1:40 @damian_leydon 'We had to shut the site for 2 days when it snowed, it was unsafe... it cost me a lot of money to shut the site, but it was the right decision... We all know that ice can be dangerous!'
#SouthallLivesMatter
2:07 Visitor: 'Can we go into the soil hospital?'
@damian_leydon 'Er... no. No we won't be able to go in there today.'
#SouthallWaterside #MakingSouthallStink #Southall
Old story, but: 'Berkeley Homes is threatening hundreds of homebuyers with bankruptcy...' @BerkeleyGroupUK #SouthallWaterside #BuyerBeware #BrexitShambles
.@VirendraSharma said, 'We need to oppose the development of the gas works site' by @BerkeleyGroupUK:
1:20 'It will be a burden on the local community, it will be a disaster environmentally...'
less than a minute later, @VirendraSharma was all for it, of course, cosying up to 'Mr Boris'.
Of course, it was that clown, @BorisJohnson who undemocratically overruled elected local authorities @Hillingdon and @EalingCouncil @juliangbell. #SouthallShambles
We all know that ice can be dangerous. Of course. What about benzene and asbestos, some of the contaminants being 'cleaned' in the soil 'hospital' @damian_leydon @VirendraSharma @juliangbell @journo_martinp? #SouthallWaterside
Of course, it was Tim Metcalf, aggregates and asphalt director at @FMConwayltd who said, 'Only water vapour is emitted by the [Heathrow] plant’s chimney stack.' #MakingSouthallStinkgetwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-lond…
Which doesn't tally with what @Hillingdon's environmental protection officer told me, that @FMConwayltd increased the height of the chimney by 10m, 'to better disperse the odours.' Oops!
So, we know that @FMConwayltd, best buddies with @BerkeleyGroupUK, are lying shits, who don't give fuck about people. Who knew? #SouthallLivesMatter
Tim Metcalf, again: @FMConwayltd's Heathrow Asphalt plant has 'never been closed down for any infringement of our environmental permit.'
.@EalingCouncil 'leader' and @VirendraSharma researcher @juliangbell: 'FMConway were shut down by Hillingdon Council for around 2 weeks after being served an enforcement notice in spring of this year.'
Weasel words from Ealing Labour Council, who for six years have shown utter contempt for the health and wellbeing of Southall's schoolchildren forced to live in the toxic stink created by Berkeley Group's unsafe development of the old Gasworks site. 1/11
Take Blair Peach Primary School, adjacent to the highly contaminated old Gasworks site in Southall.
In 2016, Ealing Labour Council removed a functioning air quality monitor from the school grounds.
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Shortly after, Berkeley Group began digging up the toxic land in the open air.
The head teacher of Blair Peach Primary School reported to the school governors very strong smells from the gasworks site caused headaches and asthma among staff and children.
Who wants to know more about how, twelve years ago, an exclusive group of rich, mostly white, middle aged men in suits planned to take advantage of the financial crash and austerity politics to sell Ealing's public land and buildings for profit like they were playing monopoly?
A few familiar and influential names including, of course, the late Tony Pidgley of Berkeley Group and Southall Gasworks infamy.
A five year plan to sell off our public assets for £20m profit.
Not a single one of these men was elected to do so.
Talking of Southall Gasworks.
Has Southall been successfully positioned to capitalise on opportunities arising from Asia?
My source has obviously said that it's ok to publish these.
I've edited the screenshots to remove some names. I don't want to embarrass people unnecessarily, or make them feel like they are being attacked.
Focus is on Labour leadership.
Also going to take it slow, so maybe more of a drip, drip drip than a full on Wikileaks style dump.
These are from unofficial Ealing Labour councilllor group chats from the time of current leader Mason's failed coup attempt in 2020, to his successful second attempt in 2021.
Questions for Cllrs @_petermason, @DrAyshaRaza, @jkblacker, @JasbirAnand2 and @kamnagpal on tackling inequalities, healthy lives, thriving communities, a fairer start, specifically in reference to the ongoing air pollution and odour nuisance from the old Southall Gasworks site.
1) Why was there no Equalities Impact Assessment, taking into account the local area's existing economic and health inequalities?
2) Why weren't local residents informed about the risks (including potentially fatal genetic vulnerability of some Asian and Black people to naphthalene poisoning) beforehand?