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  1. With two southeast #London boroughs voting to cut traditional ties with #Labour, @goldsmithsuol @mediacomgold #journalism students assess the big shake-up to the system in #Lewisham and #Hackney & why it’s status quo still in #TowerHamlets and #Croydon thegoldstandard1.substack.com/

  2. Another announcement: I have been elected to represent the people of #Sydenham ward on #Lewisham council as a #GreenParty councillor.

    My thanks to the people who’ve put their trust in me & my fellow councillors. We’ll work our hardest to make a difference.

    #sydenham #lewisham #greenparty #gpew #ukpolitics

  3. Lewisham is now Green.
    Moved from 54/54 Labour councilors to 40/54 Green councilors.
    #UKPol #London #Lewisham

  4. Honestly feels weird that I’ve spent all day having dozens of doorstep conversations with residents about what we as #GreenParty councillors can do to improve things like community spirit, local bus services & waste collection, and then I go online & the dominant discourse is antisemitism. Bit of a disconnect.

    #UKpolitics #VoteGreen #Lewisham

  5. 港人參政|綠黨港人背景候選人 譚巧瑜出戰 Lewisham 地方選舉
    英國將於 5 月 7 日舉行地方選舉,港人參政持續受到關注。擁有香港背景的譚巧瑜(Hau-Yu Tam)上周六 […]
    The post 港人參政|綠黨港人背景候選人 譚巧瑜出戰 Lewisham 地方選舉 appeared first on 棱角媒體.
    #政治 #最新 #英國/歐洲 #Lewisham
    points-media.com/最新/港人參政|綠黨港人背

  6. "The #Labour government has failed our community through continued austerity, welfare cuts affecting disabled people, and its complicity on the genocide in Gaza.

    "There is another way - the #Greens have a plan to address structural inequality, to build local homes with local jobs, to deliver a genuinely caring economy. And only the Greens will challenge the national government, and advocate for a fairer, greener country for everyone."

    #UKPol #London #Lewisham

    mylondon.news/news/south-londo

  7. Bit of an announcement: I am standing for election to #Lewisham Council in #LondonUK this May for the #GreenParty in the ward of #Sydenham

    I've changed my bio to include an imprint which is required by UK electoral law.

    I'll still be posting about music and cycling as well as election-related stuff but got to be compliant!

    #gpew #UKpolitics

  8. Councillor cleared of promoting controversial church

    Lewisham politician has been cleared by investigators looking into claims she used her position as a councillor to “legitimise and promote” the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), a controversial church of which she is a senior member and employee.

    se26.org.uk/councillor-cleared

  9. #UKLabour party canvassers on a Tuesday near Christmas, the local #GreenParty must be really freaking them out!

    #UKpolitics #Lewisham

    Edit: get the day of the week right!

  10. @goldsmithsuol @mediacomgold MA #Journalism students Meena Iyer and Finola Clarke talk to members of a #Lewisham grassroots movement that's calling for houses meant 'for people not profit'. thegoldstandard1.substack.com/

  11. @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social @[email protected] MA #Journalism students Meena Iyer and Finola Clarke talk to members of a #Lewisham grassroots movement that's calling for houses meant 'for people not profit'. thegoldstandard1.substack.com/p/meet-the-l...

    Meet the campaigners demanding...

  12. #Transport for #London has awarded #Haringey, #Lewisham and #Southwark up to £10m each over four years to deliver borough-led schemes under the Better Bus Partnerships programme. The funding will support measures to cut journey times by up to 30 per cent, improve reliability and make buses a more attractive alternative to private cars. Planned work includes new bus priority lanes, better management of roadworks, upgraded stops and safer walking links to stations. The three boroughs were selected through a competitive process and will now work with #TfL on detailed #planning through 2026, with delivery expected from 2027. TfL says the programme will boost customer experience and support wider goals for cleaner, greener travel. Borough leaders welcomed the investment, highlighting the importance of reliable #buses for residents who do not own cars and the role of improved services in supporting #regeneration, better connections and safer, more accessible streets.
    tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/t

  13. New clock at London Bridge station marks new start for Britain’s railway and celebrates rail bicentenary dlvr.it/TNjfCd #accessibility #Infrastructure #Lewisham #London

  14. Got my bike serviced at The Cyclery in #Lewisham - what a great shop. Feels like a new bike now. Expert mechanics.

    #cycling #LondonUK

  15. Wait, what's that? Remember Siama and her weird statement that she's an 'international author'. Well, she just lost the prize for weird things to announce in your campaign leaflet.

    John here admits (brags???) that he's been charged with (and I quote) 'incitement to cause racial or religious hatred'. That feels like a bold thing to announce in your campaign – but hey, it's working for Trump.

    #JohnHamilton #WorkersPartyGB #Lewisham #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  16. But I need to point out that these plans for how John intends to 'help' Lewisham are secondary to his real priority for Lewisham: Palestine.

