Battersea (and sometimes Blackpool). Councillor for Northcote Ward on Wandsworth Council 🇬🇧
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Cllr James Craig 🇺🇦 retweeted
🥀 Despite over 60 public questions on council tax, they filibustered to ensure not even one resident got to ask a question on it. They then shamefully voted down our proposal to extend public questions - a slap in the face to those who turned up in good faith.
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It's now a month since Reform won a by-election.
If they're not leading in the polls, and they're not winning elections either... what's the next Reformbot Cope going to be?
Cllr James Craig 🇺🇦 retweeted
Tonight, Labour MPs voted AGAIN for the Family Farm Tax and Family Business Tax.
Eight chances to do the right thing. Eight times they chose to hammer farmers and family businesses.
Labour must listen. At the Budget, axe these vindictive taxes.
Cllr James Craig 🇺🇦 retweeted
YouGov - Sky - Times voting intention
LAB 24%(-3)
CON 23%(+3)
RefUK 21%(-1)
LDEM 12%(+1)
GRN 11%(nc)
Oct 11-12
Pollster note: The changes are within the margin of error, so it's difficult to distinguish signal from noise, but I suspect there is some degree of "conference bounce" there, with the Tories getting a boost from their coverage, and Labour declining again as the temporary impact of their own conference fades.
It may well be a temporary Tory boost, but for the record it means this is the first time that we have had Reform back in third place since 2024 (it’s technically the first time since early 2024 – but we didn’t poll between the election and January 2025 while we were reviewing methods, so we don’t know exactly when Reform overtook the Tories).
Cllr James Craig 🇺🇦 retweeted
We will be introducing bipartisan legislation to block any and all purchases of Russian oil. It will be called the “Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Act.” It will be forced to the Floor via discharge and it will pass overwhelmingly. #PeaceThroughStrength
Slave Ukraini!
❗️I want to sincerely thank the people of Great Britain for everything you have done for Ukraine.
Even before the full-scale invasion began, Britain was among the first to provide us with NLAW anti-tank systems — weapons that helped stop Russian columns on the approaches to Kyiv and in other directions.
This support only grew afterward: thousands of NLAWs, Challenger 2 tanks (Britain became the first Western country to transfer main battle tanks to Ukraine), Storm Shadow cruise missiles, and other equipment.
I would especially like to highlight the large-scale training of Ukrainian soldiers. Through Operation Interflex, more than 60,000 of our troops have already received training on British soil — from basic training for recruits to courses for commanders and instructors. This is one of the largest programmes of its kind since the Second World War.
Great Britain continues to provide significant military, financial, and humanitarian assistance, and this means a great deal to us. Thank you, Britain.
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I hope he resigned by baking an 'I Quit' cake, or left Lib Dem HQ with a marching band, or some other shenanigans, in true Lib Dem fashion
🚨 BREAKING: Lib Dem MP Charlie Maynard has resigned as the party’s Treasury spokesman in a bid to oust Ed Davey as leader.
ft.com/content/523fa1fa-0764…
Polls consistently showing Labour, Reform, and the Conservatives within the margin of error. This is the second poll this week with the Conservatives ahead of Reform.
Farage's plan to "destroy the Tories" has abjectly failed. Bring on #CPC26!
Westminster Voting Intention:
LAB: 26% (+1)
CON: 23% (+1)
RFM: 22% (-1)
LDM: 11% (+1)
GRN: 8% (-1)
RES: 6% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @Moreincommon_, 18-21 Sep.
Changes w/ 11-15 Sep.
Cllr James Craig 🇺🇦 retweeted
V.small changes in voting intention as Tories nudge into second & Greens hit joint lowest since October 2025. Lab lead of 3
🌹 LAB 26% (+1)
🌳 CON 23% (+1)
⏩ REF 22% (-1)
🔶 LIB DEM 11% (+1)
🟢 GREEN 8% (-1)
⚫ RES: 6% (-)
N = 2,133 | Fieldwork 18-21/9 | Changes w 15/09
Cllr James Craig 🇺🇦 retweeted
I am furious at the incompetence of this Labour administration. Why on earth did they not see this coming. Or is this what they intended all along?
No doubt Labour will spin this as a great victory. But it isn’t.
Many farmers will be locked out as they are busy doing other important things - like farming!
Through their choices, Labour Ministers have literally designed a scheme around who can hit the ‘apply’ button quickest.
I suspect as I type, we are minutes away from 100% of the funds being allocated.
This is not how important decisions should be made. Labour clearly don’t give a damn.
We can confirm that 75% of the £233 million Window 2 budget for SFI26 has now been allocated, based on applications received so far.
Read the Defra farming blog for more information: defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/202…
Labour are slashing 40% from government funding to Wandsworth Council and forcing us to hike tax or go bankrupt.
We're fighting this unfair cut and asking the Government to think again but we need your help.
Please fill out the official council survey at tinyurl.com/budgetwandsworth
Cllr James Craig 🇺🇦 retweeted
Out with my fellow #Balham ward councillor colleague @DrJonathanIliff today & the team.
The Labour Government is cutting £84 million a year from #Wandsworth Council’s budget—a 40% reduction in funding—and demanding record council tax hikes to make up the difference.
We’re challenging the Labour Government to change course. @TeamLondonUK
In Battersea, this will quite literally hit 20,000 homes. That's nearly 50% of all households.
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/07/07/…
I think my constituents might lobby for the name to be changed from 'mansion tax' to 'three bed terraced house' tax.
An apalling move if true - at exactly the same time as slashing Wandsworth's funding. – at Wandsworth, London
– at London, England
Labour MP Attacks Wandsworth Council for Making Cuts After Labour Government Slashed Its Funding by Half order-order.com/2026/09/18/l…
Cllr James Craig 🇺🇦 retweeted
Labour MP Attacks Wandsworth Council for Making Cuts After Labour Government Slashed Its Funding by Half order-order.com/2026/09/18/l…
Cllr James Craig 🇺🇦 retweeted
The Labour government cut Wandsworth Council’s budget by 40%.
It speaks volumes that Andy Burnham is happy to slash the funding for Conservative-run councils, but won’t touch the bloated welfare bill.
Cllr James Craig 🇺🇦 retweeted
I suppose there is an alternative - run the finances into the ground and go cap in hand to government for a bailout. But it wouldn't work. Even after this rise Wandsworth will still have a relatively low CT. Goverment would send commissioners in, slash services and raise CT.
Under Labour Wandsworth had Britain’s lowest Council Tax.
Wandsworth Conservatives just announced Britain’s biggest ever Council Tax rise - they will more than double it next year.
They don’t need to do this - it is their choice.
Sign the petition: wandsworthlabour.uk/council-…
ALT Text saying your council tax bill +190% confirmed: Wandsworth Conservatives are doubling council tax
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Wandsworth has held Britain's lowest council tax for decades under previous local Conservative administrations. The current Conservative-led council's proposed rise follows Labour government Fair Funding reforms cutting its central grants by 40% or £84 million annually.
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The people of Wandsworth successfully held Reform accountable for their policies and awarded them 1.6% in the by-election 3 weeks ago – at Wandsworth, London
We tried to warn Wandsworth residents in May of the shortcomings of both Labour and the Tories. We will continue to offer an alternative to the back and forth of the non-accountable Uniparty in our borough. Vote @reformparty_uk #Reform #Putney #Tooting #Battersea #Wandsworth