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Dangerous Deidre dodges questions...

.... on all manner of local issues.One bing that after 2 months of works local residents around Lammas Park have still not received any kind of proper information about the works in the park.The councillor to refer to is according to LBE one Ms Costigan. The same one standing for election as an MP.Given there are no flood issues in the area and only a few properties with flooding issues beside Lammas park which has been ongoing since the 1970s and relates to shallow sewers it transpires that none of these residents have had any communication or surveys or contact from Thames Water, The environment agency or London Borough of Ealing.  None can give any explanation or produce any form of risk assessment data to those residences most likely to be affected - those around the park. There is no risk assessment for the works impact either.No assessment of the impact of stagnant water and polluted water from animal faces right next to a children's playground and a toddler centre. Nothing on the propagation of biting insects like Horseflies now increasingly common in the locality. or the risk of mosquito and malarial varieties which are more likely given climate change and found already in some wetlands further north than here.No risk assessment on the shifting of 1000s of tones of earth and the risk to subsidence and ground water displacement to properties ( which has already affected some on the north east side ). The loss of 90 to 110 year old mature tree varieties. The buck is being passed all round and most are ducking the issue.  Key to that is the one who believes she is a fit an proper candidate to represent residents interests in such matters.The fact there is a complete wall of silence and a major project has been rushed through with nothing other than a glossy PR notice with a 35 year future illustration and no actual specific data and fact is very alarming.The closest off record disclosure is the real reason is to allow larger high rise developments to be enables within a 1 mile radius of Lammas Park.So will LBE and Co. come clean and be more open?Will Ms.Costigan MP be representing those who suffer the fallout of the shortcomings?Will council officers in charge actually be named?Hightly unlikely.

Raymond Havelock ● 212d25 Comments

Don't they usually pin a red rosette on donkeys and the working classes then vote for them?

peter king ● 168d

Bang on.ALL the Major Parties are the same, no integrity whatsoever and about a cigarette paper's width difference between them, ESPECIALLY when it comes to cronyism and feathering one's own nest.I don't know what the answer is, but people are now very aware of the absolute crock we have masquerading as "Politicians", and it seems Labour Voters are the blindest of the lot.But then, they always have been, donkeys doesn't even begin to describe them........

Rosco White ● 169d

Philippa, Labour will not really address austerity. They are disingenuous virtue signalling political Jehovah Witnesses, that can't run a "piss up in a brewery". Labour, the Facilitators of Baby P's Murder Party will keep the bureaucratic gravy train rolling at the expense of the People, in order to keep the public sector top dog managers "happy".

Anthony Hawran ● 169d

Rosco:  You should listen to Lord John Bird  on Austerity.

Philippa Bond ● 170d

Silly Boys, with this Liebore Council it's much more important to be fully involved with Building Towers, Virtue Signalling and Propagating Ideology, before stooping to such mundane matters as Simply Doing The Day Job For Which You Were Elected - providing Maintenance & Services to Residents.Remember, "It's the Tory cuts!"  Waitaminute, wottashame. they can't use that one anymore, how very inconvenient. 🤣

Rosco White ● 171d

The same goes for the northern end of Argyle Road beyond the Ruislip Road East. Either side of the road up to the A40 the fence has collapsed in places, will it ever be replaced I  ask my self?

Peter Tolhust ● 171d

We have a problem in Montpelier Park in a part of Ealing that doesn't vote for the Red clowns. Two gates in the southern end and two in the north. When it rains the north pair both flood whereas the two in the south are fine as they are on the top of the hill. Local Tory & Liberal councillors have asked for a drain to be fitted to take away the sometimes inch deep water by one of the gates. Apparently there is no money as those horrible Tories don't gave us enough to usually waste. There is also the small matter of the wooden fences collapsing in places too which can wait for ever to be fixed.

peter king ● 171d

Lucky the undoubtedly expensive Lammas Park work will mitigate the suffering of those Hanwell residents then. Joined. Up. Thinking.

Simon Hayes ● 188d

https://ealing.news/category/environment/There are problems all over the place when it suddenly rains hard.  You certainly got a lake down by the playground.

Philippa Bond ● 188d

Glad you think so!  😆

Rosco White ● 208d

Talking about intellectualy challenged.

