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
Turnham Green ward councillor Ron Mushiso reports back on his week 8th March 2021 The Chancellor’s budget this week had one underlining theme. Honesty. Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP had acknowledged from the outset, that our National economy had... Local News
A Week of Packed Agendas 27th February 2021 Chiswick Riverside ward councillor Gabriella Giles reports back on her week It has barely been a month since my last blog. Long ago, at the end of January, I... Local News
Turnham Green ward councillor Ranjit Gill reports back on his week 20th February 2021 Vaccination milestones and pride in our NHS On Monday, 15th February we reached a milestone with over 15m vaccinations administered in less than 10 weeks to... Local News
Chiswick Homefields ward councillor Gerald McGregor reports back on his week 13th February 2021 This week the emphasis is on Health and tributes to carers and to Sir Tom Moore. The Youth Programme 2021 Charities and social care and development in youth... Local News
Covid-19, Hounslow Planning Committee, Homelessness and Casework 6th February 2021 The Government achieved an impressive milestone with 10 million of the population receiving at least a first injection. Among them are my parents and remaining... Local News
Is the Council Consulting or Obfuscating? 31st January 2021 Starter for 2021 I don’t know about you, but as I write on the penultimate day of the first month of 2021, it feels like January has flown by. Traditionally... Local News
Lifting Spirits without Drinking the Kool-Aid 24th January 2021 During what seems to be a far more depressing and difficult lockdown, everyone needs a bit of a lift and mine came this week with the High Court's ruling about... Local News
Frustration on Zoom and the Poetry of Tea 17th January 2021 Friday 8 th January: I reflect on last night’s Streetspace consultation for business. This was one of a series of virtual events being run for the council by... Local News
Getting the Jab and Pollarding on the Eyot 9th January 2021 Vaccination time On Wednesday last I received the Pfizer vaccination at the Chiswick Health Centre. The vaccinator was a charming Doctor from Isleworth... Local News
Boris asked people their honest opinions about Brexit 29th November 2019 Brexit is the biggest issue facing Britain at this election. National News
Less safe, more strain, fewer opportunities – new analysis reveals what will happen to your child’s education under Corbyn 29th November 2019 New analysis has revealed the true threat of Corbyn’s Labour to our country’s schools. National News
Only the Conservatives will protect standards in our schools 28th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will give Ofsted greater powers and more money to improve discipline in classrooms and bolster school standards, under new... National News
Ed Miliband falsely claiming to back Brexit to his leave voting constituents 28th November 2019 On the day it emerged that Labour are relaunching their general election campaign strategy to focus on leave voting areas, it can be revealed that their former... National News
Conservatives to launch new plan to tackle addiction 28th November 2019 A Conservative majority Government will launch a new initiative to drive down drug related deaths and tackle addiction head on, Health Secretary Matt Hancock... National News
To unleash our full potential, we need women more than ever 28th November 2019 On the 100th anniversary of the first female MP taking her seat in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has celebrated the contribution of female... National News
