I tell the truth worked in the TRA movement for five decades with my wife, Janet, an activist one that actually does things and fights for the right of tenants
@Gwen_H_Cochrane
Yes, you’ve done your part to vote for more austerity and the poor getting poorer while the rich of the labour party buy their council houses make large profits and then tell us there’s no housing of course not you bought it and sold it. This is not theLabour Party.
This is the first draft of a flyer that I’m putting out. I know the other parties have messes with amount of money to spend I’m doing it on a shoestring to prove a point that we need change.We’ve been let down by these major parties trying to make a stand and say enough is enough
I said I would do it. I have officially put the paperwork in and I am now a candidate as an independent standing against Mr Coyle. People said I would not do it but I have just come back from Tooley Street and I’ve handed the paperwork in and paid the fee so now it allbegins.
@TheFox89688362
It’s disgusting. I used to be able to get from where I live to Tottenham Court Road on the bus. in about 30 minutes it now takes 1hr 30 minutes because the bus is doing 20 mile an hour and the driver is frightened of losing his license it’s added to the congestion of London
@CWmasterplan
You’re not going to put in unaffordable cafes in there are you places where people can’t afford to have a cup of coffee or a cup of tea while they’re shopping this is what normally happens it’s not the Borough market its rotherhithe where we still have people on low incomes
I had to sit down today to write this please read it and please retweet it because you never know you may be left as we were a so-called caring council. This letter needs to be read It needs to be shown to people it’s only a quick snippet of what went on, our Storey needs telling
We stand together against private landlords putting profit before people there should be a max rent cap of 20% above council rents. We believe that private landlords especially absentee landlords are charging as much as they can possibly get and are putting profit before people
Please retweet this to everybody you know so that people know exactly what’s going on with the suspended officers from Southwark council we need to let people know what’s going on because the council wants how much of your money they’re paying out to suspended officers every week
My colleague, Jerry and myself have decided to start up an area housing forum. This is the invite to people in the area. Please let people know that we are starting this form and the date that the first meeting will be. we need to invite all the counsellors from all parties.
@MattLismore
@lbbdcouncil
On my estate, where I live, which is in Rotherhithe the council has been informed that the flats have been let for Airbnb and it’s clearly there to see in the Airbnb publications at £130 a night clearly stop people from having somewhere to live it’s all about money second homes
@alevcazim
@wesstreeting
If you believe this, you need to go and see a psychiatrist but there again, the waiting list is so long you would be non compos mentis before you got seen say no to privatisation of the NHS or any outsourcing of any kind
The chair of SGTO is saying Kieran Williams the leader of the Council is a associate of hes and goes on to say they are both charged with the responsibility of delivering quality housing well where is the 11k new homes promised in the labour manifesto nine years ago utter rubbish
My beliefs are the beliefs of local people, my beliefs are the beliefs of everyone who believes in community and a fair deal for those who have nothing don’t forget if you vote for labour or you vote for the liberals it will mean more austerity. Putting profit before people
@taxi_leaks
@TflTruth
@Councillorsuzie
@SadiqKhan
This Siddiqui carnage has ruined the London that I’ve grew up in my 73 years in London was ruined by this so-called labour party mayor and did you hear him promote himself the other day when he wasted so much of the public money on fireworks time for him to go? Big failure
Do you want one of these two or do you want somebody independent Who has fought for 53 years for the rights of local people? Don’t forget what I say about local needs are also national needs think before you vote on the 4th of July them or me it’s up to you think before you vote
Well a big thank you to everybody that sponsored us yesterday otherwise we won’t be able to do this. It was hard work 60 hours of non-stop on our feet. Not going home for two days but that’s what it’s about community I will post a few pictures without words of the festival.
And so under labour there will be no rent cap. There will be no rent control there will be austerity and the pool will get poorer . The food banks will get bigger and the disgraced MP will be running our area people certainly didn’t think before they voted yesterday
@NunheadTRA
Of course, they need to look at the fraud. Of course, they need to look into this because the cabinet turned the blind eye to it. Southwark Council knew what was going on. The cabinet knew what was going on and did nothing about it. The leader of the council knew about
If you really want to see some great clowns go to southwark Council full council assembly meetings it’s full of clowns packed out with clowns they’re called counsellors. The labour party is renowned for its clowns.
A great picture of myself with the Millwall team during lockdown working hard and I never saw the disgraced MP walking about helping people by delivering food. We worked really hard during this time. It’s all about community hard work but keeping people from being hungry.
