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Heathrow Environment Committee, said: “For too
many people, including children, aircraft
and Southwark.
Communities currently living near
been woken up by one flight a minute,
according to the report.
consultation noise is a major dominant intrusion into
their everyday lives.
Heathrow are given 8 hours of respite
a day with runway alternating. City
Night flights could be removed and
restrictions on early morning flights
interrupts 25,000 “It is not an acceptable price to pay
for air travel. It isn’t right and must be
operates six noise monitors close to the
airport and a mobile monitor that can be
introduced, with flights before 7am
stopped.
flight expansion challenged.”
She added how the airport
moved in response to complaints.
Respite areas could be extended
Follow @LondonAssembly
and tweet about the report using
plan authorities ‘must prioritise the health
and well-being of Londoners’.
with the North East, South and West
London boroughs claiming they have
#AssemblyEnvironment and
#AircraftNoise
The Independent Commission
on Civil Aviation Noise (ICCAN)
H
eathrow Airport’s recent plans should act as a single point of contact
to provide an additional 25,000 for Londoners with issues about noise
flights a year could be cut short, pollution, according to Russell.
according to a new report published by
the Environment Committee.
London City Airport hopes to
Residents concerns over plane
‘stacking’: circling designated flight
paths when they cannot land, were
NOISE IMPACTS
increase their number of flights from
80,000 to 100,000 by 2021, meaning a
addressed in the report with air
traffic controllers recently introduced Heathrow Third Runway
forty-five percent increase in journeys to increase planes’ altitudes over
per hour. London. NATS claimed a rotation for
However, the London Assembly departures and landing would reduce Over Around At least
Environment Committee’s Aircraft Noise this over flying and improve airspace 950,000 140 740,000
Over million a year
paper provides evidence on why there management. 750,000 475,000
should be a halt on air traffic growth, London City Airport has been 76 a year
detailing the current negative impact of recommended to collaborate with million
a year
plane altitude and early flights. Heathrow in a joint time table which
This gridlock comes at a time when prevents their respective flight paths
Population With a Current With a Current With a
the London airport has proposed a new overlapping and flying at low altitude. currently 3rd Runway passenger 3rd Runway aircraft 3rd Runway
runway, enabling it to exceed 500,000 Air traffic should maximise the impacted numbers movements
by noise*
flights a year in the future.These would use of ‘continuous descent and ascent’
use new flight paths, meaning an flying to reduce low-level landing;
additional 200,000 could be affected by as staggering 70-75 decibel noise
the noise, according to the report. readings have been reported in London
Caroline Russell, Chair of the neighbourhoods, including Lambeth (*Based on TfL Study 2017 and use of 55Lden contour)
Locals slam
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‘disastrous’
£350m Victoria
Coach Station
move
By Local Democracy Reporter
Talia Shadwel
West Londoners are gearing up to
protest against plans to shift Victoria
Coach Station out of its central city
location to nearer Paddington Station,
which they are labelling “hellish” and a
“disaster”.
It has emerged Westminster City
Council has already rejected Transport
for London’s (TfL) proposal, said to cost
more than £350 million, to shift the
major coach hub to Royal Oak’ sidings. so far , and Bayswater councillor Emily Buckingham Palace Rd art deco building that we will need to adapt operations
The residents and councillors warned Payne said a date in March had been is partially owned by both TfL and at Victoria Coach Station as the area
at a packed meeting on January 22 that earmarked for a protest if TfL presses Grosvenor, with various leases for the is likely to change. “No decisions have
if Victoria’s 14 million visitors a year on with the proposal. Westminster City transport body at the site due to expire been made on a location and we are
shifted to their neighbourhood, it could Council (WCC) planner Graham King in sections over the next five to ten looking at a wide range of options
cause pollution and chaos for Bayswater, told residents' issues could be escalated years. Grosvenor is eyeing development across London that ensure the city is
Westbourne Park and Hyde Park areas to Greater London and Government opportunities for sprucing up the site, adequately served by coaches, while
and swamp local roads and tube stations. transport czars, as the coach hub was which can’t be demolished because it allowing them to operate more efficiently
Petitions against the Royal Oak both a national and international service. became Grade-II listed in 2014. and reduce both pollution and road
proposal have gathered 500 signatures The land for Victoria Coach Station’s A TfL spokesman said: “We know danger.”
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Seventy-two percent of Londoners could be frozen for use in the future.
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are likely to bin wine or prosecco; Whilst 24% of Londoners consider
opening a full bottle and drinking only themselves wasteful, more than three
one glass. quarters (89%) have claimed they want
Spending money on clothes never to be less this year.
worn also ranked high, with 67% New initiatives like taking reusable
confessing to this. cups to coffee shops (39%) and
Jack Webster, mobile expert from recycling (36%) are turning the capital’s
Sell My Mobile, said: “We’re guiltily consumers more ethical.
aware that in some scenarios we’re not See the full list of wasteful areas here:
even doing the bare minimum to try 1. Opening full size bottles of wine/
harder. prosecco and drinking one glass - 72%
“It’s easy to think that your 2. Spending money on clothing I
individual actions won’t make much never wear – 67%
difference, but the huge environmental 3. Overusing the central heating/
success that forced charges for single use having the thermostat set too high –
carriers shows that we all have the power 61%
to make a difference.” 4. Physically throwing money in the
He pointed out that recycling gadgets bin (coppers, other coins, etc.)- 55%
can make an average of £141, as well as 5. Showering for longer than I need
freeing up drawer space. too - 51%
There is a clear case of “eyes bigger 6. Throwing away food leftovers that I
New West stop bypasses on the Northside.