    I mean, look, seriously. I get it. Genocide is not okay. Fully agree with him there. But he's standing to be the mayor of a single London borough. This job focuses on the needs of the residents of Lewisham – a borough where a significant portion of the population lives in poverty.

    #JohnHamilton #WorkersPartyGB #Lewisham #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  17. Oh! But don't worry… He's got a plan for how he's going to pay for those grandiose plans. He does!

    He's going to raise the millions and millions (and even more MILLIONS) of pounds needed by … erm … reneging on a bunch of maintenance contracts and sacking some consultants.

    Okay, cool. Perhaps if a couple of toddlers add the contents of their piggbanks, that'll help too.

    #JohnHamilton #WorkersPartyGB #Lewisham #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  18. Now, let's have a look at John's priorities, shall we? He intends to:
    If elected John will:
    *Re-open ALL the libraries, community centres, youth clubs and under 5s playclubs
    *Hire in-house workers to build new social housing
    *Take school meals, parks maintenance and road-works back in-house

    Remember me laughing at the Tory and LibDem candidates for making pledges they couldn't afford? Ha! And double ha!

    #JohnHamilton #WorkersPartyGB #Lewisham #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  19. My first encounter with John was in 2016 at a local Brexit debate. John was *very* pro-Brexit. If I recall correctly, his reasoning focused on immigrants. But what I definitely do remember was John telling Joe Dromey (son of Labour MPs Harriet Harman and Jack Dromey) that, unlike him, he was pro-union and pro-worker. It didn't go over well.

    #JohnHamilton #WorkersPartyGB #Lewisham #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  20. Next up we have #JohnHamilton of the #WorkersPartyGB, a rebrand of the deeply problematic People Before Profit. The names sound so nice and cuddly, don't they?

    Spoiler alert, these are some very dodgy people who, although they appear to have lofty aims, erm… Well, they're not very nice.

    I'm not showing you his leaflet yet, because I want to set the scene a bit first.

    #Lewisham #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  21. Also, let’s talk about those books.
    A book on etiquette, a book on ‘accent reduction’, and a book on teaching manners to children.

    Actually, on second thought, let’s not.

    #SiamaQadar #YouAndWhoseMoney #Tories #Lewisham #DailyHate #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  22. Now about that ‘international author claim. Let’s see what #SiamaQadar has written, shall we?

    Oh.

    Dr Qadar has written three books with a total of 3 ratings on Goodreads.

    Now, I'm not going to dis someone for being an indie author. You know, because I am one.

    But if I had 3 books with a grand total of 3 ratings … I'm not sure I'd be drawing attention to that in my campaign leaflet, you know?

    #YouAndWhoseMoney #Tories #Lewisham #DailyHate #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  23. If you think a local mayor for a single inner London borough can implement these policies without funding, you're more deluded than I was that time I spent a week being pumped full of morphine and thought the bathroom door was talking to me.

    #YouAndWhoseMoney #SiamaQadar #Tories #Lewisham #DailyHate #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  24. And now, let's zero in on a couple of the other pledges.

    Siama wants to build more social/affordable homes and combat crime. Two very worthy goals.

    But…

    Spoiler alert: This is going to be a recurring theme in this review. I like to call it, Oh yeah? #YouAndWhoseMoney? These are nice policies. But the only way a local mayor can implement them is with cash from the central government.

    #SiamaQadar #Tories #Lewisham #DailyHate #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  25. Let’s start with this little snippet right here.

    'Reviewing … the effectiveness of universal 20mph roads to alleviate traffic congestion.'

    Sounds pretty banal. Except… Is she for 20mph limits or against them?

    #WeaselWords #SiamaQadar #Tories #Lewisham #DailyHate #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  26. First up, #SiamaQadar for the #Tories.

    Honestly… As Tory manifestos go, this is pretty inoffensive stuff. She’s local. She’s against crime and for affordable housing. She’s an international author … whatever the hell that means.

    I dunno. What do you think? Should I dig a bit deeper?

    #Lewisham #DailyHate #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  27. All right. Let’s dive into the 2024 candidates and their manifestos. I’ll list them in the order they appear in the booklet.

    #Lewisham #DailyHate #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  28. Love this from the Christian People's Alliance website:
    Ms Martin was 'discriminated against for daring to follow the teachings of Christ'.

    You know, Jesus, who was famous for declaring that we should all hate our neighbour as we hate ourselves.

    That's what he said, right? I'm not misremembering that, am I?

    #MaureenMartin #Lewisham #DailyHate #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections

  29. So, like, she thought she could ban equal marriage in one random London borough?

    Following the furore, Ms Martin’s employer had a little look see at her Twitter feed, where she was found sharing anti-LGBTQIA+ rhetoric, and promptly sacked her for ‘FAILING TO INFORM THEM OF HER INTENTION TO STAND FOR OFFICE’.

    Anyways, that was 2022. Let’s see what this year brings.

    #MaureenMartin #Lewisham #DailyHate #ukpolitics #lbl #localelections