Apologies for the fact that this blog rather died out over the last couple of years. I went on a rather long holiday, got a bit behind and never really caught up.
But I'm going to have another go. I'll start by posting the stories that have come in today and will hopefully be able to keep up to date. I've got all of the old stories still bookmarked, so maybe one day I'll go back and post them here.
Three more news stories that have appeared on the official site over the last week.
MP supports campaign to get more disabled people onto public transport
Martin Linton MP is backing a campaign to encourage more disabled people to use public transport and exercise new rights to fair treatment on buses, trains, trams and taxis.
Battersea MP Martin Linton today accused Wandsworth Council of trying to bury the Battersea Arts Centre.
Battersea MP Martin Linton today condemned a proposal by the Conservative Group on the London Assembly to abolish free bus and tram travel for all under 18s in full-time education.
Two more stories from the official site.
BAC campaign has cross-party support
Martin Linton MP has garnered support from across the political spectrum against council cuts that could kill off Battersea Arts Centre.
Conservative and Lib Dem MPs have backed the Labour MP for Battersea in his campaign against the arts centre closure.
Martin Linton MP is calling for improved safety standards for cranes following the fatal accident in Battersea last September.
It follows the action by the Health & Safety Commission on Friday to order all building sites to stop using cranes hired by the company involved in that accident and another fatal one in Liverpool.
Two more news stories from the official site.
Threat to BAC 'unwarranted' says MP
Wandsworth MPs Martin Linton and Sadiq Khan have asked the Government for assurance that Wandsworth Council is in no danger of being 'capped' if it maintains its current spending on local services.
Wandsworth Museum and Battersea Arts Centre are said to be under threat from cuts by the council. However, Conservative councillors say they have to make cuts or face a cap on expenditure.
The Prime Minister gave his backing today to the campaign to stop the threatened closure of Battersea Arts Centre.
Wandsworth Council are planning to cut off their annual grant to Battersea Arts Centre next month and charge the commercial cost of rent and repairs, which would inevitably result in the closure of the building.
Two more stories from the official site.
Martin has invited Tony Blair to visit Battersea Technology College after it was named one of the most improved secondary schools in the country. The college has seen its GCSE score rise from 4% in 1999 to 50% in 2006.
Martin calls for extra buses on 344 route
Battersea MP Martin Linton has complained about ‘overloading’ on the 344 bus service along Battersea Park Road as a result of the re-routing of the number 44 over Chelsea Bridge to Victoria.
A couple of recent stories from the official site.
Martin to meet minister over affordable housing
Battersea’s Labour MP Martin Linton raised the shortfall of low-cost homes in the House of Commons last month.He was promised a meeting with housing minister Yvette Cooper and Wandsworth Labour councillors to discuss the problem in Battersea and Tooting.
Martin backs higher age limit for smokers
Battersea MP Martin Linton is backing the move to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes from 16 to 18.The Government announced the move this week and it will come into force from October 2007, three months after the ban on smoking in public places, such as pubs and private clubs, which will come into effect from 1st July.
I've added a new source of information for the postings on this blog. I've set up a Technorati search for "Martin Linton" - so now we'll also see what bloggers are saying about him.
There seems to be something a bit strange going on over at the official web site. Stories from their web feed have been turning up in my RSS reader over the last few days, but whenever I try to follow one of the links I get a "Bad Request" error.
In the hope that it's problem that will get fixed soon, here are the links:
Please leave a comment if you manage to get these links to work.
Update: Aha! I know what's going on. The redirection from martinlinton.org.uk to martinlinton.squarespace.com seems to be broken. You can read the stories if you change the address that you try to access:
It's a quiet time of year with most MPs off on holiday somewhere and, of course, Martin Linton's official site is still... er... resting.
All of which means that it's a while since there was anything new to post here and, as a result, the front page contained no stories (it was configured to show stories from the last 30 days).
Anyway, I've changed the configuration so that it now shows stories from the last 60 days. Let's just hope that Martin Linton actually does something in the next month or so.