And perhaps you think this is good being a counsellor living on this estate, and nobody knowing who you are, and you had the chance to ask questions at scrutiny the other day when they told lies, but you kept quiet I would’ve said quite a lot, even if I got in trouble the truth
@Southwark_News
Darren Merrill is sorry what a joke he knew about it. I sent him emails which he would not answer the whole cabinet know about it. It’s time for this leader to resign because he knew what was going on. He would not accept my deputation he refused, and now they’re sorry disgusting
I have managed to find this senior management structure in southwark possibly each one of these is on over £100,000 each are they worth it? I don’t think so. Then add all the counsellors money and then the disgraced MPs money £92,000 a year and it’s your money no consultation
I also wonder how many are out with stress which they put down as sickness we suffer stress because we have to put up with this useless council yes the Labour Party doesn’t care for you the Labour Party waste millions of your money and doesn’t want you to know about it
@GrahamNeale
@TowerBlocksUK
And there was one famous man who was involved in that he just died not so long his name was Sam. He was one of the best people to deal with. He even worked on the Canada estate when we had structural problems and he also was working on. Greenville, a really good surveyor.
@HRRBFireSafety
@lambeth_council
don’t forget when we uncovered the 9,000,000+ that was lost on major works on the Canada estate and the Devon mansions fiasco the council did not want to go to scrutiny. They did not want the public to know that’s what a labour controlled council is like deceitful and dishonest
@Hughka
@Jonathan_K_Cook
How right you are Hugh as you know, we have the same problem in local councils where the counsellors tell people they are left of the party. There is no left of the party anymore in the labour party. They’ve all been expelled by this so-called leader
@fopminui
@Morbidful
No one should be judged by the colour of their skin or their religious beliefs Treat people as you would like to be treated and you will get on better in life
Please if you read my letters and if theres any mistakes I am very dyslexic but I try as hard as I can to get it right. Sometimes I push the button without completely checking it because at the moment I feel so let down and so sad for the people that have been let down by cabinet
Please see below a freedom of information and see how much money we’re paying officers who are suspended and this is not just all of it because don’t forget we have one that’s been suspended for about seven months now on full pay it’s disgusting when you read its your money
@MattLismore
And they must stop selling the land off to the developers because councils say they will build council housing but they haven’t got the land or money, but they do like the section 106 and the Cil they get out of the developments but where does it go very questionable expenditure.
Last night, we had a meeting to discuss crime in the area which is getting rather bad, especially with phone snatching to discuss what we could do to stop this but guess what? Not one counsellor turned up not one ward counsellor they are labour counsellors
@wdz8p2ym92
@MattLismore
@lbbdcouncil
@dominiclbbd
@DarrenRodwell
@barkinglabour
You’re absolutely right, councils spend the housing revenue account without giving the tenants to breakdown of the major works but the section 20 that go to leaseholders are explained local councils have been caught doing this like we caught Southwark officers, suspended
Sent this over by friend of mine having great responses from my flyers on the doorstep people are fed up with labour and the liberals. It’s time for a change. You should think before you put your cross on the paper on the 4th
And I will still call for the leader to resign because he knew what was going on and the counsellor who lived on this estate, knew what was going on and did nothing so please if you want an argument bring it on because I’m ready to argue with you because I have the proof
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#VoteDuckettRights4All
Well, the flyers are still dropping through from the labour and from the liberals you have a choice to make on the 4th of July. Do you want more promises that cannot be kept? Do you want more austerity or someone that cares about us?
Very strange, I think the leader of the council realised that he made a mistake in sending me a Christmas card. He sends me a Christmas card and an hour later. read the other email that I get looks like I’m off his Christmas card list
@Sam_Dalton_1
@SadiqKhan
@LabourMarina
@UKLabour
Well, that’s another nail in the coffin of London if you vote for Siddiqui carnage who has ruined london ULEZ is it taxation on the motorist? If your vehicle is not compliant you can pay the fee shall I say fine and take a gas guzzler into London it’s all about the money
Well, I’m sorry to say that once again we have a disgraced MP again in bermondsey and old southwark Neil coyle has taken the seat and what does that say about local people? I’ll leave you to sort that out but clearly the decision to vote a disgraced MP in again is wrong
@uncle90705
@Enders_Bravo
Loneliness amongst the elderly during this time was terrible We used to go out delivering dinners and knocking on doors and it was terrible to think that these people in the last years of their lives were locked down like this was it worth it? The mental stress alone was terrible
And it was a very bad turnout which goes to show really that people are fed up with the disgraced MP, but I will continue to fight for the rights of the tenants and residents in my capacity of working in the tenants movement and once again, it’ certainly was hard work
Remember when you take me on, I have a lot of knowledge about what goes on and people talk to me and asked me questions because all the years I’ve done I’ve gathered knowledge of how the council works and may I say this is the worst council we’ve had in decades
Well, the children’s rides have been ordered for the Rotherhithe festival and the major work has begun to put it together it should be good this year whether or not we’ll do it next year I don’t know it’s been very hard to raise funds, but thank you to everyone who has given
@qooldad1978
@LFCKOPETTE
@kieronjwilliams
@lb_southwark
What would you expect of this leader? He should resign because he was involved He was the cabinet member for housing when all this went on and of course I will name the other one Stephanie cryan and to add insult to injury. We have a ward counsellor on our estate, who did nothing
Well this came through today. The liberals are telling the truth why haven’t we got this from the labour party? Why haven’t they sent us anything through saying yes we admit we’ve done wrong. Yes we wasted your money. 19.5 million left in reserves wasted money.
