Work starts on Southfields tube

I was at Southfields tube station today to mark the start of the long-overdue work on the station that will add a passenger lift and generally transform it into a station fit for the 2012 Olympics.

The work to Southfields is only being undertaken because Wimbledon's All England Club is hosting the Olympic tennis and, of course, Southfields is the nearest station.

While Putney's Conservative MP has tried desperately to claim credit for this work commencing today, only those who worked so hard to persuade the the International Olympic Committee that the games should come to London can actually do so.