Columns

DISABILITY & COMMUNITY CORNER
17 Jan 13 - HAPPY NEW Year everyone. This week I want to tell you about some Freedom Pass news that will affect some people...

DISABILITY & COMMUNITY CORNER - OLYMPIC TAXI FARES
26 Jul 12 - IN THE run-up to and during the Olympic and Paralympic games, road traffic will be much heavier than normal, meaning trips could take longer and be more expensive...

VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER
12 Jul 12 - SCHOOLS ARE really busy in the last few days of term and parliament seems to be just the same...

FLOWER POWER
12 Jul 12 - THE WEATHER in July is usually hot and humid which often causes summer storms. But so far conditions have followed June’s weather pattern with mainly lower temperatures, strong winds and showery rain....

DISABILITY & COMMUNITY CORNER - TUBE LIFTS FIXED
28 Jun 12 - TFL HAVE kept their promise the lift at Canada Water has reopened three days ahead of schedule allowing step free access to the Underground and Overground for thousands of SE16 residents and surrounding areas...

VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER
31 May 12 - EARLIER THIS month I, along with my parliamentary colleagues Simon Hughes and Harriet Harman, were all deeply honoured to be granted the Freedom of the Borough of Southwark at its annual Civic Award Ceremony at St George’s Cathedral...

VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER
25 May 12 - PEOPLE WILL have seen the police's furious reaction to the Home Secretary, Theresa May MP, at their national conference last week...

DISABILITY & COMMUNITY CORNER - WHY I VOTED FOR BORIS JOHNSON
23 May 12 - SO, WE have a new Mayor for the next four years who has been elected against all the odds, based on his personality...

VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER
17 May 12 - CONGRATULATIONS TO Boris Johnson on his re-election as Mayor of London, to Val Shawcross on her re-election as our local Greater London Assembly Member, and to Caroline Pidgeon on her re-election to lead for the Liberal Democrats in City Hall...

VIEW FROM CITY CALL
10 May 12 - I AM writing this month’s column fresh from the campaign for the London Assembly elections, and firstly and most importantly would like to thank the people of Southwark for returning me to office as your London Assembly Member with a doubled majority...

DISABILITY & COMMUNITY CORNER - WHO TO VOTE FOR?
26 Apr 12 - THIS WEEK, I will be discussing the London Mayoral race one week today, unfortunately it’s a two horse race between Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson, which is a shame as Brian Paddick has some good policies but still no visible disability ones, like the other candidates...

DISABILITY & COMMUNITY CORNER - A GOOD MERGER
28 Mar 12 - This week, I have some very exciting news to tell readers of this column and that is that Southwark Centre for Independent Living (SCIL) has voted democratically by a large majority to merge with Southwark Disablement Association (SDA)...

VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER
23 Mar 12 - IT IS an understatement to say it is disappointing that the government have bulldozed the NHS Bill through the House of Commons and through the House of Lords. It will now go into law and change the NHS in the worst possible way...

DR KNOW - SLEEP MATTERS
23 Mar 12 - AS ANYONE who has suffered from insomnia can tell you, a lack of sleep is just awful..

FLOWER POWER
14 Mar 12 - GROWTH IN the garden has been delayed by the extreme cold weather which occurred during early February..

ANOTHER FINE MESS!
01 Mar 12 - THIS COLUMN has been critical of the current Mayor Boris Johnson since he assumed the office of Mayor, because he totally ignores Southwark in everything he does. ..

VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER
24 Feb 12 - THE GOVERNMENT wants to cut housing benefit for people whose home includes a spare bedroom. They argue this will tackle ‘under-occupation’ by forcing people to move...

WATCH OUT FOR THE NOROVIRUS
24 Feb 12 - IT'S THE same every winter – the ‘norovirus’ strikes again! Norovirus, also known as the winter vomiting bug, is highly contagious and affects people of all ages causing a couple of days of sickness, diarrhoea and generally feeling awful. ..

VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER
17 Feb 12 - NOT ONLY did many start celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on February 6th, but February 7th was another anniversary of which everybody in Southwark should be proud. ..

VIEW FROM WESTMINSTER
03 Feb 12 - THE BBC’s ‘Room 101’ last week saw Gabby Logan successfully negotiate for ‘people who moan about the Olympics’ to be dumped into the virtual black hole...