October 2021 – Wilson’s Weekly

Averting A Climate Disaster

The charts pictured here show on a single slide why there is a rapidly growing concern about the ability of our planet to provide a stable home for our children and grandchildren… First let me recap the science. These charts have been produced by a leading member of the British Antarctic Survey. This intrepid team,Continue reading “Averting A Climate Disaster”

Everything Trees!

I’ve been handling quite a lot of tree-related enquiries over the last few months so I thought it might be helpful to summarise what’s been going on… By my estimation I’d say that about 30-40% of the streets in our ward are planted with trees. Some streets are lined with with large mature trees, othersContinue reading “Everything Trees!”

Reflections on the state of our public life

This week’s article is dedicated to the memory of Conservative MP Sir David Amess, who was murdered yesterday whilst serving the people he represented in the constituency of Southend West. It was 11 years ago, but I still remember the shock I felt when I heard that my friend Stephen Timms, MP for EastContinue reading “Reflections on the state of our public life”

An Energy Crisis Made in Downing Street

One of the frustrations of being a local councillor is the way that national decisions, or the lack of them, impacts on local people’s lives. People are rightly a bit edgy about the future right now. We’ve had problems at the petrol stations, now we have problems with gas prices, and it’s predicted that there’llContinue reading “An Energy Crisis Made in Downing Street”

Making Our River Great Again

OK, I admit that’s a rather click-baity headline, but I couldn’t resist it as the regeneration of our riverside industries is the topic of this week’s update. (I have no plans to produce a line of red MORGA baseball caps by the way). On Tuesday evening I had the privilege of chairing the Economic ProsperityContinue reading “Making Our River Great Again”