Tory

Deputy Mayor Referred to IPCC over West Ken Allegations

January 15, 2013

Earlier today news came that the Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime in London has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission over allegations about the behaviour of Hammersmith and Fulham Council while he was in charge. The substance of the complaint is in this letter to the GLA from the community organiser who [...]

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Greenhalgh Gaffe?

November 30, 2009
Greenhalgh

Last Thursday Cllr. Stephen Greenhalgh said that the Tory front bench was unqualified for government. At a round table debate run by Public Finance Magazine he said: “My mates are all in the shadow Cabinet, waiting to get those [ministerial] boxes, being terribly excited. I went to university with them, they haven’t run a p***-up [...]

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Lord Ashcroft: Cameron’s Cashpoint

November 27, 2009
Lord Ashcroft and Cameron

An article in today’s mirror has highlighted the collossal sums of money being donated to the Tory party by Lord Ashcroft. The article profiles the Hammersmith constituency.

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The Israel Lobby: The Hammersmith Connection

November 25, 2009
Conservative Friends of Israel

The Dispatches programme on Monday 16th November at 8PM on Channel 4 focused on the Israel lobby and its effect on British politics, especially figures within the Tory Party.

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Unwelcome Developments

November 4, 2008
Victory for residents lapdancing licence turned down

This week the Licensing Panel at Hammersmith Town Hall will decide whether to give permission for a lapdancing culb in a residential area of North End Road, close to local schools. If this club does go ahead, it will not be for want of opposition from local residents: given little more than a week’s notice [...]

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City in the Sky

August 8, 2008
newspaper

Further news of the Tories’ plans for the borough were revealed in the Esates Gazette this week. Following the recent revelation that they intend to redevelop the West Ken estate as part of a major commercial development in Earls Court comes news that they intend, in concert with Network Rail, to construct a small town [...]

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