Wrottesley Road Traffic Lights (Again)
on Nov 22, 2009 in Traffic Kensal Green I have now had some feedback on the new traffic lights at the Wrottesley Road / Harrow Road junction. Readers may recall that I organised a petition for these lights.Most of the people I have spoken to, both car drivers and pedestrians, have welcomed...

Ask No Questions
on Nov 21, 2009 in Liberal Democrats Brent Council Incidentally, looking at the Council records of who asks questions, I am struck that the Liberal Democrats in Brent almost never do. Brent Council rules allow each non-Executive councillor to ask a formal question at every Council meeting (with a cou...

Efficiency Drive
on Nov 20, 2009 in Liberal Democrats Brent Council I understand that Brent Council's efficiency programme, designed to increase value for money by among other things reducing the number of managers, is being implemented by a team of 31 staff. 15 of them are workers, and the other 16 are managers, giv...

Tubbs Road Site Visit
on Nov 19, 2009 in Traffic Kensal Green Tubbs Road There will be a site visit to Tubbs Road by the Overview & Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday 24 November at 8.30am. It will start outside Open Door Ministries and go down the road. I will be there and any residents who want to explain about the ava...

Liberal Democrats and the Mayor
on Nov 18, 2009 in Broken Promises Liberal Democrats Brent Council Want another example of Brent Liberal Democrats being useless? What about the post of Mayor?Back in 2003, Paul Lorber, the Lib Dem "Leader" had a very clear view. Brent Liberal Democrats said they wanted "to free up money for improving services in...

Liberal Democrats Losing Here
on Nov 17, 2009 in Liberal Democrats Brent Brent Liberal Democrats have a remarkable tendency to claim that they are the biggest party. They are still putting out the 2005 Brent East result all over the Borough. In fact, in Brent they came third in terms of the popular vote in 2006, the GLA e...

Liberal Democrats and Guns
on Nov 16, 2009 in Liberal Democrats Crime Police Clearing out recently, I came across a Liberal Democrat leaflet from the 2008 GLA Elections. It states that his top priority would be to take knives and guns off the streets. Could this be the same Liberal Democrat Party that voted against mandated t...

Work Starts on Furness Road Pocket Park
on Nov 15, 2009 in Pocket Park Kensal Green environment Here is a picture I took about an hour ago of Community Payback people working on Furness Road Pocket Park.The original grant for upgrading the park last year under the Neighbourhood Working scheme. However, for reasons that aren’t entirely clear,...

Liberal Democrat Collapse in Glasgow
on Nov 14, 2009 in Liberal Democrats The Liberal Democrats have come sixth in the Glasgow North East By election. What happened there? Okay they have the SNP in Scotland, but for the Lib Dems to come behind the BNP and lose their deposit is extraordinary. I am sure that they won't be...

Bendy buses on the Route 18
on Nov 13, 2009 in London Transport Liberal Democrats Buses Brent Boris Johnson The Tory Troll reminds us, for example HERE, that the bendy buses have more space than double deckers or standard single buses. Boris Johnson originally justified this on the grounds that the bendies have led to cyclists getting killed. Post-election...