RT @Conservatives: On this day 50 years ago, Margaret Thatcher was elected Leader of the Conservative Party. The first big milestone on he…

@RealMGSimpson @Salywebster @reformparty_uk @Nigel_Farage @TiceRichard Thanks for taking the time to reply Mark - I do appreciate it. Hopefully this is just a misunderstanding as I don’t think Labour or Cons use the pub for formal gatherings. It is a small pub so I imagine speeches would be loud. Hope the event goes well at the Beehive.

@RealMGSimpson @Salywebster @reformparty_uk @Nigel_Farage @TiceRichard Hi Mark, can I just clarify the situation here as a Long Pond regular? Are you saying your booking was cancelled because you were Reform? Did you tell the landlord who you were when you booked the pub?

RT @CharlieJSDavis: After a busy week in the town hall it was great to get back out on the doorstep this morning talking to residents on th…

RT @FT: Breaking news: AstraZeneca is pulling out of its plans to build a £450mn UK vaccine manufacturing plant after months of wrangling w…

RT @MattHartley100: Councillor @CharlieJSDavis is doing excellent work to represent Middle Park leaseholders facing extremely high costs fr…

RT @MattHartley100: I had the chance at the Town Hall to pay tribute to 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 who campaigned against Greenwich Council's non-sensical pr…

RT @CharlieJSDavis: I’ve been made aware by leaseholders in Middle Park that they have had questions disallowed for tonight’s full council…

@tonyofsidcup @CharlieJSDavis @MattHartley100 @GreenwichTories @MrOkereke @Royal_Greenwich If you don’t want to be drawn into it I fail to understand why you are engaging in this conversation. Just calling people liars without any facts seems a poor basis for a debate.

@tonyofsidcup @CharlieJSDavis @MattHartley100 @GreenwichTories @MrOkereke My apologies, so you approve of the closure and other spending priorities? Your point about lying seems ridiculous to me - the figure is justifiable and really this is about whether you support the Council’s choices or not. @MattHartley100 clearly does not and I agree with him.

@tonyofsidcup @CharlieJSDavis @MattHartley100 @GreenwichTories @MrOkereke As you said it is a lot of money when you are closing or cutting services across the rest of the borough. It is just a choice and not one I agree with. I take it you think the £45m represents value for money?

@tonyofsidcup @CharlieJSDavis @MattHartley100 @GreenwichTories @MrOkereke Can I take it you accept the £45m figure now? You seem quick to call people liars but not to admit you are wrong. An alternative is the introduction of political assistants for £80,000pa which is similar to the amount being saved by closing Maryon Wilson.

@tonyofsidcup @MattHartley100 @GreenwichTories @MrOkereke @CharlieJSDavis I think is there is an opportunity cost to getting rid of a really popular animal park which only costs £60,000 pa to run (using your figures). The Council recently spent £45m on a Woolwich based arts organisation and I reckon Maryon Wilson represent better value for money.

RT @MattHartley100: 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: I've written to Greenwich Council Leader @MrOkereke, urging him to withdraw the proposal to close #Charlton's M…

Well done to @MattHartley100 for fighting hard on this issue and to the Daily Mail for highlighting it. Worryingly the Council seem to be planning to introduce more limits on driving purely as revenue raising schemes in their latest budget proposals.

@nkokonjeru This is so true.

RT @MattHartley100: 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: I've had it confirmed that Greenwich Council's plan to close Maryon Wilson Animal Park will save just £5,000…

@MattHartley100 This is a real worry - the Council needs to combat fraud in this area as otherwise council tax payers are being let down again. It is no worry the Council is in serious financial trouble.

Thanks for highlighting this Matt. I hadn’t realised that the Right to Buy discount was being cut. The fact it is being done at short notice with unforeseen consequences in Greenwich is another sign of this government’s incompetence.