It was a great pleasure this afternoon to be invited by the mayor of Southwark to attend the Nigerian independence day celebrations. I met some of my good old friends in the tenants movement, a big thank you to the mayor for inviting us to be at the celebration
@SaulStaniforth
@Taj_Ali1
You’re absolutely right there are double standards in the labour party just goes to prove it doesn’t it? No matter what you say. You cannot give the whip back to one and allow them to stand without being selected again the labour party will certainly lose votes over this
I want to be officially called as a witness when the independent enquiry into the Canada estate is launched. I do have the proof of what went on and cannot wait to be called to give evidence. This will clearly show that the cabinet members knew what was going on and did nothing
This is what we have to put up with. I have complained to our ward counsellor and to the cabinet member for housing, Sarah King because not being nasty but how can they possibly think that we can talk to them if they cannot produce a report for us are we wasting our time yes
Well that’s another 600 leaflets gone out. I’ve had a lot of people send me messages saying well done for standing independent as I keep saying someone had to do it. We have to say enough is enough. We have to make sure that our community are looked after
Well, it looks like they’re reopening the case of Shirley Oaks Which was ran by Lambeth Council and also had children referred to from Southwark Council it’s appears there is still one of the abusers still alive. This was labour then and this is labour now do they care NO
Ask yourself this question is a politician a liar or is a liar a politician because this is what we’ve had over the years with the liberals and the labour MPs liberals promising you so much but not delivering and the labour party doing nothing but promises do you want this again
@LFCKOPETTE
@kieronjwilliams
@lb_southwark
@AltheaLoderick
@Francis_Hoar
As I have said time and time again, we have a cabinet that is not fit for purpose a cabinet that does not listen a cabinet that doesn’t care about tenants or wasted money a leader that doesn’t apologise when things go wrong and I have proof that he knew things were going wrong
Will others follow who are in the tenants movement and say time for you to go time for you, cabinet member who knew what was going on to resign all they just let it continue because if we hadn’t bought this to scrutiny, nobody would’ve known about it except the counsellors
Yesterday I had a few questions asked me about a rent cap which I have on my flyers, my answer to them which was received really well was that we need to have a rent cap on absentee landlords and landlords who charge 4 times or more the rent we pay for our council flats see below
@Kwajotweneboa
Well, you’re talking about the highest rental cost there is why didn’t you tell your Labour Party friends to reinstate the rent cap
This what is needed to be able to stop the absentee landlords charging thousands of pounds for ex-council flats people before profit
this is what a lot of people out there think always remember before you put across on your ballot paper to think of the future we’ve seen so much austerity from the Conservatives do you think labour will change this policy? I dont
@lb_southwark
Questions need to be answered and officers should be held accountable for what they did to the tenants and Residents on these estates living through the winter freezing cold and did anyone care no, but everybody knew what was going on with this work. I have the emails as proof.
Perhaps they did not want me to tell you as well about the officer that is suspended on full pay because of all the money that’s gone missing because of everything that’s gone wrong the council wouldn’t tell you I will not say who told me once again trying to shut us up?
Apologies if anything is out of context with the spelling and Alexa told me this was right because I’m very tired. It should’ve said at the top that the past MP being liberal voted for the bedroom tax and put so many into poverty. People are still suffering through it now.
To be quite honest after 53 years and living here all my life I’m being honest. I don’t know what we all need. I know what I see every day poverty homelessness the struggle to feed our kids lack of homes. I see it firsthand I don’t own my own house, I’m a council tenant who cares
@thetimes
Back in the 50s when I was a kid, there was no one in our school who ever had ADHD It seems to me that a lot of people want to use this as an excuse. It suddenly came on the scene a good few years ago is it an excuse? Or does it really exist? I was dyslexic had to work hard
It must be really great to work for southwark council it seems I’m told that the officer who was suspended because of the Canada/Devon mansions over expenditure of 6 million is on full pay. Yes suspended on full pay so really it’s not a suspension it’s an holiday
@VMMChamberlain
And when we asked the question why these flats have not been let it’s because building control have not signed them off and when we ask questions we are not given any answers to this. So imagine two brand-new three bedroom flats waiting to be let question asked no answers againx
@Southwark_News
This has been going on so long and has been covered up and now it’s finally coming out The leader of the council should resign and other cabinet members who were involved in it Don’t forget we have the proof we have the emails to prove what we say is true corruption or stupidity?
