I went down to Whitehall to demonstrate against the Tory coup. I took some pictures, of the signs and crowds, they are below/overleaf in a slide show.
Although some of these pictures were taken earlier in the year. …
On ward boundaries in Lewisham
‘The borough of Lewisham has changed substantially since the last ward review in 1999 that was published in 2002. In those 20 years, our borough has seen significant housing development and population expansion, particularly in the central and northern wards.
The Council have made proposals and are having an open meeting to discuss this at the town hall.
See also https://davelevy.info/wiki/redistricting-lewisham/ …
Meaningful Votes
Meaningful Votes is a role-playing game, written by Richard Barbrook, where player’s (or teams) represent parliamentary factions and replay the last 3 months in Parliament to see if a different outcome might have been possible. The factions have different power (ie. votes in Parliament) and the different goals i.e. different Parliamentary goals which are enforced by the scoring system. You can also win points through your rhetoric. At least some factions score higher if they are on the losing side of some votes. Heckling is encouraged.
We played this with Lewisham West and Penge CLP.
Richard suggested that people play a faction with whose views you disagree because the learning experience is better. I played the “Lexiter” faction and certainly clarified my ideas about who they are and what they represent, an alliance of rump Bennites and Blue Labour and that’s before we just consider the careerists & triangulators, who are frightened for their seats or for a majority. …
Euro Parliament 2019
The European Parliament Elections are coming, here’s what you need or can do to get involved. Help Labour keep its four seats in London.
- If not on the electoral roll, register to vote before the 7th May, here…, I didn’t know you could vote if homeless, but it seems you can, If you can’t provide an address, you are advised to contact your local Electoral Registration Office for advice.
- If a citizen of an EU member state other than Republic of Ireland, Malta or Cyprus you need to notify the Electoral Registration Officer that you will not be voting other than in the UK. This can be done using the form on this page at the Register to Vote site. This needs to be done by midnight 7th May
- Register for a postal vote here …, before the 8th May; you’ll need a printer
- You may apply for a proxy vote until 15th May.
- Join the Party here …
- Donate to the national party here…
- Join us on the doorstep, find out where & when here …,, we also run phone banks for those who can’t or don’t want to knock on doors. check out here …, or tell us here …,
- Put a poster, or posters up in your window, or garden, tell us here …, you’ll need to say that you want a poster and tell us where to deliver it.
- Donate to Labour’s campaign in Deptford here …
If you’re EU in the UK and want to vote
in the European Parliamentary elections, you have to fill in two forms … , the first is the ordinary “Register to Vote” form and can be done online, the second is to let the authorities know that you want to vote in the UK. …
Keep a diary
Just looking at my Union diary for next week and considering the documentation arms race between managers and workers. If you think you are in trouble or getting into trouble at work, write down what happened and how you feel. It’s no good several months later relying on memory; there is little doubt that management will have a written copy of what happened. …
It’s keeps on coming
I went down to Evelyn Community 2000 for a Convoy’s wharf consultation, It is/was liited to the social housing block and the road from Deptford High St., to the estate. These consultationm displays really are quite bare, but the building proposed is very boring! Shame it couldnt be a bit more like Hundert Wasser Strasse, in Vienna. …
IUSY 78
In the seventies I was on the Labour Students National Committee, and attended the International Union of Socialist Youth’s (IUSY) 1978 Summer Camp. I still remember some of the fabulous people and conversations that I had. Were you there too? Do you remember me? … … …
Vote for me
I am standing for election as Secretary of Lewisham Deptford Labour Party; I’d like to thank the five branches and two union branches that nominated me.
1 have been fighting for a fairer society, in the Labour Party since 1974, for 42 years, sometime with some influence and sometimes with very little. …
The Riot Dog dies
The Guardian reports that Loukanikos, a stray dog in Athens that had spent its time supporting the demonstrators against austerity has died. Here’s a picture of him, probably thinking of bones,
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