Last week we were delighted and surprised to discover that the planned cruise ship terminal is dead in the water when Danny Thorpe, leader of Greenwich Council, tweeted:
@DanLThorpe Following a meeting between @Royal_Greenwich & @MorganStanley last week, I have just received confirmation that the #enderbywharf cruise liner terminal in #Greenwich is no longer going to be developed and will not be built out as part of the scheme. 13/11/2018 21.03
Soon after Morgan Stanley contacted us at #NoToxicPort to reiterate the good news.
Now we've had time to reflect, we thought we should say a huge thanks to all the people involved in the campaign.
If your name isn’t mentioned please forgive us. If you signed our petition, helped with crowd funding, gave out leaflets, or even followed us on social media, thanks again.
THANK YOU
Jim Fitzpatrick, MP for Poplar and Limehouse
Matthew Pennycook, MP for Greenwich and Woolwich
Neil Parish, Conservative MP and Chair of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Danny Thorpe, Leader of Greenwich Council and Greenwich Council Officers
Denise Scott McDonald, Stephen Brain, and Chris Lloyd - Councillors for Greenwich Peninsular wards
Mehboob Kahn and Aidan Smith, Councillors for Greenwich West Ward
Caroline Pidgeon, AM OBE, Liberal Democrat
Sian Berry, AM Green Party
Caroline Russell, AM Green Party
Greenwich Green Party
Greenwich Labour Group
Greenwich Liberal Democrats
Women’s Equality Party
Greenwich Conservatives – especially Councillors Matt Hartley and Geoff Brighty
Avril Lekau and David Gardner - Greenwich Councillors
Seb Dance, Labour MEP
Andrew Boff AM London Assembly
Steve O’Connell, AM London Assembly
Chris Chapman, Councillor Blackwall & Cubitt Town
Greenwich Council Staff and officers
John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets
Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
Zac Goldsmith MP
Matt Mellon, Ecohustler
Clean Air London
Mike Wellby, Enviro Technology Services
Tom Bull at News Shopper
Matthew Taylor at the Guardian
Mike Brooke at The East London Advertiser
Tom Edwards, BBC London
Greg McKenzie at BBC Radio London
London Live
Darryl at 853 and Murky Depths
Calum Fraser at The Mercury
Matt Clark at the Greenwich Visitor
Mandy Little, South London Press
Tom Heap at Costing the Earth
John Vidal at the Guardian
Gareth Furby, TV reporter
Laura Cole, Geographical magazine
Josh Gabbatiss, The Indeoendent
Jessica Taylor, Mira Bar Hillel, Joe Murphy - Evening Standard
And from NoToxicPort inc. EGRA and local campaigners:
Jeremy Banx - who gave us so many wonderful cartoons
Laura Eyres
Ralph Hardwick
Daniel Garrun
Tim Eyres
Monique Tomlinson
Mark Nunneley
Richard Baglin
Sheila Keeble
Patrick Ives
Fiona Machen
Daniel Hayes
Cameron Miller
Ilsa Pole
Richard Baglin
John Miles
Iga Cegielko
Emilia Szczyt
Oscar Osborne
Louis Osborne
Louise Fletcher
Katherine Joekes
Kay Jones
Charlotte Baker
Philippa Goodrich
Ian and Louise Blore
Victoria Rance
Matt Browne
Simon Edge
Susan Doering
Helen Kelly
Izzet Hickmet
Clare Burke McDonald
Kevin Greenwood
Howard Wynne
Alison Hardwick
EGRA, Greenwich and Westcombe Societies
And last but by no means least Morgan Stanley.
Common sense can prevail if only people are willing to talk, listen and pull together, regardless of their political affiliations.