Category Archives: Ealing and Northfield

Waste of effort?

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Phil

Today the Tory group on Ealing council has written to the Mayor demanding an extraordinary council meeting to examine the waste and re-cycling contract which has blown up so spectacularly in the council’s face over the course of April. It … Continue reading →

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Labour heads in the sand

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Phil

Last night the Labour administration had the opportunity to get on the front foot and apologise to a full council meeting for the unfolding waste and re-cycling disaster that is sweeping across the borough. They chose not to take it … Continue reading →

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Northfield ward let down by new waste contractors yesterday

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Phil

Local councillors are getting lots of reports of failed rubbish and re-cycling collections across Northfield yesterday. We heard that the new joint collection of green boxes and plastics failed at Claygate Road, Raymond Avenue, Boston Road and the North/South Road … Continue reading →

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NUT on strike today – again

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Phil

I hope your school is not closed by the NUT strike in London today over pensions. These actions are designed to cause the most inconvenience for parents at the least cost to teachers. One reason teachers are so keen to … Continue reading →

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Labour go on a rampage

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Phil

Apparently the Labour cabinet were in uproar last night over the final report of the riots scrutiny panel. Usually Labour cabinet meetings are just a rubber stamping session where the administration formally agrees its business by agreeing a succession of … Continue reading →

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Cllr Mahfouz endorses Tory programme for Ealing

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Phil

Labour’s Cllr Bassam Mahfouz was chirpily tweeting through tonight’s meeting of the cabinet. Four out of five of his tweets endorse policies of the previous Conservative administration. On 23rd February 2010 Cllr David Millican kicked off the first Shopping Parades … Continue reading →

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It has been riot week this week

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Phil

On Tuesday the killer of Richard Mannington Bowes was named as Darrell Desuze. The teenager lives in Hounslow and has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. On Wednesday the Metropolitan Police Service (the Met) issued their final riot report. The report has … Continue reading →

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The Southall car park question

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Phil

At a scrutiny meeting last Thursday we discussed the business case for the new car park proposed in Southall, see papers here and here. This is a massively expensive venture due to cost £5.45 million of which £127,000 has already … Continue reading →

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Temporary car park in Southall is a financial disaster

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Phil

At the scrutiny meeting last Thursday we finally found out how well the new car park in Hambrough Road, Southall is doing. In short it is a whopping disaster. The photo above was taken by me on Friday 20th January … Continue reading →

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Proposed Southall car park will not make a profit and cannot repay its capital cost

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Phil

Last Thursday councillors had first sight of the officers’ ideas about the income (and expenditure) that could be expected from the new car park in Southall. The modelling they have done to-date assumes that the car park will have 90 … Continue reading →

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