Consultations for these revised plans is than the belly” at play, with 49%
throwing away food leftovers which
could freeze and use in future – 49%
7. Using the dishwasher for a couple of
London cycle open until 26th February.
TfL and Hammersmith and Fulham
items - 41%
8. Hoarding items
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path Council have agreed to look into an
opportunity for people to cycle and
that I could make
money from (e.g.
walk along the A4; running between
old tech/gadgets,
Hammersmith Town Hall and the collectibles, etc.) - 39%
borough’s gyratory. A segregated two-
Transport for London (TfL) way cycle route could also be created
9. Leaving the
water running whilst
is moving forward with its along the A315. Councillor Stephen brushing my teeth -
Cowan, Leader of Hammersmith and
construction plans for the Fulham Council, said: “We listened
37%
10. Throwing
West London cycle path, to residents and cyclists and have since recyclable items into
worked very closely with TfL on their
making journeys safer and behalf to agree a safer cycle route along
the dustbin - 32%
improving provision for King Street for riders of all abilities.”
He has collaborated with the resident-
buses. The 7km route will run
through Kensington Olympia,
led Independent Disabled People’s
Commission to review this scheme so it
TRAFFIC WATCH Strenuous efforts are made
by Kensington, Chelsea &
remains accessible. LONDON HOME FOOTBALL
Hammersmith and Brentford Construction work on a cycle route
Westminster Today newspaper
Town Centre. between Tower Bridge and Greenwich, February 9, to ensure that the content
begins this summer whilst construction Fulham v Man Utd, 12:30 and information is correct.
Nearly 60% supported the proposals work on routes between Camden and February 9, Kensington, Chelsea &
at a public consultation on Cycle Tottenham Hale, and Hackney and the QPR v Birmingham City, 15:00
Westminster Today newspaper
Superhighway 9 in 2017. Isle of Dogs could begin later in the February 10,
Ben Plowden, TfL’s Director of year. Tottenham v Leicester, 13:30 reserves the right to report
Strategy and Network Development, February 13, unsolicited material being sent
commented on how London’s growing Tottenham v Borussia Dortmund, 20:00 through to the publication.
cycle network is ‘hugely important February 16, Personal views expressed in
for the Mayor’s Healthy Streets
Programme’. By 2024, the Mayor’s plan Londoner’s waste QPR v Leeds United, 15:00
February 19, this newspaper are solely those
aims for 1.3 million trips to be made by
bike every day, up from 0.7 million in 20% of weekly QPR v West Bromwich Albion, 19:45
February 21,
of the respective contributors
and do not reflect those of
2017.
Plowden said: “The route will food shop Arsenal v BATE Borisov, 17:55
February 21,
the publishers or its agents. All
materials sent to Kensington
encourage even more people in west Chelsea v Malmö FF, 20:00
London to cycle and walk and help us February 24, Chelsea & Westminster Today
to achieve the Mayor’s Vision Zero goal Arsenal v Southampton, 14:05 are at the suppliers’ risk.
of no deaths or serious injuries on the
capital’s streets.”
Twenty percent of Londoners February 24, Reproduction in whole or in part
Chelsea v Brighton, 12:00
TfL has now published a report with weekly food shops ends up in February 27,
of this publication is strictly
responses to the issues raised during the prohibited without prior consent.
CS9 consultation. The research noted
the bin, according to a new Arsenal v AFC Bournemouth, 19:45
February 27, The appearance of advertising
a 30% increase in retail spending from study. Most shockingly, this Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur, 20:00 in this newspaper, including
walking or cycling into town centres.
At Kew, the improved designs include
equates to over £820 in a year. March 2, inserts or supplements, does
Fulham v Chelsea, 15:00
two-way segregated cycle lanes on the The survey carried out by March 2,
not constitute endorsement
Southside of Kew Bridge Road and
South Circular Road; ensuring cyclists
Sell My Mobile spoke to over Tottenham v Arsenal, 15:00 by Kensington, Chelsea &
Westminster Today of the
are fully segregated from traffic and 3,000 about the most common
removes requirements for two bus Compiled and Edited by Fahad Redha products or services advertised.
ways they are being wasteful.
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Contactless Bush Theatre Byron celebrates participating, serving up 100 free burgers
each: the original Byron restaurant High
donation wins ‘London return of B-Rex
Street Kensington, nearby Byron King’s
Road, Byron Old Brompton Road, Byron
terminals
Earl’s Court & Byron Gloucester Road.
Theatre of the burger with 500 In addition, there will be an all-day
event at the High Street Kensington
raise £170,000 for
Capital’s homeless
Year’ at Stage burger giveaway! restaurant (the very first Byron) with a
make your own freak shake bar and live
Awards on 7th Feb throughout music.
First launched five years ago in 2014,
West London the B-Rex was one of the most popular
burger specials ever released by Byron.
