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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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I could kiss Gordon Brown
Finally, Brown has blown the starting whistle. Thank God. It has got to the stage where I’m not just dreaming about elections, but actually had a nightmare over the weekend that Brown bottled it again and delayed the election until June. Frankly, I’m ready to have a bit of a break from politics and campaigning.
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I am the Conservative Party’s Samson
One of the givens of any election campaign is that you need a decent portrait photo. After all, who is going to vote for anyone who doesn’t have a decent portrait photo? That would just be crazy. And now that my 2010 one has finally appeared on a leaflet I thought I’d dig out the
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Brown’s great expectations
I doubt it has escaped anyone’s attention that 2010 is going to be an election year. In London we are faced with the prospect of a double header, with people electing their MPs and their councillors on the same day (since Brown seems to have inadvertently ruled out a March election in his interview with
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Weekly wrap-up, 24 July
My usual end of week wrap-up of bits and pieces I want to highlight or didn’t post about at the time. Pre-summer council meeting Wednesday saw the council had it’s last full meeting before the summer recess. Of course, the council doesn’t take a holiday in the same way that Parliament does, but there’s a
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Posted in Weekly report
Also tagged CCTV, civil liberties, Council, crime, Gordon Brown, police, public spending, recession, Shami Chakrabarti, Surgeries
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Weekly report, week ending 5 June
I would imagine few people would be surprised if I were to say that this week has been dominated by the European elections. As a consequence, this report is going to be short. First, I’m fairly shattered by a last week of campaigning that culminated in a 17 hour election day (I started at 5am).
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Posted in Shaftesbury, Wandsworth, Weekly report
Also tagged school, Shaftesbury Park, turnout
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Only one more year to go…
Election date speculation has, fairly consistently, focused on 2010 for quite a while now. Aside from the current speculation about Brown being pushed and who would be doing the pushing it still seems a fairly likely election date. Who would really want to take over now? If you’re an ambitious Labour MP you’re best off
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