Greenwich Council is to launch an independent inquiry after the collapse of a £11m project to refurbish the Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels, it has been revealed. Both tunnels have been left uncompleted and in a poor condition following the failure of the scheme, which began in April 2010. Now Greenwich Council is taking legal […]
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Greenwich Council muzzles its own councillors’ probe
Greenwich Council has withdrawn a public survey on transport issues being carried out by its own councillors, breaking its own code of conduct. A scrutiny panel of councillors – which is supposed to act independently of leader Chris Roberts or council officers – published a survey last month to find out what the public thought […]
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Greenwich and the Olympics: The profit and loss account
1pm update: I’ve just got home (from the table tennis at ExCeL, natch) and found the latest edition of Greenwich Time on my doormat. This headline from the propaganda weekly shows the council’s reputation-first communications policy falling flat on its face – there’ll be a few hollow laughs in Greenwich town centre at this. I […]
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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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‘Stop moaning’ – Greenwich Council welcomes Bike Week
You probably won’t notice, but it’s Bike Week this week, the UK’s “largest mass participation cycling event”. There’s some events run by Eltham-based Limited Edition Cycling, and if that whets your appetite, then you could always look in on Greenwich Cyclists and Lewisham Cyclists for more. Indeed, it’s a great opportunity to encourage you to […]
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The strange case of Greenwich Time and a youngster’s extra leg
Its apologists say council propaganda weekly Greenwich Time exists to celebrate the people of the borough. It may well do, but only those who haven’t upset leader Chris Roberts. In its photography, GT’s well known for editing out, cropping out or even Photoshopping out those who aren’t close to the Dear Leader, which led to […]
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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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Greenwich libraries dispute – GLL chief Mark Sesnan responds
Greenwich Council’s libraries were transferred to leisure provider GLL yesterday, but the dispute over the move continues. Strike action yesterday and today was cancelled by the Unite union after a legal threat from GLL, although Unite says 11 out of the borough’s 13 libraries were closed during the last two days of their management by […]
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