Fuel has jumped 10p a litre here and is currently £1.36. Its still to cheap as people are driving everywhere, idling and wasting fuel.
Adding 2p as increased fuel duty won't make a blind bit of difference to them.
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Got an issue in Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside?
Come to the ward surgery today, and I'll see how I can help.
We're in Costa on Ham Parade, between 11am-12pm, no appointment needed.
Andrée, wearing a red coat, points at a 20mph sign painted om Church Rd. The trees of Ham Common Wood line the road on the right.
🙌 Pleased to see this quick response by @LBRUT to residents' concerns about speeding vehicles on Chruch Rd, Ham.
🙏 Here's hoping people pay attention and slow down!
🚗 💨 Pollution alert!
Walk, cycle, catch the bus, tube or overground and avoid driving if you possibly can!
This will help people with asthma or other lung and heart conditions to get on with their days safely.
That's an impossible one to explain the nuance 🍪
Hoping the Iranian people can now get the leaders they say, instead of the murderous IRGC #freeiran
A graphic image with a picture of Andrée, a white, middle-aged woman with long brown hair in the bottom corner. A Green Party logo sits on top of the photo. In the green rectangle across the top of the image it says: My fortnight, Cllr Andrée Frieze, Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside, 27 Feb 2026. In the white box underneath are the following bullet points: >Preparing the Opposition’s Budget Amendment focusing on housing, sustainable transport, recycling, inequality, decarbonisation and accessibility. >Met residents and officers to discuss measures to cut speeding on Church Road. >Supporting residents facing large rent increases at the Poppy Factory estate. >Raised resident’s issues over Thames Water roadworks. >Helping a resident liaise with RHP, officers and police over antisocial drug taking. >Checking air pollution concerns over a diesel-generated coffee van.
Time to share my round-up of my councillor activities for the last two weeks.
Last Friday I was shadowed by a Year 12 pupil from the secondary school in my ward, Grey Court. She was interested in everything and it was so good to be share with a young person something of local democracy.
There are no words to describe this cruelty.
Israeli forces raided Al Tabaqa near Hebron, brutally attacking and detaining Palestinians as part of routine violence in the occupied West Bank.
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I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Demand better transport in new development! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/dema...
I’m totally here for a radical overhaul of driving culture.
It is weirdly, so normal that people in vehicles feel it is acceptable to drive fast close to people walking or cycling along a road.
Do they have any idea how threatening their behaviour is?
Caught doing 72mph in a 30 limit.
Just 6 months ban and a £666 fine.
Imagine if he'd actually hit someone?
When will we take road danger seriously/
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Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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Mandy Garner, Caroline Russell, Sarah Hope and Tessa Akpeki at the TfL event to celebrate ten years work of the Sarah Hope Line. TfL rounded in background on a screen and room filled with pastel coloured chairs and people talking.
Well deserved TfL celebration today of the work of the Sarah Hope Line set up after a terrible bus crash injured Sarah, killed her mother and caused her daughter to lose a leg.
The Mayor “Sarah has single handedly changed the way London responds to tragedy”
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Politics London discussing driverless taxis casually referring to “jaywalking pedestrians”.
Jaywalking is not a thing in UK law.
Transport for London and Government had better not be asleep at the wheel on this.
I find this article persuasive. I know from my own anti-fascist organising that many left-wing Jews - including many who have been extremely vocal against Israel's actions in Gaza, turning up at protests week after week, having many difficult conversations - have a complex relationship with Zionism.
I've just supported the People's Emergency Briefing. If you want to as well (and can afford to do so), here's link: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-people...
Jewish Greens have come out opposing Zionism is racism.
Since 2018 I have worked with Jewish Green to keen Green members safe and ensure the party cannot to be falsely accused of antisemitism.
This jeopardises all these efforts.
jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/12/w...
I note that in the two and a half pages of your press release complaining about being reported to counter-terrorism police, you omit to mention that your motion implicitly calls for "armed struggle" to overthrow the State of Israel.
The government has included the river Thames at Ham and Kingston (by the YMCA Hawker Centre) to be a recognised open water swimming site. This is the link to the swimming status consultation. It is really quick to do. saveourlandsandriver.org.uk/ham-and-king...
"Why Jewish Greens are urging party members to vote against Motion A105: Zionism is Racism":
@greenparty.org.uk
jewishgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/02/12/w...
The consultation on the water bathing designation.
A sage-green square graphic, with the words at the top: My fortnight, Cllr Andrée Frieze, Ham, Petersham & Richmond Riverside, 13 Feb 2026. Underneath are bullet points saying: >Organised a police speed check on Church Road and raised road danger as a ward concern at Transport & Air Quality Committee, resulting in promises of low-cost interventions. >Facilitated Holocaust Memorial Day workshops for Year 9 pupils from Teddington School at Richmond Synagogue. >Sat on interview panels for the new Directors of Place Planning and Place Based Growth. >Brought up the issue of empty homes on Clifford Road - again! >Voted to protect our open spaces by extending two Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs). In the bottom right is a picture of Andrée, a white woman in her 50s with mid-length brown hair. A Green Party logo is superimposed on the photo.
