With the glorious weather this weekend, large numbers of people flocked to Hollow Pond for an afternoon out. Now, I wasn’t one of them, but driving along Whipps Cross Road around 4pm on Sunday I did notice that there were 4, yes 4!!! traffic wardens dishing out parking tickets. While the cars parked along the road weren’t causing any noticable problem, I guess there may have been concerns about ambulances getting through to the hospital. Surely a bit of forethought, maybe putting out police “no parking” cones for example, would be better than sending the vultures out to circle and hit everyone with a fine?

John Cryer (Labour) – so no surprises there.

In the local elections, Labour pretty much swept the board in Leytonstone, with the Conservatives doing likewise in Snaresbrook and Wanstead.

Bit of strange constituency really Leyton and Wanstead, with such a big political contrast across it. The folks in Wanstead must be pretty frustrated – they return a full house of Conservative councillors every election but have no chance of ever voting in a Conservative MP … made more sense when it used to be Wanstead and Woodford really I guess.