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Lessons from the Albert'a Referedum

It seems that Albertans have voted overwhelming NOT to seek a binding referendum on leaving the Canadian federation. Perhaps it is time for the people of England to have a similar referendum on whether we should seek a binding referendum on leaving the UK. It might focus the minds of a few people!

Sam Hearn ● 2d24 Comments ●

To be suspended from one party Cllr Lambert may be regarded as a a misfortune

It would probably be easy to assume that Guy Lambert a member of the awkward squad who finds it difficult to be fettered by any sort of collective responsibility after his second suspension from two different political parties in two years.

My impression is that his commitment to being transparent and giving constituents an honest insight into what is going on often offends a party hierarchy who would prefer we didn't know and would prefer all its councillors remain strictly on message.

Jeremy Parkinson ● 17h6 Comments ●

Water pipe on A316 Bridge Crossing Railway Line…

…between Chiswick and Barnes Bridge Railway Stations. Does anyone know with certainty who is responsible for the water leak which is getting on for a year old?

James Petri ● 15d26 Comments ● 23m

UK Government urges stockpiling of food & water..

What do you think they're plotting now?

Michael Brown ● 3h4 Comments ● 47m

Hounslow Council and Yellow Boxes -

There's been a few posts on the yellow boxes and Hounslow enforcement cropping up in the borough ie  Grove park/ BarrowgateThe Yellow Box guru highlighted a ridiculous one in Isleworth where it's impossible for any vehicle longer than a car to safely and pratically avoid an "offence " the good news is that he's found someone at Hounslow to i) admit it ii) promise to rectify ithttps://www.instagram.com/reel/Dezk7TCFJK5/?vrfl=MTQwbXY1djV3bGRsMA%3D%3DFor those without Insta,the summary is the design, implementation and enforcement is pretty much made-up council to council, and no-one has any oversight who is trained or managed to do this, hence why most are seen as money raking /cash cowsThe moral of the story.... if you feel a yellow box isnt lawful, logical, useable or beneficial - perhaps highlight it to the YBG or escalate as high as you can within Hounslow Council   ;-)

Tim Garfoot ● 1h0 Comments ● 1h

FOUND - Freedom Pass

Ladies Freedom Pass found in Edensor Gardens. If you or anyone may know has lost this please let me know so it maybe returned.For security I will ask for additional ID before it’s handed over. Will hold for a week before sending back issuer.Many thanks

Joanna Saunders ● 1d2 Comments ● 3h

Rugby returns to the Gtech

Those London Irish fans just never give up...

This is why… https://t.co/VycypHgjZw— Football Away Ends (@FBAwayEnds) October 19, 2026

Andrew OSullivan ● 3d23 Comments ● 3h

Lib-Dem flyers

Whilst I welcome any political parties actively pushing leaflets and letters to residents to support their party, the cheek that the latest Lib-dem flyers invite you to 'join their party' and the second page after entering personal details is to ask for a direct debit for money. Haven't politicians learnt enought that people aren't happy to pay for poor services and useless schemes. The absolute cheek of it all, straight into the bin.

John Bird ● 11d10 Comments ● 19h

Local Reform Councillors Caught in ITV Sting

A warning that the footage from ITV is quite shocking and the language used is very bad.

It should be pointed out that none of the Hounslow councillors reached the levels of racist obnoxiousness of some of their colleagues in other parts of the country. What they say does demonstrate duplicity and a contempt for the electorate they represent. Sunday evening's viewing should be interesting.


Jeremy Parkinson ● 7d59 Comments ● 20h

Hammersmith Bridge’s ‘autonomous pods’

I had seen a lot of coverage, most of it very favourable, of the ‘autonomous pods’ which were being proposed as means of plugging the gap in public transport provision particularly for people with mobility issues. This did seem a quite visionary option to solve the problem particularly as it got round the staffing and cost issues of earlier suggestions for solutions that would require a driver. I did take a chance to look at one when it was on display at a fair recently and was struck with how it was less of a pod than a small bus. Even without passengers it would weigh a lot more than a very large car. As I understand it, while the proponents of the idea say it is within the weight limits, the council say that it isn’t.I then read the coverage of the issue by London Centric, which is doing some of the best journalism on London at the moment. It took the trouble to send someone to ride on the vehicle and they gave a mixed review of the experience. More importantly they made two key points which hadn’t really been highlighted before. Firstly this is essentially a driverless bus not a pod and TfL is not supportive of the idea. Secondly, the unions would be fiercely against autonomous buses.The idea may be a dead end but it does raise important questions. If you are saying driverless buses should be allowed on the bridge, why not driverless cars? Waygo are testing taxis on our roads as we speak. It would be far less technically challenging to allow one or two of these to cross at a time with usage restricted to blue badge holders or Barnes residents with appointments at Charing Cross hospital. As many people in genuine need would be enabled to cross the bridge with this proposals and it wouldn’t cost the taxpayer a penny.

Jeremy Parkinson ● 92d57 Comments ● 23h

94 bus... the future

Just received an email from TfL, with the wonderful news that as of Saturday 24 October, the 94 bus will permanently terminate at Marble Arch, due to the pedestrianisation of Oxford Street. No going round the back streets to Haymarket for us!To compound matters, on the 24th and 25th, there will be no District Line trains running west of Embankment, on 31 October and 1 November the entire Piccadilly Line is closed and on the 7th and 8th, the entire District Line is closed.No longer, it seems, does Chiswick have great access to the West End, and if you're thinking of a weekend trip there anytime soon, I'd probably think again (or take the car)!

