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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: Tooting
Half-price parking in Tooting
For a long time it felt like my job on the council was explaining the council’s parking policy to business. I should add that my job on the council has never involved any responsibility for parking whatsoever (long may that continue) but it is inevitable when talking to businesses that they will raise the impact
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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
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Posted in Politics, Wandsworth
Also tagged Battersea, Conservatives, Jane Ellison, Justine Greening, Labour, Putney, Sadiq Khan, Tony Belton
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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, Southfields, West Hill
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Labour’s vision for Tooting: Bingo
I recognise that reports of meetings I attended are dull. Frankly, they are dull for me. Last night’s full council was a classic example of why. I have a lot of time for the Labour Party in Wandsworth, I think they have provided some good opposition to the council, but actually, that’s mainly come from
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Posted in Politics, Regeneration
Also tagged Conservatives, Glum Councillors, Graveney, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mark Clarke, Rex Osborn, Tony Belton, Tooting Together
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Chugging fools
I suppose I should be honoured to be deemed noteworthy enough to appear in an April’s Fool ‘joke’, even if it is only Third Sector. In an article bylined by ‘May Dupp’ they reveal that a street fundraising ban unites main parties and I’m quoted as saying what good news a ban would be. Not
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Posted in Regeneration
Also tagged April Fools, charity, Chuggers, Chugging, PFRA, Third Sector, Tooting Broadway
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Clean streets award
When I did my presentation for BATCA (which I’ve embedded again below) last week I commented that I felt one of the best things to come out of it was the the time-banded waste collection – a remarkably simple idea that has had a huge impact on the cleanliness of the streets. The idea is
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Posted in Regeneration
Also tagged BATCA, Keep Britain Tidy, litter, Street cleaning, time banded waste
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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
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Selling Putney
I’ve spent a fair chunk of today at an inward investment event for Putney Town Centre. Although Nine Elms and Tooting have been getting a fair degree of attention recently, the council has continued to promote the rest of the borough as a destination to businesses, retailers and investors. Today’s event was aimed at attracting
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Posted in Regeneration
Also tagged investment, Nine Elms, Putney, Putney High Street, SW15, Town Centre
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More Tooting (Together) video
Following on from The Guardian‘s filming in Tooting here’s another Tooting based film. This time made by students from South Thames College about Tooting Together. And egotistically I include it because I’m on it. But before that, there’s lots from local residents, visitors and businesses saying what they like about Tooting and what they think
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The Guardian and chugging
The Guardian (or more specifically Paul MacInnes and Hildegunn Soldal) did a short video piece about chugging last year: you will note the early stages of my festive beard, and me looking disturbingly jowly. It finally appeared yesterday (they don’t allow embedding, so the above is on my YouTube account – but you can see
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