As with most propaganda, it’s not what they tell you that matters – it’s what they’re not telling you. So it’s striking that Greenwich Council’s weekly Pravda, Greenwich Time, has neglected to tell readers about leader Denise Hyland’s trip to Westminster last month to lobby MPs for the Silvertown Tunnel. Think the Bridge The Gap […]
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Southeastern and Jubilee Line shutdowns to hit Easter travellers
If you’ve got any big plans to go anywhere by rail over Easter, check your plans – there’ll be a big shutdown of lines through London Bridge over the holiday weekend, together with works on the Jubilee Line. The rail works are part of the Thameslink Programme, the long-term scheme to remodel the lines from […]
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Revealed: Greenwich Time freezing truth over council tax
Greenwich is the only Labour council in the country to run its own weekly newspaper. It’s hard work knocking this stuff out week after week, when nearly everyone else does it monthly or quarterly. So when Greenwich Time is wheeled into action to promote another council tax freeze, it ends up taking inspiration from last […]
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Ikea Greenwich: Campaigners switch to damage limitation
Campaigners against a planned Ikea in east Greenwich have stepped back from taking legal action over the proposed development after being advised they would be unlikely to win. Five Greenwich councillors, including current leader Denise Hyland, defied local opposition to approve outline plans for the store just under a year ago, a choice which was […]
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Greenwich Thames Path cyclists told to make way for driverless cars
Greenwich Council is quietly doing some very good things on cycling – like boosting cycle lanes, and experimenting with new on-street parking facilities. But it’s still capable of doing some very dumb things – such as closing a cycle lane on the Greenwich Peninsula so it can be used for trials of driverless cars. The […]
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Greenwich Peninsula social cleansing: Council loses battle to keep developer document secret
Residents on Greenwich Peninsula have won an 18-month battle to force Greenwich Council to release a document that influenced its decision to scrap all ‘affordable’ housing on a key development there. A tribunal has told the council it should release “viability assessments” which prompted it to cut a requirement for developer Knight Dragon to include […]
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Greenwich Time: Eric Pickles turns up the heat on Greenwich Council’s weekly paper
Greenwich Council has been given 14 days to respond to a demand from Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to close its weekly newspaper Greenwich Time, MPs have been told. A written statement from junior minister Kris Hopkins says the council has been told it’ll be directed to close the controversial freesheet by 31 March. Greenwich Time […]
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You can’t film our meeting: More secrecy at Greenwich Council
Very strange goings-on at last night’s Greenwich Council meeting – which overshadowed what seemed to be an amicable end to the row between Labour and the Tories over a scheme to boost the living wage. A security guard tried to stop one of last year’s council election candidates from filming at Woolwich Town Hall – […]
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