Forum Topics

Joke of the day - Labour strategy !!

An old one but worth another read at budget time………It's a slow day in a little east Norfolk town. The sun is beating down,and the streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. On this particular day a rich tourist from down south is driving through town. He stops at the motel and lays a £50 note on the desk saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs in order to pick one to spend the night.As soon as the man walks upstairs, the owner grabs the note and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher.The butcher takes the £50 and runs down the street to repay his debt to the pig farmer. The pig farmer takes the £50 and heads off to pay his bill at the supplier of feed and fuel.The guy at the Farmer's Co-op takes the £50 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer her "services" on credit.The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel owner.The hotel proprietor then places the £50 back on the counter so the rich traveller will not suspect anything.At that moment the traveller comes down the stairs, picks up the £50 note, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, pockets the money, and leaves town.No one produced anything. No one earned anything.However, the whole town is now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism.And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the Labour Government is conducting business today…..

Ian Silver ● 6068d1 Comments ● 6068d

Room Wanted in Holland Gardens!!!!

I am desperately seeking a room to rent in the Holland Gardens Development in Brentford from 17/03/2010. Please get in touch if you have anything.

Ed Knowles ● 6068d0 Comments ● 6068d

The Bill

Now for something completely different - no politics!The Bill - it has been announced, is to be axed after 25 years, I really do think that the 'Tristrams' that are in charge of T.V. programming have once again gone mad. I have watched The Bill for years nad enjoy it very much, it has a beginning, a middle and an end, it entertains and informs. But over the last few years it has been moved, re-vamped (supposedly) and generally buggered about with. A football match on? - oh goody let's cancel this week's episode, then we'll start culling familiar and popular characters, then we'll move it to another day and only show it once a week, that should really do for it. There is so much tripe on television even with all the channels we have now, The Bill - I would venture to suggest - was an oasis of normality, reliable and comfortable with the ability to portray real people in real situations. What with dozy Crozier about to descend on ITV with his axe, and people in fear of their jobs you have to wonder where it will all end. R.I.P.

Vanessa Smith ● 6068d0 Comments ● 6068d

Nick Lowe tickets

Hi everyone; there are only a few of these left - if you want tickets there are still some left online at http://www.wegottickets.com. If you want  more details about the gig or other musical events at St Paul's, contact me through the forum. best wishes, Helen

Helen Martin ● 6073d2 Comments ● 6071d

AMJA has been made Vice Chair of the Hounslow Community Police Consultative Group

Readers may remember Andy Atkinson (AMJA) who was a regular poster on this and other Neighbour Net forums until about a year ago. He left after receiving a request from the moderators of EalingW5 to tone down his abuse.Best known as the original Mr Angry, AMJA was always ranting against members of the minority ethnic communities and in one post even managed to lump asylum seekers in the same category as murderers, rapists and child molestors.Well, incredible as it may seem, this week's Hounslow Chronicle features an article in which it states that AMJA is Vice Chair of the borough's official community/police liaison group. The article itself relates to the issue of the five-fold over-representation of black people in the police's stop and search statistics. Needless to say, in the quote which is ascribed to him, AMJA seems to find no problem with this imbalance.How on earth does someone like this manage to get into such a sensitive position? Is it in some way a manifestation of the growing tentacles of influence of the Tories and their ICG allies throughout the borough? Whatever the explanation, it is a disgrace. Some time ago on the Ealing forum, he was moaning about the fact that police officers were no longer allowed to be members of the BNP.Among other forum outbursts, he has complained about the number of Asian women operating the post office counters in WH Smiths in Hounslow High Street; accused Sara Nathan of having a "little PC mind" because she dared to enquire as to whether any forum regulars were on the leaked list of BNP members (a reasonable question given that she herself had been featured in a BNP publication entitled "The Jews who run our Media"); and tried to justify the use of the term "Paki".In letters published in the local Times newspapers, he has attacked the Anti Nazi League eight times (though oddly enough, never the BNP); "political correctness" nine times; "bleeding heart liberals" four times; and Hounslow's Racial Equality Council twice.What a sad situation that the Hounslow borough, which used to pride itself on its inclusiveness and diversity, should now be in a situation whereby AMJA is effectively a police spokesperson.It will come as no surprise to anyone that he is a vociferous and outspoken opponent of Ann Keen (because of the superb work she has done in the field of equalities). Nor is it in the least bit surprising that he is a strong vocal supporter of the ICG and Phil Andrews. (He in fact commended the latter for voting to axe funding to the nationally-renowned "Hounslow Language Service", which provides specialist English teaching to refugee and other vulnerable children).For forum members who would like to view the Chronicle article, here is the link:-http://www.hounslowchronicle.co.uk/west-london-news/local-hounslow-news/2010/03/18/black-people-five-times-more-likely-to-be-stopped-109642-26061755/

Robin Taylor ● 6073d19 Comments ● 6071d

Screening of the film Collapse - care to join me? 

