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Proud of Ealing and proud of London

All my young people finally got out and voted Labour. What a pity they didn't do that in the referendum. If they had we wouldn't be in this disastrous position.

Penelope Crocker ● 3387d25 Comments ● 3380d

Naylor review. Asset stripping the NHS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFgnH_1GfGw

Penelope Crocker ● 3383d4 Comments ● 3381d

consevative Mps learn from Brutus /how to kill May

I think they should examine their real motives to undermine Teresa May.Seems like they will  stoop to anything to get theIr WAY back through their failure to give the EU the upper hand over maintaining uncontrolable borders.The daggers are out.

Oswald Anthony Whittle ● 3384d5 Comments ● 3381d

Corbyns wife paying 93 p an hour for her fair trade coffee company !

She is selling her coffee at ultra high prices in London , for fair trade (93p an hour ),even low for Mexico . Champagne socialists at it again , I am sure hypocrite Abbott must have shares in earning fortunes from these poverty -stricken people.

Dennis Brogan ● 3383d1 Comments ● 3381d

Code Club at Acton & Ealing Central Library

https://www.codeclub.org.uk/Code Club is a nationwide network of free volunteer-led after-school coding clubs for children aged 9-11.I am currently volunteering for 2 code clubs, one at Acton Library and other at Ealing Central Library.Currently we have few seats available for the children so if you're interested for your child to learn about coding, then please get in touch with the hosts below:Acton Library:Everyone Active Acton Centre, High St, London W3 6NEAwatif El-Martaoui elmartaouia@hotmail.comTime: Saturday 11-12 pmEaling Central Library:103 Ealing Broadway Centre, London W5 5JYMartha LambertMartha.Lambert@carillionservices.co.ukTime: Thursday 4-5 pmCode club projects help children learn to code in Scratch, HTML & CSS and Python by using step by step guides to make games, animations or websites. The projects gradually introduce coding concepts to allow children to build their knowledge incrementally.We also support active clubs with a range of extra resources like certificates and posters, as well as competitions and offers.To join the code club, we will need from a parents/ carers,1) A small permission form signed on the first day2) An email address which will be used by the children to create accounts for online resources.Please feel free to get in touch with me in case you have any questions. And do check website https://www.codeclub.org.uk/ if you want more information.Many Thanks,Sandeepsanmestry@gmail.com

Sandeep Mestry ● 3382d0 Comments ● 3382d

Landscaping Northfield Avenue/Swyncombe

I think this looks really nice, with the boulders and all. I shall try to take a photo to post.

Susan Kelly ● 3385d2 Comments ● 3384d

Bunny Park Dog Show Today

The 4th Bunny Park Dog Show will be held today 12-4pm, at the Churchfield's Recreation Grounds, Hanwell, W7 3BP. Providing a family day of fun showing off our beloved four legged friends. For further information visit the website www.bunnyparkdogshow.co.uk

Sharron Clarke ● 3385d0 Comments ● 3385d

ATTENTION! ATTENTION! ATTENTION!

MICHAEL O'BRIEN HAS BEEN REPORTED TO ACTON POLICE, HE ADVERTISED ON THE ACTON, EALING SELLING PAGE ON FACEBOOK. DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN. HE DEMOLISGED OUR GARDEN FENCE THIS MORNING, PROMISED TO CALL BACK BUT OF COURSE HE TOOK OFF WITH OVER £2,000.YOU CAN SEE HIS FACEBOOK ADVERT ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE, IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ON HIS WHEREABOUTS OR CONTACT DETAILS PLEASE RING PLEASE TELL ACTON POLICE.THIS MAN MUST BE STOPPED BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE LOSES MONEY!!!

Jean F Fernandez ● 3389d1 Comments ● 3385d

Accountancy apprenticeships

A Putney based property management company offers apprenticeships for people starting to study AAT/CIMA/ACCA accountancy courses.  Please see the classifieds section under 'Accountancy Apprenticeships' for more details.Thanks.

