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Sutton pedestrian crossings proposed for removal by TfL
Transport for London are proposing to review and possibly remove 145 traffic lights and pedestrian crossings across London. Here’s a map I’ve made of the five crossings in the London Borough of Sutton that are under review. Download the map … Continue reading
Posted in Planning, Politics, Sutton, Urban design, Urbanism
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Armchair Auditor interview with Eddie Mair on BBC Radio 4 PM
Today, Eric Pickles and the Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) released their spending data for April 2009-March 2010. (My easy-to-download zip file is here.) I was interviewed by Eddie Mair on Radio 4′s PM programme about my Armchair … Continue reading
Posted in Armchair Auditor, Media Appearances, Politics, open data
Tagged Armchair Auditor
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Philippa Stroud’s statement regarding The Observer’s story
I have just received an email from Philippa Stroud confirming the following statement from her in response to this story in the Observer: “I make no apology for being a committed Christian. However, it is categorically untrue that I believe … Continue reading
How to lie with statistics, Liberal Democrat style
Analysing a dodgy bar chart supporting the Lib Dems’ bogus claims about Labour support in Cardiff North. Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Cardiff, Cardiff North, elections, General Election 2010, John Dixon, Liberal Democrats, statistics
6 Comments
Lib Dems’ leaflets: Legal, indecent, dishonest, untruthful
Today the Sutton Guardian has run a story in which I and Bob Steel from the Sutton Green Party accuse MPs Paul Burstow, Tom Brake and the Sutton Lib Dems of distributing deceitful and misleading leaflets about today’s European Parliament … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sutton
Tagged elections, LibDems, Liberal Democrats, Paul Burstow, Tom Brake
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With lies like these I’d rather the LibDems fiddled their expenses
As the Westminster expenses scandal drags the reputation of all MPs down into the gutter whether they deserve it individually or not, you’d think that politicians would be extra-careful to keep their noses clean during the European Parliament campaign for … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged elections, European Parliament, LibDems, Liberal Democrats, Paul Burstow, Sarah Ludford, Tom Brake, voting
40 Comments
Is Sutton Council too white?
The Sutton Minority Ethnic Forum is running a project called the Shadow Councillor Scheme, which lets people who may be interested in becoming councillors find out more by closely following a councillor for a month. While everyone is welcome to … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sutton
Tagged councillors, discrimination, local government, racism, Sutton Council
3 Comments
Did police kill G20 protester in London? (Updated: not looking good)
Article title preserved for posterity but it’s clear now that Ian Tomlinson was not a protester and was just walking home from work. Please see the updates in the comments at the bottom of this post. Unnamed: The protester who … Continue reading
Posted in Citizenship, Politics
Tagged Bank of England, City of London, G20, G20 protests, london, police, policing, protesters
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MPs’ expenses: Forget fiddling the rules, give us live data and real transparency
What a squalid mess our system for reimbursing MPs’ expenses is. Whether it’s Mr Jacqui Smith’s much-publicised solo viewing habits, the inevitable confusion among highly-paid, highly-skilled representatives about first and second homes, or the shameless London MPs claiming for a … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Web design
Tagged accountability, data, free data, greed, Jacqui Smith, MPs, parliament, parliamentary expenses, Tony McNulty, transparency
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