Jonathan Myerson

Profile: Full name: Jonathan Myerson Area of interest: Local Government, Politics in London; Cricket Journals/Organisation: The Guardian Email: Personal website: Website: Guardian.co / Jonathan Myerson Blog: Representation: Networks:

Biography: About: Education: Career: novelist, playwright and screenwriter Current position/role: none also writes/written for: Other roles/Main role: Other activities: former Labour local councillor and magistrate Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Broadcast media: Video: The West Wing comes to Downing Street, The Observer, 2nd September 2007 John M Morrison: Is Radio 4 sucking up to Number 10? September 11, 2007 IMDb Controversy/Criticism: Awards/Honours: Animated film of The Canterbury Tales nominated for an Oscar in 1999 and won the BAFTA for Best Animated Film as well as four Emmys, see IMDb Scoops: Other: Married to novelist Julie Myerson

Books & Debate: Noise OCLC 40360804 , 1998 Your Father OCLC 43339884 , 2000 Latest work: Speaking/Appearances: Debate:

The Guardian: Column name: column ended 31st May 2006 Remit/Info: experiences as a Labour councillor in the London borough of Lambeth Section: Guardian Society Role: Columnist Pen-name: Email: Website: Guardian Society Commissioning editor: Day published: Wednesday Regularity: Monthly Column format: Average length:

Articles: Not politics, just laziness - A record number of speeding tickets are being issued. But don't blame the government - it's just Lazy Human Economics - Tuesday, 5th August 2008 Everyone still has their price - Anthony Trollope's The Way We Live Now explores a world of high finance and low cunning – making it easy to adapt for 2008 - Monday, 16th June 2008 Lord's goes global - The 'home of cricket' has started offering branded whisky and gin, but its uniquely morbid logo could, with a little imagination, conquer the world - Friday, 16th May 2008 We are really in trouble - Local elections 08: What can Labour do now? Our only hope is that if Boris is put in charge of London it will remind people how bad the Tories are - Friday, 2nd May 2008 Town Hall blues - I have just spent four years as a local councillor, and I know that ordinary people do not want more power - May 2007 Prospect Off the mark - With everyone watching, Harmison sprays the first ball of the Ashes wildly wide. Talk about opening night nerves - Thursday, 23rd November 2006 Farewell, my fiefdom - Jonathan Myerson wanted to do his civic duty. Now, stepping down after four eventful years as a Labour councillor, he reflects on whether he was able to make a difference - 31st May 2006 Testing times for new clout over late night licensing - 26th April 2006 How can we help when no one knows why we exist? - 29th March 2006 Money for something - Cash makes things happen, and that includes localism - 1st March 2006 Property wars are no less bloody for council tenants - 25th January 2006 Vain and corrupt, or dull and ineffectual - Councillors are mercilessly stereotyped - but it has always been this way, as a new study shows - 11th January 2006 Opening a new school requires friends in very high places - 21st December 2005 Scandal that leaves tenants out in the cold - 30th November 2005 It takes a big individual to fight life's small battles - 26th October 2005 Forget foxes - now it's open season on publicans - We may have banned the hunting of foxes, but this autumn has definitely seen open season on a new quarry: publicans - 28th September 2005 Jonathan Myerson discovers noise pollution is a class issue as well as an environmental one - 31st August 2005 Jonathan Myerson finds that a house is not always a home when it comes to conservation - 27th July 2005 Housing, parking, transport... the end result is always a report - 29th June 2005 Jonathan Myerson wonders where all the good people come from - 1st June 2005 The 10 best ways to waste a councillor's time - 27th April 2005 It's turf war between two voluntary groups, and Jonathan Myerson is in the middle - 30th March 2005 Abolish councillors? You would only have to re-invent them - 23rd February 2005 Jonathan Myerson wonders why 'sorry' seems to be the hardest word for council officers - 26th January 2005 Jonathan Myerson adds an assassin and a megaphone to his Christmas shopping list - 22nd December 2004 It's a heartbreaking housing tale - and Jonathan Myerson is desperate for a happy ending - 24th November 2004 A horse! A horse! Jonathan Myerson waves a spear in a tragicomical power play - 27th October 2004 Jonathan Myerson is cornered by a paucity of bungs, 3,000 drinkers and a big blue tent - 29th September 2004 Every vote counts - but you can't please all the people all the time, writes Jonathan Myerson - 25th August 2004 The Myerson manifesto - Jonathan Myerson finds the municipal grind of the council chamber is not good for the soul - 8th July 2004 The Longest Lambeth Licensing Hearing in Living Memory: Heavy drinking leads to late-night sessions at the town hall - 30th June 2004 The canteen of a London hospital is not where you would expect to watch classical ballet - But these performances form part of an innovative programme for mental health patients - 16th June 2004 Terriers, tirades and tantrums - It's a tough life on the election trail - 26th May 2004 A climate of distrust - Sometimes, the trouble with local politics is the politics - 28th April 2004 Making local politics sexy - Pay councillors a decent wage and there would be no problem recruiting - 21st April 2004 If we keep asking the people what they want, they'll never get it - 31st March 2004 Parking mad - I want to ease my constituents' blue badge blues, but the council is having none of it - 25th February 2004 The World's Most Ungrateful Refugee - Helping a refugee facing abuse goes without saying - but receiving thanks for it does not - 28th January 2004 The tenants want action, but the on-site hostel is a worthy cause - 7th January 2004

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