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Kensal Green Cupcakes against UKBA,
We like diversity! Guest blogWe’re a group of local Brent residents and we’d like you to join us for a free cup cake session in protest of the UKBA’s recent actions in Kensal Green and other London...
View ArticleCivic Centre shenanigans
Shanice the £12,000 hologram assistant installed at the new Civic Centre has received widespread publicity and not a little controversy. Some have hailed it as a 21st century innovation while others...
View ArticleJenny Jones claims Mayor's Office incinerator approval an 'environmental...
The Mayor’s office today granted planning approval for the Viridor Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) incinerator in Sutton for the treatment of four London council’s waste (Croydon, Kingston upon Thames,...
View ArticleBrent to be hit by tube line closures over Bank Holiday weekend
The Bank Holiday and Carnival weekend promises to be fraught with travel problems for Brent residents:. This is the message from TfL:Metropolitan line There is no service between Aldgate and...
View ArticleBrent Council decisions made this week
Brent Council Executive among other decisions on Monday approved Muhammed Butt's statement on 'Shaping a Healthier Future' and this now represents the Council's stance. The application for an ECO grant...
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Cupcakes challenge Coalitions's divide and rule tactics
Incensed by the UKBA's recent raid on Kensal Green station. when officers appeared to be stopping and questioning commuters on the basis of their race and ethnicity, local residents today set up a...
View ArticleWhen Schools Become Dead Zones of the Imagination - Henry Giroux
Copyright, Truthout.org. Reprinted with permission LINKAt the forthcoming Green Party Conference I will be moving a motion to start a revision process of the Party's Education Policy in the light of...
View ArticleWhat should we do about Syria?
The following is the text of a letter which Philip Grant sent jointly to the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary on 27 August, and which is produced here as a “guest blog” so that other readers...
View ArticleNo attack on Syria: Protest Wednesday, Demonstrate Saturday
No attack on Syria- Protest tomorrow 5pm, Wednesday 28 August, Downing Street, London- National Demonstration: Saturday 31 August, 12 noon, Embankment, London Britain, France and the US are committing...
View ArticleLucas: Syria action likely to provoke regime and escalate the conflict
COMMENTING on the announcement that Parliament is being recalled to discuss possible military action against the Assad regime in Syria, Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, said:“I’m pleased...
View ArticleHome Office prevaricates on Kensal Green UKBA FoI request
It appears that the Home Office is issuing a standard response to FoI requests on the UKBA raids on various stations:This request was made by Paul Anders: Dear Home Office, As a resident of the London...
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Tight manoeuvres at the Brent Civic Centre
Chaotic scenes outside the Brent Civic Centre caused by the closure of Engineers Way for road works were made worse yesterday when a 92 bus lumbered into the closed road and then got stuck trying to...
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Whitehall blocked by Syria anti-war protesters - make it massive on Saturday
The crowd in WhitehallAmong the speakers were Jenny Jones Green Am and Diane Abbot MPA group of Green Party members at the protestAt the gate of Downing StreetProtesters eventually blocked...
View ArticleLucas amendment on Syria says case for military action not established
Ahead of tomorrow's parliamentary debate on Syria, Caroline Lucas, MP for Brighton Pavilion, has tabled the following amendment to the Government's motion:"[That this House] deplores the chemical...
View ArticleBrent politicians' positions on Syria debate
Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather joined Labour colleagues Barry Gardiner and Glenda Jackson in voting against the government motion on Syria last night. Barry Gardiner made an effective intervention...
View ArticleSyria demonstration to go ahead on Saturday
Statement by Stop the War:The Stop the War Coalition welcomes the defeat of David Cameron’s plan to attack Syria in parliament last night. We didn’t stop the war in Iraq, but we did create a mass anti...
View ArticleLucas calls for redoubling of Syrian aid efforts following Commons vote
Following Thursday’s parliamentary vote against military intervention in Syria, the Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion is calling for a redoubling of humanitarian support to the region.Caroline Lucas...
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Syria: Greens amongst hundreds protesting against military strike
I joined many Greens and anti-war protesters on the Syria march this afternoon and it was great to see so many young people and families present. We were united in wanting to reinforce the message to...
View ArticleBennett on Syria: Focus on humanitarian aid, ban London Arms Fair and Scrap...
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View ArticleEaling a step nearer Judicial Review on hospital downgrading
Ealing Council has secured an oral hearing at the High Court on Wednesday, 9 October as it presses for a judicial review (JR) of plans to downgrade four local hospitals.The council initially applied...
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