Labour leaves it to McGeevor

MacGruber: Your god can't save you, but I can.- MacGruberMcGeevor in white, next to Brockley MP Vicky FoxcroftThe Labour Party has selected its candidate in the Brockley by-election on October 13th: Part-time communications manager and history PhD student Sophie McGeevor.The Ashmead Primary School alumnus says:"If elected as councillor I would resist any attempts to academise ...

Lib Dems plot Brockley political Deanasty

Dean: Hello, I'm Dean Peterson, but you can call me Bobby. I just want you to know if you ever feel stressed out from studying or whatever, I'm always up for some hackey sack. Or, hey!  If you just want to come by and jam, I used to be the bass player for the Pretenders.- ...

Phipps to unleash Green Inferno on Brockley

The Green Party has been quick to nominate its candidate for the Brockley ward by-election in October, which they believe is winnable. Her name is Phipps and she's been training all her life for this moment. They say:"The Lewisham Green Party has selected Clare Phipps, a disability activist and Chair of the national Green Party, ...

Proposed new electoral map lumps Brockley in with North Greenwich

The proposed new electoral map of the areaThe Boundary Commission for England has proposed changes to the electoral map of South East London, which would carve up Greater Brockley, as the confluence point between the following three parliamentary constituencies:- Greenwich and Deptford - St John's and much of the Brockley conservation area fall within this ...

Alicia Kennedy resignation triggers Brockley by-election

There will be a Council by-election from Brockley ward, following the resignation of Labour councillor Baroness Alicia Kennedy.Cllr Kennedy's departure will trigger a local vote on October 13th and Labour will select its candidate next week.Click here for details.

Lewisham MP Heidi Alexander slams Corbyn leadership as “shoddy”

Once you’ve had a taste of Mayor Bullock’s firm leadership, anyone else is going to seem second rate. Having helped to kickstart the Parliamentary Labour Party’s revolt against Corbyn’s leadership, Lewisham MP Heidi Alexander is doubling down, with a column in the Guardian criticising Jezza's leadership as "shoddy and unprofessional". The former Deputy Mayor of Lewisham ...

Foxcroft declares for Smith

Brockley and Deptford MP Vicky Foxcroft has declared her support for Owen Smith in the upcoming leadership election, stating that while she broadly supports his policies, his leadership is shambolic.In a letter to supporters, the party whip writes:"I believe we need to provide a credible alternative to the Conservatives... Quite frankly, at the moment, we ...

Heidi Alexander backs Owen Smith

“All I kept thinking about, over and over, was 'You can't live forever; you can't live forever.”- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Lewisham East MP Heidi Alexander, whose resignation from Shadow Cabinet helped to trigger the upcoming Labour leadership election, has thrown her support behind challenger Owen Smith, declaring her support at this morning's ...

Vicky Foxcroft subject to death threats over refusal to back Corbyn

I was planning to run an article chiding Brockley MP Vicky Foxcroft for her lack of her reticence to declare her position in the unfolding Corbyn car-crash. After fellow Lewisham MP Heidi Alexander spearheaded a mass revolt by the Parliamentary Labour Party the situation has become so farcical that it's untenable not to pick a side ...

Heidi Alexander MP resigns from Shadow Cabinet

Lewisham East MP and former Deputy Mayor of Lewisham, Heidi Alexander, has resigned her post as Shadow Health Secretary this morning in what political commentators expect will be the first of many resignations from Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet.The resignation follows fellow Shadow Cabinet member Hilary Benn's sacking last night and Britain's vote in favour of ...