Help me tackle street drinking in Roehampton

One of the problems with the centre of Roehampton is the street drinkers who hang around throughout the day, outside the library and post office.I wrote to the council and police chief superintendent for Wandsworth a few days ago to urge action.

Not only are street drinkers a problem in themselves; reinforcing stereotypes about Roehampton, urinating beneath peoples’ homes and generally causing a nuisance, but they also take up police time which could be better used tackling more serious crime and anti-social behaviour.

Making the Danebury Avenue area an Alcohol Exclusion Zone will give the police new powers to not only move drinkers on but confiscate and dispose of their drinks. It doesn’t prevent local shops selling, or local people buying alcohol at all: it just means people can’t drink it in public within the zone’s boundaries.

My Alcohol Exclusion Zone should be complemented by real help for those with drinking problems. While that help isn’t being provided by the Conservative council, I’m pleased to say local churches and Salvation Army are working together to see what they can do.

If you support my plan to make Roehampton town centre a nicer place for residents, visitors and shoppers, please sign my online petition. As ever, the more of you who sign up, the stronger our voice will be. Together we can make a difference.

You can sign my online petition here.

Why we need Labour's September Guarantee

The chart above shows - in quite shocking terms - how the global recession has particulary damaged employment opportunities for 16-18 year olds in the UK.

The knowledge that this was how this particular recession was playing out was one of the reasons why Labour made the September Guarantee.

In summary, we've guaranteed a place in Sixth Form, college or training/modern apprenticeships for every single 16 year-old school leaver for the coming two years. That's 55,000 more places - and it's the first time in our history that any government has guaranteed further education to every single 16 year old.

The entire basis of the political divide between Labour and the Conservatives on the recession is whether we should take the sort of action like the September Guarantee, or instead just shrug our shoulders and, to quote former Tory Chancellor Norman Lamont, just accept that this youth desolation is "a price well worth paying."

It isn't. It never was. It never will be. And it's beyond me how anyone in politics can think it could be.

Published and promoted by Adam Gray on behalf of Stuart King, both of 35 Felsham Road, Putney, London SW15 1AY

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