This coming Friday I will be attending what I think is the first UK screening of the documentary film Collapse (www.collapsemovie.com)Details of the event can be found here on Facebook:www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=343274831055&ref=tsbut for those not on Facebook they are as follows:Date: Friday, 26 March 2010Time: 18:00 - 21:00Location: Small Hall cinema, Goldsmiths CollegeStreet: Lewisham Way, SE14 6NWTown/City: London, United KingdomLinks to a map, review and trailer can be found on my Hounslow site at:http://www.hounslowtw3.net/forum/2-general-chat/1251-screening-of-the-film-collapse-care-to-join-me#1251If you want to accompany me to the screening please message me. I am posting this here to try and bring interested individuals together who might then want to begin a serious transition town initiative for our area.

Paul Davis ● 6072d0 Comments ● 6072d

Violent Robbery At Brentford Stores - front page article

So sorry to read about this and I hope that the owner is well on the mend.  Best wishes to him and his family.

Sarah Felstead ● 6072d0 Comments ● 6072d

DJ

Can anyone recommend a dj for a 11yr olds party.Thankyou Sue

Susan Baker ● 6074d2 Comments ● 6073d

Coming soon - the truth about Robin's realtionship with the Labour Party in Ealing and Hounslow, n/m

Phil Andrews ● 6076d5 Comments ● 6073d

UNITE enlists strange bedfellows in it bid to destroy BA

We all now know about the incestuous and sinister relationship between the UNITE trade union and the Labour Party.However UNITE has now enlisted the support of even more dangerous bedfellows than Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson in its determined and increasingly international bid to destroy BA.In its campaign against British Airways, its customers, shareholders, suppliers and workers, UNITE has now enlisted the assistance of the notorious Teamsters union of the USA and the French communist transport unions.James Hoffa the present boss of the Teamsters is the son of the notorious Jimmy Hoffa who was convicted of jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud in 1964, imprisoned in 1967, and sentenced to 13 years in jail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeamstersAnd we all know that French communist trade unions have neither the interests of BA, its workers, shareholders, suppliers or pensioners at heart.Shame on the Labour Party for accepting over £11 million in funds from UNITE over past 3 years.

David Giles ● 6076d10 Comments ● 6073d

Keens ordered to pay money back...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/7420345/MPs-expenses-Labours-Ann-and-Alan-Keen-ordered-to-repay-1500.htmlJust saw this on the news :)

Stephanie Kitsune ● 6083d43 Comments ● 6074d

"Alleged MP"

Can't  post on Chiswick W4 site as there seems to be system error! No matter, I'll try here. Phil Andrews constant bleating about whether or not Robin is, or is not, a member of the Labour Party is becoming somewhat tedious. However, I love his comment regarding our incumbent MP Ann Keen who he refers to as an "alleged" MP. Were we to extrapolate this to all elected Members of Parliament and indeed elected Councillors of Local Authorities I would expect that Councillor Andrews would class himself as an "alleged" Councillor.

Christopher Boucher ● 6076d32 Comments ● 6074d

Addison Singers concert tonight

The Addison Singers's Spring Concert starts at 7.30pm tonight at St Michael & All Angels Church near Turnham Green tube station.See:http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=evclassical033.htmIt should be a fantastic concert and both the Faure Requiem and Howard Goodall's Eternal Light, which are being performed by the large Oratorio Choir are beautiful pieces and very moving as are the other shorter pieces being performed by the Chamber Choir.Do come and hear us sing!

Sarah Sharp ● 6074d0 Comments ● 6074d

Labour's paymasters will call the tune

With the collapse of its membership and organisation nationwide, the  Labour Party is now much more heavily dependent on funding from the trade unions than for many years.The trade unions have sent a staggering £88.5million to the Labour Party HQ in the last eight years.This amounts to 63 per cent of all funding the Labour Party has received since official records of donations began in 2001.UNITE - the trade union that is calling the irresponsible strike which will cost BA many millions of pounds - is likely to spend up to £5m on their own campaign before the General Election starts. UNITE has already donated over £10 million to the Labour Party in recent years- 25% of Labour Party funding.A secret marginal seats operation being run by UNITE is far bigger than the Conservatives' own very open and public marginal seats campaign. In addition to donating money, the union is using its staff and its massive database of members in a bid to persuade dithering former Labour voters they must get out and vote during the General Election.The operation is being masterminded by Charlie Whelan, UNITE’s Political Director and a close friend of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.Because the campaign is being run by UNITE, rather than the Labour Party, it does not have to come from the Labour Party’s dwindling General Election campaign money and it does not count as election expenditure.And of course all of this support will come with a very expensive price tag attached.  UNITE and the other trade unions have a powerful say in who the Labour Party selects as MP's and will dictate Government policy just as they did under the Wilson and Callaghan governments on the seventies.As they say in Scotland : "He who pays the piper will call the tune ".

