Issuing a statement, echoing the Mayor’s calls for Londoners to stay away from the planned protests this weekend, London Assembly Member, Andrew Dismore AM, said: “I join the Mayor of London in calling for all Londoners to stay at home this weekend and find different ways to peacefully have their voices heard. This is a difficult call. The majority of […]
Read morePlease see below the response from the Met police to a question of whether officers are trained to use a knee against a persons neck when restraining them: I have sought confirmation and advice from the MPS Officer Safety Unit who are responsible for all personal safety policy in the MPS, aswell as the College of Policing. I can confirm […]
Read moreIntroduction Inevitably, this report is dominated by the consequences of the Covid19 virus and the lockdown. City Hall and the London Assembly have now started to meet virtually through various video systems, though questioning the Mayor and attending committee meetings does feel strange doing things this way. At the Assembly AGM, I was again appointed to the Police and Crime […]
Read moreMayor of London, Sadiq Khan – “I’m pleased that our lobbying has paid off and the Government has finally seen sense and made it mandatory for people to wear face coverings on public transport. This is something I and others have been calling on ministers to do for some time, and is in line with a large body of evidence […]
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