Letter: Why the negativity?
Chuka’s letter was published in the Streatham Guardian on 8 October 2009, in response to a letter which featured the previous week:
What a pity that instead of hopping on board residents’ campaign to bring the tube to Streatham, Cllr Jeremy Clyne chooses to pour cold water on the idea (“No sign of Tube stop”, Letters, 1 October 2009). He suggests we claim TfL has already made a commitment to bring the tube to Streatham – this is certainly not the case otherwise what would be the point of the
campaign.
TfL initially only considered extending the Bakerloo line to Bromley via
Lewisham; thanks to hundreds of people like S Kazi (“Keep up Tube Momentum”, Letters, 24 September 2009) joining our campaign, TfL – whom I met with last month – is now considering two other options for the extension including one to Streatham via Camberwell and Herne Hill. To help make this a reality w need thousands not hundreds of signatures so I’d encourage everyone to sign the petition at www.gopetition.com/petitions/bring-the-tube-to-streatham.html.
I have already joined forces with Cllr Clyne’s Lib Dem colleague, Vince
Cable MP, to campaign for a high pay commission and to argue against the Tories attack on our civil liberties. What a shame that Cllr Clyne refuses to follow his colleague’s example here to work across party lines with a Labour politician to improve things for local people.
Chuka Umunna
Labour Parliamentary Candidate for Streatham
