tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post7050890804323885309..comments2023-10-01T13:00:45.275+01:00Comments on <b>A Community In Action</b>: I Know It Sounds Absurd, Please Tell Me Who I AmPhil Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11189427887730688723noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-25533558609666410962011-11-09T13:34:33.086+00:002011-11-09T13:34:33.086+00:00There is a God after all !
(and he probably looks ...There is a God after all !<br />(and he probably looks just like Phil Andrews)<br /><br />Kind & benevolent Thames Water have actually accepted responsibility for letting their turds take a swim down the Crane and Dukes River and wiping out everything in their path.<br /><br />See it for yourself on the Chronicle website.Dishonesty/Politics ?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-88318831726552329812011-11-04T13:28:34.696+00:002011-11-04T13:28:34.696+00:00GOOD NEWS
The river doesn't smell of stale p*s...GOOD NEWS<br />The river doesn't smell of stale p*ss anymore.<br /><br />BAD NEWS<br />It smells of rotting fish instead.<br /><br />To be fair though, plenty of evidence to suggest that the Environment Agency have been out in force on a 'clean-up' operation.<br /><br />I hope the bill ends up on Mr Aylard's desk !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-27032756109811428582011-11-02T13:23:17.103+00:002011-11-02T13:23:17.103+00:00Not just the Dukes River in Isleworth, anonymous.
...Not just the Dukes River in Isleworth, anonymous.<br /><br />The whole Crane/Dukes river system below the airport has been hit.<br /><br />Some 'good' shocking pictures on the website: www.rivertac.org<br />(click on the "River Crane devasted by raw sewage" link)Dishonesty/Politics ?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-54972344158015258302011-11-01T13:15:20.965+00:002011-11-01T13:15:20.965+00:00Well, what a spooky treat Thames Water served up f...Well, what a spooky treat Thames Water served up for Halloween.<br /><br />An unworldly ghostly-looking Dukes River, complete with foul smelling milky-brown water and dead fish everywhere.<br /><br />But Halloween's been and gone guys, can we have it back to normal now ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-80959564216109327872011-10-22T13:21:36.171+01:002011-10-22T13:21:36.171+01:00Now we know that the questionnaire is aimed at peo...Now we know that the questionnaire is aimed at people with long-standing illnesses, mental health problems, learning difficulties etc. "Do you understand......." takes on a much more sinister tone, don't you think ?<br /><br />BUT THERE'S MORE !<br /><br />An amended Mk 2 version has just appeared.While question one remains unaltered, questions two and three asking about how the proposed closures would affect "You and your family" have been re-worded to read "You and your carer".<br /><br />INCREDIBLE !<br /><br />You would have thought that given the opportunity to produce another version, the "Wellbeing & Involvement Team" at LBH should have completely re-written question one.<br />Obviously THEY see nothing wrong with it.<br /><br />Incidently, two of the services under threat are based at 78-80 St Johns Road Isleworth, namely the Hounslow Youth Counselling Service and the Community Mental Health Team.<br /><br />And finally, determined to really get my full money's worth, what about that decidedly anti-Thames Water piece about Mogden in this weeks Chronicle ?<br />Why I've never heard Cllrs Smart & Payne(sic) use such emotive language.<br />Won't make any difference though, LBH waved the white flag when they approved expansion.Dishonesty/Politics ?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-36795353153612276172011-10-20T15:12:05.037+01:002011-10-20T15:12:05.037+01:00Assuming you haven't actually seen the questio...Assuming you haven't actually seen the questionnaire for yourself yet Phil, it's worse than you think.<br /><br />Preceeding question one are the words:<br /> "Name of team you receive services from"<br /><br />To me this quite clearly implies that this shambolic consultation is only aimed at the very vunerable people currently using the various care services.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-520861507531902172011-10-20T14:06:13.934+01:002011-10-20T14:06:13.934+01:00Just seen the threads you started about this on TW...Just seen the threads you started about this on TW8 & W4, Phil.<br /><br />It would seem ALL the libraries in the borough have agreed to peddle this rubbish.<br /><br />Brentford, Isleworth & Hounslow all have piles of questionnaires neatly arranged underneath the 'official' LBH mauve and white poster !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-27865627653092249142011-10-19T13:36:42.240+01:002011-10-19T13:36:42.240+01:00"Do you understand that the sale or rental of..."Do you understand that the sale or rental of local care offices is necessary to achieve savings and minimise cuts to essential council services ?"<br /><br />If I had wanted to write black propaganda for the local council it would read something like that.<br /><br />Nothing better illustrates the condescending arrogance of those who consider themselves to be our betters and us to be the brainless consumers, to be humoured and patronised.Phil Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07980051462920249189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-34123413644642237672011-10-19T13:23:42.432+01:002011-10-19T13:23:42.432+01:00A four page questionnaire.
Three questions about ...A four page questionnaire.<br /><br />Three questions about the threatened changes on page one and then three pages of "Monitoring Information"/Big Brother interrogation.<br /><br />Nice to see LBH getting their priorities right !Dishonesty/Politics ?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-76218385018795259822011-10-17T15:13:02.622+01:002011-10-17T15:13:02.622+01:00The questionnaires DO exist Phil.
I picked one up...The questionnaires DO exist Phil.<br /><br />I picked one up from Isleworth library on Saturday and I've just seen them at Hounslow.<br /><br />Not got your copy yet then ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-73564044215568151972011-10-15T14:28:48.977+01:002011-10-15T14:28:48.977+01:00Are you serious?Are you serious?Phil Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07980051462920249189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-18929395120349352732011-10-15T13:29:47.945+01:002011-10-15T13:29:47.945+01:00Appearing at a library near you now: "Consul...Appearing at a library near you now: "Consultation Questionnaire - Closure of Local Offices and Relocation of Services"<br /><br />Question 1<br /> Do you understand that the sale or rental of local care offices is necessary to achieve savings and minimise cuts to essential council services ?<br /><br />Assuming that this is supposed to lead people into answering "yes" (and before 26th October mind), it's game, set & match to LBH without the need for any further questions.<br /><br />Full steam ahead for maximum closures !Dishonesty/Politics ?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837262994617763803.post-21816999737487359242011-10-03T14:15:17.398+01:002011-10-03T14:15:17.398+01:00Mogden dear Mogden
Turds still magnificent
Now mor...Mogden dear Mogden<br />Turds still magnificent<br />Now more powerful and popular than ever<br />People always talking about you<br />Some always moaning about you<br />Unrivalled wealth generation<br />Unprecedented stink generation<br />Shareholders jumping with joy<br />Residents jumping with rage<br /> <br />LBH sit in judgement and do nothing<br />Our councillors sit and do nothing<br />All must be well<br />All must be fair<br />When poo has to be processed<br />And money has to be made<br />Accountability is such an ugly word<br />Sustainability is another ugly word<br /> <br />Should we just mind our own business ?<br />What do we know about sewage farming ?<br />Some of us don't know the difference between councillors and 'the council'<br />Three cheers for Thames Water<br />Expansion equals more jobs for Peruvian lavatory attendants<br />Three jeers for the SDC<br />Mogdengate was it's Waterloo<br />Surely no longer fit for purposeOde to Mogden (revisited)noreply@blogger.com