Monday, 19 July 2021 The Dame has just heard that one insurance company told a policyholder that it was relaxed about paying out as it intended to sue Thames Water. This is good news. The combined assets of the major
Saturday, 17 July 2021 Fit & Proper or Fat and Greedy? This is the chairman of Thames Water, Ian Marchant. Marchant was once boss of the trickster Perth-based power firm SSE fined £10m for extreme malpractice. SSE customers were deliberately tricked
Personal Update I cannot believe it has taken so long since I last wrote on the site. I explained then that my health had had a blip and as well as ongoing chest infections I also developed Aortic Stenosis –
12th July 2021 The Mayor has so far not chosen to use his powers to impose the rule himself DAVE HILL Sadiq Khan has urged the government to “retain the existing national legal requirement for face coverings on public
30th June 2021 It remains difficult to know exactly what is really happening… DAVE HILL You’ll be familiar with startling stories about London’s population shrinking: in January there was a widely-publicised calculation that it might have plunged by an enormous
Sunday, 4 July 2021 Down in Dungeness locals were astonished to see a stream of ‘newcomers’ exempt from any border controls sauntering past a nuclear power station and Derek Jarman’s cottage. They seemed to have not a care in the
18th June 2021 Transport for London has acknowledged a congestion problem in the area and says the future of the fast-tracked bike infrastructure is under consideration DAVE HILL When the Mayor and Transport for London announced their Streetspace programme in May
Thursday, 10 June 2021 Get back on the streets This email highlights the sheer fearlessness of London criminals. The Dame does not believe there is a shortage of police: she does believe there is a dearth of skills amongst
24th May 2021 Mark Gardner of the Community Security Trust appeared on the BBC’s Politics London programme yesterday DAVE HILL The leader of a charity dedicated to eliminating antisemitism in Britain has spoken of it coming “out of the
13th May 2021 How did support for Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry and Luisa Porritt vary across the capital? DAVE HILL Sadiq Khan won his second term as London Mayor on 6 May 2021 by the comfortable final margin of 55.2
