“Next weekend we have 200 trees to plant on a dissused peice of land on Green Dragon Lane. We’ll be meeting on the land which is alongside Green Dragon Lane oposite Cornish House (one of the tower blocks) at 1pm Saturday and Sunday. The trees include Apple, Hazel, Elder and Blackthorn and our intention is to create a native British edible woodland in Brentford for future generations to enjoy. We have permision from Hounslow Homes who own the land, and support from the Woodland Trust who have supplied the trees, collars, stakes and instructions for planting. There will be plenty to do for young and old alike, and no experience of tree planting is necesary. It would be great if you are able to bring pick axes, spades, drinks and snacks,..either iether or. Look forward to seeing you there!” ]]>
Married Labour MPs Ann and Alan Keen have won a court hearing to take their “main” home back from squatters.
A judge at Brentford County Court granted the couple an Interim Possession Order at a civil hearing.
It comes as the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner confirmed the pair are facing a probe over the property.
Under Commons rules, they should have spent most of their nights there but it emerged last month that it had not been lived in for up to a year.
The squatters, who entered the empty property on 26 June, will have 24 hours to vacate the terraced property once the notice has been served.
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Guido Fawkes is reporting that Activists have moved into the vacant Brentford home of Labour MP couple Anne and Alan Keen, also known as “Mr and Mrs Expenses”, who were recently caught up in the MPs expenses row for allegedly claiming for two second homes. More images here.
Who would believe that sleepy old Brentford is now rapidly transforming into activist central?
Reports that quote the Keens as “not being keen on this action” are to be discounted, as any voter in Brentford or Ealing will tell you, the chances of the Keens responding meaningfully to any communications are vanishingly small.
The Daily Mail reported their combined expense claim of £313,714 in the last financial year here.
This comes just days after Hounslow Council began proceedings to repossess their Brentford home as reported by The Independent here.
Bloody Brentford. I love you.
]]>Would be perhaps useful if The Times were to look into potential abuses of the planning process whereby the developers, St George West London, submitted a revised application earlier this year where modifications to their previous application were minimal but had the effect of nullifying objections made to the earlier application and where the Brentford and Isleworth Local Planning Committee approved the revised plans in May despite the Affordable Housing element of the development being reduced to zero, and, curiously, without those who had made valid objections to the modified application being notified of or invited to attend said meeting and thus denied their right to voice their objections in person.
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So near…
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“Basically, it’s a party in your street, in everyone’s street. On 19th July we’re asking the people of Britain to stop what they’re doing and sit down to lunch together. Why? Well for lots of reasons really but mainly just cos we think it’ll be fun.”
Visit the Big Lunch website here
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