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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.
Tag Archives: Oxford Circus
Weekly wrap-up, 6 November
It seems to have been an oddly quiet week. Regeneration and Community Safety OSC (well, cycling) I posted about the meeting the following day, so will not repeat the points. Except, rather smugly, to point out that I cycled to the meeting. I’m rather pleased that I’ve been managing to keep the cycling up –
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Posted in Community Safety, Weekly report
Also tagged AlertBox, Balham, Battersea Park, cycling, fireworks, Northcote Road, RCS OSC, Remembrance Day, Southfields, Tooting, Westminster
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Now 99% opinion free
A series of events over the past few weeks have left me realising quite how dangerous it is to hold opinions – to the extent I’m thinking of giving them up. In recent weeks I’ve had two episodes in which my opinion has elicited a surprising response. First when I suggested in my weekly wrap-up
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Posted in Blogging, Politics
Also tagged Alan Davies, Balham, BNP, Council, Jan Moir, Nick Griffin, opinion, Question Time, Stephen Fry, Tony Belton, Westminster
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Oxford Circus: An apology
View Larger Map In previous posts on this blog I have made comparisons between the Oxford Circus diagonal crossing and the crossing installed some years ago at Balham. These suggested that Balham should have received more credit for installing such a crossing and being one of the first – if not the first – in
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Balham was there first
I couldn’t help myself back in April when the idea of a diagonal crossing for Oxford Circus was was first publicised, and I cannot help myself now: BALHAM GOT THERE FIRST! Of course, it would be dishonest to pretend Balham’s was the world’s first diagonal crossing. Without wanting to waste officer time getting a precise
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Oxford Circus inspired by Balham (not Tokyo)
It’s always frustrating when credit is not given where it’s due. The BBC are reporting on the works to take place at Oxford Circus this year and, along with Westminster, giving credit to Tokyo for the inspiration. In fact, Balham has had a diagonal crossing for some time (as you can see from the Google
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