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Creating a Better Wandsworth in 2023: A Reflection on my Political Achievements
New Year reflections
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Jan 3, 20242 min read
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Food should not be a distant prayer
I had the pleasure of being asked to write an article on food insecurity as part of my role as chair of the Women's co-operative Network....
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Aug 18, 20233 min read
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This week your councillor..
First week back in 2023
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Jan 8, 20232 min read
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Cost of Living?
I've heard this term this week more times than I care to remember, but I remember I care about it every time. But the cost of living has...
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Feb 24, 20223 min read
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From food pantries to food resilience
What is dignity? Dignity is the right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake, and to be treated ethically. Like...
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Dec 18, 20214 min read
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Reflections on the past 4 years
I did a video with Cllr Rachel Onikosi. Gosh!
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Nov 22, 20211 min read
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This week your councillor..
With the cost of living increasing so much for everyday things it was with great reticence that I turned on my central heating this week....
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Oct 24, 20212 min read
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Healthy Start Vouchers Adjournment
Weds 21st Full Council meeting - I’d like to adjourn the council for 30 seconds to draw attention to food inequality, children’s health...
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Jul 21, 20212 min read
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International Women's Day!
I felt so honoured this year to be recognised by a couple of papers and blogs for international women's day. I spoke to the Brixton Blog,...
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Mar 22, 20211 min read
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Hot Dinners
It's been a fairly un contentious week in the UK. For once there have been no changes to our liberties, for quite some time. Stay at...
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Jan 31, 20214 min read
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Food Justice for Wandsworth
It's been quite a month for food justice and insufficient access to food for children in the holidays. It is so important that political...
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Nov 16, 20201 min read
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Going LIVE
Going Live
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Sep 27, 20202 min read
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Business as usual?
It's been 7 weeks. This week: Government advice changed from 'Stay Home' to 'Stay Alert'; Schools are set to reopen on the 1st June; the...
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May 17, 20202 min read
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Pager is to whatsapp as Meeting room is to....
Tube travel in post Covid world with no vaccine. So it can't really be post Covid, can it?
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May 3, 20202 min read
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Feeling Calmer?
A day feels like 12 weeks at the moment and 12 weeks is the quarantine we're facing ahead of us and it feels like 12 months. Things move...
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Mar 27, 20202 min read
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Many pills to swallow
Last week something dreadful happened. Benefit reassessments happen when the DWP decide that a persons circumstances have changed and so...
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Mar 4, 20202 min read
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Expert Witness!
I had the pleasure of being invited as an expert witness on Food insecurity at City hall earlier this month, by Leonie Cooper AM. This...
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Feb 21, 20201 min read
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Council Questions - October 2019
When asked to start looking at Food poverty as an issue, you'll never guess what the oposing party said
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Oct 16, 20192 min read
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Council Questions - July 2019
It's July again and just before the school holidays. This is the longest period of time that some children will go without their free...
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Jul 17, 20191 min read
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