Archive for London
TfL closes Oxford Circus station every other day, but refuses to tell people
The odds are pretty good that if you’re a regular user of Oxford Circus tube station during rush hour you are also a regular stander in the rain / cold / sun (delete according to season) as the station is temporarily closed due to over-crowding. In the past I’ve tried checking Transport for London’s information [...]
A flagship borough: 25 years of a Liberal Democrat Sutton Council
Look round the room at the next Liberal Democrat event you attend and ask yourself how many people in the room will have their names recorded in places that future political historians can find. A few, certainly, especially if they have been elected to public office. For most, however, their contribution to a political party [...]
Success for Caroline Pidgeon’s cycling safety campaign as new lights to be tested
As the Evening Standard reports there’s good news for one of the issues London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon has been campaigning for with others: Traffic lights for cyclists are to be brought in under plans to improve safety on the capital’s streets. Transport for London has pledged to test the Dutch-style lights, which will be [...]
Hello, London
ALDC (the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors and Campaigners) has just put together a new team of regional reps to help strengthen its work with English regional parties and at regional conferences. I’m really looking forward to getting stuck in as one of the two London reps, the other being Southwark’s Graham Neale. A full [...]
Overnight counting, electoral fraud and the running of elections: a bounty of Electoral Commission reports
The last few days have been busy ones for the Electoral Commission, with most of the headlines caught by their report into when election counts should take place (overnight or the next day).
Management errors may see future London vote counts moved from Alexandra Palace
From the Electoral Commission’s report into this May’s London elections: On the morning of 4 May, a test of the sprinkler system at Alexandra Palace disabled the venue’s power supply. The test happened in spite of earlier agreement between the GLRO and the venue management that there would be no test of the system on [...]
Electoral Commission report into London May 2012 elections
Electoral Commission Report Into London May 2012 Elections
A great initiative from London Liberal Youth
Fantastic idea this: We’re excited to announce a unique London Liberal Youth training program, designed to recruit and train 14 Young Leaders to become Community Champions in their area of London. Do you have ideas about how your local area could be a better place? If you have the ambition and the leadership skills to run [...]
Maths fail at Transport for London
In sympathy no doubt with all the failing Tube lines at the moment, the mathematical heads at Transport for London are failing too at the moment. Today TfL sent out a press release about river boat services. The news was a two-thirds increase in the number of Thames Clipper weekday services. The headline on the [...]
Caroline Pidgeon spies some side-effects from the Olympics
London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon writes, Let’s be clear: there will obviously be delays and disruption, especially on some of the busiest days. But some perspective is also needed… Across London there are hundreds of thousands of people who have yet to discover that it’s often possible get to work by using a different form [...]
