"'and just wonder how he became involved with this present mob'"."""Could say the same about you."""ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooVanessa,Well the answer is simple. On my semi-retirement 5 years ago..and having been gifted my 1st Computer with Internet etc..I had his great urge to find out was was going on in local politics..in Chiswick Brentford and Isleworth..who was on the Council..indeed who are Councillors and what are they up to..and to learn what was going on. Many older people do that.It seemed incredible that the Civic Centre was responsible for spending over £600,000,000 every year...that's 3 billion pounds every 5 years...and that the Labour Party running the place seemed to be suspect.I hated having to do £10,000 of business to earn say £3000 profit..then pay £1200 tax to finish up with £1800 which was the same as my Council Tax!! Under Labour I'd have to do more business and work harder as the tax went up! I didn't mind that really ..but it was the underlying waste of pubic money being allowed by those involved...the Labour Party and the Unions I suspected. I calculated some time back that THREE BILLION POUNDS..equals £50 notes piled flat 29,000 feet high... equivalent to the top of Mount Everest!!! spent by the Council every 5 years!!!!Then I stumbled across this Forum! and the Chiswick one....attended a few Council meetings..a couple of Area meetings, observing and listening to the individuals involved,and their scribblings on these Forums and then I started to form judgements.Labour Party literature failed to win me over...some of it was terrible...written clumsily by Mr Sherrins? Then I looked at the state of the Labour Party HQ in Chiswick..the building and the unkempt garden and hedgrows. Total shambles.In contrast, I was most impressed with Phil Andrews informative postings and his anwering to my questions. He was most well informed and helpful...and I admired his pluck in keeping the Labour Party activists at bay. His own challenges with yourself Vanessa...publishing or distributing dodgy documents? ..suggested to me that the Local Labour Party was iffy..and more study was necessary. I raised my eyebrows at what I was reading in the Local Press about some of those Councillors in Hounslow Central, Hounslow Central and Heston..areas I know well. Mr Alan Sherrins poor arithmetic on the "Hounslow Matters" was the last straw, it proved that he was dishonest.I certainly made a donation to Phil Andrew's Community Group some years back (don't know how Taylor found out) and in my view it was money very well spent. Indeed didn't the ICG soon win THREE more seats from the Labour Party in Syon Ward.Whilst admiring from a distance the busy work schedule of Andrew Dakers, Ruth Cadbury and Matt Hamer in Brentford ..I am not experienced or knowledgable enough to judge how well they actual perform in the Council Chamber or on the different Committees...I would have to work with them to find out. I do however have a distrust of Mrs Keen and some of her male escorts. Her relationship with many many members of the Community and the Council seems to be appalling. her Heathrow stance is grim, her bloodhounds like Taylor from Southall are dodgy, for that very good reason I wish to see her removed as our MP.Local are just not happy. So, I'm a local Conservative..knowing that such membership is best for me and others the Borough who want to see the back of Mrs Keen. We deserve better. Many so called "current Labour supporters" have told me that they won't be voting for Mrs keen at the next election..and that's really cheering.I observe Conservative Councillors and supporters at work..and they are a great bunch and I enjoy working with them. Join us. Help is welcome. Hope we win! So that's "how I came to be involved with his present mob" Simple!
Jim Lawes ● 6171d