Big Smoke spoke to newly elected Liberal Democrat Assembly Member Stephen Knight about the election, the future and who he voted second preference for Mayor. Congratulations on your election. What was the best part of the election campaign for you (apart from it being over!)? The declaration of the […]
Big Smoke has been basking in the sun for the last few days and is taking the rest of the weekend too. Normal service will be resumed on Monday, but until then, enjoy this picture of a cat.
Salary: £26,000 p/a (one-year fixed contract) Job Details: Based in Parliament, the Parliamentary Research Service (PRS) is a pooled research facility for Labour MPs who choose to join. The PRS provides information and research for its members in support of their parliamentary duties. The PRS is a not-for-profit organisation, funded entirely […]
Some of those links that we’ve spotted in the last few days; Labour members are concerned that Assembly Member Fiona Twycross is misusing data in internal elections. Left Futures, Labour List. Is your sandwich killing you? The Daily Mail? Nope, The Evening Standard. Also in the Evening Standard, house prices […]
Down at the Vibe Gallery in Southwark they are showing Desperate Art Wives who are “a group of women and artists who have been putting our “artistic needs” on hold to attend to our family and work duties, but who have also never forgotten who we really are at heart.” Apart […]
I’m beginning to think the Olympic flame is getting more press attention than the fires that were lighting up London’s boroughs in spring last year. Sadly it has gone out on the way here so that’s it, the Olympics are cancelled apparently. You heard it here first. A spokeswoman for […]
This Stop the Croydon Incinerator March took place on Sunday 13 May 2012. A number of Croydon and Sutton organisations joined together to protest the building of a waste incinerator in Croydon – one of the most densely populated areas in the UK. The March started at Croydon University Hospital […]
Bookmarks bookshop 1 Bloomsbury Street, WC1B 3QE Speakers: Dan Carrier, Dr Jo Edwards, Liz Kessler & Professor David Wiggins Wednesday 23 May, 6.30pm The mantra ‘private good, public bad’ has become all too common. There is an imbalance between people’s perception of the success of the public sector vs the […]
On Wednesday, in the House of Commons, Abortion Rights held a packed meeting with members of all parties to go on the front foot over a woman’s right to control her own body. There is a rise in attacks on women’s rights, from various Parliamentary adventures by Nadine Dorries MP […]
In Southwark’s Drummond road we have one of those walls that’s been painted by/for the community. I’m generally a fan of this sort of thing. It gives the feel of community and certainly beats pictures selling washing machines. However, while taking a look yesterday it began to dawn on me […]
Never noticed this before. As strolling past Trafalgar Square I saw the statue of Charles the first....
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