Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Whatever Happened to the 'Newham Revolution'?











birdman said...

You have hit the nail on the head. Opposition to the current candidates will only be effective if the other candidates campaign all the year around and establish a local presence. There has been no attempt at this in my lifetime other than the Christian Peoples Alliance in the south of the borough who effectively relied on a clique vote and a hatred amongst the electorate for the muppets that Labour foisted on them. Unfortunately the ideas of that party were repugnant and they have not lasted the course. The tories are not likely to mount an effective challenge as the Mayor is more right wing than they are and doing their job for them. The only hope in the short to medium term is that some of the current crop of Labour councillors figure out a way to challenge the Mayor, but with the majority of them being bought off with extravagant special responsibility allowances for non jobs, there is little hope of that.

Anonymous said...

Mayoral poll are both indicative
Of the climax Of the newham spring

Anonymous said...

I am disappointed Sir Robin Wales has been re-elected. He has not been sympathetic to those residents both in Newham and neighbouring boroughs who suffer from aircraft noise from London City Airport.

Newham Council keep giving them planning permission to expand, without much consideration to people.

London City Airport has put in another planning application for expansion. How long are people going to be tortured by this airport?. When the airport opened in 1987, people were told a maximum of 30,000 flight would be allowed to serve an exclusive VIP business community. So why have the politicians allowed them to expand to 120,000 flights? (that is one flight every 90 seconds). The new routes are to places like Ibiza and Mallorca. How is this for the benefit of the UK economy?

The airport is an unethical business, every penny it makes, comes at a high personal cost of those whose quality of life is damaged by the airport. The airport is in denial about noise disturbance it causes and does not want to face it. People cannot open windows. Even with windows shut there is a constant noise. We can't enjoy the local park and people cannot sit in their gardens. People cannot dry their clothes outdoors, due to the awful smell of aviation fuel.

Why should the noise from their operations be allowed to tresspass into my home?. The airport does not own my home, they have no right.

The airport has outgrown the site and should re-locate. We need to have Stratford International open, so we can have an alternative to air travel.

The airport has put in a new planning application, they want to build more aircraft stands, which means more ground noise. They want to deck over King George V dock for more runway space. They don't want to do this construction work during the day, but at night when the airport is supposed to be shut. So we can expect noise 24 hours a day.

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