European Lawyer leaves the Tories to join the Lib Dems
In light of Brexit, European lawyer Steven Tupper has left the Conservative Party and joined the Ealing Liberal Democrats. Steven explains why he has jumped ship and is firmly behind our policies. Watch the interview here.
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Contradic-Tory Development In Ealing
Tory councillors object to high-rise developments stating, 'A Conservative Coucil, (will) promise to stop massive overdevelopment, and there will be absolutely no more ugly tower blocks (in Ealing).
The Conservative Government states 'we are giving more freedom to local authorities to build homes that 'maximise density... (and) more flexibility will be given to extend upwards'.
Will the local Tory councillors support their own party or the residents of Ealing?
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Traffic chaos caused by the Council
In a recent noisy Cleveland Ward Forum the residents of Bellevue Road brought up the subject of the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) which had recently been set up in the Kent Gardens area. The resulting displacement of parked cars is causing chaos in Bellevue Road and obstruction in Scotch Common.
The Labour councillors were unsympathetic. At one point someone asked "Do we have to have a bad accident before you take this seriously."
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Save Ealing Police Station
Funding for local police services has been cut by both the Government and the Mayor, while people's safety and communities are being put at risk.
Please show your support by signing our petition.
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Ealing Cinema Delayed till 2020
Work has started on the long-awaited Ealing Filmworks scheme including flats and cafes as well as the cinema.
The estimated completion date has just slipped back by another year and we are going to have to wait until 2020. The saga continues.
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Uncontrolled Parking Zones
These two pictures were taken a few minutes apart. Kent Avenue is part of a new controlled parking zone (CPZ) and Bellevue road, just the other side of Scotch Common is not. What has gone wrong?
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How to contact the police
Now that Ealing Police Station has no counter service open, the first step in closing the station altogether, the only police station open to the public in Ealing is in Acton.
If there is an emergency please as always call 999. If you wish to report a crime which is not an emergency please call 101
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Athena on the election
The Greek part of me is proud to have brought democracy to the world, the Aussie part of me always votes and appreciates that I should, and the British part of me is proud and happy that women fought the battle and won the right to vote for some women hundred years ago.
Have you registered to vote? Have you applied for a postal vote? Please do not forget all you EU voters out there, you can vote for the last time this coming local elections on the 3rd May. Make your vote count.
Southfield Liberal Democrats launch election priorities
Following our recent residents’ survey, the Southfield Liberal Democrat Councillors have launched our three pledges for the local elections which take place on 3rd May 2018.
Photo credit: Jon Perry
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What’s orange; British, European and Australian and has a ratio of 2 females to 1 male?
What’s orange; British, European and Australian and has a ratio of 2 females to 1 male?
The newly elected Liberal Democrat team of Cleveland Ward, Ealing.
The new candidates on the team are Greek-Australian Athena Zissimos who has lived in the borough for 15 years and Jo Baldwin Trott, born in Bristol. They have joined resident of Ealing for 60 years, Francesco Fruzza who is second generation British born Italian and who has lived in the Cleveland Ward for 25 years.
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