ward Safer Neighbourhood Team meeting takes place tonight at 7pm in the Shaftesbury Club, 128, Lavender Hill. I’m a fan of neighbourhood policing, but one of its weaknesses, I think, is that the public are not particularly empowered to hold the police to account. Part of this is in the weakness of the
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Neighbourhood Watch and Big Society
A bit of lazy blogging. But going through various bits and pieces from last week it occurred to me that I didn’t post my speech from the Neighbourhood Watch conference I referred to in Tweeting not twitching in Wandsworth. I don’t often write speeches – which probably shows through in my performances in the council
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Also tagged big society, conference, Neighbourhood Watch, resilience
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Tweeting not twitching in Wandsworth
It’s received precious little coverage but we are coming towards the end of Neighbourhood Watch week. Most of the coverage there has been seems to have centred on the “tweeting not twitching” soundbite (probably more because of the reference to Twitter than Neighbourhood Watch), indeed, if you are listening to the radio this afternoon you
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Your thoughts on making Wandsworth safer
We’re currently going through our annual process of reassessing our community safety priorities, and as part of that consulting on what they should be and any issues you might have. Rather than re-write, the council’s text, and details of how you can take part, are below: HELP MAKE WANDSWORTH A SAFER PLACE Each year the
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National Identity Fraud Week
Next week (from 18-24 October) is National Identity Fraud week. Wandsworth traditionally is one of the worst places in the country for identity theft, despite the problem gaining more and more exposure. It only takes a few carelessly discarded items for your identity to be stolen, and it’s worth taking a few moments to make
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Crime briefing, 5 – 12 August
The map below details crimes reported in Wandsworth between 5 – 12 August 2010, it features a total of 75 crimes (down five from the previous week). If you have any information on any of these crimes you can get in touch with the local police on 020 7350 1122 or via Crimestoppers (anonymously, if
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Crime briefing, 29 July – 5 August
The map below details crimes reported in Wandsworth between 29 July – 5 August 2010, it features a total of 80 crimes (down seven from the previous week). There is a link between transport and crime, and what’s quite interesting about this map – whether coincidence or not – is how it appears to follow
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Crime briefing, 22-29 July
The map below details crimes reported in Wandsworth between 22-29 July 2010, it features a total of 87 crimes (up six from the previous week). If you have any information on any of these crimes you can get in touch with the local police on 020 7350 1122 or via Crimestoppers (anonymously, if you wish)
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Crime briefing, 15-22 July
The map below details crimes reported in Wandsworth between 15-22 July 2010, it features a total of 81 crimes (exactly the same total as last week). Latchmere ward, normally one of the higher crime areas had no crime featured. If you have any information on any of these crimes you can get in touch with
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Somebody nicked my fridge
For a few years we were a two fridge family. This was, I have no hesitation in confessing, extravagant and bad for the environment. It was also entirely unintentional. When we moved to our current house we, of course, brought a lot of stuff with us, including our own fridge freezer. We’d failed to appreciate
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