Chris Roberts’ departure from Greenwich Council had been rumoured on and off for some time – but that’s what happens when you’ve been in charge of something for ages. But even then, when the news broke yesterday that the council leader would step down at next year’s election, it still came as a surprise to […]
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Greenwich Council leader Chris Roberts to quit
Breaking news: Greenwich Council leader Chris Roberts is to stand down at next year’s election, he has told the borough’s councillors by email. The leader will have been in the job for 14 years by the time of next May’s poll. Roberts’ announcement, 15 months ahead of the election, will now spark a battle to […]
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The leader’s friends: Greenwich Council relaunches Silvertown push
After the media launch of its Bridge The Gap campaign was hijacked two weeks ago, I’d been wondering how Greenwich Council would try to breathe new life into its campaign to see a third Blackwall Tunnel built. Here’s how it did it – it called up its mates. You know when the council’s in trouble […]
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Greenwich Council’s tall ships jolly goes all Cotton Eye Joe
You might have seen by now how Greenwich Council is bidding to bring the Tall Ships Race to the borough in 2016 – and how leader Chris Roberts led a five-strong council team to Riga, Latvia a couple of weeks back to meet and greet the great and the good of the tall ships world, […]
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Council defied Greenwich Labour party over Run to the Beat
Greenwich Council ignored the members of its own governing party to give half-marathon Run To The Beat the go-ahead, it has emerged. The race – branded “an imposition” by one councillor – will take place for the fifth year running on 28 October, closing roads and forcing diversions to bus services in Greenwich, Blackheath, Charlton […]
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Greenwich Council leader dodges Peninsula Festival questioning
Greenwich Council leader Chris Roberts refused to answer a question about the trouble-hit Peninsula Festival at Woolwich Town Hall last night, despite the authority funding the event with £50,000. It follows the cancellation of the festival’s launch night, which had been due tonight, and the loss of last weekend’s London Blues and Soul Festival. Greenwich […]
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Greenwich Council defies cuts to feed hungry businessmen
Grateful subjects of the Royal Borough of Greenwich will, if they’re lucky, be getting the photomontage above on their doormats this week – yes, the centrespread of propaganda weekly “Royal” Greenwich Time features council leader Chris Roberts greeting the Queen by the Cutty Sark. No luck for his stooge, mayor Jim Gillman, who’s meant to […]
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Democracy Greenwich campaign targets council leader
Local political and community activists are joining forces to push for a change in the way Greenwich Council is run, following last month’s failed attempt to oust Chris Roberts. The Democracy Greenwich petition aims to curb Roberts’ power by triggering a referendum on how the council is set up. Just 8,000 signatures are needed from […]
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