Police ask Green blogger to remove UKIP tweet
From the Guardian LINK Police have asked a blogger to remove a tweet that fact-checked Ukip policies but did not break any laws after receiving a complaint from a Ukip councillor, prompting concern...
View ArticleBrent not commenting on Tewari allegations as Wembley Matters refuses to pull...
I understand that Brent Council is refusing to comment on the Davini allegations LINK as it would 'not be in the public interest'.At the end of last week Fiona Ledden, head of Brent Legal and...
View ArticleARK intransigence provokes Copland strike over compulsory redundancies
The teaching unions (NUT, NAUWT, ATL at Copland Community School have sent the following notice. Copland is due to be forced to be academised and taken over by Ark later this year.The three teacher...
View ArticleBrent Bikers & the Ballot Box: Hustings Wednesday 14th May in Wembley
Brent Cyclists, the local group of the London Cycling Campaign, are organising a public election hustings for candidates in the Brent Council elections, to take place at: 7pm on Wednesday 14 May at CVS...
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Chalkhill kids get on their bikes as school invests in cycling
With safe cycling in Brent under scrutiny at the Brent Cyclists hustings tomorrow I though it might be worthwhile to look at some positive things happening on the Chalkhill Estate.Chalkhill Primary...
View ArticleCopland challenge under Equalities Act
The Anti-Academies working party at Copland Community School have sent the following letter to Muhammed Butt and Michael Pavey, councillors and representatives of the parties and independents...
View ArticleBrent Greens will fight for the restoration of local library provision
A member of the libraries campaign has suggested that I publish the speech I made at the Preston Library Campaign hustings last week. This is the gist of what I said:I am speaking primarily as the...
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Copland strike against redundancies well supported today
Copland Communuity school was closed today except for examinations in a joint union strike over redundancies. Mick Lyons, Past NASUWT President, Stefan Simms, NUT Executive and Hank Roberts, ATL...
View ArticleGreens surge in Ipso MORI poll
Hot on the heels of the Greens surge in the polls ahead of the May 22nd European Elections, polling out today shows the Greens have jumped five points and are polling at 8% in non-European polling...
View ArticleRevisiting Christine Gilbert's appointment extension
In view of the current interest in senior officer appointments at Brent Council I reproduce this from a blog I posted in June 2013 LINK :Christine Gilbert confirmed as Brent Interim Chief Executive for...
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Take a stand against UKIP candidate's Islamophobia on Sunday
..and in the elections on May 22nd.Demonstration against Nigel Farage in Gateshead Following the anti-Islam rant LINK by the UKIP candidate in Dudden Hill ward, Stand Up to UKIP supporters are...
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'Parking, Potholes & Poo' or politics?
At a hustings in Mapesbury earlier this week a Liberal Democrat candidate said that the local election was about efficient emptying of bins and clean streets and not about 'political grand themes'....
View ArticleVictimisation, bullying, racial and sexual discrimination alleged in Davani case
From the Get West London website LINK Reporter: Hannah BewleyA FORMER Brent Council manager claims she was discriminated against by superiors and “bullied and undermined” despite her years of...
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Pedalling Politics in Brent - Support for Space for Cycling
Green Party Assembly Member Jenny Jones toured the boorough with Brent Cyclists to see issues for herselfEarlier this week I spoke to Brent Cyclists at a special hustings on the Londond Cycling...
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Don't miss this great Brent fundraising event
This is always a great event in a stunning Willesden Green garden. I recommend it but have to declare an interest: I am chair of the Brent and Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign which will benefit...
View ArticleLondon Green MEP urges support for tomorrow's 'Space for Cycling Big Ride'
London Green MEP Jean Lambert has urged cyclists to support candidates who have pledged improvements to London's cycling infrastructure in this week's council elections.Speaking ahead of Satuurday's...
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The Brent Election Green Manifesto - There is an Alternative
We are the alternative, not just in Willesden Green but in every ward across the boroughWe will:· Campaign for REAL accountability· Fight cuts to local services· Tackle climate change· Combat air...
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Truce called as election opponents unite against UKIP's racism
Supporters of the various parties and campaigns fightinfgthe elections in Brent took time off this afternoon to unite against the racist and Islamophobic views of Heino Vockrod, UKUP candidate for...
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Make Willesden Green helps reinvigorate local democracy
Shahrar Ali, Alex Colas and Martin Francis - Willesden Green, Saturday (I've forgotten the joke...)By chance Make Willesden Green and Brent Green Party were the only campaigners outside Willesden Green...
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