Short back and sides?

The pavement on the Uxbridge Road between Boscombe Road and Percy Road was nicely re-laid only a few months ago, with railings removed to create more space.

But for the last two months part of it has been damaged, surrounded by cones and tape, and left untouched - outside No.179 (John's the barbers).

It's an eyesore and raises questions about why it hasn't been repaired. It's also not good for the small businesses along this part of the Uxbridge Road.

Who will fix it?

Now you see him, now you don't

Tory candidate for Hammersmith Shaun Bailey spent plenty of time on stage at the Conservative conference in Birmingham last week.

But today he seems to have gone missing. Bailey was billed to be on tonight's BBC Question Time but appears to have been pulled in favour of a Tory heavyweight Ken Clarke.

Costly, confused, crazy - and that's just the Tory councillors

It must have seemed like a good publicity stunt at the time but the photo on the front of the latest H&F News has several Tory councillors holding self-descriptive banners:

Cllr Nicholas Botterill - COSTLY
Cllr Paul Bristow - CONFUSED
Cllr Frances Stainton - CRAZY

Unfortunately Tory leader Cllr Stephen Greenhalgh isn't holding the banner marked ILL-CONCEIVED.

New station, no lifts or bike stands

The long-awaited re-opening of Shepherds Bush central line station - did it really take eight months to build a greenhouse over the old station? - is causing a few rows already.

Not only have no lifts been installed inside the station, but outside there are no bike stands anywhere to be seen.

What has Tory H&F council been doing for the last eight months? Bike stands now, please.

Cameron backs Fulham & Chelsea candidate

http://www.recessmonkey.com/2008/09/30/cheeky-monkey/

Check out the above link - the funniest blog/pic for some time.

At the Conservative conference in Birmingham this week, David Cameron posed for photos with the parliamentary candidate for Fulham & Chelsea - except Cameron must have forgotten that the Tory candidate is Greg Hands, not Alex Hilton who is standing for Labour!

Tories panic over gridlocked borough

With just four weeks to go until the Westfield shopping development opens its doors for business, panic is spreading about looming traffic chaos.

In today's Evening Standard H&F council leader Cllr Stephen Greenhalgh rather belatedly warns that local roads won't be able to cope with the extra cars heading into the borough to visit Westfield.

Three new stations are opening this month to serve the development but it's the road traffic which worries the car-loving Tories.

And having supported the closure of Shepherds Bush central line station for over eight months, the Tory council still hasn't managed to get a lift installed in the brand new station.

No wonder H&F Tories are expecting a backlash in the north of the borough come 30 October. A grim halloween is in prospect.

Lies, damned lies and the 'good council' leader

Tory H&F council leader Stephen Greenhalgh has been trumpeting his achievements in the Sunday Telegraph. Cllr Greenhalgh has also published a booklet on 'good councils' for the right-wing Centre for Policy Studies.

In his Telegraph article, Cllr Greenhalgh repeats untruths about residents' savings in council tax and fails to mention the impact of increased charges and huge cuts in local services.

For a full demolition of Cllr Greenhalgh's spurious claims, see: http://thecowanreport.blogspot.com/

Rochdale calling...

Hammersmith & Fulham residents phoning the town hall will soon get their calls answered by a call centre in Rochdale!

It's the latest cut to local services by the Tory council, and another blow to employment in the borough.

So whatever your query, let's hope that Rochdale knows the answer - or knows someone in the town hall who does...

Tatler reveals the true face of new Tories

Without a hint of irony, Tory candidate for Hammersmith and self-proclaimed man of the people, Shaun Bailey, appears in the October issue of Tatler. Dressed in a designer suit, Bailey is tipped by Tatler to become Home Secretary.

As even the Evening Standard says, "the sense of presumption is monstrous".

Whose ecole is it?

The Tory council in Hammersmith & Fulham trumpets the opening of a new French school on the site of Peterborough primary school which was closed earlier this year after more than a century of education in the south of the borough.

But it's not clear who the French school is for, who pays to go there, and why the council is using its PR machine to promote this new private school.