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Petition to Waltham Forest Council: publish the fire safety plans for Fred Wigg & John Walsh towers

July 7, 2017 Uncategorized

 A petition has been started to persuade LBWF to publish the fire safety plans for the Fred Wigg and John Walsh towers in Cann Hall: It is really disgraceful, given all that has gone on both locally and of course in west London, to find the residents of the towers still having to resort to these kind of tactics to obtain basic information about their safety. To sign the petition, go here: https://www.change.org/p/waltham-forest-council-waltham-forest-council-publish-fire-safety-plans-for-fred-wigg-john-walsh-towers?recruiter=26274686&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_petition&utm_term=autopublish »

Knife crime in Waltham Forest: a nasty little scandal (5)

July 5, 2017 Cllr. Liaquat Ali, Gang Prevention Programme, Policing/crime

I hear from reliable sources that some of those community representatives who are currently listed on LBWF’s website as members of the Waltham Forest Safer Neighbourhoods Board (WFSNB) are both astonished and perturbed that their names have been made public, since they have never given permission for this to happen, and in addition claim that they have neither received any briefing about their supposed roles and responsibilities, nor even met anyone who has authority for the outfit’s functioning. Their reactions are entirely reasonable. For it is axiomatic that those who stand up to be counted, and then become involved in detailed discussions behind closed doors which touch upon policing and... »

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Labour takes William Morris, and Cllr. Marie Pye stirs the pot

June 30, 2017 Cllr. Afzal Akram, Cllr. Marie Pye, the Labour Party in Waltham Forest

The results of the William Morris ward by-election are in, with Labour unknown Umar Ali romping home, followed by the Green’s Rebecca Tully, and our man, Walthamstow ‘born and bread’ Afzal Akram, bringing up the rear. Labour supporters are predictably jubilant on social media, but there is one puzzling comment that is worthy of note. In an extended interchange, a peer of Mr. Akram makes the observation that ‘Afzal should have not stood’, to which Cllr. Marie Pye responds: Of course, today Cllr. Pye is almost a forgotten figure, having for some reason fallen precipitously out of favour, but it is worth recalling that at one time she and Mr. Akram were close colleagues at the apex ... »

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Cllr. Liaquat Ali’s new Cabinet role: a square peg in a round hole?

June 28, 2017 Cllr. Clare Coghill, Cllr. Liaquat Ali, the Labour Party in Waltham Forest

A couple of weeks ago, the incoming LBWF Leader Clare Coghill announced her first Cabinet, and one of the most notable developments is that she has moved Cllr. Liaquat Ali MBE JP from the community safety portfolio to take on ‘Transformation and Commercial Operations’, covering everything from ‘digital and smart technology’, via ‘revenues and benefits’, and ‘civil contingencies’, to ‘financial sustainability’. This is self-evidently an exacting and complex brief, requiring detailed technical expertise, and it is reasonable to ask whether Cllr. Ali is an appropriate appointment. It needs to be pointed out straightaway that Cll.Ali has considerable experience of local government matters, havin... »

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The forthcoming William Morris by-election: ex-Labour Titan Afzal Akram bounces back as a Tory (and with a bang) UPDATED

June 15, 2017 Cllr. Afzal Akram, Cllr. Liaquat Ali

Politicians in Waltham Forest are often good for a laugh, and the forthcoming William Morris ward by-election is not short of crackers. Labour is standing Umar Ali, brother of the recently deceased Nadeem (a thoroughly decent man, by all accounts), and son of Liaquat, the third in command of the party’s Town Hall contingent of councillors. Umar seems to have kept a low profile in the past, and so many are wondering what he has to offer. Questions are also being asked about how he arrived at the candidature, since no one seems to be sure when the selection process occurred, and who was involved – though it is fair to add that the Labour Party nowadays often does things in rather ad hoc ... »

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