David Giles ● 6079d34 Comments ● 6075d

Mary Macleod

Mary Macleod may well be on C4 news tonight between 7 and 7:50pm

Kath Richardson ● 6120d31 Comments ● 6075d

Is Ann Keen like Gordon Brown a member of UNITE ?

Does anyone know ?

David Giles ● 6075d2 Comments ● 6075d

Are your kids attacking the local helpless

I came across this article today,A "MALICIOUS" website encouraging members of the public to attack a homeless Chiswick man has been slammed by the charity trying to help him.Tom Vincent, manager of Thames Reach's London street rescue service, has spoken out about Spoon The Tramp.com.The site invites visitors to pelt the man who sleeps under the flyover with cutlery.A comment from the 'president' of the Spooners Association says that "the best time to bomb this geezer with spoons is about 2.30 in the morning".The site creator also claims to have thrown 8,000 spoons at the rough sleeper since he set up his club 15 years ago.Web users can also find a map of the homeless man's location as well as images of people approaching him.Mr Vincent said: "We fear he (the homeless man) is clearly unwell and he is someone we are very worried about. Thames Reach's outreach teams never give up on people and we are determined to get some support to this man so that he can escape the streets and get his life back on track."Speaking about the "unpleasant" site, Mr Vincent adds: "It appears quite malicious in its comments and encourages members of the public to target the same rough sleeper, behaviour that is really quite indefensible."Spoon The Tramp is not the only online community to discuss the man.A Facebook group called The Chiswick Roundabout Tramp Appreciation Society has attracted more than 3,000 members.One user has posted: "Why can't people just leave him alone, people are always attacking him and taking stuff off him."Mr Vincent said: "While we welcome people using social networking sites to look at issues such as homelessness, we are worried that such pages on Facebook pinpoint specific individuals and therefore increase the chance of them facing ridicule or abuse."Anyone who might be concerned about someone sleeping rough in the borough can call the Thames Reach helpline on 0870 383 3333.

Philip Walsh ● 6075d14 Comments ● 6075d

District and Piccadilly line closure this weekend 20/21 March

This weekend 20/21 March there is no service between West Kensington and Richmond or between West Kensington and Ealing Broadway, on the District line.On the Piccadilly line there is no service between Hammersmith and Northfields or between Hammersmith and Ealing Common or between Rayners Lane and Uxbridge. The Uxbridge branch of the Metropolitan line is not affected. Additionally there is no London Overground service between Gunnersbury and Stratford on Sunday. All due to planned engineering work.The Central line is planned to run a normal service throughout the entire line.LU will be providing three rail replacement bus services as follows:Service A – for customers making local journeys between these stations only:Hammersmith - Ravenscourt Park - Stamford Brook - Turnham Green - Chiswick Park - Gunnersbury - Acton Town - Ealing Common - Ealing Broadway - South Ealing - Boston ManorService B – for all customers travelling between central London and Heathrow Airport in either direction: Ealing Broadway - Boston Manor, non-stop. Single deck low-floor buses suitable for transporting customers with luggage will be used for this service.Service C – for customers travelling between central London and Heathrow branch stations, but NOT Heathrow Airport Hammersmith – Osterley, non-stopFor more information please go to:  http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/livetravelnews/

Patrick Green ● 6076d1 Comments ● 6075d

Contacting the Brentford Gallery

I've been trying to get in touch with someone at the Brentford Gallery but have had no answer to emails or phone calls. Hoping they might see this message, or maybe someone would know a name/number/email aside from the ones on the door and the website.Thanks in advance...

Holly Hodges ● 6077d2 Comments ● 6075d

Twickenham Rd/Mogden Lane Roadworks

We have been advised that Thames Water need to repair a water main on Twickenham Road at the junction with Mogden Lane. Due to the location of the main, which is the middle of the junction, it will be necessary to ban the right-turn from Twickenham Road into Mogden Lane whilst the works are carried out. Traffic travelling southbound on Twickenham Road wishing to access Mogden Lane will be diverted down to the London Road Roundabout on the A316, to return northbound on London Road/Twickenham Road, and then make a left-turn into Mogden Lane. Thames Water will start work this Friday evening after 8pm and work through the weekend (20 & 21 March). The aim is to complete the works before Monday morning.

Paul Fisher ● 6076d5 Comments ● 6075d