London, Sadiq Khan & Brexit

Sadiq Kahn, the Mayor of London commissioned and released a report on the impact of Brexit on London. conducted by Cambridge Econometrics. This report was discussed at the London Assembly Economy Committee; I am trying to get the minutes or better the video recording. The Mayor issued a press release, on the report, entitled, New…

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The Greens in London

Someone suggested that Lewisham Deptford was the Green’s No 1. Target at the next general election. It surprises me, but I had a look at the last London Assembly Party votes by ward across London. Darker green is the stronger support. This chart shows green votes by ward, and the darkest colour signifies between 800…

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Port of London

I was looking up some stats on the Port of London, the UK’s biggest port beating Grimsby & Hull, but only just. This was to help me write some stuff on the FTCA and London. Here are my links and notes …

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London Labour’s Mayoral Candidate Selection

The Labour Party is undertaking a process to choose a candidate to run for Mayor of London. This process is in four parts, Application Stage – now complete Nomination Stage – closes 10th June Selection Panel Stage – currently advertised as complete  on 13th June Voting – starts 12th August, finishes Noon 12th September The…

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Convoy’s Wharf

I returned to this in March as the Mayor sought comments in the final stage of consultation before agreeing or rejecting outline planning permission. New Cross Labour have published Joan Ruddock’s submission on their web site, here. She is arguing for the cultural planning gain represented by the Sayes Court Garden project and the Build…

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Municipal WiFi

In Jan 2012, the Telegraph ran a story on how Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea boroughs have agreed with O2 to build the world’s biggest free wifi network, this is mirrored at this thread at South East Central. Municipal Urban WiFi at Wikipedia, includes a list of Cities with fee Citywide WiFi, in the UK,…

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London City Airport (LCY)

It’s been a long time since I updated this page. I tried to travel to Copenhagen last week and couldn’t find a flight. On my return I looked up all destinations and found this page, which lists them all. It seems I could have travelled to Hamburg and then by train, I looked, maybe they…

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Greenwich

On the 23rd May 2009, the Guardian published an article in their “Let’s move to” series, this inspired this page as it seems a good idea. View My Saved Places in a larger map Things to do The Cutty Sark National Maritime Museum Greenwich Park, they have deer. Greenwich Market The Sail Loft Honest Burger…

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London

A city I know well so maybe I should share some stuff with you. The page was probably created as something my then US colleagues at Sun might refer to, but its been a while since I worked there. On this page, I have a google map of my places in the ‘City’ and West…

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