@ThatGinaLeone @LondonFoodFinds They’re not allowed to say anything. And/or they don’t want to say anything. From the #EalingLabourLeaks whatsapp messages, I’m sure they’re all just biding their time until Mason is either elevated to the House of Commons or removed, hopefully hoist by his own petard.
Read more@Layo_FH @reksbaycur @LondonFoodFinds @physrj @girasole_l Haha. t.co/MsSHVlVME…
Read more@P15pm @CASHcampaigners @EalingCouncil @juliangbell @_EalingNews @TBIJ @_petermason @JonBall It’s all been repaid, apparently. x.com/_EalingNews/st…
Read more@reksbaycur @Layo_FH @physrj @LondonFoodFinds @girasole_l Hmm… so a twenty minute walk to Southall station (make that 30 minutes with kids and bags/equipment. 5 minutes on the train to Hanwell (assuming we don’t have to wait or miss our train). Then another 30-40 minutes walking to the Sharma Arena in the pissing rain. It’s doable.
Read more@LondonFoodFinds Is he? I didn’t know that! They’re all keeping their heads down, aren’t they?
Read more@Layo_FH @reksbaycur @LondonFoodFinds @physrj @girasole_l If you own a car. Southall, however, has the lowest average incomes in the borough of Ealing, and a sizeable proportion of people rely on public transport. t.co/0ahGwZinj…
Read more@Layo_FH @reksbaycur @LondonFoodFinds @physrj @girasole_l There are more accessible sports grounds travelling from Southall - the council’s whole rationale is that it’s for the benefit of children in Southall. Clearly it isn’t. x.com/DvdMrsdn/statu…
Read more@CASHcampaigners @Layo_FH @LondonFoodFinds @physrj @girasole_l The size of the houses and cars up there! And what would a bus do when it gets to the tiny roundabout at Three Bridges?
Read more@physrj @Layo_FH @LondonFoodFinds @girasole_l That’s my understanding.
Read more@Layo_FH @LondonFoodFinds @girasole_l @physrj I’m talking about if and when it’s later sold to a developer for house building, like the old Southall FC stadium.
Read more@Layo_FH @LondonFoodFinds @physrj @girasole_l That’s quite a selective map! t.co/u4p091Y9r…
Read more@Layo_FH @girasole_l @physrj It’s unfortunate what’s happened to the club, and the old stadium especially. They used to play at Osterley Sports and Cricket Club just around the corner in the mid 2000s. worldgroundhop.blogspot.com/2009/06/southa…
Read more@Layo_FH @LondonFoodFinds @physrj @girasole_l QPR planned a training ground and community pitches. The official report clearly states it’s inaccessible by public transport for that use.
Read more@LondonFoodFinds @girasole_l @Layo_FH @physrj It would be a massive money-spinner on par with the Gasworks site (where, incidentally, many locals remember playing football on the pitches they had there, before it was turned into a car park for Heathrow.
Read more@Layo_FH @girasole_l @physrj They couldn’t manage it when they did have their own home. So, it’s not necessary at all, then.
Read more@LondonFoodFinds @physrj @Layo_FH @girasole_l This is from the QPR application, on public transport accessibility. t.co/MPkhLQ68n…
Read more@Layo_FH @girasole_l @physrj And Ealing have been selling off community assets for years. x.com/DvdMrsdn/statu…
Read more@Layo_FH @girasole_l @physrj It’s not daft or baseless at all. Both current and former leader took tens of thousands from developers. Current one later said it was a “mistake”. Then there’s the Gasworks development, which they were all against on environmental and health grounds until MP did deal with Boris.
Read more@Layo_FH @girasole_l @physrj I think the fact that Southall FC have been successful in groundsharing for so long, as have QPR ladies and numerous other London teams, shows that having a “local” ground isn’t necessary. Many of these grounds are more accessible to public transport than WF.
Read more@Layo_FH @girasole_l @physrj QPR had their chance and chose Heston, just down the road. Maybe they could play there (if they want to, that is)?
Read more@Layo_FH @girasole_l @physrj That’s what happened with Southall FC’s old ground, at one time the best non-league stadium in the country. Sold off to developers, now home to the second saddest playground in London.
Read more@Layo_FH @girasole_l @physrj It’s called corruption. Ealing can’t do any of that because they don’t have any money. They have agreed a plan for sports facilities, and are now looking for developers to propose something that fits their plan. Meanwhile, they been “negotiating” with Southall FC for years.
Read more@physrj @Layo_FH @girasole_l Ealing Council famously don’t have any money, and neither they nor Southall FC have a track record of being financially able to maintain two of the best sports grounds in London (at their level). So not much confidence in either.
Read more@physrj @Layo_FH @girasole_l Haha! It’s so obvious!
Read more@Layo_FH @girasole_l @physrj Ealing Council care so much about kids, enviro, they tried to give away WF to billionaire owner of QPR for private use and profit. QPR would have got land rent-free for 200 years, and made an estimated £4 million from being allowed to use as landfill. gardencourtchambers.co.uk/news/appeal-to…
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