'Terrible news about Ken'
	9:41am Fri 9 May 08
	Almost everyone who came to my surgery this week began the conversation by saying "terrible news about Ken" or some such similar lament for Mr Livingstone's demise.

	Specialist service is needed
	9:32am Fri 9 May 08
	Conservative Ealing Council is pressing ahead with a grants commissioning process that will halt council funding to Southall Black Sisters (SBS). This is a serious mistake by the council, as by its own admission, it will have an adverse impact on the services provided to black and minority ethnic women in the borough suffering from domestic violence. It could also lead to the closure of this internationally renowned organisation that has been at the forefront of helping some of the most marginalised women take control of their lives when they have been blighted by domestic violence.
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	Time to clamp down
	9:26am Fri 9 May 08
	I've become obsessive about the legalised highway robbery that allows clamping companies to immobilise vehicles and cart them off to some farm deep in the countryside where they are held to ransom just for the crime of parking for a few moments on private land.

	Disabled still fighting discrimination
	10:37am Thu 10 Apr 08
	Ealing Centre for Independent Living (ECIL) is a local charity with national ambitions. Under the dynamic leadership of Sian Vasey, it provides both a voice and a wide range of services for disabled people living in the borough.

	Vote for city's future
	10:32am Thu 10 Apr 08
	Your vote for London on May 1 is important as these elections will affect every single one of us in Ealing Southall, which is part of the Ealing and Hillingdon London Assembly division.
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	Saying an occasional 'no'
	10:29am Thu 10 Apr 08
	I'm naturally inclined to support the police when they ask for a change in the law to enable them to do their job, but I have to admit to some pretty serious doubts about the proposal to increase the period in which a terrorist suspect can be held without charge from 28 days to 42.

	Every closure a tragedy
	10:19am Thu 6 Mar 08
	MANY local communities in Ealing and Acton are in shock at the news that their local post office is to close.

	Hard questions must be asked
	10:18am Thu 6 Mar 08
	THE Post Office's proposals to close eight branches in the borough and 169 across London has prompted fierce opposition from local people and elected representatives, including myself and other local MPs, the Mayor of London and local councillors.
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	How lucky we are
	10:15am Thu 6 Mar 08
	SOMETIMES we just don't know how lucky we are.
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	Horror must be remembered
	10:19am Fri 8 Feb 08
	LAST Sunday was Holocaust Memorial Day. January 27 is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, and was chosen as the most symbolic day to remember the worst crimes against humanity in our recent history.

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