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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‘Greener Greenwich’ councillor says ‘yes’ to new roads
One final post* on Silvertown for now – I can’t let this go without highlighting the considered thoughts of Harry Singh, the Greenwich Council cabinet member for something called “Greener Greenwich”. (See the full bundle of Silvertown Tunnel “answers”) Yes, the man with a “green” portfolio actually believes building a new four-lane road will help […]
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Greenwich Council dodges public Silvertown Tunnel questions
Senior Greenwich councillor Denise Hyland last night ignored worried residents’ worries about the Silvertown Tunnel – and even refused to accept two offers of meetings with independent air quality experts. The council received 27 written questions on the Silvertown Tunnel from members of the public – most meetings usually only get about 10 or so […]
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Silvertown Tunnel: Trouble in the council message centre
As the end of TfL’s consultation on river crossings looms (please, fill in http://www.tfl.gov.uk/rivercrossings by Friday), Greenwich Council’s Bridge The Gap publicity push to build a road tunnel between Greenwich and Silvertown, as well as a road bridge between Thamesmead and Beckton, has fallen into even more disarray. After all, nothing else can explain this […]
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Greenwich Council’s Tories in Facebook face-off
This website doesn’t feature Greenwich borough’s Conservatives very often for two very simple reasons. Firstly, they’re not in power, and unlikely to get into power any day soon, so whatever they do doesn’t mean very much. Secondly, and more pertinently, most of them represent seats in and around Eltham, while this site rarely ventures beyond […]
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Greenwich Labour members reject council’s Silvertown campaign
Rank-and-file Greenwich Labour members have rebuked their own council for launching its campaign to build a third Blackwall Tunnel. Greenwich and Woolwich Labour Party members voted in favour of a motion criticising their councillors’ decision to launch the Bridge The Gap campaign, to press for a tunnel between Greenwich Peninsula and Silvertown and a road […]
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Greenwich Council’s Bridge The Gap campaign runs aground
So, you’re the PR boss of a London borough, earning £125,000 a year. You’ve cooked up a campaign to get a new road tunnel built which is going to lead to even more traffic piling into your already-saturated borough. It’s a controversial one. Your social media launch had to be pulled, so now you’re now […]
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