The B-Rex will also be joined by the
A west London theatre has Cluck-osaurus Rex, or C-Rex (a chicken
been awarded best London version of the burger) and a new herbivore
cousin the Veggie-saurus Rex, or V-Rex
theatre at the Stage Awards, (with bean patty, hold the bacon). The
whole B-Rex family of burgers (B-Rex,
after two years of taking steps C-Rex, Veggie-Rex) will be included in
to improve the accessibility for the West London burger preview day.
youth and community groups. T&Cs:
One free burger (B-Rex, C-Rex or
T
he Mayor of London, Sadiq The Bush Theatre is a modernised Veggie-Rex) per customer for the first
Khan, has opened nearly cultural building which saw a £4.2m 100 customers at Byron High Street
fifteen hundred emergency re-development; transforming a library Kensington, King’s Road, Byron Old
shelters for the third time this winter built by philanthropist John Passmore Brompton Road, Byron Gloucester Road
into a more accessible space. It has been & Byron Earl’s Court. Dine in only (no
as temperatures plummet below zero
designed by award winning architects takeaway). Burger lovers will need to
degrees. show a piece of ID (work pass, business
Faith and community groups have Haworth Tompkins and holds a world-
On Thursday Feb 7th, West London card, letter etc.) with their postcode to
taken on six hundred sleepers and famous home for new plays, and an residents will be able to try the B-Rex show they’re a West London resident or
City Hall and Boroughs have funded a internationally renowned champion of burger and the first 500 customers worker. Thursday 7th of February only.
further seven hundred as part of Khan’s playwrights. will receive a B-Rex burger free! West Burgers will be served up on a first come
Rough Sleeping Innovation Fund. He Many have been given national Londoners will just need to show a piece first serve basis (sorry no rain checks or
has worked with them to implement recognition, nominated for nine Offie of ID with their ‘W’ postcode (letter, cash value!). At the Manager’s discretion.
the ‘In For Good’ principle which Awards, four WhatsOnStage Awards, one business card, work pass etc.) to show they
promises that when a homeless person Evening Standard Award and one Olivier live or work in West London. www.byronhamburgers.com
joins an emergency shelter, they will Award. Five Byron restaurants will be @byronhamburgers
maintain their spot until a support plan Arinzé Kene’s Misty production was
is put in place to get them off the street a sell out; attracting more than 30,000
permanently. and first time attenders. Whilst Bush
Approximately ninety one ‘TAP Theatre’s Iranian play, Nassim has toured
London Contactless’ donation terminals seventeen countries.
have been dotted across the capital In 2017-18, the Shepherd’s Bush
since the initial thirty five rolled out theatre read seven hundred scripts, (a
in November, taking an easy on-the- 50% increase on the previous year) in
go £3 donation. This has raised more one of the country’s only remaining
than £170,000 for London Homeless Literary departments. Theatre
Charities Group so far, as part of Khan’s practitioners continue to work in the
new initiative. Attic, Meeting Room and Writers’
In two months, Londoners used the Room spaces.
donation points over 10,000 times and The auditorium has welcomed more
raised more than £30,000, according to than 11,000 guests since April 2018 and
the GOV website. over 30,000 production tickets sold, a
Sadiq Khan commented on how the twenty three percent increase on sales
city has positively responded to this: since the same time last year.
“Londoners are playing their part too They have made it their mission to
by referring any rough sleepers they see make theatre accessible to all, with
to StreetLink, with over 5,000 referrals twenty percent of the main house tickets
since our campaign began. being made available through the ‘Count
“Together we will help thousands Me In’ ticket scheme.
of Londoners this winter, but we must The venue has piloted a Community
be clear that to truly end homelessness Associate Companies programme
Government Ministers must stop and engaged with over seven hundred
ignoring the fact that their policies are community participants since April last
pushing more people onto the streets.” year.
Locations of TAP include Curzon Eight hundred participants have
Victoria cinema in Westminster, City attended workshops either at the Bush
Hall, Jack’s Bar at Waterloo and Holy or in the local community and three
Shot Coffee in Bethnal Green. hundred free tickets were distributed to
Donate to the Mayor’s rough sleeping Community Groups.
campaign via: www.gofundme.com/ The London playhouse will soon be
endroughsleeping and view London’s under the direction of Lynette Linton
TAP locations here: www.google.com/ with further details announced in the
maps/d/viewer?mid=1_iv-CbHSHfy1hv- summer.
0NVXk0Qihe1mZ0eE_&usp=sharing www.bushtheatre.co.uk
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BRICKS AND
BRICKBATS
B Y S Q U I N C H
Housing Crisis
on Hold?
W
hilst the Brexit fiasco
continues, the ongoing
crisis in housing the UK’s
population fails to receive adequate
government focus or funding.
The National Health Service
has a new ten-year plan which will
inevitably have priority finance, as will
education and policing as they are more
newsworthy vote winners. Is it just
funding or head-in-the-sand lack of
understanding the roots of the crisis,
even those within government’s control?
The urgent delivery of sufficient,
appropriate affordable and market
housing for the wellbeing and pride
of our population is a decades’ long
problem needing action and remedy.
If we are sick, accurate medical
diagnosis of our illness is fundamental
to curing the malaise. Without
diagnostic understanding, prescription
for cure is merely palliative, empty priorities for both the local authority years grown exponentially. Architects councillor dialogue has taken place.
ministerial words. Nothing improves and site owner / developer to agree drawings illustrating layout, scale, This all has to be drawn together by the
housing delivery from one government acceptable solutions. Now, lack of massing, materials and uses are of course planning consultant who has to aim to
to the next. resources and often, pure arrogant essential to describe a proposal. This is illustrate how all of the above complies
The planning system in the UK is obstinacy from some Local Authorities not enough. If a scheme is large, then as benignly as possible with the reams of
broken. It is under resourced, under require pre-application submissions to an Environmental Impact Assessment Council policies (some of which will be
skilled, underpaid and over bureaucratic. resemble what was once a full detailed will be required; a transport plan and contradictory).
