Thursday’s London Links: bumper crop

We have a bumper crop for you today, partly catching up on a couple of day’s missed round-ups. Enjoy!

• Inside Croydon reports on concerns over Purley’s swimming pool.
• Downhills school in Haringey has had its governors sacked. Haringey Greens.
• The Haringey Independent reports that dog owners are spitting chips over proposals to restrict park use.
• The Guardian is full of praise for Plan B’s riot song. See what you think.
• Let’s here it for Ealing’s traffic wardens, strike report in Socialist Worker.
• Reuters says that London has been impoverished by the plutocrats. Yes, Reuters.

• Ken Livingstone will declare London’s independence if he wins. Evening Standard.
• Livingstone is being accused of making comments about Jews. Liberal Conspiracy makes the case for the defense.
• Inside Croydon sees Ed Miliband on Livingstone’s campaign trail. I’m sure that will help.
• The Green Party’s Jenny Jones has written for Croydon Today on the need for 20 mph limits.
• 853 discusses the impact the mayoral candidates have had on London.
• Nick Venedi was not impressed with Brian Paddick’s attitude towards the Greeks.
• Siobhan Benita says we can have a 24 hour train service in London. Metro.
• The Asian Age also mentions Siobhan, but worries she may be too normal for politics.
• Meanwhile the Evening Standard describes her as Borgen.
• If you’ve ever asked yourself the question “Is Boris Working?” this site is for you.
• The Sack Boris campaign has just set up its “sackometer”.
• Can we trust the Mayor’s crime figures? The BBC thinks not.
• Adam Bienkov wonders whether Mr Johnson’s team understands the social media storm. I’ll stop talking about Boris now…
• South London’s finest, Wolgang Moneypenny, has discovered a sure fire policy to lose votes. Shut down the tube.
• Londonist looks at the people in the race who aren’t Ken or Boris.
• While Snipe thinks the winner will be “don’t know”.

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