In the days when the big unions wielded vast power union bosses would routinely pop round to Number 10 for “beer and sandwiches” – which meant the said leaders showing up at Downing Street to discuss what it would take to persuade them not to go on strike, and being plied with the afore mentioned refreshments [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Waste’
Beer and Sandwiches
Posted in Afzal Akram, Chris Robbins, Council, Labour Party, London Borough of Waltham Forest, Unemployment, Unions, tagged afzal akram, chris robbins, Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, unemployment, unions, Waste on May 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sound of silence
Posted in Clyde Loakes, Council, Environment, Farid Ahmed, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Waltham Forest, Walthamstow, tagged clyde loakes, Council, environment, farid ahmed, Labour, Liberal Democrats, london borough of waltham forest, walthamstow, Waste on December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Only a year ago local newspaper comments pages, bloggers (many suspected to be Labour supporters) and Labour leaflets were attacking the man responsible for our streets, former Lib Dem Cllr Bob Belam, for the alleged poor refuse collection and street sweeping services. Strangely, even the Lib Dems in Walthamstow, spearheaded by Parliamentary candidate, Farid Ahmed, [...]
Stupid stunts
Posted in Chris Robbins, Clyde Loakes, Council, Environment, Labour Party, tagged chris robbins, clyde loakes, environment, Labour, stunt, Waste on November 18, 2010 | 1 Comment »
It seems not a week goes by without a PR stunt from members of Waltham Forest’s Labour administration. The latest wheeze (forgive us for the carbon emissions pun) involved Loakes the Joke parading 15 trucks full of fly-tipped rubbish in Walthamstow Town Square earlier this week in the hope it would shock people into “thinking [...]
