Sunday, October 30, 2005

Newsletter for the Leamington Park Area

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I've produced a special edition of our regular 'East Acton Labour News' newsletter for the Leamington Park area. We'll be d...
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Sunday, October 23, 2005

Housing visits before half term

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An interesting morning today visiting residents in our neighbouring Acton Central ward, with twenty colleagues from across the Borough inclu...
Saturday, October 22, 2005

40,000 pieces of chewing gum

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I’ve spent most of the day at the Borough Labour Party’s ‘Manifesto Summit’. This was a Conference of Councillors, Candidates and party memb...
Friday, October 21, 2005

Street Lighting

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I cycled in this morning's pouring rain to Dukes Road – the westernmost road in East Acton ward - to visit the depot of the Council’s ne...
Saturday, October 15, 2005

Questions to answer at St Gabriels Church

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Advice surgery this morning for the East Acton Estate at the Old Oak Methodist Church Hall. Issues raised included planning enforcement, ho...
Friday, October 14, 2005

From Cavendish Square to Macedonia

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For the first time since I got my knee fixed in July, I cycled into central London. Fifty minutes door to door to the Kings Fund in Cavendis...
Thursday, October 13, 2005

East Acton, Elvis and the Clash

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Today is John Peel Day – which reminds me of East Acton’s role in the punk and ‘new wave’ music that burst out of the blandness of the late ...
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Liveability

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‘Liveability’ is one of the current buzz words of both local and central government. It describes an integrated approach to looking after an...
Tuesday, October 11, 2005

Full Council farce

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Full Council tonight, when all 69 Councillors meet together. This is in theory the place where major policy issues are determined, but in pr...
Monday, October 10, 2005

Housing and Community Cohesion

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Labour Group meeting night, and the early part of the meeting was taken up with discussing the agenda for tomorrow’s full Council meeting. I...
Sunday, October 09, 2005

Steve Pound's post box

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I spent the morning in Greenford Green ward, campaigning with Ealing North MP (and old friend) Steve Pound, and activists from Ealing Boroug...
Saturday, October 08, 2005

From the Brent to the Thames (via the Canal)

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A great day cycling between civic heritage and sporting events. I started off cycling down to Southall through the cycle paths in the Brent ...
Friday, October 07, 2005

Green boxes, green pitches and green (ASDA) bags

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Looked out of my window to see a number of uncollected green boxes sitting in neighbours’ gardens. As I said my post on Monday (3rd October ...
Thursday, October 06, 2005

Yes, another meeting in a pub

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Again a day dominated by licensing. I heard in the morning that the Council have given planning permission to convert the former night club ...
Wednesday, October 05, 2005

The BBC at Gypsy Corner

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Sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker – his East Acton connection was that the Two Ronnies was rehearsed at the BBC Rehearsal Rooms in V...
Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Pub extended hours refused

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Tonight we refused applications for extended opening hours until 2am from O’Neill’s in Ealing High Street and Edwards in New Broadway, at th...
Monday, October 03, 2005

If it's Tuesday, it must be Green Box day

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Tomorrow, the collection day for the green box scheme moves to Tuesday for the whole of East Acton ward (indeed for the whole of Acton). Thi...
Sunday, October 02, 2005

St Dunstans Church

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Went to the morning all-age service at St Dunstans Anglican church. Given the size of the East Acton ward, it’s not surprising that we have ...
Saturday, October 01, 2005

From Rats to Rugby

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Advice Surgery at St Gabriels Church Hall in North Acton, and issues raised by constituents include refuse collection, rats, housing and the...
Friday, September 30, 2005

Leo hits the big time

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Heard today from our local Labour Leader, Cllr Leo Thomson, about her speech to the Labour Party Conference yesterday. It's a sign of ho...