Hammersmith & Chiswick Conservatives Choose Local Crime Fighter Dinsmore as Parliamentary Candidate Wednesday, 25 October, 2023 Hammersmith & Chiswick Conservatives have chosen a high-profile crime fighter and local councillor as their standard bearer for the next General Election. Activists attended a packed meeting on Friday 21 October at Chiswick’s George IV pub to choose 34-year-old barrister Andrew Dinsmore from a three-person shortlist. Andrew hit the headlines earlier this year after taking an online petition to the... Local News
Local Conservatives Publish Manifesto for a Clean, Green Recovery 6th April 2022 The local Conservative Party has published its manifesto for the Hounslow Council elections in May, presenting 50 pledges for a cleaner, greener and better... Local News
Staveley Road, Burlington Lane and a Cancelled Council Meeting 1st February 2022 Staveley Road and Burlington Lane – Trial Restrictions I am still wading through the emails from distressed residents who do not know whether or not their... Local News
W4 Residents Uniquely Impacted By Grove Park Traffic Measures 22nd January 2022 Grove park residents traffic restrictions. Impact on Chiswick residents. Borough comparison. Following our successful call-in of the London Borough of Hounslow... Local News
Help Restore Local Democracy and Deliver a Cleaner, Safer Chiswick 16th January 2022 A listening Council in 2022 May I start by inviting all residents to join the electoral roll in order to formally participate in our local democracy. Your... Local News
Starting The Year As It Means To Go On 9th January 2022 The end of the festive period. As I write this on the last day of Christmas, listening to fireworks that I can only attribute to people celebrating epiphany, I... Local News
The Rollercoaster of Life as a Chiswick Councillor in 2021 26th December 2021 If you are on Twitter, you might have seen one amusing comment which was something like, "When 2020 began, I had no idea it would last two years". And so it did... Local News
Council Not Listening on Street Lighting, Climate and Diversity 11th December 2021 Borough Council meeting – a lesson in how not to listen There is always a sense of anticipation before full borough council meetings. We know the agenda but not... Local News
Planting and Killing Trees, the Fourth Mile, and the Death of a Councillor 4th December 2021 It's been a traumatic week for anyone who appreciates and values low-rise leafy Chiswick including this councillor. Ninety years felled Have you seen the video... Local News
Missing ANPR Cameras and What To Do About Multiple Road Closures 29th November 2021 Friday – 19th November: I joined councillors Gabriella Giles, Gerald McGregor and Jo Biddolph for a briefing on the next steps with C9. We had only been... Local News
Brexit, actually 9th December 2019 Boris Johnson's funny election advert parodies Love Actually but makes an important point: this election is too close to call. National News
Revealed: Labour’s plan to make our streets less safe 9th December 2019 Labour’s opposition to stop and search would increase crime on our streets, putting frontline officers and communities at risk. National News
Sport investment will get us ready for the World Cup bid 7th December 2019 A Conservative Majority Government will put a £550 million investment in grassroots football at the centre of its plans to back a UK and Ireland World Cup 2030... National News
Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to rig a second EU referendum 6th December 2019 The Prime Minister has written a letter urging Jeremy Corbyn to reconsider his Brexit policy and his plans to fiddle Labour’s second Brexit referendum. National News
Corbyn’s new high street tax will clobber local shops 6th December 2019 Labour’s plans for a new ‘land value tax’ will clobber high streets and town centres. National News
Boris Johnson wins the BBC Leaders’ Debate 6th December 2019 Tonight, Jeremy Corbyn once again demonstrated an abject failure of leadership. His repeated unwillingness to set out a clear position on Brexit means he has no... National News