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
Chiswick Well Placed for a Community Led Recovery 9th May 2021 The Community This Sunday’s Antique Market is another shining example of Community led initiative. Held in Chiswick, now becoming a focus for well organised... Local News
The More Things Change the More Things Stay the Same 2nd May 2021 Plus ça change? Since writing my previous blog at the end of February, there have been many events that have marked our lives – the passing of loved ones... Local News
On Team Playing, Listening and Acting 24th April 2021 Listening Residents telling us how it is: The post bag and E mail traffic is now about consultations on street space and the continuing hassle and danger caused... Local News
Chiswick's Councillors Pay Tribute To Prince Philip 17th April 2021 This week has seen the nation and the Commonwealth enter a period of mourning following the death of His late Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of... Local News
Hounslow Council is Not Listening To Residents 10th April 2021 The Wider World The news at the end of the week gave everybody pause for thought. The death of HRH the Duke of Edinburgh marks an era passing for the whole of... Local News
Lots of Unanswered Questions at the Borough Council Meeting 4th April 2021 Easing lockdown – no complacency This week we have seen the easing of lockdown across England, with the ‘stay at home’ order coming to an end. Whilst this is a... Local News
Money, Money, Money - a Week Dominated by Supporting Local Traders 28th March 2021 It's been week of money, money, money. Not mine, well it is – and yours, too. It's the grants allocated to retail, hospitality and leisure businesses to help... Local News
Brace Yourselves for Strand on the Green Traffic Chaos 22nd March 2021 Another busy week with lots to keep my colleagues and I occupied; Kew Bridge – The up-river pavement has been closed to pedestrians for over two months whilst... Local News
Chiswick Homefields ward councillor John Todd reports back on his week 13th March 2021 Dukes Meadows Footbridge Project Contractors have now cleared an area of scrubland adjacent to the Emanuel boathouse for a site for a crane. Trees that were on... Local 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
Get Britain out of neutral: Conservatives launch new billboard 6th December 2019 The Conservative Party launched a new billboard today, Get Britain out of neutral. The poster was launched at sites in London, Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham... National News
Revealed: Labour’s plan to let criminals avoid prison 5th December 2019 Labour’s policy to scrap prison sentences of under six months would lead to a surge of offenders on our streets, risking public safety. National News
The first 100 days of a Conservative majority government and the choice before the British people 4th December 2019 Our Conservative plan for getting Brexit done so that we can unleash Britain's potential is in stark contrast to the gridlock, dither, delay and uncertainty of... National News
Exposed: Labour plot with RMT behind rail strike chaos 3rd December 2019 Rail union leaders and the Labour Party have boasted that they are "working together" to "bring down" the government at this month's election through a campaign... National News