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Matt’s the man: Pennycook picked by Greenwich Labour

by Darryl Chamberlain 30 November, 201319 July, 2023

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00_XP-dsJDQ&w=640&h=480%5D Breaking news: Greenwich West councillor Matt Pennycook has been selected as Labour’s candidate for Greenwich & Woolwich at the next general election, after a meeting of local members at the Woolwich Grand Theatre. The vote followed a hustings featuring Pennycook and his five rivals for the position – Len Duvall, Annie Keys, Kathy […]

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Will breakfast boy Matt rise and shine as Labour’s winner?

by Darryl Chamberlain 29 November, 201319 July, 2023

It’s the biggest political battle Greenwich or Woolwich has seen for a generation, and it ends tomorrow. The winner will get the keys to a safe seat in Parliament and the chance to develop a career which could peak in one of the nation’s highest offices. The others are already working out their excuses. But […]

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Will Greenwich Labour pick right-wing party founder for council?

by Darryl Chamberlain 7 June, 201319 July, 2023

Yesterday, this website reported on the shenanigans as Greenwich borough’s political parties select their candidates for next year’s council elections – and how leading Labour figures have suffered for their loyalty to outgoing leader Chris Roberts. Keepers of the Roberts flame are still battling away, though. But one of those ultra-loyalists – who has been […]