Before it closed for the winter we invited Simon Hughes MP, the Lib Dems’ Energy & Climate Change spokesman and MP for North Southwark & Bermondsey, to Frank’s Café to speak.Frank’s has been a sensational success story over the summer, and many people have come from all over London (and beyond!) to see it. I’m […]

I have had the above tube map mocked up, showing the South London Line as it would look if it were included on the Tube map. There is currently a black hole in South London transport. Anyone living in Camberwell and Peckham will have had a similar experience at some point: you invite a friend […]

  Blog is coming today from sunny Bournemouth, on day 3 of the Liberal Democrat Conference! As a first-timer to conference, I wasn’t sure what to expect. But I’m glad to say it’s so far been a lot of fun and all very interesting stuff. Lots of debates, discussions, training and meeting interesting people. Thanks […]

  Last month we carried out a Housing Focus survey throughout the ward. We knocked on every council tenant’s door and asked if they had any issue or repairs needed with their housing which we could help with.We gave everyone a survey asking for details of any outstanding work, or for descriptions of their past […]

Found this picture from a few months back, thought it was worth sticking on here, as party of the campaign diary… This was at an event at the Bermondsey Square hotel, with Vince Cable speaking his wise words of wisdom on the credit crunch and the effects it will have. He makes the point that […]

Today the three of us were joined by Councillor Lisa Rajan, executive member for Children’s Services on Southwark Council. We met and spoke with parents on Peckham Rye Common; outside the Café and One O’clock club. We were filling out brief surveys focusing on chilren’s issues, such as play facilities and school places. We were […]

This summer my new local has become Frank’s Café and Campari Bar, attached to the Bold Tendencies III sculpture park exhibition, on the roof of the Rye Lane car park. This is not only the best place to go out in Peckham, but in my opinion, all of London. I can certainly think of nowhere […]

Had the following letter about the Save the South London Line campaign published in this week’s Southwark News: (you can see the Equal Life Chances For All document here: http://tiny.cc/Hqux0) Boris Johnson has launched his ‘Equal Life Chances for All’ policy statement, which redefines City Hall’s definition of equality. Its aim is to increase equality […]

  We have been out collecting signatures for the petition to save the South London Line. This is a line that runs from London Victoria to London Bridge. TfL and the DfT are planning to scrap this line in 2012, and replace it with the Overground Line (linking Clapham to New Cross, via Queens Road, […]

  We have been lobbying Transport for London to increase the length of the number 63 bus route. The route currently runs from Kings Cross to Forest Hill Road (outside the Forest Hill Tavern). If it carried on another 3 stops, over a steep hill, it would reach Honor Oak Park station, which from June […]