At least I guess this is what the Mayor and our Prime Minister thinks. I was amused to see this piece on the Tameside Eye blog pointing out that Gordon Brown managed to do Diwali and Eid greetings earlier this year but failed to mention Christmas on the Number 10 website. The same [...]
With today’s stabbing in Islington which closed Upper Street for the best part of the afternoon we have now got the grim tally of 26 young people killed with knives and guns this year in London, which is precisely one every two weeks. Today’s victim was 16, the average age of all the 26. [...]
The Mayor is as we know a big kidder and serial bender of the truth. It appears that after this year’s fares “freeze” (see previous posting) on public transport it is due to last into next year too. In an answer to a question
How much do you expect tube fares to increase [...]
Just a quick note to say have a great holiday. We are off to stay with my parents for a couple of nights.
I also need to apologise to everyone who has sent us a card and not had one in return – they were bought but baby Gwendolyn has not been inclined [...]
Today our Safer Neighbourhood Sergeant, Cliff Elam, writes to say that they arrested three 14-year olds that they caught damaging cars in Wellington Road on Thursday. This has been going on for four or five weeks around Northfields tube station.
I understand that this is the second group of three arrested in this [...]
Today the Standard is all over an organisation called South London Green Badge Taxi School which seems to have embezzled £350K of public money.
Yet again the Mayor’s £117K Police and Equalities advisor, Lee Jasper, is at the centre of the scandal.
Apparently local Labour MP, Kate Hoey, asked the Met to investigate [...]
Today the Mayor is is telling us what we already know. People are in favour of other people’s taxes. This press release says that 66% of Londoners are in favour of the Mayor’s proposal of a £25 level of Congestion Charge for larger vehicles.
The Mayor spent over a million on this [...]
Media personality and part-time MP Dianne Abbot tabled an Early Day Motion last week saying:
That this House condemns the reference by the hon. Member for Henley of black people as `piccaninnies’, of Africans as having `water melon smiles’ and of African people that `left to their own devices, the natives would rely on nothing but [...]
Our rubbish and recycling collection days will be affected by the holdays so I have re-produced the table from the council’s website below. Follow this link to get the whole picture.
Usual collection day
Revised day
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The Mayor and TfL have overachieved again. They have spent more, obfuscated more and spun more. I am talking about the Tour de France Grand Depart.
TfL have now written to confirm the overall bill for this boondoggle – £10.5 million. Their letter was dated 30th November but got lost in [...]
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