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Labour roads chief grabs £1 million for his own ward

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Phil

Every year the one of the most eagerly awaited cabinet papers is that laying out the annual road resurfacing programme. Labour has halved this budget, this year it will spend £3.5 million, or about £10 per head of population. You … Continue reading →

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Lansley set up, BBC News online team falling for it

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Phil

The use by the BBC News website of this piece of video as their lead story right now proves one of two things. Either its staff are naive and easy to manipulate or they know that this was a stunt … Continue reading →

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The budget comes around again

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Phil

Last night at the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (OSC) we spent an hour looking at the council’s budget. This is due to go to cabinet next Tuesday and then will be signed off by the full council on 28th. Council … Continue reading →

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Questions: Labour’s useless Housing Commission

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Phil

I have been tracking Labour’s so-called Housing Commission, see here and here. At the last council meeting on 31st January I asked the portfolio holder, Cllr Hitesh Tailor, for an update. His written answer (question 15) is here: I would … Continue reading →

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Livingstone on the police

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Phil

The Livingstone campaign is using February to make unfunded claims about policing that look as silly as their unfunded claims about public transport last month. They seem to think that their calling Boris Johnson a thief is going to work … Continue reading →

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The cost of Ken

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Phil

Yesterday Andrew Gilligan did a good piece illustrating the difference in price hike between Livingstone and Johnson. He rightly makes the point that we can judge both men on their record so we should. Gilligan created four scenarios and compared … Continue reading →

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Julian Bell is a liar

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Phil

If Julian Bell, as Labour group leader, signs off press releases that are lies at some point you have to conclude that Bell is a liar too. The latest press release from Ealing Labour tries to stitch together the odd … Continue reading →

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Channel 4’s Confessions from the Underground is propaganda

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Phil

Listening to Labour luvvie, actor Richard Wilson, doing the narration on tonight’s Channel 4 “documentary” Confessions from the Underground immediately set my alarm bells ringing. Many people on Twitter instantly spotted that this was effectively an hour long advert for … Continue reading →

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Labour’s health spokesman not speaking

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Phil

Another non-performer on the Labour cabinet in Ealing is Cllr Jasbir Anand who has the Health and Adult Services portfolio. Although the council does not directly provide health services it is responsible for health promotion and adult social services and … Continue reading →

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It’s all too much for Tailor

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Phil

Cllr Hitesh Tailor, the councillor that Labour has put in charge of housing in the borough, is complaining about his local MP. Tailor is also employed as a housing officer by Islington so you might imagine he would be across … Continue reading →

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