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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.
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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, Southfields, Westminster
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Regeneration and Community Safety Committee
I attended the Regeneration and Community Safety Overview and Scrutiny Committee as Executive Member last night. The meeting was largely focused on community safety matters, and was one of the longer ones for a while, perhaps because there were some interesting items on the agenda. You can see the full agenda on the council’s website.
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Posted in Community Safety, Regeneration, Wandsworth
Also tagged Battersea, Fire Service, Labour, RCS OSC, Roehampton, Safer Neighbourhood Teams, SNTs
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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
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Posted in Politics
Also tagged Brighton, conference, Labour, Putney, Sadiq Khan, Stuart King
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Weekly wrap-up, 11 September
Neighbourhood policing Nothing to do with Wandsworth, but the picture is the badge of Grimsby Borough Police, which I spotted on a display at the National Policing Improvement Agency this week. Nothing directly to do with Wandsworth, of course, I spotted because I stood for Great Grimsby in 2001. But it is a little reminder
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Posted in Community Safety, Wandsworth, Weekly report
Also tagged crime, Grimsby, murder, police, SNT
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Keeping crime low in a recession
I mentioned in last week’s weekly wrap-up that I, along with Nick Cuff, had a fairly lengthy chat with the the police last week. One of the key topics was rising crime. There is no doubt it is on the up – you need only look at the crime mapping on this site to see
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Weekly wrap-up, 31 July
Summer laziness As I mentioned last week, things do start getting quieter during late July and August and my council work this week really showed that – I’ve managed to go the whole week without a single trip to the Town Hall. While that doesn’t mean I’ve done nothing (I’m sadly all too available on
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Posted in Weekly report
Also tagged Chuggers, police, St John's Road, Summer, SW11, SW11 Literary Festival
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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
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Posted in Politics, Wandsworth
Also tagged Battersea, Jane Ellison, Justine Greening, Mark Clarke, Martin Linton, Norwich North, Putney, Sadiq Khan, Stuart King, swing
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Weekly wrap-up, 10 July
As I said last week I was stopping doing my weekly report because it didn’t quite work, and, instead, replacing it with a weekly round-up. Already, I’ve broken the promise (a politician, a broken promise, never!) by changing the name. I obviously don’t know if this will work any better – only time will tell.
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Posted in Shaftesbury
Also tagged fly-tipping, holiday, Labour, Shaftesbury Ward News, Tooting Together, town centres
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The first SW11 (plus) tweet-up
Jealousy might be an ugly emotion. But it also can motivate. When I saw there was a Putney tweet-up organised, I can’t deny that I was jealous (and also a little annoyed that it was on my wedding anniversary). Surely anything SW15 can do SW11 can do better? So that’s what I’m hoping to do,
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Posted in Twitter, Wandsworth
Also tagged Balham, Battersea, SW11, SW11tweet, tweet-up, Twitter
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Weekly report, week ending 26 June
It will be a short on this week, for a few reasons. First, a lot of my time has been spent on those routine meetings that take up a lot of time. Second, I have managed to injure my back, which severely restricted my movement, especially at the beginning of the week. Please direct all
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Posted in Community Safety, Wandsworth, Weekly report
Also tagged Armed Forces Day, casino, Clement Attlee, Community Advice Day, crime, Lessingham Avenue, Portinscale Road, RCS OSC
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