It's been a busy couple of weeks with committee meetings, two sets of interviews for senior positions at Richmond Council, volunteering at the Holocaust Memorial Day workshops at Richmond synagogue and lots of casework.
If you're a ward resident, contact me via cllr.a.frieze@richmond.gov.uk.
🏊♀️'Idyllic' #Ham and #Kington are going to becime the first official bathing area on Thames.
🏊♂️Thanks to efforts by local wild swimmers the Bluetits.
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![The tone & language in the motion do not comply with our Party’s principles of anti-discrimination, non-violence & peaceful coexistence.
The motion is based on historical inaccuracy & malicious misinformation that has its roots in 1970s Soviet antisemitic propaganda, perpetuated for decades by the Iranian regime.
Jewish Greens have already raised concerns with the national Party and Jewish members are extremely worried about the implications if this motion is passed. Some have direct experience of abuse and discrimination from some of those actively supporting this motion, and are scared that they will be targeted again should this motion pass.
None of the Jewish members who are opposing this motion support the actions of the Israeli govt & all support Palestinian rights.
This is a summary of the problems with the motion. It was jointly produced by senior experts from 2 institutions working on antisemitism. The authors have chosen anonymity to avoid being targeted with abuse.
Calling for the elimination of a sovereign UN member state through armed struggle (which, after October 7, undoubtedly includes terrorism against civilians) would place the Green Party beyond international law.
Refusing to engage either the IHRA or JDA definitions of antisemitism, while also promoting a false, ahistorical, account of what the word “antisemitism” means, leaves Jews with no internal protections. [Note: 2 references to these definitions have been ruled OoO, but other references remain]
Ironically, the motion insists that racism is structural & defined by impact, but if it became policy it would have a profoundly negative structural impact on Jewish members of the party.
The motion would potentially leave any party member who believes that Israel should exist as part of a two-state solution vulnerable to disciplinary measures & condemned as a racist. This is more extreme than the Palestinian Authority, which is committed to a two-state solution.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kokulhwgkvvcdiyykyrf2shb/bafkreihcwlfyn23munj6gxhycixc74o4lvrt5kaf2fliwhwp2kurrdvvzy)
The tone & language in the motion do not comply with our Party’s principles of anti-discrimination, non-violence & peaceful coexistence. The motion is based on historical inaccuracy & malicious misinformation that has its roots in 1970s Soviet antisemitic propaganda, perpetuated for decades by the Iranian regime. Jewish Greens have already raised concerns with the national Party and Jewish members are extremely worried about the implications if this motion is passed. Some have direct experience of abuse and discrimination from some of those actively supporting this motion, and are scared that they will be targeted again should this motion pass. None of the Jewish members who are opposing this motion support the actions of the Israeli govt & all support Palestinian rights. This is a summary of the problems with the motion. It was jointly produced by senior experts from 2 institutions working on antisemitism. The authors have chosen anonymity to avoid being targeted with abuse. Calling for the elimination of a sovereign UN member state through armed struggle (which, after October 7, undoubtedly includes terrorism against civilians) would place the Green Party beyond international law. Refusing to engage either the IHRA or JDA definitions of antisemitism, while also promoting a false, ahistorical, account of what the word “antisemitism” means, leaves Jews with no internal protections. [Note: 2 references to these definitions have been ruled OoO, but other references remain] Ironically, the motion insists that racism is structural & defined by impact, but if it became policy it would have a profoundly negative structural impact on Jewish members of the party. The motion would potentially leave any party member who believes that Israel should exist as part of a two-state solution vulnerable to disciplinary measures & condemned as a racist. This is more extreme than the Palestinian Authority, which is committed to a two-state solution.
Urgent! @greenparty.org.uk
Deprioritise Motion A105 Zionism is Racism Ballot
1. Prioritise Ballots here:
springconf2026.greenparty.org.uk/std/page/prior…
2. Click and drag the motion A105 to the bottom.
3. Click “Vote”
13 #LibDem councillors failed to represent their residents at the last Full Council meeting in #Richmond.
Some absences were due to illness, annual leave, caring responsibilities, or bereavement.
Others are serial offenders who regularly miss meetings:
richmond.nub.news/news/local-n...
Reminded by Fire plenary this week to dig out the response from former fire commissioner Andy Rowe to a question about LTNs and delay to brigade attendance times.
⏱️ 🚒 Turns out low traffic streets support brigade attendance times.
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If you live in Ham, Petersham or Richmond Riverside, and have a concern about our ward, come to our councillor surgery on Sat 7 Feb. We'll be in Costa on Ham Parade between 11am-12pm, no appointment needed.
Why are #Richmond Lib Dems so keen to challenge the decision not to build a new secondary school in #Mortlake?
Councillor Niki Crookdake pressed for an answer last week... any answer!
Watch the full session of the Education and Children's Services Committee: richmond.public-i.tv/core/portal/...
Had this response from officers:
"Thank you for your enquiry regarding a Serco driver using his phone in the vehicle.
"This has been passed to the Serco management team so they can investigate & take appropriate disciplinary action. I have asked to be updated and will share any feedback I receive."
That is bad! Thanks for the notification. Will take it up with the Council (who are not on BlueSky but still on X)
