Archive for May 2016

Backing Zac

May 4, 2016 Campaigning Comments Off on Backing Zac

13173534_1777591189126452_912441844912536729_oIt has been a real pleasure campaigning for Zac Goldsmith, a strong voice for London. On the three occasions I have met Zac during the campaign he has always come across as a warm and genuine person and his speeches filled with a clear cut message and vision for the future of London.

Whilst making telephone calls at the20160504_185444 - Edited Conservative Campaign Headquarters, Zac arrived with a stack of pizzas to keep the activist
team going. The Conservative Party really is a united team working together.

His four key pledges are;

Start fixing London’s housing crisis by:

  1. Doubling home building to 50,000 a year by 2020 and ensuring development is in keeping with the local area
  2. Giving Londoners the first chance to buy new homes built in London
  3. Ensuring a significant proportion of all new homes are only for rent and not for sale

Improve the capacity and reliability of London’s transport system by:

  1. Ensuring the Night Tube goes ahead, starting Crossrail 2, and growing the rail network.
  2. Bringing suburban rail services under the Mayor’s control to increase and improve the service.
  3. Protecting the Freedom Pass.

Improve London’s living environment by:

  1. Protecting the green belt from development.
  2. Tackling air pollution with tougher rules on HGVs, and encouraging greener vehicles and safer cycling.
  3. Creating more green spaces and cleaning up local parks so they are safe to visit and enjoy.

Make London’s streets safer by:20160504_204732 - Edited

  1. Protecting neighbourhood police teams and keeping them on the street.
  2. Tackling the root causes of crime in local communities.
  3. Putting more police on public transport at night.

Today, on the eve of election day, the London Evening Standard endorsed Zac, This cannot be understated as the newspaper reaches about 2 million people a day.

 

Further success for School Safety campaign

May 4, 2016 Road safety Comments Off on Further success for School Safety campaign

I am delighted that we now have a full time school crossing person at Waterbeach Primary School. For a number of years we have been without a crossing person, so this is great news. It also means that a further aim of the ‘Action for School Road Safety’ campaign has been achieved.

The Action for School Road safety key aims were;

(1) Recruit a Primary School crossing person ACHIEVED and put in place an actual crossing.
(2) Add the Primary School to a Safer Routes to School scheme.
(3) Return the Secondary School bus route (Landbeach to Cottenham) to the priority gritting route list. ACHIEVED
(4) Ensure parents concerns about the quality/standard of County Secondary School buses are addressed. ACHIEVED

20150902_095835The petition secured over 1,300 signatures on the paper and online petitions combined which shows the strong feeling on the issue. So it is fantastic that we are getting action step by step. Thank you to everyone that has supported the campaign.