Richard Evans ● 8d12 Comments ● 1d

Tabard Theatre

We saw “Who Put the Bomp” at the Tabard Thestre last night. It’s two and a bit hours of pure joy. Go!!

Lynette Royle ● 5d4 Comments ● 1d

Damp proofing

Any recommendations would be much appreciated. I’m considering a company called Dampstar based in Chiswick. Thanks in advance.

Jill Merrett ● 2d6 Comments ● 1d

Stop Thames Water's "Sewage for Water" Plans

With Thames Water again in the news, I'm hoping the people of Chiswick will lend their support to a campaign to stop the company's plan to dump treated sewage in the last stretch of the non-tidal Thames.The so-called Teddington Direct River Abstraction project in Richmond and Kingston would see the company extract up to 75 million litres a water a day from the Thames in times of drought and replace it with treated sewage.  This will raise pollution levels upstream of Teddington Weir, a part of the river which has recently been designated London's first official bathing water place.  It will involve four to six years of massive disruption to residents while new plant is built at the Mogden sewage works and a 3.5 metre diameter pipeline is bored along a 4-kilometre route from there to the sewage outlet in Ham.The proposals have been taken out of the hands of the local authorities and will now go to the national Planning Inspectorate next year.  In the mean time, the Save Our Lands And River action group has launched a parliamentary petition calling for U.K. sewage treatment to be raised to the standards being adopted in Europe.  This would make the proposals illegal as the effluent returned to the river would not meet the higher standards.We have garnered just short of 50,000 signatures, but need many, many more.  Please help us by signing the petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/763721

Magnus Grimond ● 1d0 Comments ● 1d

Station House

Work seems to have become a bit more intense lately and today I noticed that a large sign saying "Pub to Let" has appeared. Let's hope somebody fancies the challenge, it would be sad if it just sits empty. Not a great time for the pub trade unfortunately.

Bruce Hammal ● 1000d94 Comments ● 1d

Sir Sadiq and Crime

I must admit, I lost my cool when listening to the News Agents podcast yesterday.Khan was on the show and gas-lighting the audience. He tried to boast about how he has reduced crime in London - focusing on the fall in homicide rates. He failed to acknowledge what most London folk see, feel and know - that criminal activity is totally out of control.Our high street shops have been ravaged by shoplifting, car theft is a daily occurrence, people cannot wear expensive watches without being mugged, and young girls cannot walk the streets without fear of being attacked. Khan clearly has an agenda…. one that is failing London, including our own W4….Sorry to post a political message… just saddened by the decline in cultural standards…

Emma Elizabeth ● 282d536 Comments ● 2d

Walking football

Does anybody know of a laid-back game of walking football, somewhere in the area, ideally on a weekday evening?  I know about Old Meadownians but they play in a league and have training once a week as well, which sounds a little hard-core for me.  I'm just looking for a bunch of old blokes having a bit of a kickabout for fun.  I used to play a non-walking game like this until my knee gave up about 10 years ago and I miss the game, the camaraderie and of course, the beer

Chintu Desai ● 2d0 Comments ● 2d

Nick Clegg's parallel universe

Some remember Nick Clegg as a gamechanging politician when he became Deputy Prime Minister in a Coalition government. Some might remember that in 2011 he called out post bail out bankers awarding themselves massive bonuses as "living in a parallel universe". Yet on Friday evening, speaking at the Chiswick Book Festival, it was Mr Clegg who seemed to be speaking from a parallel universe.  He did not see any compelling evidence that social media might be harming children and young people or that any major changes or reforms were needed.  Neither did he express concern that Meta's choice not to apply the same controls and moderation levels used in the US to countries like Ethiopia and Myanmar might have contributed to widespread violence and loss of life through viral hate speech and incitement. He expressed little concern about the allegations of violation of copyright of musicians and other creators by social media giants including Meta.  He stated he had not read the book "Careless People" which described practices in Facebook/Meta just before he started there. There was no reference to the recent massive payouts made by Meta to settle lawsuits.  On the following evening, many of us were able to attend a talk by the campaigner Beeban Kidron about how to take on Big Tech. It was a powerful reality check and for those of us who worry about these issues, a sign of hope that things are starting to change. 

Jackie Elton ● 39d9 Comments ● 2d

e-bike crackdown by Ealing Council

This is a very welcome development and hopefully it will prompt Hounslow Council to do likewise and start impounding bikes. Wandsworth has been doing it for some time and apparently it is very effective.If you do see a bike causing an obstruction, please do report it. The people most affected by this - the elderly and the disabled - are less likely to have the mobile phone app that you need to do this. Even though you might not be particularly inconvenienced by bikes causing an obstruction, it would be really appreciated if you helped get them moved.

Diane Brown ● 13d47 Comments ● 2d

Fly Tipping in chiswick

I went out this morning Saturday 10th October to go down  to the chiswick high road and the lane of Bridgman Road  has had rubbish dumped  in the lane.The lanes name is Houghton lane. Its a complete mess, this was obviously done during Friday night. If anyone knows how i can upload the photo please message me.

Charlotte Smith ● 12d32 Comments ● 2d