It is negatively preventative of sound application. This defeats the object, highways report to justify the proposal. The list of supplemental reports has
long term planning. Democratic re- increases the costs and delays the If the scheme is smaller, it will still become endless and few local authorities
election becomes the priority over the process it was intended to assist. There require an Environmental Performance have sufficient expertise to fully review
future forward delivery of the housing are too many cases where, having paid Assessment, sustainable drainage the detailed information contained
and urban places that society deserves. the fee, made the submission and held proposals, noise reports, daylight within these reams of costly expert
Planning is the department of the meeting, the written response takes & sunlight calculations, flood risk reports. Thus, they become mere box
“Retaining the Status Quo”. The crisis months to arrive. This is not good assessment (even if the site is on top of a ticking exercises.
cannot be solved by the obstruction of enough in the real world. Regrettably, hill), structural and services engineers’ Many of the required reports would
sound prescription. The planning system with some councils, there seems little reports and a construction management be better dealt with under building
requires root and branch overhaul; point in using the pre-app process; better plan. Then, of course, there is the regulations, and other elements
more funding for greater resource and to submit the full application and get ecological survey, the arboricultural controlled through planning conditions.
expertise if proactive solutions are to on with the battle. Here is the issue; it survey, the landscape design, refuse The process needs to be overhauled
be found. The current procedures and shouldn’t be a battle. All involved should storage and collection strategy. with the objective of clarity and
policies are inefficient, obstructive, often be engaging to diagnose and hence, solve Archaeology, heritage, conservation simplicity.
contradictory and are a key part of the the problem. If a site has redevelopment area reports and townscape analysis will It needs to be valued and resourcing
problem. potential or an existing building has be of varying relevance. The applicant increased. It needs to be less subjective,
It is rare good fortune to encounter scope for reinvention, then what is the will be expected to have consulted the more positive and predictive. When risk
knowledgeable experienced development best outcome for all concerned? local crime prevention officer regarding is reduced, funding is more available
and conservation officers. When It is unlikely to be a 4-year obstacle “Secured by Design” and submit a and less costly, whatever the project.
positive dialogue happens, the process course littered with cost, risk and “Statement of Community Engagement” Uncertainty and risk inherent in the
and outcome is infinitely better for all. uncertainty. That does make the to show that local consultation and planning system are the enemies of
Conversation brings results. It should planning system seem like a perpetual solutions to the housing crisis.
be the expectation and intention of all Brexit saga.
involved. One major factor impacting on the
Why do planning applications
frequently take years to resolve? The
high cost of housing in the UK is the
degree of risk that resides with the huge SUBSCRIBE & SUPPORT
pre-application process was brought in expense of preparing a full planning
to formalise and pay for the essential application. The number and scope of KCW Today. See page 28 for details
discussion of initial ideas, options and supplemental expert reports has in recent
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Statue & Blue Plaque
Blue Plaque: accepted the Directorship of the
London School of Economics and
STATUES wind when I went to
Sir William
Henry Beveridge
Political Science where he stayed for 18
years. He transformed it from a small
college to a leading centre for the study
of social sciences.
During World War 11 he worked at
KCB
Photograph © Don Grant
see him for the second the Ministry of Labour for Ernest Bevin
time, but he had certainly who had invited him to be in charge of
altered his pose since the 1879-1963 the Welfare Department. Sir William
first time I saw him. This
piece of interactive art was
refused saying he wished to work with
created by greyworld, an manpower. Bevin agreed. This led to him
artists’ collective founded English Heritage has honoured Sir being chairman of various committees
by Andrew Shoben, William Beveridge with a Blue Plaque and making reports.
Professor of Public Art at 27 Bedford Gardens. Campden Hill. In 1942 Sir William wrote The Report
at Goldsmiths College, London where he lived from 1914 to on Social Insurance and Allied Services,
London University. The 1921. It was erected last year. known as The Beveridge Report.
monumental sculpture Sir William was a progressive social In his report he paved the way
stands in front of the reformer, politician and civil servant. He for post war success with a system of
monumental Blue Fin is best known for The Beveridge Report universal insurance 'from cradle to grave',
building, named after the supported by a comprehensive health
2,000 blue aluminium
which was used as a basis for the Welfare
fins that project from State of today. service, and benefits for the unemployed,
the building’s facade and Henry Beveridge, an Indian Civil the sick, widows and family allowances.
change its appearance as Service Officer and District Judge was All people of working age would pay
one walks round it. It’s all Sir William's father. Annette Ackroyd, national insurance contributions. His
mind-altering stuff. his mother was a scholar who founded arguments for a welfare state were well
The statue was erected the Working Women's College in Queen received.
in 2007 and immediately Square. London. Sir William was born Social Justice was at the heart of the
gained fame around the in Rangpur, now Bangladesh. report and the creation of a new ideal
world, helped by some Sir William was educated at society in the post war era.
of the 5 million visitors Charterhouse followed by Balliol where Sir William joined the Liberal Party
to Tate Modern at the after the War and was MP for Berwick
time. greyworld have been
he read Mathematics and Classics,
building a reputation for gaining a first in both. Later he studied upon Tweed. He lost his seat in the
innovative, fun, playful Law. Henry Beveridge was a humanist, General Election of 1945. In 1946
the Labour Government introduced
Monument to and interactive art in public places, from also a Positivist and Activist and a great
the sublime Garden of Light of 2017 admirer of the French Philosopher the Welfare State on the basis of the
Beveridge report and the National
the Unknown
in the shadow of St Paul’s Cathedral, Augustus Comte. Sir William was
with thousands of underlit daffodils influenced by his father's views all his Health Service was introduced in 1948.
to celebrate the quietly heroic work Sir William was elevated to the
Artist
life.
done by the Marie Curie nursing staff, When Sir William left University he House of Lords in 1953 as Baron
mostly at night, to a deeply silly scheme, worked at Toynbee Hall, a Settlement Beveridge of Tuggal in in the county of
greyworld whereby anyone can commission their House in London. Having met Sidney Northumberland.
own radio-controlled animatronic
South Bank tail, from a husky to a foxy brush and
Webb and Beatrice Webb, he developed
a pink bunny to a red-hot Hellboy’s a strong interest in social reform and “The object of Government in peace
naughty rear-end. In 2015 H M became an active promoter himself. and in war is not the glory of the rulers
O
n Sumner Road, a cut-through Queen Elizabeth unveiled greyworld’s In 1908 he was invited to join the or of races, but the happiness of the
from Southwark Street to the installation at the new London Stock Board of Trade and drafted The New common man”
new-ish Tate Modern Blavatnik Exchange, in the heart of the city Unemployment Act of 1916; the first of Quoted from the Beveridge Report.
