A piece of stupidity by Amazon…
A photo posted by DK (@dav1dk1ng) on Jan 11, 2017 at 11:47pm PST Londoners may not agree on everything, but if there’s one thing we
Source: Westminster tube station has been rebranded as ‘Webminster’
A piece of stupidity by Amazon…
A photo posted by DK (@dav1dk1ng) on Jan 11, 2017 at 11:47pm PST Londoners may not agree on everything, but if there’s one thing we
Source: Westminster tube station has been rebranded as ‘Webminster’
The latest on the Garden Bridge situation…
This week, the Garden Bridge Trust published their company accounts that demostrate that they are far from being a going concern. Trustees admit that they are likely to need more money and the Trust blames this on ‘delays’ – yet these delays are caused not only by the questionable actions of those involved in its procurement, but also because of the lack of private donations that the Garden Bridge Trust said would come flooding in after a boost of £60m of public funding. In short, the project is currently undeliverable, with unimplementable planning permissions, no interest in the land on either side of the river yet negotiated, and insufficient funds to construct or operate and maintain a Garden Bridge. Until the Hodge Review reports on the project’s Value for Money, and unless it reports favourably, it is highly unlikely that City Hall will approve a public guarantee, which means that the Bridge does not have a full planning consent and cannot go ahead. In other news: Westminster City Council (WCC) released its decision to allow the disposal of public space around Temple tube station in December, but thanks to the courageous stand of a cross-party coalition of WCC councillors, the decision has been called in and will be discussed at a policy and scrutiny committee meeting on January 19th at Westminster City Hall; more details are found here http://westminster.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=326&MId=4299 Many thanks to all of those who wrote in response to our call for WCC constituents to contact their councillors. And we made headlines last year (sort of!) when we attended the Fabian Society new year conference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGXd-4MAd34 And we hope to do it again TOMORROW! http://www.fabians.org.uk/events/fabian-society-new-year-conference-2017/ Join us for a flashmob friendly protest outside Friends House 173-177 Euston Road NW1 2BJ on Saturday 14th January from 0915 onwards at this year’s Fabian Society conference. We hope to catch delegates arriving including Jeremy Corbyn and Dame Margaret Hodge who is currently undertaking a review of the Garden Bridge for London Mayor Sadiq Khan. With any luck it’ll be one of the last campaign protests that we have to do given the growing misfortunes of the Garden Bridge. So many thanks for your continued support – it’s been a long slog, but we hope to see you there!
Source: Join us: tomorrow for a flashmob vigil – and is the Garden Bridge on the brink of collapse?
This comes courtesy of the Northern Line twitter feed:
List of closed station as of 12PM- this list is subject to change. pic.twitter.com/xG5PVTKg9s
— Northern line (@northernline) January 9, 2017
A 24-hour strike by London Underground (LU) staff is set to go ahead Sunday evening bringing huge transport disruptions to services after a main union walked out of last minute talks to avert the action.
Source: Tube strike set to go ahead after talks collapse in London — RT UK
For those starting work again after brief festive reprieve, this will bring you back to reality with a bump. Grim new figures show that Londoners pay six times
Source: London commuters spend six times more on rail fares than the rest of Europe
Click for the full-sized map What’s the one thing Londoners love more than the tube map? An alternative take on our bel
Source: This tube map shows the most popular hashtags at London Underground stations
‘Please Offer Me a Seat’ badge and card to be rolled out permanently, as trial proves to be a great success • 1,200 people with invisible impairments took part
From TCOS…
Westminster residents – you can help stop the Garden Bridge Trust privatisating public land around Temple tube station but you need to act now. The deadline is 3rd January 2017 .
Source: CALLING WESTMINSTER – ACT NOW!
The latest from the fight against the vanity project known as the garden bridge…
Source: Calling Westminster! Act now to save our public land – deadline 3rd Jan 2017
Anyone who’s experienced the insane delays on the Piccadilly line the last few weeks is probably in need of some good news. No, it’s not fixed yet, but Sad
Source: The Piccadilly line could have driverless trains by 2023