Local elections

[pebs]

Does anybody know which party best represents a position on reversing the nonsense road restrictions over the last year? Thanks

[nxjen]

As the LTNs have been implemented on the Government?s instructions to councils, it?s clearly not the Tories

[alex_b]

You know there aren?t council elections in Southwark this year right?

[pebs]

Aha- wasn't aware. I guess it's just London mayor. Many thanks!!

[alex_b]

pebs Wrote:

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> Aha- wasn't aware. I guess it's just London mayor.

> Many thanks!!

Mayor and assembly. Southwark council elections are next year.

[legalalien]

Mayor and Assembly indeed.

Mayoral votes for independents unlikely to affect results, if you want to register a protest vote Farah London seems the most openly anti LTN, also Mr Fox I think?

Saw some tweets querying LTNS from Con assembly candidate Hannah Ginnetts.

Coming to the conclusion it's all irrelevant as local democracy is broken. Courts/ rule of law ( judicial review process, equalities law, air quality obligations) and TfL seeng sense / belatedly recognising the need to comply with its statutory obligations) are the biggest threats to the LTNs I think - there doesn't seem to be opposition from within. And then May 2022 elections. If the LDs can field candidates of similar quality to their councillors in the north of the borough they'll romp home here in Dulwich. On a platform of transparency, representing constituents etc. I say that as someone who has only voted LD once, in a local election nearly 20 years ago.

[malumbu]

Surely not another thread whinging about measures to curb the number of car journeys. I expect that Jeremy Clarkson may have a party for entitled motorists, it will be like UKIP/Brexit party and have only one policy

Pleased that someone has pointed out that this is a Tory policy (reducing car journeys) - the bigger picture is our commitments to cut carbon emissions to combat climate change. There are better ways to discourage car use - through central fiscal measures. The government, which has a massive majority, is unlikely to fall due to LTNs.

Put threads up like this, and I will post on them. Although it is getting tiresome.

[heartblock]

It will be interesting to see the policies for next year's locals - I think many in the left might use it to give an opinion on the current LOTO as well as local stuff.

As for this one - I have only had a Labour Party leaflet and a LibDem and one that made it's way very quickly into the recycling from Brian Rose, who remind's me of Alan B'Stard..

Sian Berry Green I think for me. MsFarah is interesting but politically not for me.

[JohnL]

Well here's Otto English's take on the candidates for Mayor - wonder if the Locals will field such a wide ranging lot.

https://bylinetimes.com/2021/03/26/a-race-to-the-bottom-the-weird-world-of-the-2021-london-mayoral-election/

I have to agree though - it's a large but not a very talented field (unless you count acting)

[DuncanW]

Even counting acting...

[legalalien]

Thanks JohnL. Read that, confirmed that I thought, not sure I can bring myself to vote for a Mayor this year; and I?m someone who believes firmly in voting and has voted at every

opportunity in the past. Will still turn out to vote for a London Assembly candidate I think.