Building, there is quite a larky of London. To borrow their own many of his papers on reform. Later
statue. An enormous bronze man description, ‘The Source is formed he became Permanent Secretary at the Sir William Beveridge died at home and
stands on a stone plinth in a classic from a grid of cables arranged in a Ministry of Food, responsible for pricing is buried Thockrington in church yard on
artist’s pose, holding a paintbrush in square, 162 cables in all, reaching eight and rationing. the Northumberland Moors.
his outstretched hand. We are used to stories to the glass roof. Nine spheres In 1919 Sir William left the Civil
seeing street performers in Trafalgar are mounted on each cable and are free Marian Maitland
to move independently up and down
Service, and was knighted. He then
Square pretending to be static ‘living
statues’, but, in this case, it’s a statue its length. In essence the spheres act
pretending to be a person. He was like animated pixels, able to model
designed to be articulated in a number any shape in three dimensions a fluid,
of different stances, turning his head, dynamic, three dimensional television’.
raising his arms and letting his loose- A whimsical inscription on the
fitting clothes and scarf blow in the Monument plinth states Non Plaudite
breeze. Can this be bronze? Surely Modo Pecuniam Jacite, which to those
not. His movements are regulated by with a rudimentary knowledge of Latin
two cameras, mimicking those of the means ‘Do not applaud, just throw
visitors standing in front of the edifice. money’. Allegedly, the original caption
The man himself stands 2.8m. tall, and read, Quidquid Latine Dictum Sit Altum
his head, hands and feet are made from Videtur, which, as Latin scholars will
silicon, and he is wearing real clothes surely know, translates as, ‘Whatever is
impregnated with silicon and dyed said in Latin sounds profound’. One of
to match the rest of him. It would be greyworld’s first ventures was to ‘tune’
most disconcerting to look at the statue a run of metal railings in Paris, so that
in passing, look away, then look again, when one ran a stick along them, they
only to find that he has moved in the played The Girl from Ipanema. How cool
interim. Unfortunately, he appears to is that?.
be rooted to the spot for the moment.
Maybe he was frozen by a chilly north Don Grant
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‘Safest’ borough crime rates increased by just over 10%. has awarded around
© Westminster City Council
Opposition councillor Peter Buckwell £30 million to projects
in London sees from South Richmond claimed: ‘we
have [seen] a rise in the number of
that support growth
and community
steepest hike in minor crimes, professional beggars,
pickpockets, shoplifters and anti-social
development in
London. The bid
crime behaviour.’
‘to deter crime we need a daily visible
presented a draft
scheme, which was
police presence in our town centres. devised in close
Our police do a great job but they need collaboration with
additional resources.’ the Church Street
Despite Richmond historically Local councillors created a motion, community and
being one of the safest calling on the government and Mayor businesses.
boroughs in London, its of London, Sadiq Khan to provide more
funding and resources to the police. Council wins The council will be seeking an
experienced workspace operator to
crime rate has risen more
dramatically than anywhere
Cabinet member for community
safety, Councillor Liz Jaeger, who £1m Mayoral collaborate on the project and manage
the new spaces early next year and the
else in the city.
proposed the motion said: ‘our local
police work so hard to keep us safe. But, fund to transform project is expected to be complete by late
2020/early 2021.
Since 2011, police forces across the
they can only work within the resources
they have, they are stretched.’ Church Street Cllr Rachael Robathan, Westminster
City Council cabinet member for
country have lost £600m in funding, ‘the only way to fix the problem is finance, property and regeneration, said:
causing national crime rates to rise by for the government and the mayor of Westminster City Council has won “This is a great opportunity to transform
more than 6% in the last year alone. London to provide adequate funding. almost £1m of funding from the Mayor’s an underused space. We are putting local
To accommodate these cuts the Our safety is in their hands.’ Good Growth Fund to enhance the new people’s views first and listening to how
police forces of Richmond, Kingston, The motion was unanimously ‘community heart’ of the Church Street the community think we should improve
Wandsworth and Merton were merged passed, with councillors from all parties area. the Church Street triangle, while
last May, to form the South West Basic supporting the calls. The grant award for the Church supporting the local business community
Command Unit (BCU) South West BCU commander in Street Triangle Project is matched by a with opportunities for new spaces.”
The unit has been struggling to Chief Superintendent Sally Benatar council investment of just under £1m. This project is part of the Church
fund much needed resources and is also said: ‘The metropolitan police is actively The project will provide new affordable Street Regeneration Programme,
failing to fill a significant number of job recruiting police officers now; this work and community space, revitalise which is planned to deliver over 1,750
positions. will enable us to fill the vacancies we an underused public space and refresh new homes, improved green spaces, a
The borough of Richmond has currently have on the South West BCU public toilet facilities for the market and strengthened commercial offer, increased
consequently seen an almost 14% and allow us to continue to prioritise our visitors. pedestrian and cyclist accessibility and
increase in crime, tailed only by preventative approach to tackling crime The project was one of 33 that bid ambitious health and wellbeing facilities
Kingston, Harrow and Redbridge whose and violence.’ successfully to the Mayor’s Fund, which for local people.
