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Ealing - 'A Third Rate Borough in A Third World Country'

Has any one seen Tony Palmer's comments?Does he mean Ealing is a third rate borough generally, but one that happens to be within a third rate country?Or does he mean Ealing is a third rate borough WITHIN a third rate country?To put it another way is he saying Ealing is a 6th rate borough if it were in a 1st rate country? Or indeed a 5th rate borough in a second rate country? Or is the rating of the borough independent of the rating of the country, ie it would still be a 3rd rate borough even if it were in a 4th rate country?Another point. If, as you'd assume, the rating of a borough couldn't exceed the rating of the country it's in (as you'd expect as it is, after all, only a part of that country) then what he is saying is that Ealing is a first rate borough but it is the country generally that is the problem.I haven't even read the article yet, it's far too long and the heading is confusing enough as it is.

Sam Watts ● 5613d7 Comments

Cllr Phil Taylor'sblog isn't toocomplimentaryabout him either..http://philtaylor.org.uk/?p=4047

Parvez Haling ● 5591d

I stumbled across this article in the Telegraph:Telegraph StoryOr: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/3644625/Tony-Palmer-not-BBC-boss-is-the-numpty.htmlIs this the same Tony Palmer?! Surely not? It’s outrageous… 

Michael Brown ● 5591d

The headline may be silly but it grabs the attention. however the content generally makes sense. he may disagree partly with sec  but agrees that it is the only body moving forward. his assessment of the council appears to be spot on though. a see saw organisation that achieves very little apart from pavements??? if you read it there may be stuff you disagree with however look to find what you think is in common with it. his comment about the station is very true. i consider ealing lacks vision and without it we will continue to drift into obscurity. there are many good people on the council but for the past 10 years or so we have seen little in the name of vision or creativity

Peter Chadburn ● 5613d

Anyone who uses a term like 'third world'to describe Ealing is showing a startling level of crassness and is out of touch with what I perceive as the real world.His idea of hardship would probably be not being able to find a corkscrew when he really needed it.

Keith Iddon ● 5613d

Sam,If you haven't read the article then all I can say is you haven't missed much.

Robin Taylor ● 5613d

Part of the problem is that we have "hobby" politicians who are being elected on mandates that they do not fulfill. The see-sawing between Labour and Conservative is a protest vote by the Ealing electorate against the ineptitude of the present council. The opposition will say anything to get into power and then goes off and does its own thing (in the Labour Group this is classic Marxist "Entryism": tell them what they want to hear and then send the ones that you don't like to Siberia when you get into power). So, neither Labour nor Conservative do what the majority of the electorate want, viz. the Arcadia development, and the Dickens Yard developments. The Local Development Framework is a farce and voters get locked out of polling stations. In short, a complete failure in democracy.

Jeff Belsen ● 5613d

before you make a comment you should read it because it makes a lot of sense the things that he has said we really do need these things in Ealing the place is going downhill each time you get a change in council members all you get is how bad the others did instead of getting down to some work there always tell you that this is my borough and I will do everything for it thats a joke there just won't to say that I am a councillor and then do nothing the mans right when he said john stacey was begining to get there so come on get off your backside and get things done

Harold John Ward ● 5613d