Tag Archives: Heathrow
Greener today, greener tomorrow
It is, I decided early today, far too nice to blog. So instead I’m just going to feature the environment video which accompanies our manifesto. I’m a regular user of Battersea Park and have seen the difference that council investment has made, both directly and by leveraging funding from elsewhere. The green spaces in Wandsworth [...]
Weekly wrap-up, 23 October
So, for this week’s collection of odds and ends. This week’s photo doesn’t really have any artistic merit – composition and exposure could be better – but it is from Battersea Park where autumn is making itself known. The park really is beautiful at this time of year, and almost magical if you see the [...]
Has Linton forgotten how he voted?
The April edition of Martin Linton’s Bugle dropped through my door this morning. The newsletter, funded by his Parliamentary communications allowance always makes interesting reading. One of the stories is on his successful campaigning against the third runway, to which he is “opposed… on environmental grounds.” Apparently he “has voted against the third runway twice [...]
Martin Linton supports Heathrow expansion, or doesn’t. Does he?
We all make mistakes. It is human nature. But I cannot help but wonder what Battersea’s MP is up to when he posts his explanation for his Heathrow vote on his website.* Apparently he voted FOR the third runway because he was trying to vote AGAINST it. Got that? The reason he made that mistake? [...]
Heathrow expansion
So the government have given the go-ahead to the 3rd runway, not good news for those in the north of the borough who will face more disturbance as a result. Now, I must confess that I have changed my opinion on this. Up until a few years ago I really couldn’t understand the fuss about [...]