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Fulham Palace restoration New £400 fine as
excluded residents and small businesses
we will approach each incident on a case
underway after raising £3.8m H&F crack down
by case basis, and issue this maximum
fine where there is clear evidence of
on fly tippers
abuse.”
Last year, a two hundred pounds
fixed penalty was introduced, alongside
an extensive CCTV network.
Since then, local authorities have
Hammersmith and Fulham could see been given the power to double the fine
tougher fines of £400 introduced for for those who dispose their waste on to
people caught dumping their waste. unlicensed carriers.
This new maximum fine is part of The ‘Reduce and Reuse’ pages of the
the city’s zero tolerance crackdown on Hammersmith and Fulham Council
crime. It is a major step in helping the website offers advice on the various
council achieve its ambition of being the charities who take reusable and large
greenest borough in Britain. items.
Councillor Wesley Harcourt, H&F ‘Bulky waste’ collections can be
Cabinet Member for Environment, said: booked with ten items picked up for
“This new level of fine shows we will £25.65 at H&F. This covers household
not tolerate people who indiscriminately electrical items; televisions, fridges,
blight our borough with rubbish. freezers and similar items which exceed
“Removing unsightly flytips is an 25kg.
unnecessary burden on the taxpayer and Social network, Nextdoor, allows
hopefully this fine will help us stamp it people to talk online, donate items
out. and share the cost within their
“However, to protect socially neighbourhoods.
F
ulham Palace will unveil its new botanical garden for the spring of 2019.
look at a public consultation on The next phase will include installing
February 6th, after raising £3.8m the museum exhibitions; drawing on
for its restoration. the archaeology of the site, undertaking
The ‘Discovering the Bishop of restoration work in the Great Hall, cross
London’s Palace’ scheme started last passage and porch.
March and will repair the Tudor It has received £1.88m from National
Courtyard; recreating the gardens Lottery Funding trusts and foundations
developed by Bishop Compton in the giving a total of £1.05m; £606,000 in
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. donations from individuals, and £63,000
This hopes to give visitors greater from corporate donors.
insight into the palace which housed Mariana Spater, Chair of Trustees
Bishops for 1,300 years. They were at Fulham Palace, said how ‘delighted’
responsible for the Church of England they are to have achieved their target.
overseas, including colonies in: America, The Trust is still, however,
the Caribbean, Africa and India. fundraising towards the restoration of
Work to make the historic landmark historic paintings to be hung in the and dementia treatments included.
more accessible is also underway, with
a new pathway being built through the
Great Hall, and for further brick repairs
in the Tudor Quadrangle.
Imperial builds Professor Deborah Ashby, Director
of the School of Public Health, said: “I
North range of the Tudor Quadrangle
and shrubs planted, enhancing the
Fulham Palace remains open daily
during the restoration period
new research hub believe that we will be in a very strong
position to improve health on both a
and White City’s local and global scale .
“By strengthening the public
Lambeth Council dedicates extra reputation for health science base, training the next
generation of public health leaders,
£1m to curb youth violence bio-tech and influencing health policies and
programmes around the world.”
The facility’s development is a result
Lambeth Council has pledged that they develop a strong vision for the south of the local council’s Industrial Strategy
will dedicate an extra £1m for dealing London region. This report includes Partnership with Imperial.
with serious youth violence in the an additional £0.5m for youth violence Imperial College is set to build a state- Councillor Andrew Jones, H&F
borough. in 2019/20, and plans to spend an of-the-art School of Public Health in Cabinet Member for the Economy
With recent statistics showing the additional £1m on preventing youth White City, providing the opportunity and the Arts, commented on how the
South London district is close to having violence by 2020. to extend the already booming tech research centre will ‘bring the local
the fifth highest crime rate in London, This is part of a strategy aiming industry. economy into the 21st century’.
the local authorities are keen to develop to change how Lambeth Council and This medical hub will allow world “We aim to make the borough one of
their approach. partners approach violence against health researchers to collaborate and the leading destinations in the country
Between May 2017-2018, there have young people. work together in their first dedicated for the bio-tech, digital and creative
been 38,138 crimes reported in the They have previously developed building, bringing cutting-edge research industries.”
borough, according to Finder website. the ‘Tackling Violence against Young to White City. They will work on He did point out: “At the same
The proposals were discussed at People’ initiative, using a public health pioneering new approaches to various time, we want to ensure that all
public consultations, as part of the approach which addresses the risks strands of health care affecting the local residents benefit from the growth and
Lambeth Local Plan which hopes to which caused violence in the first place. community; fighting infectious diseases development we’re seeing in H&F.”020 7738 2348 February 2019 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 11
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industry, the vacuum manufacturers, the name away at Starbucks for the privilege
MARIUS BRILL’S banks and the other economic backbones
would actually relocate. They knew all
that and voted for it anyway because,
of buying overpriced coffee and sell it
to Google for the price of a Kardashian
MEMEING OF LIFE
butt shot.