Timothy Emmanuel ● 3386d0 Comments ● 3386d

Vote Conservative

I've been smiling at how people have been using this board for political ends without blatantly stating their aimVarious knocks, spin and derision So I thought I'd just be blunt!For the economy, security, immigration, keeping Diane Abbot as a comedy act in opposition and Brexit I say back Blue The issue with Ealing Hospital is a concern I admit but on balance I cannot see the modern day Michael Foot being anything other than a disaster So there, I've said it.

Colin Goodman ● 3388d11 Comments ● 3387d

Joy Morrissey's contemptable views on 'Our NHS'

Just read the Conservative candidates views which were taken from her blog last year on the NHS. This is something particularly pertinent to those of us who do and have relied on Ealing Hospital.   Among other things she seems to take issue with people referring to it as 'Our NHS'. This to me demonstrates a lack of understanding of a service which is and has always been paid for by the public to serve the public. Would she prefer a private health care service such as they have in the United States? http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-candidate-mocked-hysterical-labours-10562985

David White ● 3390d11 Comments ● 3388d

NHS: Why we can't trust two-faced Joy (Damschroder-)Morrissey nee Inboden (a.k.a. Boden)

Two-faced Joy (Damschroder-)Morrissey nee Iboden (a.k.a. Boden) Conservative candidate for Ealing Central and Acton waxed lyrical about she had come over to the UK to study the European model for social medicine (highlighting Sweden), however, her disdain of us Brits and oue view of the NHS is shocking in the following article in the Mirror (P.s. has anyone read her LSE Masters dissertation?):"Tory candidate mocked 'hysterical' Labour's NHS fears - in seat that's having its local hospital downgraded"Joy Morrissey accused the party of "fetishising" the service and said people should stop calling it "our NHS" or "treating it like a religion"  http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tory-candidate-mocked-hysterical-labours-10562985A Tory election candidate mocked Labour as "deluded" and "hysterical" for warning about the NHS's future - in a seat whose local hospital is being downgraded.Joy Morrissey accused the party of "fetishising" the service and said people should stop calling it "our NHS" or "treating it like a religion" in a scathing blog last year.She wrote in January 2016: "The institution remains remarkably unchanged - the promised armageddon again failing to materialise."The credibility of these increasingly hysterical forecasts of doom can surely be no more than that of the deluded old soul wandering Oxford Street with his "The End Is Nigh' placard."The only one left for them now a NASA-style 10 second countdown."Her local Ealing Hospital is being downgraded from a district to a local hospital as part of national cost-cutting 'Sustainability and Transformation Plans' (STPs).She accused Labour of "fetishing" the service and told people to stop calling it "our NHS" (Photo: PA)The plan is set to cut the number of beds from 288 to 50 and leaves questions over the future shape of Ealing's A&E as part of a reduction from nine to five acute hospitals in north west London.The STP report says Ealing's current setup is "not financially sustainable" after it ran up a deficit of £30million.And it does not rule out an A&E downgrade, saying only: "No substantive changes to A&Es in Ealing will be made until there is sufficient alternative capacity out of hospital or in acute hospitals."The plan was formally published after Ms Morrissey's blog post last year, but campaigners said fears over Ealing Hospital had been known for some time. It has already had its paediatric and maternity wards closed with services moved elsewhere in north west London.Ms Morrissey's Labour rival Rupa Huq said: "This confirms what we already know - The Tories won’t protect Ealing [Hospital] because their candidate looks at our NHS with derision."She should apologise for these offensive remarks."Ms Morrissey is in a bitter battle to overturn the 274 majority of Labour's Rupa Huq (Photo: Getty)The hospital provides for thousands of people in the warring candidates' Ealing Central and Acton constituency, one of the most marginal seats in the country. It sits just outside the seat's boundary.Ms Huq is defending a majority of just 274 and the Greens and UKIP have pulled out to give each side a boost.Ms Morrissey wrote her blog post on the Conservative Way Forward website in January 2016 with a photo of her outside Ealing Hospital.In it she complained the Tories could "guarantee every patient the gift of eternal life and send them home with a complimentary pot of caviar and it still wouldn't be enough".She added: "Stop treating a valuable public service like a religion that can only be spoken of in a hushed tone of reverence rarely heard outside of the Vatican."We can begin by desisting from the glutinous and now obligatory practice of referring to 'Our' NHS.The blog post was written in January last year"For every member of the public that has bought into Labour's fetishisation of this institution there is an equally large and silent number that haven't."They do not gaze at the NHS with uncritical awe - and neither should we."Ms Morrissey became embroiled in a row over the NHS plans last week with Ms Huq.She pulled out of a hustings and threatened legal action against her Labour rival, accusing the campaign of "blatant lies" over a leaflet that said the hospital was closing.A spokeswoman for London North West Healthcare NHS Trust said: "There will be some changes at Ealing Hospital over the next three to five years, to provide local people with the services they use the most, so patients receive the best possible care. This will include a local A&E at Ealing Hospital.”Ms Morrissey has been contacted for comment by the Mirror, but had not replied at the time of publication.

