Have a happy new year

I'd like to wish everyone who has visited this website: the loyal following I appear to be building (given the latest visitor figures - more about this in the new year when they've been verified!); and everyone in Putney Roehampton and Southfields best wishes for 2008.

I'm delighted with the six months since I was selected:

• Forcing the council to think again - and at least consult residents - about the closure of Newlands Hall
• Finally delivering the long-overdue refitting of Roehampton Recreation Club: a Labour campaign going back six years
• Helping highlight the absurd and damaging plans to close Wandsworth Museum and West Hill Library
• Working with local Police to highlight the significant fall in crime in Putney - one of the safest constituencies in London
• Reassuring residents of the Dover House Estate after the dog attack in the Autumn
• Boosting take-up of the Child Trust Fund on the fifth anniversay of this important Labour initiative
• Fighting to make voting easier for Roehampton University students
• Stepping-up my campaign to pur some pride into Putney High Street
• Focussing as my top priority on the local housing crisis, in contrast to Putney's Tory MP who hasn't asked a single parliamentary quesion on the subject since she was elected
• And taking up hundreds of local concerns, problems and ideas picked up from getting out and about in the constituency, asking residents their views in surveys and petitions, and making sure everyone has the opportunity of contacting me not least through this website

...To list but a few. Bring on 2008 and a full year of campaigning for Putney, Roehampton and Southfields!