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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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The Bolingbroke free school
Having been a little cynical about the value of some meetings I found myself rather enjoying last night’s full council, despite it being a meeting in which I made no contribution other than voting. The key debate was on the Bolingbroke free school, and free schools more generally. It was fascinating because, for the first
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Posted in Politics, Wandsworth
Also tagged Andy Gibbons, Bolingbroke, choice, competition, education, Edward Lister, socialism
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Belleville: A better way
There is no doubt the council’s current consultation on expansion at Belleville is stirring up heated debate. Reading through some of the conversations that are taking place on forums like Streetbook and NappyValleyNet it’s clear there are many different views about the council’s proposed solution to the ‘problem’. I’ll be honest, I never thought that
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Posted in Shaftesbury
Also tagged Belleville, choice, education, Forthbridge Road, Honeywell, Jonathan Cook, Paddock, schools, Vines
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Balls to education
Yesterday, I commented that the ‘free schools’ idea had cross party support. I was wrong and shouldn’t have said that. The Conservatives, locally and nationally support the concept of free schools. Indeed, there have been a number of meetings between the local and national Conservative frontbenchers and the local campaign to set up a school
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Posted in Politics
Also tagged Bolingbroke, Ed Balls, education, Labour cuts, Martin Linton
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