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Past hope, present disappointment and future hope: canvassing on a Hackney estate

On Sunday I was canvassing the Woodberry Down estate with Ben Mathis, the Liberal Democrat candidate for the New River ward council by-election due on September 16th. Going round with Ben and the team, I was really struck by the mix of past, present and future. When originally built, the estate’s curving Art Deco style [...]