Making Lordship Shops All Shops
20-22 Lordship Lane were originally shops with flats above them. For a very long time they’ve bene used as offices for one of Southwark’s Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT). Since 2005 we’ve been...
View ArticleBakerloo Line Extension Short Changed
This week Transport for London have announced they are proposing two new Bakerloo Line stations in Southwark as part of extending it to the south east to Lewisham and beyond. It should drastically...
View ArticleSt.Ives Inspiration
The residents of St.Ives have voted via a new Neighbourhood Plan require that all new build homes must be occupied as principal residents – not holiday or second homes. In Southwark many new homes are...
View ArticleEU Right To Remain
On Monday the Labour party had one of its biggest meltdowns yet. Voting for, then against the amendment to protect the rights of EU citizens who already live in the UK to stay here. Nobody knows where...
View ArticleMost New Southwark Homes Sold Overseas
Southwark Lib Dems have criticised Labour Southwark for taking no action about the selling of new Southwark homes to overseas owners. A damning ‘Transparency International’ report revealed that 100% of...
View ArticleMountainous New BT Phone Boxes
BT have applied for 48 x 2.9m(8’8″) high advertising hoardings dressed partially as phone kiosks across Southwark. Three of these are proposed in East Dulwich. Southwark should charge rent as they do...
View ArticleNorth Cross Road Market 3.0
After some time it was finally agreed earlier this year in principle to extend North Cross Road Market from its currently 30 pitches to 50. Hooray. This has not deflected us from fixing the problems...
View ArticleFracking Madness
Amazingly the Tory government didn’t only give a green light to fracking it is still sticking to this policy. The science is clear that we must leave carbon fuels underground. That climate change will...
View ArticleFree Public Wifi – Long Overdue
In many parts of London free public wifi has been available for years. Shoppers and visitors take this as a given – it has become for many a public utility. Provided for free and funded via advertising...
View ArticlePicturehouse Picket Line
On Saturday after promising a cinema trip to one of my children I crossed the BECTU picket line outside the East Dulwich Picturehouse. I felt seriously conflicted but my promise to my child outweighed...
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