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Featured local business - Clubtek

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I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Corbynistas launch petition against Lewisham Council cuts plan

Nov

2015

A few days ago, BC observed that Lewisham was earning a disproportionately high volume of coverage about Labour Party machinations and that this was evidence of an unhealthy degree of London-centricity within the Corbynista movement.This, we argued, might put off voters in the rest of the country, who view London with suspicion. For many, London ...

Telegraph: Two Lewisham MPs could lose their jobs in Momentum plot

Nov

2015

Telegraph journalist and Greenwich resident Andrew Gilligan has written a lengthy analysis of the power struggle between Labour's hard-left grassroots groups, energised by Corbyn's victory, and the Parliamentary Labour Party.Yet again, Lewisham is front and centre of the story, with the influential Labour Representation Committee (LRC) reported to be considering a reverse takeover of Corbyn's ...

Jeremy Corbyn: Our Part in His Downfall

Oct

2015

Lord Warner of Brockley has resigned the Labour whip, denouncing the Corbyn-led Labour Party as "not credible". In his letter, he says:"I have watched for some time the declining quality of the Labour party’s leadership, but had not expected the calamitous decline achieved in 2015. The Labour party is no longer a credible party of ...

Health and Safety gone wild in Ladywell

Oct

2015

Anchorman: Simpson scandal update: Homer sleeps nude in an oxygen tent which he believes gives him sexual powers!Homer: HEY! That's a half-truth!- The Simpsons, Homer Badman Awful sexist poster at Ladywell station - pleased it's now being removed. Shouldn't have been up in first place. pic.twitter.com/yFhe8HKgHi— Sadiq Khan MP (@SadiqKhan) October 15, 2015Labour's Mayoral candidate, Sadiq ...

Power is Power: Foxcroft named Whip

Sep

2015

Brockley (Lewisham Deptford) MP Vicky Foxcroft has been named as a Whip for the Corbyn-led Labour Party. Good luck with that one! Thanks to everyone who Tweeted us.

Lewisham Rising: Heidi Alexander named Shadow Health Secretary

Sep

2015

Lewisham East MP and former Deputy Mayor, Heidi Alexander, has been named Shadow Health Secretary in Jeremy Corbyn's first Shadow Cabinet.Not only does that make her the first Shadow Health Secretary to have toured Brockley Cross, it means that Lewisham Hospital has a strong ally if - as rumoured - it faces a fresh assault ...

Unite “insider” plots to dethrone three Lewisham MPs

Sep

2015

Channel 4 News' political correspondent Michael Crick quotes a union source who claims that Jeremy Corbyn's election will be an opportunity to purge Labour of three "careerist" Lewisham MPs, including Brockley's Vicky Foxcroft - or threaten them into adopting more left-wing positions. He writes:"A Unite organiser from South-East London has told me that Vicky Foxcroft, ...

LPBP v PLP v #LP

Aug

2015

It wouldn't be a political farce without some involvement from Lewisham People Before Profit.The Telegraph has found a connection between our own mischief-making political troupe, LPBP, and the entryist row that has panicked the Parliamentary Labour Party and triggered the ridiculous #LabourPurge of leadership election voters. The Telegraph reports:The Telegraph can disclose that Unite, the ...

People Before Profit: La Rupture

Jul

2015

In the down time between elections, local political party People Before Profit like to keep themselves busy and in the headlines with a range of madcap antics. This summer's crossover event is a split between rival factions. The News Shopper reports:Five members of the party - including founder member Tobias Abse, 2015 election candidate Helen ...

Foxcroft brings it to the floor

Jun

2015

Officer Michaels: How old are you McLovin?McLovin: Old enough.Officer Slater: Old enough for what?McLovin: To party. - SuperbadVicky Foxcroft, the new MP for Lewisham Deptford (AKA much of Brockley) has addressed the House of Commons for the first time and used the opportunity to give big love to the community spirit and artistic flair of ...