as Nigel Farage when faced with the Odysseus kept his name secret from
facts of a tanking economy said, that is Polyphemus in order to survive, only
the “price for freedom”; as if it is better when the giant learnt it could he call
Meme: An element of a culture or system of behaviour passed from one individual to another... to starve as a sovereign Brit than break on his father, the sea god Poseidon, to
croissants with the Europeans. You may wreak vengeance upon him. In this age
go hungry, but it will be a democratic, of internet giants, like Odysseus, we try
THIS IS ME
“English” or “A Kentish Man” or “Man free, British hunger. By far the best sort to keep our identities secret, making
of Kent” or some poor sod with a semi in of hunger there is. fake spam-magnet email addresses or
Gillingham. I’ve had to nail my colours Our sense of identity is one of the sock puppets, but the gods of Google,
to a mast I never wanted to, I’ve had world’s most powerful memes. In ancient Amazon and YouTube, they know who
No one wants to look like to climb into bed with people that no times a rich mythology grew around we really are, what we really want, and
one would do so willingly; Tony Blair, the idea that simply telling someone they’ve got the cookies to prove it.
their passport photo. The George Osborne, Peter Mandelson and your name meant giving them power The history of Western civilisation
tube-station photobooth is the plumber with the bog-brush hairdo over you. Unbaptised children were at has been a constant cycle between
Charlie Mullins – in order to lie back risk of fairy kidnap leaving changelings individualism and collectivism. In
actually designed to make you and think of Europe. in their place; Rumpelstiltskin was the Renaissance the individual was
look as terrible as possible so And however dirty I feel, spare a disempowered by his name being celebrated, artists, pioneers, adventurers,
explorers. But then the Enlightenment’s
you’ll waste your money at discovery of scientific principles looked
Photograph © Sam McKechnie
least three or four times before at unifying ideas, categorisation, one
scientist’s results recreated exactly by
you realise that every photo another; to science humans, like animals,
is going to be heinous; there’s are all alike. This is the time the French
and American Revolutions were fought
never going to be a shot that as groups collected, identifying with
wouldn’t be improved by the their causes. Romanticism, a reaction
to the Enlightenment, promoted the
use of a bullet. The document individual again. The artist and poet’s
that represents you clearly unique experience was elevated as a
foil to the reach of science. As the
demands a photo that displays Industrial Revolution spawned factories
your inner psychopath. and mills, people proved more useful
as groups. Organising principles like
O
f course your documents aren’t socialism and capitalism were born. By
your actual identity, but as we WWII fascism loomed as the ultimate
head into our Brexit “Freedom subordination of individual free will to
Of Removement” you and I will need the faceless collective represented by
to be producing them far more often. one individual dictator. Wars are fought
As we set to isolate and differentiate as collectives, and the mentality of “a
ourselves from the continent and those ministry for everything” lasted until
who would immigrate here, identifying the 1960s when the hippy revolution
ourselves will become more integral started prioritising individual experience
to our lives. Never having to show again. The Vietnam War failed to inspire
“your papers” was once a proof of the an entire generation to fight together.
superiority of British society. Now it’ll By the 1970s individualism reached a
be: “You say you’re British… prove it!” zenith in punk, when any conformity
As if the bad teeth, sallow skin, beer was social death. But now, with the
belly, aggressive demeanour and die- internet, the things that we thought
hard stubbornness to never admit a made us individual have allowed us to
mistake wasn’t proof enough anymore. collect as groups again. So if you are an
Unaccustomed to having to identify opinionated middle aged, middle class,
myself, like many I’m struggling to white bloke with an interest in sleight of
work out who, or even what, I am. hand, good mystery fiction and liberal
It’s no wonder that Britain’s favourite politics? There’s a Reddit group just
Christmas present this year was a DNA for us stretching round the globe. The
testing kit from the likes of Ancestry. cycle of individualism is falling away
com. We’ve seen the way the world is again and we are being subsumed into
going and we’ve got questions: Where collectives once more.
are we from? Where can we call home? My 80s teenhood was devoted to
Who are OUR people? Who’s that trying to start my own unique style
nutter in my passport photo? thought for the poor Leavers. Not just discovered; in Jewish tradition, after trends fusing charity shop tat, but
So called “Identity Politics” and the because of how hideous their bedfellows a series of infant deaths the next born now I watch my own children happily
populist backlash that is taking the are, but for all the contortions that they is unnamed, believing that the Angel conforming to brands, following an
West by storm, is forcing us all to take must now go through to justify the of Death cannot call a child who has urge to meld in with everyone else on
sides, imposing a collectivism we would fallacies of their leaders’ retrospective no name; in Puccini’s opera, Princess SnapChat, Instagram and Twitter.
never have imagined even five years ago. groupthink. They’re forced to rewrite Turandot must learn the name of her The collective is coming, but we must
In the back of my mind I was always a their past and say that they knew we unwanted suitor to execute him, if she beware. It is in the collectivist periods
European, despite being born in the UK, were being lied to; they knew that there doesn't, she must marry him; even Bilbo of history when all the world’s bloodiest
but now I have to stand up and fight was never going to be £350 million for Baggins in The Hobbit, speaks in riddles conflicts are fought and, as Bertrand
for it as fiercely as any Leaver believes the NHS; they knew that there would to Smaug, the dragon, to keep him from Russell said, “War does not determine
they’re standing up for being “British” or be job losses; they knew that the car learning his name. Now we give our who is right, only who is left.”020 7738 2348 February 2019 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today 13
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The Votes with all goods we send to the EU being held
Photograph © PxHub
up by European customs and subjected
the Loudest to automatic WTO tariffs or, in the case
of agriculture and food, the automotive
Voice have it... and textiles industries, significantly
higher rates, or, indeed, to maintaining
By Peter Burden the flow of skilled medical workers we
will need in our hospitals when the post
Brexit cash they were promised starts
pouring in.
