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• It’s nice to know the feelings are mutual

  People may remember the quite possibly mis-spelled graffiti in Camden a little while ago professing love for Amy More. Well, not far from the scene another little note has a appeared… ah. Sweet.

   

• And moving on…

  We’ve had a lovely election, and we hope you have too. It’s been great to have lots of positive feedback, it really means a lot to us that so many of you found Big Smoke’s election coverage useful, enlightening or just plain entertaining. Nice. However, we sense that there’s only […]

   

• Number crunching: How did the left do in London?

  While we know that Labour polled very strongly in the Assembly seats (detail) and the Greens made their move forwards to third place above the Lib Dems look far easier than it was in reality (detail) these are the simply the two highest profile parties who attract left of center […]

   

• Becky Wright: How do we move from campaigning to organising?

  Becky Wright is the Director of the TUC’s Organising Academy which is responsible for the development and delivery of the TUC’s training programme for union organisers and officers. She regularly blogs on Stronger Unions (www.strongerunions.org)   The local elections are over, France and Greece have seen people vote for an alternative […]

   

• Event: Grassroots, growing people power:26th May

  Grassroots: growing people power We’re a community of trade unionists and progressive organisations committed to tackling the big challenges we face right now.  To do that we’ve set up Grassroots, a conference and space that lets us share and hear the most exciting and practical ideas on campaigning, organising and mobilisation. This year, […]

   

• Owen Jones: sold out.

  Tsk, even the event organisers say that lefty author Owen Jones has sold out. Tut, tut.

   

• Budgens: Trying too hard

  Budgens, on a sleepy North London backstreet; Four boards. Two flags. One banner. One dog. They are definitely trying to hard. Sometimes with street furniture, less is more.   Oh, and several bags of rubbish and an inability to do things neatly. Meow!

   

• Vacancies: Local Life Project Officer

  Job Title: City Living, Local Life Project Officers (two positions) Working For: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Salary: Up to £31,935k Job Details: Are you passionate about making a positive difference to peoples’ lives? Do you enjoy working with others to support practical projects? Are you a strong communicator with experience of […]

   

• Meeting: Pro-Choice Public meeting 16th May

  7.00pm, Wednesday 16th May, Committee Room 10 in Parliament.   Outraged by anti-choice abortion clinic protests? Concerned about the counselling plans? Then come to our Pro-Choice public meeting next week and have your say. We are seeing an alarming change of climate at the moment, as activists and politicians opposed […]

   

• Bank holiday Olympics round-up

  A few of the accumulated links and stories about the Olympics that have stacked up during the election coverage; Museum Lines takes a look around HMS Ocean here to protect us during the running and jumping. The Mail says you’ll only be able to buy water inside the stadium… for security. […]