@ParkinJuli86087
@improvementpls
It’s happening in every council I can assure you they do not care about their tenants or their residents we’ve just had major works with a loss of £2 million and a officer that has been suspended on full pay. That’s not suspension that’s an holiday.
@SimonHughes
@se16
@PoppyLegion
@se1
A big thank you to Gary who organised the event it was a pleasure to be there to remember those who gave their tomorrows so we could have our todays
And also standing as an independent I can tell you I never had a dish like rishi sunak as a kid we were lucky to have a plate to eat off and dinner let alone a dish we never had a telly until we were 12 years old and that was gas powered it was so old. I haven’t got a sky dish
This is why I’m saying we should bring back the rent act 1977 it was the last piece of legislation in England and Wales to place limits on how much landlords could raise prices for residential homes. which was repealed was repelled by Conservatives by the Housing Act 1988
@NasCostomano
Well when you get officers, suspended when they can’t account for £2 million on the Canada estate and £4 million on Devon mansions and yet you’ve tried to tell the cabinet and the Leader of the council did not want to know don’t you think there’s something wrong corruption?
@IanByrneMP
@wheezylikesund1
@victoriaaglover
Absolutely right Ian poverty in youngsters is one of our problems that this government doesn’t seem to really want to help with, but we can only try and help at the ground level by being there for parents who need extra help.
Do you remember what Thatcher did? She stole the childrens milk milk they used to get in the morning and now all those children are probably pensioners who are having their winter fuel payment stolen by this government this government is no better than the conservatives
Officers from Southwark Council lied to us and lied to a ward counsellor, they said that the windows had to be changed because the Fire Brigade had said they were dangerous. They said there was a report there was no report fibre do not write report they only issue recommendations
@VMMChamberlain
Victor, you’re so right, but how can we do it while we got people running the council who don’t listen to the tenants and residents a leader that won’t apologise for the major works fiasco, even though he was cabinet member for a time during these works and knew what was going on
I just had to write an email this morning, telling the truth again please read the truth. We are never told the truth by this council. We have elected counsellors who sit there and take their money, even go to Wales to try to be an MP and it seems to get paid their allowances
I believe that you have been let down by labour lots of people say the same thing we’ve all been let down by labour so it’s time to think about it no more new homes left empty more focusing on community more doctors and more inclusion of local people in decision-making
Just had a good talk to one of my colleagues in the TRA movement we are going to start up a new forum for council tenants and residents which will be starting in April. I will put the date out once it’s clarified we need to start fighting this council for our rights
We all agreed that there is no consultation between ourselves anymore and the council the TRA movement needs to step up and show that it’s still here and that is still a force to be reckoned with. We agreed that we will not have independent parties coming in
Yesterday evening at our forum meeting, not one good word from anyone there for our housing officers not one person had a good word for them why because they do not do the work they’re paid for we do their work. The TRAs look after our estates we need changes
@mongsley
@OldFriendsSPark
When tower Bridge Road was a thriving market my wife’s family were Costermongers which means to say they sold fruit and vegetables from a hand cart in the market They can trace the family back selling to the 1800s, they had to stop because the market shut officially on 26/7/2011
I had the liberal party candidates agent have a go about me
So I sent over something to him. They have very short memories don’t they realise that the past MP for bermondsey and southwark voted for the bedroom tax and put so many people into they don’t tell you this
Yes, 24 hours a day, covered in scaffold with plastic encased in a tomb not a flat and the cabinet knew what was going on and did nothing about it. The noise, the dust, the humiliation of not being able to keep our flat heated because of the cost no counsellors helped us
@AmigoDodson
@lb_southwark
@SouthwarkLabour
Over the last two weeks, I have chaired two ward forums and everything we said about the council is true. They do not listen to us. They do not consult with us and then when things go wrong they want to come back and talk to us. It’s too late The damage is done
Had a great meeting last night with my good friend Michael from Plush look what they did to him. Look what they did to a community that he had full hard to build what did our labour MP do tohelp him? Another community broken up is this what we want from the labour party? No?
Another early day, well it’s late now, but when I got up this morning, the Sun was not even out that’s how dedicated I am to try and do something to stop the labour party /liberals from destroying what I’m fighting for better health more houses and the communities we live in