One of the difficulties, even among
How wise of Her Majesty to long-standing friends, is that it is often
hard to guess correctly the point of view
choose the uncontroversial of people with whom one engages in
Sandringham Women’s discussion about the topic. I find myself
watching carefully as people whom
Institute as an audience for her one might have assumed didn’t want
thoughts on our politicians’ Britain to turn its back on all its nearest
neighbours, start wincing awkwardly
behaviour in the current at the first hint of the views I hold. As
national turmoil. an exercise in gauging reactions from
Brexiters in general, I have spent some
‘As we look for new answers time talking to people who live among
in the modern age,’ she told the bucolic beauty of South Shropshire,
where I spend a lot of my time.
them, ‘I for one prefer the I decided that it might help if I see hundreds of companies move their
tried and tested recipes, like made my position clear by pinning to
the lapel of my tweed jacket (standard
I am offices to Europe, to willingly know that
Brexit will mean a substantial hike in
speaking well of each other
and respecting different points
attire at this time of year in Shropshire)
a small metal EU flag. Walking into
embarrassed. taxes, is shameful. All those promises
that Liam Fox and David Davis made
several rural pubs with as affable and I am embarrassed by what about how easy it would be leaving and
of view.’ open a demeanour as I could muster, how simple a trade deal was and how
has gone on and is going on
H
my entrance, as soon as my flag was WTO was a walk in the park. How dare
ow right she is; and how her spotted, was generally met with palpable in Parliament and the White they.
advice resonates with my own hostility, in some cases, blank hate stares As for the Prime Minister, it was bad
annual resolution to cease or, House on our behalf.
from bar staff and some of the other enough that her predecessor thought a
at least, to cut down my bad-mouthing punters; I sensed that I was getting an By Derek Wyatt referendum was a simple Yes/No exercise
of others. It is vital, for the ongoing idea of what it might be like to enter a and would be over in a day, but sadly
maintenance of national harmony that, rustic English boozer wearing a Jeremy she has no vision for the UK. Ramsay
whatever the outcome of the current Corbyn mask, or with a non-white face. MacDonald and Neville Chamberlain
impasse, both sides in the Brexit debate I was more aware than I have ever been were weak and feeble. This situation has
should accept that there are alternative that for some of the population our made us a complete mockery across the
It is a disgrace. The people representing
points of view. unequivocal departure from Europe is free and not so free worlds. The Prime
us should be banished. They should be
Europhiles should listen to not up for debate; it’s a matter of blind Minister seems unable to comprehend
utterly ashamed of their doings. At the
leavers’ fears that the EU, as currently conviction that will not countenance any how low we appear as a nation.
next election opportunity they should all
constituted, is a far from perfect other perspective. As for Jeremy Corbyn, he could not
be thrown out. Nothing more: nothing
organisation, as well as to their concerns It is beginning to look possible that spell “Leadership” even if he tried. He
less. We will look back at the 1997
about perceived corruption which, if so Brexit, even without a deal, will happen has allowed his own prejudices about
Election when the Tory government fell
far unproven, is at least plausible. There simply because those on one side of the the EU, despite the promises and votes
through the ice, as just tokenism. The
are undoubtedly legitimate anxieties debate are more polite and considerate at the Labour Party Conference, to rule
next election both the Tory and Labour
about accountability and the lack of than those on the other… that the the roost. He is no more a democrat
parties will haemorrhage millions of
legislative powers in the European noisier, more aggressive side, who than the late Fidel Castro. He is more
votes. The public has had enough.
Parliament. Even-handed Remainers politicians fear may foment civil unrest if interested in matters Cuban, Mexican or
In the White House, President
will acknowledge these shortcomings, they don’t get what they want, will win. Venezuelan than serving the people of
Trump has lied over six hundred times
while believing that Britain has an We should be genuinely afraid that in this country. He thinks that he will be
according to CNN research. He is an
important and responsible role to play the most momentous decision of our era, Prime Minister. He is in for a surprise.
imposter. He has demeaned his nation.
in encouraging European institutions the Trumpist tactics and oratory of the At the next election voters will spurn
He might be impeached: he should be
to develop in ways that will ultimately Leavers will prevail, despite all logical both parties. We are in to sea-changing
impeached. He is a scoundrel. He has
make them assets to world peace and objections, and the expressed support of politics.
given away all that America stands for.
international trade, with a significantly just 38% of the people. Of those that have come out of this
He prefers the company of Putin to the
greater impact than we could achieve on well, thank you: Ken Clarke, Dominic
company of any other political leader
our own. Grieve, Yvette Cooper, Kier Starmer
in the world. He is hard to fathom. He
It is noticeable that less consideration and Caroline Lucas. Thank you for
must not be re-elected. Anyone who
is offered to Remainers by committed trying to shape the debate and to hold to
shuts down the public sector knowing
Leavers and I am compelled to observe your principles. There will be no knight
it will cost the Treasury more than he
that the more avid the Brexiter, the more or dame-hoods in the post but you know
wants for his wretched Wall needs his
www.peterburden.net
raucous and intolerant the demeanour. how grateful we all are.
head examined. As for that Wall, it is a
While stalwart Remainers appear This century will be the century
mad idea. You can see, though, Trump
generally to be more measured and of Asia. In thirty years time we will
trying to make it an Election issue in
less abusive in expounding their views, be making things for the Indian and
2020: “Vote for me and I will build that
the Leavers stance is characterised by Chinese economies. The world is moving
Wall.” He has no hope even in hell.
impatient calls for MPs to ‘Just get on to a different place which we have failed
As for both of our own major
with it!’, without explicitly offering to comprehend. I am sorry for my nation
parties, they are both a sandwich short
solutions to the crisis this will create on and as sorry for my children and grand
of a picnic. To threaten our standard
the Eire/Ulster border, to the problem of children who will inherit this mess.
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