All depressingly familiar for those of us in Southall who have had to live for five years with our own ward councillor Peter Mason’s siding with developers over the @tgqwestlondon’s air pollution, odour nuisance and more at the old Gasworks site. x.com/_EalingNews/st…
Read more‘The exhibition accents the different approaches and political responses in each location, in relation to the impacts of being exposed to contaminated soil, placing solutions under the spotlight.’ x.com/BrunelResearch…
Read more‘Messages sent between BBC editors and reporters appear to confirm longstanding suspicions of a pro-Government bias.’ x.com/GeorgeMonbiot/…
Read moreNot just to a few people. ‘‘For the Many, Not the Few’, …a shorthand for a kind of anti-capitalist rhetoric rooted squarely in conspiratorial anti-Semitism.’ Conspiratorial bollocks via: fathomjournal.org/the-uk-electio… x.com/UKLabour/statu…
Read more@P15pm Haha! I dint even notice my mate.
Read more@P15pm Great effort anyway. Much better than my walk around the block!
Read more@P15pm Doesn’t the new bridge have “Dutch” ramps you can use to wheel your bike up and down?
Read more‘Individuals who recognize a deep rootedness, pride and sense of belonging with Southall are invited to participate in the research…. inclusive of adults (18+) who are not retired and who live and/work in everyday places of Southall…’ t.co/vZslK3HBN…
Read more@GregoryStafford The BBC is a state-affiliated broadcaster. The state it’s affiliated to is about as right wing as it’s ever been. It’s not impartial. Laura Kuenssberg and Fiona Bruce spring to mind.
Read moreAaah! Those were the days! x.com/DvdMrsdn/statu…
Read more@CASHcampaigners @EalingCouncil Possibly. x.com/songoftheowl/s…
Read more@shortthought Of course not, but it shows what can be done better even on such a small scale.
Read more@shortthought Happy to see the evidence to refute it. Here’s something from the FT a few years ago. ‘The [land] deals should prove lucrative for housebuilders…’ ft.com/content/536ad5…
Read more@shortthought Ealing are building their own social homes. x.com/DvdMrsdn/statu…
Read more@shortthought Is that true about land? x.com/DvdMrsdn/statu…
Read more@shortthought His target is 33%, down from 50%. It’s not meeting people’s desperate need for social housing. Big developers are getting richer off the backs of the housing crisis and people’s misery. The system is totally broken.
Read more@CASHcampaigners @EalingCouncil Meanwhile…. x.com/DvdMrsdn/statu…
Read more@shortthought Mason has a Masters degree in town planning from Bartlett, and is usually found in developers' pockets. He certainly thinks he’s an expert, and loves building tall towers. He’s delivered 7.1% genuinely affordable homes while concreting over most of Acton and Southall.
Read more@P15pm @Markisanders61 @_petermason It’s fairly small scale, but shows how things could be so much better if it was on the same level as Berkeley Group. A fraction of what’s needed. broadwayliving.co.uk/newcastle-cour… ealing.gov.uk/info/201311/ne…
Read moreHaha! x.com/shortthought/s…
Read more@P15pm @_petermason Mason trolls @JohnLewisRetail all week for offering to build less than 35% genuinely affordable homes, but his own target is just 33%, and he’s delivered a measly 7.1%. ealingperformance.inphase.com/Detail/865_118… ealingperformance.inphase.com/Plan/853 t.co/PNH634bEx…
Read moreIf the replies are anything to go by, this is pure propaganda from Peter Mason. x.com/EalingCouncil/…
Read more@CASHcampaigners The development is safe, they keep telling us. The remediated soil is now clean and no longer harmful to health, we’re repeatedly told. So why do the flats need to be protected from ground gas by vapour membranes? t.co/q6P5L43eB…
Read more@P15pm @_petermason @VirendraSharma 3,228 here! msn.com/en-gb/money/ho…
Read more‘…housebuilders appear to be making ever greater profits.’ ‘[they] …blame the planning system, the costs of materials and labour for elevated prices. It’s also popular to blame land prices.’ ‘The evidence to back up this claim is hard to find.’ theconversation.com/builders-are-m…
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