The Green Party has its first ever councillor in Greenwich after Tamasin Rhymes won the Shooters Hill by-election. The result, which was announced just after midnight, is the biggest upset in Greenwich politics for a generation and a rare humiliation for Labour, whose candidate Jummy Dawodu boycotted local hustings, claiming they would not be impartial, […]
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Labour by-election candidate made ‘untrue’ asbestos claim about land sale
Labour’s candidate in the Shooters Hill by-election has made “demonstrably untrue” claims about asbestos in a building Greenwich Council plans to sell, according to a community association that wants to take on the site. Jummy Dawodu claimed in a letter to residents that Green Garth, an empty bungalow next to the Shrewsbury House community centre, […]
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Labour candidate boycotts hustings and criticises residents’ campaigns
Labour’s candidate for the Shooters Hill by-election boycotted community hustings held over the weekend, claiming campaigns to stop council land sales in the ward had attracted little support. Jummy Dawodu also used a letter sent to residents’ homes to accuse the ward’s former councillor, Ivis Williams, of “siding with the Conservatives” in speaking up for […]
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Don’t speak up for Green by-election candidate, Labour councillors warned
Greenwich’s Labour councillors have been ordered not to express their support for the Green candidate in this month’s by-election in Shooters Hill. The extraordinary warning came as organisers of hustings taking place this weekend said that Labour had not responded to a request to take part – even though all six other candidates had pledged to […]
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