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Caroline Thorpe retweeted
Here's my interactive map of last week's local election in London showing every candidate for every ward in every borough - all in one place.
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No doubt consoling themselves with the notion that it's all Starmer's fault, despite their abundantly evident incompetence, lack of accountability, callousness and self-importance
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Ok, fair on the byline if that's what was agreed and given the extra quotes etc. However, the story (top line from @jester and @insidehousing) is not your exclusive, as billed in your post and on the i story.
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🤔 it seems to me it's absolutely @jester and @insidehousing's exclusive and their work. At the very least, why no joint by line?
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Perhaps remove the EXCLUSIVE banner from the top of this post. It's not your story (which at least you acknowledge further down), and it's all over the media.
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Caroline Thorpe retweeted
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Caroline Thorpe retweeted
Sadiq Khan’s officials suppressed taxpayer-funded research that showed LTNs do not reduce car use
TfL chose not to publish the study after it found the traffic relocation schemes helped increase cycling but failed to encourage people to use their cars less or walk more
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Cycle lane is great on the main road, but I am not convinced by the bi-directional design for such a short stretch, esp when there should be fewer obstacles in the bus lane following the works (& the bus lanes on this stretch are generally good for cycling anyway)
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Caroline Thorpe retweeted
A car crashed into a lamppost on a #Streatham street on Wednesday after hitting a broken drain cover that residents have been reporting to the council for nearly two months. Emergency services attended, and the female driver was taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm.
ALT A black car on the pavement, its bonnet and wing smashed by contact with a lamppost, which has been knocked off vertical
Caroline Thorpe retweeted
Today is Full @lambeth_council and also marks 1,168 days since I was elected as Lambeth Councillor for #Streatham St. Leonard's ward.
1,168 days and I've still not been permitted to make my maiden speech or even ask a Councillor's Question to Cabinet. 🧵
Today marks exactly 1,000 days since I was elected as Lambeth Councillor of #Streatham St. Leonard's Ward.
1,000 days and I've still not made my Maiden Speech or been called to ask a Councillors Question.
I refuse to be silenced
Caroline Thorpe retweeted
Water your local street trees to help keep them hydrated in the hot weather 💦
Extra watering is needed to help our street trees survive in the heat 🌡️
You can use saved rainwater or ‘grey water’ from the shower, bath, paddling pools, or even washing up ♻️
ALT Your local street tree needs you! With a photo of a street tree
Our bus journey to school often went from 20 to 60+ mins - if the bus arrived at all. Many terminated early having been stuck in displaced traffic.
Many parents were also concerned about increased pollution outside the many schools negatively impacted by the streatham wells ltn
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Cycle lane design is mad, esp with the LTN running parallel. Although the bit to improve the Telford Rd junction seems sensible. Still, keep that and ditch the rest and that's many otherwise squandered millions saved
Caroline Thorpe retweeted
@MayorofLondon Sadiq Khan “furious” about London missing out on transport investment but meanwhile is about to blow £25m on a barmy cycle scheme on a short section of the A23 in Streatham @heartstreatham @andrewellson @guardian theguardian.com/politics/202…
