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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: Southfields
Cllr Kim Caddy and the Southfields by-election
I don’t really do politics. Not on here, and not that much anywhere else. I’ve commented enough on my political evolution to delve into it once more. However, this has been a remarkable week in politics and I’ve been unable to reflect on it. The major political event locally has been the victory of Kim
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Posted in Politics
Also tagged Bradford West, by election, George Galloway, Kim Caddy, Labour
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Council nominations
As I mentioned at the end of last week the nominations for the council elections closed last week and the statement of people nominated was published today. The full list can be downloaded from the council. This is the sort of thing that only really interests anoraks like me, but to give you the highlights.
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Posted in Politics, Wandsworth
Also tagged BNP, Christian Peoples Alliance, Communist, Conservatives, Greens, Labour, Latchmere, Layla Moran, Liberal Democrats, Tooting, West Hill
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Only [insert party] can win here
I’m a lover of Lib Dem campaign leaflets. For years they have had a few consistent themes. One is the clipboard, the idea is that if you have a clipboard you are obviously (a) important, (b) working and, by extension (c) doing important work. So what better way to show how busy you are than
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Posted in Politics, Wandsworth
Also tagged council election, Labour, Lib Dems, Winning Here
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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, Oxford Circus, RCS OSC, Remembrance Day, Tooting, Westminster
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Battersea’s neighbourhoods – a renaissance?
At last week’s Northcote Road Carnival I was having a chat with Essential Local magazine about the event. One of the things they asked for was a quote about the day. And it was virtually impossible to give, because pretty much anything you could say was put on the bottom of a list of other
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Posted in Shaftesbury, Wandsworth
Also tagged Battersea High Street, Battersea Square, Battsea, Falcon Road, Lavender Hill, Northcote Road, Old York Road, St John's Hill
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More recession workshops
The council are running two more ‘recession workshops’ for local businesses. The first is tonight (Wednesday 29 April) for businesses based in Wandsworth, Earlsfield and Southfields. It is being held at Blend, 111-113 Wandsworth High Street at 7pm. Attendees will be lucky enough to hear me speak on the council’s reponse. The second is tomorrow
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Posted in Regeneration
Also tagged BAC, Clapham Junction, Earlsfield, Economy, EDO, Lavender Hill, recession, Wandsworth, Wandsworth High Street
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