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Kate Hoey backs Radio 4 UK theme
Good news for fans of the threatened Radio 4 UK Theme living in the Vauxhall constituency - your MP has signed the early day motion calling on the BBC to reconsider.
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Wines supports Hughes
The Gibraltar Chronicle reports: Former Southwark mayor and Liberal Democrat MP Hilary Wines this weekend expressed her delight following the decision by fellow colleague Simon Hughes “to throw the hat in the ring†to contest the party leadership. “I will be supporting
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Hughes For Leader Blog
For an entertaining - unofficial - account of the leadership election exploits of the North Southwark and Bermondsey MP - try the Hughes For Leader Blog.
Obituaries
Tony Banks and the Festival Hall champagne bar
Michael Lynch, chief executive of the South Bank Centre, writes in today's Guardian: Londoners and visitors to London owe a huge debt to the late Tony Banks (G2, January 10). In 1983 he took the bold decision to open up the foyers of the Royal Festival Hall for
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Simon Hughes profile
With Simon Hughes much in the news this week given the Lib Dems' leadership woes, The Independent has a thoughtful profile of one of the men widely tipped as Charles Kennedy's likely successor.
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Kate Hoey interview
The Countryside Alliance have plastered this interview with Vauxhall MP Kate Hoey all over their stand at the Labour Party conference in Brighton. The pro-hunting lobby thought they were being clever by repeatedly leaving the screen of the adjacent free internet terminal for delegates showing the Alliance's
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Kate Hoey to chair Kennington-based Countryside Alliance
Full story from the Telegraph
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Does Southwark Council know the date of the General Election?
Apparently not, as your poll card won't be delivered till after polling day:
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Tony Banks blasts County Hall sale settlement
West Ham MP Tony Banks has has tabled an Early Day Motion in the Commons condemning Bromley Council for accepting a £7.8 million settlement for its share of the proceeds of the sale of the former GLC headquarters at County Hall on the South Bank to the
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Community Councils
Geography has never been Southwark Council's strong point. Today's Southwark News has a full-colour advert for Bermondsey Community Council ... illustrated with a picture of Winchester Palace in Clink Street, which is of course in Cathedrals Ward - firmly part of the Borough and Bankside community council