John Alan Peters ● 3390d11 Comments ● 3388d

Half-day beekeeping taster course

Sunday 25 June 2017, 9:30am to 1pm at Perivale Wood Nature Reserve: £40https://ealingbees.wordpress.com/2017/06/03/half-day-beekeeping-taster-course/ Ealing Beekeepers Association's half-day taster course is perfect if you are thinking about getting into beekeeping and want to see if it’s right for you, or simply if you are interested in bees and want to learn a bit more about these fascinating insects.You will be welcomed with tea and coffee, then you will start by learning about the lifecycle of the honey bee, the different castes of bee, and why honey bees swarm. After a break for tea and cake, beekeepers will help you to put on beekeeping suits, light a smoker and undertake an inspection on one of the hives in Perivale Wood, where you will see tens of thousands of worker bees busily going about their business, plus some drones (male bees), and possibly the queen.The course will end with some sampling of different honeys from around Ealing and around the world.See https://ealingbees.wordpress.com/2017/06/03/half-day-beekeeping-taster-course/ for a link to the booking form or email the association - https://ealingbees.wordpress.com/about-us/contact-us/

Emily Heath ● 3388d0 Comments ● 3388d

National Health Service breakdown and privatization: "Sustainability and Transformation Plans"

I'm deeply concerned that in the build up to the General Election there has been little discussion about the disastrous changes to the NHS being proposed by the local Sustainability and Transformation Plan, the "North West London STP" which covers 8 boroughs from Westminster to Hillingdon including Ealing. These plans for the 44 "footprint" regions of England and Wales have been made in a secretive manner, with very little public information and are nothing more than plans to slash, trash and privatise our NHS.          But most worrying are large private healthcare companies and their lobbyists, such as Virgin Care and American healthcare companies including UnitedHealth, the previous employer of Simon Stevens CEO of the NHS, which will chase the UK's expenditure through the NHS using the Health and Social Care Act 2012. This pressure will inexorably lead to the American model of healthcare management which causes 50% of personal bankruptcies each year in the US. All the STPs call for "Accountable Care Organisations/Systems", a term which Americans recognise only too well. This system with low fixed budgets will be screwed down so that it does not meet the public need and it will turn the health provision in England and Wales into a two tier health system where the rich will pay and the rest of us will be left with a very poor, minimal NHS, like the American Medicare/Medicaid system.        I would urge all readers to contact their candidates and let them know that the public will not stand for the destruction of the NHS and all MPs must reject the STPs and reject the move to Accountable Care Organisations. These "new models of care" will end the NHS as a comprehensive service that provides the full range of care to all who need it, free at the point of need and fully accountable to the public (private companies will hide their waste as well as their profits).              Readers can find their candidates on the website. www.whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections

Una-Jane Winfield ● 3391d3 Comments ● 3389d

Election campaigning moves up a gear!

