Wednesday 20 September 2017
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Garden Bridge: 9 things we've learnt from Hodge transcripts
City Hall has published some of the transcripts of interviews carried out by Dame Margaret Hodge during her probe of the Garden Bridge project.
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Wednesday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2017-09-20
Christmas has arrived at Tesco Elephant & Castle pic.twitter.com/230yqTTPdA
RT @VictorianLondon: "regenerate Temple tube station" ... yep, set in that notorious slum district, Temple https://t.co/zUBxZDO7Af
RT @FourthStreetDan: @se1 TBF this is accurate.
TFL's job was 2 do the Business CASE (they botched it)
It was GBT's job to do the Busines…
RT @robertkapok: Lord Davies imagined paying for #GardenBridge by selling little models of itself!
Genius! https://t.co/OfUBw33dPy
@slooshbag5 @jpcookie50 @Livingstone_RJ @lb_southwark @pascalemitchell the village hall has had that name for several decades.
London Bridge attack: response reminded me of my pride in our extraordinary NHS | Vinod Diwakar https://t.co/SBMI1irYsS
@RowanMoore You are namechecked in the full transcript: https://t.co/TEgah078G4
RowanMoore @se1 I'm honoured. I think we should call ourselves "the Inaudibles" from now on.
RT @aranmlewis: The arrogance is breathtaking. Garden bridge trustees [sic] expected govt not only to give them £millions but to write thei…
RT @jenwrenmosley: Extraordinary Lord Davies proposed mini #gardenbridge models to fund @TheGardenBridge why not Action Man Heatherwick & B…
RT @RMTLondon: We remain unstaved! #RMT https://t.co/FjBwxKZ970
Lord Davies told Margaret Hodge that he hoped that selling models of #gardenbridge would be a moneyspinner for the… https://t.co/Rr5Zs7Ua1p
"I don't think presenting a business case for the project is our job" - #GardenBridge trustee Paul Morrell pic.twitter.com/nTkNjUpn7X
#GardenBridge trustee Paul Morrell told Margaret Hodge he never believed there was a transport case for the project! pic.twitter.com/ll0FPdvGZ0
Lord Davies claims he recruited David Cameron's former speechwriter Clare Foges to #gardenbridge trust for her "soc… https://t.co/HFbzeI18iM
"It's very difficult to do anything on the South Bank" due to pesky locals - Richard de Cani (ex TfL) defends… https://t.co/faaxdpxVbE
Even in November 2016, Boris's former Transport deputy Isabel Dedring didn't think #gardenbridge was viable pic.twitter.com/R3gyO7t5JA
CfPS_Ed @se1 Vincent Square ward, presumably. No by-election in that ward this century, and it's certainly never been marginal
RT @MPSCathedrals: Abandoned cycle found, no trace for lost or stolen? Contact @MPSCathedrals if you know who it belongs to Cathedrals.SNT@…
Isabel Dedring claims Westminster Council blocked idea of #gardenbridge at Pimlico for political reasons pic.twitter.com/lQQ0dzIUoH
Boris Johnson's transport deputy Isabel Dedring admits she was "bedazzled" by Joanna Lumley during first… https://t.co/WfghFyJGwM
The idea of a #gardenbridge or similar was initially a standing joke among Boris's team, Isabel Dedring told Margar… https://t.co/fNiqLtwMTP
RT @MPSCathedrals: Weapons sweep Mint St Park with @BOSTSE1 no weapons found but nasty needles removed, local schools/park users warned #op…
Sir Peter Hendy (then TfL boss) wasn't best pleased when Boris gave £30m of transport cash to#gardenbridgeepic.twitter.com/P61SL7bHb44
Insight from Sir Peter Hendy on working for Boris at TfL re #gardenbridge pic.twitter.com/vWxZ3zXooK
Korean deli to open in Waterloo Road, next to Pret a Manger https://t.co/RxEqGJ5CUC
RT @pimlicoalliance: And when was the lovely Joanna last in Pimlico?? https://t.co/qK2TdMzLXb
Full transcript of Sarah Sands interview with Hodge will amuse and horrify followers of #gardenbridge saga https://t.co/TEgah078G4
Sarah Sands and Margaret Hodge are pretty rude about @CoinStreet “holding London to ransom†o#gardenbridgeipic.twitter.com/HKilV79e0P9e0P
RT @zefrog: This reads like a page of the script from #W1A... https://t.co/ojn0tMIwpG
Sarah Sands blames @RowanMoore and The Observer for scuppering #gardenbridge pic.twitter.com/5ysG9Adeey
Margaret Hodge chatting to Sarah Sands about the “elitist#gardenbridgeidge bopic.twitter.com/F4bDk10kgx0kgx
zefrog @se1 Those extracts from the #gardenbridge hearings are simply gobsmaking, dripping with misguided, ill-informed entitlement.
Sarah Sands delivers her verdict on @TCOSLondon’#gardenbridgege campaigpic.twitter.com/HJAXITmOGUGU
#gardenbridge ‘evoking ancient sort of Britain’ - Sarah Sands - ex editor of Standpic.twitter.com/ARv1FOQtZUQtZU
citycyclists So apparently, Boris Johnson first wanted the Garden Bridge at Battersea (where it might have actually made sense!) london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9387
Plans for ANOTHER hotel in Waterloo will be discussed at WCDG public meeting tonight https://t.co/USpiQ71Rrk
Bad King John? #pennylecture at @MorleyCollege 5.30pm - admission 1pm
https://t.co/5qgTnbKSJ7
Joanna Lumley: there are "no shops in Pimlico" -
ergo no need for #gardenbridge there london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9387
FTLifeArts Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to host a vegetarian feast in aid of @boroughmarket charity on.ft.com/2xQPC6X pic.twitter.com/t72kfacdk8
Just published - #gardenbridge: 9 things we've learnt from Margaret Hodge's interviews with Joanna Lumley et al dlvr.it/PpFhvQ
"I could have raised the money in two dinners in America and the lottery" - Joanna Lumley on Diana #gardenbridge
london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9387
Joanna Lumley claims Charity Commission investigator described #GardenBridge Trust as "best-run charity I've ever… https://t.co/JabGh0ONhY
"It mustn't look like a bra"
#gardenbridge creator Joanna Lumley had three stipulations for Thomas Heatherwick ... pic.twitter.com/HzDx3VTyGp
Johnnymccole View from the 40th floor in Elephant and castle today pic.twitter.com/UrhAvFgrg0
ebase Interesting topiary in Union Street @se1 pic.twitter.com/uu2qkOWKVO
Scott Rice, @coinstreet chair, told Hodge that #gardenbridge trust threatened them w bad publicity in Evening Stand… https://t.co/SCwxLyhy4U
Compare and contrast TfL boss Mike Brown's statements on #gardenbridge in public in December 2015 and to Margaret H… https://t.co/t85MgeurFq
#gardenbridge 'not in top 100' London transport priorities, TfL boss Mike Brown told Margaret Hodge pic.twitter.com/VRyF68mjLX
RT @NetworkRailLBG: The Talented Duncan Menzies is Performing Traditional Scottish Music in the Station this Morning, You Won't Want To Mis…
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