No-one in public life should ever feel too old to take on fresh ideas. I received this today and recommend the link to London readers especially, but others past the first flush of youth elsewhere in Britain might find it thought provoking too……..
My City Too Manifesto
London’s teenagers’ manifesto for better spaces in the [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 30, 2008
You’re never too old!
April 24, 2008
‘Stock Transfer’ rides again
Remember this? From the large scale stock transfer attempt of 2004. The Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative leaders all of the same mind. And they were right too, but the ballot failed to support them.
Four years and about £20m of negative housing subsidy later, the Lib Dem administration is having to look again at the [...]
April 22, 2008
In desperation
Received a piece of Lib Dem ‘Literature’ through the door this morning. It’s really amazing in some ways that they are still rehearsing the worn-out formulas that were so novel (were they?) 30 years ago. You know “It’s a two horse race” with that little old graph showing the Lib Dems close to winning [...]
April 19, 2008
Tube strikes threaten.
Londoners have 48 hours of travel misery to look forward to next week with the news that yet another Tube strike will be staged in a row over staff transfers and pensions. According to RMT General Secretary Bob Crow, “The RMT executive was left with no choice but to set strike dates”, [...]
April 19, 2008
A message from Tony Arbour
Save weekly rubbish collections!
Your rubbish will only be collected once every fortnight.
More then 30 years ago the Conservatives introduced recycling in this borough with “bottle banks” at several different locations around the borough.
Kingston’s Conservatives encourage all residents to increase the amount of “waste” that is recycled. They oppose any reduction [...]
April 1, 2008
Boris Johnson launches Environment Manifesto
Boris Johnson has launched a detailed manifesto for Environmental policy for London. See the link on the ‘Back Boris’ page.