"Conservative Office Vandalised""Police involved"Much ado about nothing in my opinion - the public is just starting to get engaged in this election. Clearly the likelihood of the police catching any of the suspects in further action is low as like its policy of not pursuing suspects on mopeds driving on pavements in South Ealing the police are not going to pursue suspects driving electric wheelchairs or electric mobility scooters!Really, Joy Inboden Morrissey, you should read the Brentford Trilogy/Brentford Chronicles by Rankin to get the feel for what is and what is not criminal behaviour in West Middlesex and take a deep breath before launching forth verbally. You are in England not in Republican Ohio USA now!

John Alan Peters ● 3396d15 Comments ● 3390d

Desperately Seeking Help

Bunny Park Dog Show. Volunteers needed for the registrations table, an hour or two at the start of the show. Also throughout the afternoon please PM me if you would like to help a good cause.

Sharron Clarke ● 3390d0 Comments ● 3390d

“National Health Service breakdown and privatization 2: Sales of Assets”

In 2013 the UK publicly owned plasma bank, PRUK, was sold for £230m to a US company. The Department of Health overlooked several healthcare or pharmaceutical firms and at least one blood plasma specialist before choosing to sell an 80 per cent stake in Plasma Resources UK to Bain Capital, a global alternative investment firm, who only paid £90m up front with the remaining £110m due in a five year deferred payment deal.  Four years later in 2017 it was sold to Creat a Chinese company for £820m. PRUK was brought into public ownership in 1975, by Dr. David Owen, because of the risks associated with contaminated blood (HIV, Creutzfeldt-Jakob) under for-profit conditions. So not only could the plasma products now be a risk but a whopping profit has been made by the US company who bought it.  This is not by any means the only state owned company which was undersold between 2010 and 2017 and quickly sold on.Thank you Hunt and the Conservative/LibDem coalition for doing such a potentially dangerous deal for UK citizens, subsidising a company which could well afforded to purchase outright and giving away some £600m which could have been used for the NHS.

Libby Kemp ● 3391d1 Comments ● 3391d

NCT Nearly New Sale - Saturday 8 July

A date for the diary! Don’t miss NCT Ealing's next NCT Nearly New Sale on Saturday 8 July, 12.30-2.30pm at Kingsdown Methodist Church in Northfields. £2 entry/£1.50 for NCT members. A fantastic range of good quality second hand items for babies and toddlers at great prices. Come along and bag a bargain! Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1298853463543920Sellers registration link: https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://nct.intrabiz.co.uk/cgi-bin/sys.cgi?action%3DNCT-product-client_view%26id%3D32912266&source=gmail&ust=1496693854349000&usg=AFQjCNFMYkQIlOQ7BJUuSFsOHtDC-4Uh5Q

Emily Heath ● 3391d0 Comments ● 3391d

Chelsea FC victory parade cancelled by police because crowd may be attacked!

The Jihadis must be laughing ! An attack in Manchester brings London to a halt , what a joke! In Manchester a run of 30,000 runners goes ahead with 100,000 supporters! Our new weak Met .Commissioner Cressida Dick( clue in the surname) refuses stop and search , and invites numerous Laughing Jihadis to bomb London when the police call London to stop ,as we are too scared to have a public event . Inviting another attack , obviously in weak London!

Dennis Brogan ● 3402d15 Comments ● 3392d

Online estate agents

Would anyone have any experience and advice they could share regarding the use of online agents such as YOPA, House Simple, Tepilo, eMoov, Purple Bricks, etc?  If we use a conventional estate agent to help us sell our house it could cost anything up to £10k, whereas using an online one would probably cost us less than £1k, so it would make sense to give it a try.  Any advice you can give us would be much appreciated.  Many thanks!

Colin Richards ● 3416d10 Comments ● 3394d