Tag Archives: Sadiq Khan
Reflecting on the council elections
Today I (technically) start my fourth term as a Wandsworth Councillor after a long and hard election. It’s been an interesting campaign. There’s no shortage of commentary about the national campaign, so I will add little to it, suffice to say I’m pleased to see Justine re-elected in Putney and Jane elected in Battersea. Obviously [...]
Tooting Together and BATCA
The Balham and Tooting Community Association (BATCA) held another open forum last night and invited the council along to talk about Tooting Together. This had been something of an on and off affair, since it was running a little close to the council’s formal election embargo (when it stops pretty much all publicity and events [...]
The Labour conference shows politics at its best
Politics are about hope. Or, at least, the best politics are about hope. Politics can represent a way to find freedom from tyranny, or simply highlight a future with a higher disposable income and more security. Entire campaigns can be run on hope and little else (President Obama’s, for example). Politics should be about inviting [...]
Support for Wandsworth on chuggers
There’s been a good response to my, and others, various mutterings about chuggers. One of the most exciting is that as a result of yesterday’s council press release Sadiq Khan’s office have been making enquiries about the problem (and as far as I know all have confirmed that a problem exists). If the local MP [...]
What Norwich North means in Wandsworth
First of all I must congratulate Chloe Smith everyone involved in the Norwich North by-election on their victory. It is no mean achievement to see a 16.5% swing, which would be more than enough, if repeated across the country to see a Conservative government. The numbers geek in me wondered what this would mean for [...]
Tom Watson, buses and digital engagement
Because of my blogging, Twittering and dabbling in other things digital-engagement I seem to have fallen in with a crowd who are passionate about the power of social media to change the world. Sadly, I am a cynic, a pessimist who recognises that for all its power, it’s limited. Limited by the people who use [...]
How politics are done: Lesson 1 – Taking Credit
After Tuesday night’s BATCA Open Forum I was pointed in the direction of Sadiq Khan’s website, and, specifically, his coverage of the news that Tooting town centre is to get its own police team. Obviously I’m glad that he also welcomes the team. But I was drawn to the comment that “Labour Councillors and Sadiq [...]
Do Labour have any answers to the recession?
Labour did not cover themselves in glory at last night’s meeting. You would expect me to say that, wouldn’t you? But actually I’m rather disappointed in them. I expected a coherent set of arguments and reasoned alternative budget from them. Instead, it seemed every time one of them stood up to speak we got a [...]
