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Democracy and propaganda

Were road closures on the Labour Party manifesto? NO. Did you vote for Low Traffic Neighbourhoods during the last local Authority elections? NO. Did you ever discuss them at your last ward Forum? NO.Were they ever discussed at root and branch labour party meetings? NOAre these changes supported by an unregulated press? Yes it is called AROUND EALING. Is this propaganda? YES. Can you publish your view in it ? NO Is there a local newspaper to contradict this propaganda? NO.This administration have removed a great big chunk of Case Law from the statute books. Supreme Court judges as recently as 2014 said that authorities like Ealing had to discuss change with us at a formative stage ,discuss it with all affected and give us time to think about it. Yes they are removing our rights. This is the first if we let this one go we'll lose othersIs this really dangerous for democracy YES. Are they becoming dictators...yes defo sure.I'm going to the Town Hall Steps between 12 and 3:00 today to show Democracy Matters. What will these blokes do next ?

Arthur Breens ● 1730d9 Comments

Corr: Vacant electric charging spaces provide short term PARKING for delivery vans.There has been an enormous increase in the use of home delivery during Covid-19 and much of this will stay.

Philippa Bond ● 1728d

There is a growing habit of parking by driving forwards straight up onto the pavement.  It isn't legal to drive on the pavement.  This is lazy driving and is often practised by van drivers but not only van drivers.  We have watched amazed as somebody did this in a car where there was plenty of parking space so no excuse claiming a difficulty.  This damages paving stones and dislodges the kerbstones.As someone who was unable to walk easily and pain-free for a long time after tripping on a rolling paving tone I am flabbergasted by the lack of care that drivers take of the paving stones.  The one I fell on had been caused by building work which had not been made good properly.  Builders are supposed to make good and their clients should make sure that this happens.  It may be them or theirs who suffer the consequences.  Not everyone gets up again, gets out of hospital or regains their mobility and confidence.I was unable to support my family and care for my new grandson. I could not climb stairs as I could not put weight on one leg for months.  I ended up needing help myself.  Several other people fell in the same place that day something that would not have been obvious without a pancake salesman in his van seeing them and speaknig up and www.fixmystreet.com entries which I found when I hsd help uploading a photo and reporting the dangerous problem. Luckily I did not need stitches and managed to limp away and did not go to hospital because I wanted to see my new grandson!Nearby a scaffolding lorry parked across the pavement and the paving stones look like smashed square biscuits.Many older people have falls.Vacant electric charging spacers provide short term paving for delivery vans.In Hounslow you can use www.fixmystreet.com to report street problems.  In Ealing there is an app for the smartphone. Falls are the leading cause of death in older people.https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/anderson.pdf

Philippa Bond ● 1728d

The purpose is obviously to create gridlock and as a result increase pollution on main roads and slow down buses. Makes me glad i moved away. Consulting the ealing populace does not appear to be something for lbe. Too many times over the years we have seen this repeated.

Peter Chadburn ● 1730d

These are 'options' by Government for areas where problems exist and where residents have been requesting.They are not mandatory and are being funded by an almost bankrupt TfL. There will be a huge hike in the GLA/TfL precept in council tax to pay for this when so much of TfL proper remit is in dire straits.But it is being imposed with no democratic consultation and, rather perversely, in areas where no problems exist and are quiet for 90% plus of the day. I know I've been cycling this district almost every week in South Ealing and Northfields since school days (early 1980s)  It's far quieter and safer than it was then.Speed Humps and the 20 MPH have helped and local people are pretty good at abiding by the regs. There are a few but there are always going to be a few.But imposing and wasting money  pointlessly when there are a host of proper improvements like sorting poor pavements and slippers and potholed road surfaces that make cycling hazardous for much of the year have gone unattended for decades.That would be a far better way of using the money responsibly.They are not being imposed in areas which have real problems and serious overuse of cars and cycling problems which I find quite extraordinary.Ealing does not have to take this up. But they have and they are using it irresponsibly and the Govy have gotten improvement priorities completely wrong tooQuite where they are getting advice from is anyones guess. But pragmatic it certainly ain't.

Raymond Havelock ● 1730d

And in both Wandsworth and Westminsterthere was consultation BEFORE implementation.

N V Brooks ● 1730d

Working link.https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-traffic-regulation-orders-during-coronavirus-covid-19

Paul James ● 1730d

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/making-traffic-regulation-orders-during-coronavirus-covid-19

Paul James ● 1730d

Including those well known Labour strongholds of ... Wandsworth and Westminster! :D

Paul James ● 1730d

The LTNs are a UK Government measure, not an Ealing Council one, they are going in across much of England.

Paul James ● 1730d