Labour-run Wandsworth council has scrapped a popular pedestrianisation scheme – Conservatives are fighting back, say Aled Richards-Jones and Lizzie Hacking

The Transport for London bus driver who skirted carefully around our dining table – set up for some al fresco pasta at 5am in the morning on Northcote Road – must have wondered what we were up to. Glancing at the film crew next us, that might have offered some leads – a trailer for an upcoming Edinburgh fringe show? A TV advert for something (personal insurance against being hit by buses)?

The reason we were dining al fresco at a stupid hour, in a stupid location, was to make a serious point. We’re young(ish) Conservative activists, and we were protesting at Labour-run Wandsworth Council’s decision to scrap a........

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