Dear editor, I find it incredible that my Conservative opponent in the forthcoming London Assembly elections still claims he hasn’t made up his mind about the EU referendum, unlike the Conservative candidate for Mayor, who is a confessed ‘Brexiter’. What is even more incredible, is that the Conservative Assembly candidate has said the issue of Europe has nothing to do […]
Read moreUnder Boris Johnson, the Conservatives cut 26 fire engines and 1,172 firefighters from London Fire Brigade. They closed fire stations, including Belsize and Clerkenwell. Attendance times in Camden were the worst affected in London. The Brigade took 13 minutes to answer a fatal fire call last October. In March, a house neighbouring closed Belsize was almost destroyed by fire. They’ve […]
Read moreIain Duncan Smith’s resignation lays bare the attitude of the Conservative Party towards the least well off in our society- those with disabilities. However, he did not vote against the huge cuts to Employment and Support Allowance, which went through the Commons in the week before the budget, nor did the Conservative MPs in Barnet who voted for these cuts, […]
Read moreMy report from City Hall No.33: 30th January 2016 to 17th March 2016 1 Introduction This will be my last update from City Hall before the elections on 5th May, when my term of office expires. It has been a pleasure and privelege to serve you on the London Assembly for the last 4 years. I am standing for re-election, […]
Read moreLetter for publication: why I have resigned as Chair of Fire Authority Resources Committee It is a sad irony that in the same week we read of the accidental death inquest verdict into the demise of Mr Choi Yip, the 85 year old who jumped from his burning third floor Camden flat, we also read of the plans of a […]
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