Merton Matters

Merton residents, passionate about civic pride and community engagement, campaigning for a litter-free Merton. Founded by Dan Goode. Proud to be a 'vocal local'

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

.@cllr_alambritis publicly shamed on @ThisisRiverside for duping a local business into signing a support letter - he had supplied! - for the Mitcham Bridge without communicating the full truth about the scale of destruction. When did @MertonLabour rule that truth isn't necessary?

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

Extraordinary. Residents told @Merton_Council, @Siobhain_Mc & the then cllr for waste that farming out waste couldn't & wouldn't work. And here we are, years later with filthy streets & millions wasted! #muckymerton @MertonGreens @MertonLibDems @MertonLabour @MertonTories

[Merton Council @Merton_Council]

Merton Council will develop a new service for street cleaning & waste collections, after agreeing not to renew the current contract with Veolia when it ends in 2025.

Read more: https://t.co/TJIaqUN8lz

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

@ResidentsMerton @VeoliaUK @Merton_Council @MertonIssues @MarkGale @MabelFonge @CleanUpMerton Good point! It would be the quickest way to restore some confidence.

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

@VeoliaUK Thank you. It will take some time to clean. The worry is that residents are reporting areas that need cleaning and then receiving "fixed" emails for work that hasn't been done. @Merton_Council @fixmystreet

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

Morden Hall Road has been disgusting for *weeks*. 3 reports to @fixmystreet, 3 times I've been told the work has been done, 3 times zilch. The same rubbish being joined by more, week in week out. Why must residents endure this indignity? #muckymerton @RossGarrod @VeoliaUK

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

#muckymerton

[CleanUpMerton @CleanUpMerton]

6 weeks after being assured things would change (& given an action plan) the streets of Mitcham still look like an open bin. This is my street this morning. No sweeping, @VeoliaUK dropping rubbish everywhere during collection & no proper storage @AJ_Fairclough @RossGarrod

[Ash Rose @Ashleyrose66]

Good morning @Merton_Council and @VeoliaUK - the bins on Revelstoke Road haven’t been emptied since Friday and are now in an appalling state. People are discarding bags of dog sh*t on the pavement as the bins are full!! Please get a crew round to do it ASAP! cc. @RossGarrod

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

@CleanUpMerton @fixmystreet @RossGarrod @VeoliaUK @MertonLabour @KeepBritainTidy @Merton_Council @CllrCarolineRav @MertonTories @MertonLibDems @MertonGreens @pippamaslin It's dreadful *again*.

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

@BattamsAmie @MarkGale @MordenHallPkNT @WandleForum Thank you!

[Merton TV @MertonTV]

Merton Council continues to send separated recycling to the South London Waste Partnership incinerator under the new administration.

Their actions continue to pollute the air in the most deprived parts of the borough, where life expectancy is 5 to 7 years less than the west.

[Mitcham Cricket Grn @MitchamCrktGrn]

On the advice of @HistoricEngland & @Merton_Council we've reported the loss of three bronze swords from the Grade II listed war memorial as a heritage crime to @metpoliceuk. We are exploring options for their replacement - the memorial was originally funded by public subscription

[Merton Residents Association @ResidentsMerton]

@VeoliaUK @RossGarrod @Siobhain_Mc @MertonLibDems @AJ_Fairclough @MarkGale @MertonMatters @MertonIssues #MuckyMerton

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

@Siobhain_Mc @RossGarrod @Andjudge @Merton_Council And yet didn't help - and neither did you as it happens - as Mitcham Eastfields rotted ... If @mertonlabour was going to do something, surely they would have done so already, they've been in power for 13 years after all.

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

#mertonlabourfail
#veoliaukfail
#muckymerton

Merton deserves BETTER.

@MertonLabour @VeoliaUK @MertonLibDems @MertonGreens @MertonTories @Merton_Council

[Rob Crane @rob_crane]

When @Merton_Council @VeoliaUK say they'll collect on Merton High St after the time band closes, I wonder if they'll ever measure the wait in hours rather than days. @south_wimbledon #MuckyMerton

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

@WillHay314 @Zak_Dada @MertonLabour I don't recall maligning his charity work, & I am no member of a party. I am aware, however, of the behaviour in Crown House of our incumbent party, which over a more than a decade has been poor on many counts: a leadership that has exacerbated problems rather than solved them.

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

This was against the law @Zak_Dada! Not only that, shooting through a fence you could have hit a neighbour, pet or bird ..!

@MertonLabour: do you vet your candidates? I recall a man you vaunted not long ago who bragged about voting illegally ...

[Mabel Fonge (Miss) @MabelFonge]

“Alright guys … it’s Zak Dada .. and today I’m going to bring you a review of the KWCTT-33 Tokarev ..”

YouTube post from June 2016 …
Love the bit at 5:35 where he puts a hole through his garden fence ..😱

https://t.co/SOM4UfwwjI

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

@WillHay314 @Zak_Dada @MertonLabour No, the video is there to see. Please show where the adult is present *anywhere* in that video. Then refer back to the rules (which you yourself posted).

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

@WillHay314 @Zak_Dada @MertonLabour Oh, we're working on assumptions now? Ok. That always works in a court of law, "assumption" ...

Being "in the house" of course wouldn't stand because a minor wasn't actively being supervised while shooting a replica gun.

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

@WillHay314 @Zak_Dada @MertonLabour So the fact he was under 18 and didn't have an adult supervising him doesn't matter?

"An adult must supervise persons 12 to 18 years of age when using a gun"

Ok ...

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

@Zak_Dada @MertonLabour @MabelFonge @Kurako76 A child in charge of a weapon on their own is against the law. Your parents could've been prosecuted. You want to be a public servant and you are studying law. These things matter, it's about your credibility.

[Merton Matters @MertonMatters]

#mertonlabourfail
#veoliaukfail
#muckymerton

Merton deserves BETTER!

@MertonLabour @VeoliaUK @MertonLibDems @MertonTories @MertonGreens @Merton_Council

[Victory Meldrew | 🇺🇦 | #followbackfriday @thatdoesmynut]

@Merton_Council @Merton_CEO @CleanUpMerton @MertonMatters Here's the picture from 6.30pm, now over 12 hours since I reported it. The nature of the waste and location makes it an Urgent Cleansing Event, so isn't that a 300% failure per SPI 16c of Appendix 1 in your SLWP contract??