David Burke ● 208d

Honest and sincere question, is Costigan as badly intellectually challenged as is often said on here?We already know she's a Labour Serf.

Rosco White ● 209d

The Walpole Park case that Raymond Havelock and Arthur Breens highlighted, as well as others, e.g. Gurnell Swimming Pool and Ealing Town Hall do not make me have much faith in Labour as a party of national government. Labour run Ealing Council have been authoritarian virtue signlling jobsworths, who are disingenuous. The Labour run council seem to have used the excuse of Tory austerity, as a justification for licking the a**e of the developer guy above them and s****ing on the PEOPLE beneath them. To underline/repeat this in another way - it seems that Labour run Ealing Council, whenever possible, inorder to meet some perceived goal in their deluded heads will brownnose some developer above them. Whilst at the same time being disingenuous to the people of the L.B. of Ealing.It seems as if the People are beneath them, except perhaps at election time. Getting rid of Planning Notification Letters seems to have been part of this process. Also, they have increasingly restricted people access to Planning Committee agendas at Planning Committee meetings. They seem to have used the Covid outbreak as an excuse to be more authoritarian and restrictive, in generalIf this is how Labour run Ealing Council operate locally, I would not want a national government run by the Labour Party and their leader, Sir Starmer with the Lego hair. Also, as mentioned before, Labour have an authoritarian Soviet mindset. It was displayed during the Covid outbreak, when Sir Starmer with the Lego hair and Labour wanted a more authoritarian severe lockdown, suggesting that they do not have much regard for hard won freedoms and democracy. These freedoms were fought for during World War Two. In contrast, Rishi Sunak did not want the severe lockdown that Sir Starmer with the Lego hair wanted. Therefore, Rishi Sunak has more regard and respect for hard won freedoms and democracy, despite his early departure from the quite recent D-Day commemorations.Based on this, hope against hope, I hope Labour loose the 04/07/2024 General Election, and Rishi Sunak's lot remain in power.

Anthony Hawran ● 209d

Indeed, Ealing Southall has been, and, based on performance locally, will continue to be poorly served. The best the Tories locally can do is parachute in someone with a tenuous familial link to the borough - shameful.

N V Brooks ● 210d

Yes and so is the sight of former Tory ministers pleading with potential Labour voters to stay at home so as not to give Labour too large a majority .Desperation from a busted party.

David Burke ● 210d

Or vote anything but Labour or Conservative or LibDem? I agree with your sentiments, but spoiling your vote is a waste and an insult to those who fought for and died ensuring the franchise?

Rosco White ● 210d

Costigan, is blinkered, corrupt & out purely for what she can gain for herself.Not only she, but all of them are the same.Spoil your ballot paper, show your dissent against these self centred megalomaniacs

Peter Yale ● 211d

He has made enough from the public person not to have to worry.

N V Brooks ● 211d

Yes, should have qualified that by saying ‘his decision’. These guys don’t like losing power and influence.

Simon Hayes ● 211d

Actually you said "his decision to step down".

N V Brooks ● 212d

As I said, not his choice to stand down.

Simon Hayes ● 212d

I thought that Sharma was about to be deselected due to friction with the CLP.

N V Brooks ● 212d

More to do with his not being very popular. Costigan got pushed forward by her union (one always knows where the power lies with political parties). I suspect Sharma would have preferred to stay on as it was very comfortable for him and his decision to step down came out of the blue.

Simon Hayes ● 212d

Her limitations will be exposed very quickly once she tries swimming in the Westminster cesspit.Strange thatn Mason never got selected to fight a seat as a Labour candidate, surely nothing to do with his faith.

N V Brooks ● 212d

She’s not very bright. Our misfortune that she will be our next MP. At least Virendra Sharma kept his meddling to Southall.Their latest contribution to protecting the environment is to pollard a load of trees in Hanwell, just at the time of year when the leaf canopy is most needed and totally the wrong time of year to be pruning trees. Apparently the tree maintenance routine is now a six year cycle. Presumably to save money, decisions made by very highly paid council officers and rubber stamped by councillors on substantial allowances (£42,000 pa for a cabinet member (.The Lammas Park works are ridiculous, especially when this council is determined to build all over the land at Gurnell where there really is a genuine flood risk. You couldn’t make it up.

Simon Hayes ● 212d