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Michaela's 'frightening and scary event'
Katharine BirbalsinghKatharine Birbalsingh, pretty well self-appointed head of the Michaela Academy free school, has this week written to primary headteacher asking for their help in recruiting pupils...
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Copland strikers dump Michael Gove in the 'dustbin of history'
Gove in the 'dustbin of history'Michael Gove was consigned to the 'dustbin of history at the culmination of a march of 80 or so striking Copland teachers and their supporters today. The ceremony took...
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Powerful call for teacher resistance from across the pond
The 'revolution' in education we are experiencing under Michael Gove is part of a privatising and narrowing of education in many countries.Here is a contribution on experience in the USA LINK where...
View ArticleHarmoni and the perils of out of hours services privatisation
Guest post by Patrick Vernon - first published on Cooperative Party website LINKThe Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP recently called on GPs to take on more responsibility for home visits...
View ArticlePublic Meeting this afternoon: Impact of NHS Reforms on our local services
There will be a public meeting this evening organised by Unison Brent and Harrow Health branch and Unison Nowrth West London branch. 4pm-6pm Tropics Suite, Bridge Park Complex, Brentfield (Harrow Road)...
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NO COMMON PEOPLE! Unique selling point for Willesden Green Library development
When we were campaigning against the Willesden Green library redevelopment we high-lighted that no affordable homes were to be built on the site once owned by Brent Council (ie our land). Brent Council...
View ArticleBennett calls for Europe to find Snowden a place of safe asylum
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett has called on the EU’s diplomatic leader to act to find US whistleblower Edward Snowden a place of safe asylum. Mr Snowden is currently believed to be in the transit...
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Sacrificing childhood to capital
I explored Fryent Country Park with 28 eight and nine year olds today. They found their way out of a maze made of willow saplings and as they emerged from the woods marvelled at the sight of hay...
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The Stunner slips out of Brent. Mission accomplished?
Jack 'The Hair!' Stenner, Muhammed Butt's political adviser, is off to pastures new. Stenner has been busy since he left university in 2009 working for the Yes To Fairer Votes campaign, joining Ed...
View ArticleGreen Party condemns Royal Mail sell-off and supports CWU resistance
Responding to the announcement yesterday by Liberal Democrat Business Secretary Vince Cable that a majority stake in the Royal Mail would be sold off by the government, Green Party leader Natalie...
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No Olympic legacy at Copland as Ofsted leads to sports day cancellation
Just the day before Copland Community School was to hold its eagerly awaited sports day it was cancelled by the interim headteacher who has been in post for just two weeeks. The PE department, staff...
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Green Party supports 'Space for Bicycles' campaign after latest road deaths
From Natalie Bennett's blog: LINKThere was a mood of sadness, but also determination, at two events in London tonight marking recent road deaths in which vulnerable road users were killed by...
View ArticleNatalie Bennett speaks out on immigration as Teather laments the three party...
Sarah Teather, Lib Dem MP for Brent Central makes the front page of the Guardian today, with her criticism of the main main parties on immigration LINK:Teather, whose Brent Central seat is an area of...
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Homebase hammered over unpaid labour at its Willesden store
Following insider information that Willesden Homebase (now owned by Argos) was still using unpaid labour through the Coalition's Workfare scheme it was picketed today by Brent Housing Action, Brent...
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Decision day tomorrow for Tulip, Sally and Sophie in Hampstead and Kilburn...
Labour Party members in the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency will be voting for the successor to Glenda Jackson as parliamentary candidate. Voters will include some some from Brent wards as the...
View ArticleCopland cull continues
The cudgels are out at Copland Community School as the new head and deputy act fast and furious before the end of the term.I understand that 30 or so staff have already taken voluntary redundancy, some...
View ArticleGary Younge's censored article: Open season on black boys after a verdict...
Requests are circulating across the internet for the sharing of this article by Gary Younge that the Guardian has decided not to publish.Calls for calm after George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering...
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Does this report REALLY tackle Brent's housing crisis?
Click on image to enlargeA report going before the Brent Executive on Monday July 15th lays bare the extent of Brent's housing extent and how it has been exacerbated by the Coalition's changes to...
View ArticleButt unwelcome at Tulip victory
Tulip Siddiq won a decisive victory in the Hampstead and Kilburn Labour Party selection vote today.Her victory was preceded by the ritualistic(and highly symbolic) head-butting of a housing protester,...
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'Color (sic) Run' invades Wembley
I got back to Wembley yesterday evening after spending the day at the wonderful Kilburn Festival to find remnants of the so called 'Color Run' still out on the streets. Immediately irritated by the US...
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