The operator of an Eltham bingo hall says it is “determined” to continue operating after a general election row about the future of the site, which is marked for possible development in draft Greenwich Council planning documents. Mecca Bingo found itself at the centre of an extraordinary social media bust-up on Sunday evening when Clive […]
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Stop backing Silvertown Tunnel, Greenwich Labour members tell council
Greenwich Council is under new pressure to reverse its support for the controversial Silvertown Tunnel after local Labour Party members across the borough passed motions demanding councillors drop its backing for mayor Sadiq Khan’s £1bn road scheme. Party members in Greenwich & Woolwich, Eltham and Erith & Thamesmead have all passed motions attacking the tunnel […]
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Revoke Article 50, Eltham MP demands as Lib Dems surge in Greenwich
Updated story, 5.30pm: Eltham MP Clive Efford has demanded the Labour party adopt a policy of scrapping Britain’s exit from the European Union as the Liberal Democrats scored their best results for a generation in the European parliamentary elections. Labour scraped home to top the poll in Greenwich borough in the European poll, with 17,602 […]
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Eltham MP Efford piles into £600,000 Plumstead Slade toilet cafe row
Eltham MP Clive Efford has piled into the controversy over the £600,000 conversion of a public toilet in Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe’s ward after confusion at the council’s press office led to 853 publishing an inaccurate story about extra work having to be done. The website ran a story last week about £44,000 being […]
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SE London MPs queue up to criticise Southeastern in parliament
Five of south east London’s MPs criticised rail operator Southeastern in Parliament last night after Greenwich and Woolwich representative Matt Pennycook secured a debate on the future of the franchise. Southeastern has been criticised by passengers following service problems after lines through London Bridge were closed over Christmas as part of the final phase of […]
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Blockbuster £20.8million bill hits council’s Eltham cinema scheme
Greenwich Council’s flagship scheme to build a cinema in Eltham High Street has seen its costs rocket by nearly half after contractors demanded another £6.8 million to finish the job. The scheme, which was originally costed at £14million, is now set to cost £20.8 million, according to papers for next week’s meeting of the council’s […]
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Six thoughts after June 2017’s general election in Greenwich borough
The dust may never settle on the 2017 general election until the next one comes along. But the result was clear-cut in this part of south-east London – a big “up yours” to the woman currently barricading herself inside 10 Downing Street with the help of strange men in bowler hats. So, only a few […]
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Dead cat on the line: How the Cannon Street train ‘plan’ distracts from the real issue of who runs our rail
In political campaigning there’s a tactic known as the “dead cat strategy“. It’s best associated with the Conservatives’ campaign manager, Lynton Crosby. Boris Johnson, no less, once explained it: “Let us suppose you are losing an argument… Your best bet in these circumstances is to perform a manoeuvre that a great campaigner describes as ‘throwing […]
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