10th July 2022 The new commissioner faces challenges ranging from basic ineptitude to advanced bad attitudes DAVE HILL Mark Rowley, as anticipated, has been named the new commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, and the one thing everyone agrees about is
Monday, 4 July 2022 A £40 Non Return Valve! Months ago, Mr Nickson of Thames Water promised that flood-prone basements would be assessed to see whether a non-return valve or a FLIP would protect them. Since then ZILCH. In the meantime,
30th June 2022 The more the Conservative national administration falls apart the more fit it believes it is to run the nation’s capital DAVE HILL The more its incompetence becomes apparent, the more convinced Boris Johnson’s government is that it
Friday, 24 June 2022 Thames Water….. this Tuesday storms are forecast over London. Are you ready this time? On July 12th last year thousands of residents were flooded with sewage just because Thames Water had left the pumps unmanned so
16th June 2022 Only the meticulous establishment of hard facts will do the job DAVE HILL The fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire was marked appropriately in many ways, with tender acknowledgements of wounds that will never heal
4th October 2021 Tracking government policies and priorities that discriminate against and exclude London and Londoners, often in the name of “levelling up” DAVE HILL In his Introduction to the Conservative Party’s 2019 general election manifesto, Boris Johnson said
7th June 2022 Transport for London is looking seriously at the question and so will a forthcoming On London event DAVE HILL It is being played down in public but at the same time it is no secret that
24th May 2022 The delayed project impressed first day travellers amid a celebratory atmosphere DAVE HILL London’s newest railway, the Elizabeth Line, finally opened across its full length today with no serious initial problems and amid great excitement among
Tuesday, 10 May 2022 Association of British Insurers, Lady Morgan….needs to act If you are a policyholder or insurance company shareholder you will have suffered a financial loss if proven that Thames Water acted negligently in not activating pumping stations
Wednesday, 4 May 2022 Dear Dame, A good friend who has just retired from the US intelligence industry sent me this extraordinary appraisal of a potential mess Putin has got himself into. Regards An avid follower Chaining the little man
