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Those Victoria Line train doors
I took the chance of seeing Caroline Pidgeon at a public meeting in Westminster to ask her about the ever problematic doors on Victoria Line trains. Here’s the detailed follow-up she sent me: As you...
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Liberal Democrat London 2012 manifesto
Launched this morning by Brian Paddick and Caroline Pidgeon, here is the Liberal Democrat manifesto for the May 2012 London elections. You can also read the manifesto online at...
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Five reasons to vote for Brian Paddick, Caroline Pidgeon and the Lib Dem team
Brian Paddick writes… We have lots of fresh and creative ideas for London, here are just five of them: A fairer London, with realistic fare cuts targeted at those who need them most: a One Hour Bus...
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Caroline Pidgeon spies some side-effects from the Olympics
London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon writes, Let’s be clear: there will obviously be delays and disruption, especially on some of the busiest days. But some perspective is also needed… Across London...
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Being called “mealy-mouthed, miserable” isn’t normally a compliment but…
… when it’s what Boris Johnson is reduced to saying after some intensive cross-examination by Caroline Pidgeon at the GLA, I think it rather counts as compliment to Caroline. Hat tip: Boris Watch
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Success for Caroline Pidgeon’s cycling safety campaign as new lights to be...
As the Evening Standard reports there’s good news for one of the issues London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon has been campaigning for with others: Traffic lights for cyclists are to be brought in...
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Congratulations, Caroline Pidgeon
It’s great to see Lib Dem London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon awarded an MBE in the New Years Honours. She has been, is, and I’m sure will continue to be, one of the most effective London Assembly...
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TfL closes Oxford Circus station every other day, but refuses to tell people
The odds are pretty good that if you’re a regular user of Oxford Circus tube station during rush hour you are also a regular stander in the rain / cold / sun (delete according to season) as the station...
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Millions of pounds is being spent subsidising gun owners in London
So points out a press release from London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon: New figures obtained by Caroline Pidgeon AM, Leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, have revealed the...
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An idea for amending the Lib Dem pre-manifesto re. local government
The City Centred campaign (the Mayor of London, London Councils and the Core Cities Group of Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham and Sheffield ) has...
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Going to see the poppies at the Tower of London? Tower Hill station is closed...
Paul Cummins’s display of red poppies outside the Tower of London, marking the anniversary of the First World War, has been a remarkably popular piece of art – and rightly so given the importance of...
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Senior Lib Dems want Caroline Pidgeon to run for London Mayor
Quite right too: Source: Evening Standard
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London Lib Dems kick off candidate selection for Mayor and Assembly elections
Applications have just opened to be a Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London or the London Assembly in next May’s elections. The deadline is 22 June. Details are available on the Liberal...
View ArticleSix bid to be Lib Dem London Mayor candidate in impressively diverse field
View image | gettyimages.com As I reported was going to happen, Lib Dem London Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon is bidding to be the party’s candidate for the London Mayor 2016 elections. She is...
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Black Cabs vs Uber: this could make the Lib Dem selection for Mayor very...
There may not have been that many policy differences so far during the Liberal Democrat leadership race, but policy could play a big role in that to be the Liberal Democrat candidate for London Mayor....
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Lib Dems shortlist 16 for London Assembly list
Liberal Democrat members in London will shortly be voting to select (and order) the party’s 11 candidates for the London Assembly list elections being held in May 2016. The rules said the shortlisting...
View ArticleCaroline Pidgeon will be the London Lib Dem Mayor candidate (99.9% certain)
View image | gettyimages.com From the six applicants to be the Lib Dem candidate for Mayor of London, the Liberal Democrat shortlisting committee put two through to a ballot of party members –...
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Read the manifestos from Lib Dems vying to be GLA candidates
Emails with online voting links have been landing in London Lib Dem members’ inboxes over the last day. The emails are from onlinevoting@electoralreform.co.uk with the subject line The Liberal...
View ArticleTories accused of ‘shameful abuse of power’ over electoral roll changes
The Evening Standard reports: Ministers were accused of a “shameful abuse of power” after they brought forwards changes to the electoral registration system which critics claim could undermine the...
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Liberal Democrats announce candidate for London Mayor after selection ballot...
And the winner is (drum roll please….): Caroline Pidgeon. Not perhaps the biggest of surprises as she was up against herself, but excellent news nonetheless. The outcome of the selections for the...
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