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Opposition Tory group on the Harrow council has failed to produce a shadow budget which they owe to the residents, but instead indulges in political point-scoring about the general election results in Harrow. They asked the forthcoming Council meeting to debate a motion regarding the local outcome of the 2019 general election. The mischievous motionContinue reading “No to Tory play!”

Whilst all councils are expected to develop and implement a Suicide Prevention Action Plan, and many have, Harrow currently does not have an up to date Plan. Documents before the forthcoming Health and Wellbeing Board inform that a coordinated and new Plan is required which will enable a strategic approach to suicide prevention, particularly whereContinue reading “Harrow much behind in suicide prevention measures”

Hustings after dustings in Harrow, Bob Blackman, than Tory candidate and now MP for Harrow East, assured that NHS is not up for sale – but it is! After misleading Harrow residents this way, he sought temple blessings in vote capturing exercise without any confession. It would be difficult to disagree with those who sayContinue reading “Blackman not honest about NHS”

Politics around the world is now more aggressive, vicious and divisive – be nasty and win, be nice and lose! In Harrow both Harrow MPs retained their seat, seemingly through divisiveness, though differently. Harrow East Tory MP Bob Blackman does not hide the sense of extensively using temples and temple communities for votes, as hisContinue reading “Harrow divisive politics”

As the Harrow MPs have managed to retain their seats, through whatever means they could, they should now concentrate more on addressing the challenges that Harrow faces. Harrow Council is one of the lowest funded councils in London and it is estimated that by 2020-21 the council will have to find £125 million to balanceContinue reading “Harrow matters!”

General election 2019 gave a sense of ‘presidential’ election with an overriding objective to defeat/oust Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn who constantly faced smear campaigns from within and seemingly from outside Britain. Divisiveness worked and Tory candidate Bob Blackman retained his Harrow East seat. No doubt he would keep supporting government policies and practices which haveContinue reading “Election 2019 – Harrow (final)”

Latest leaflet from Lisa-Maria Bornemann informs that at the European election earlier this year, the Liberal Democrat in Harrow gained their highest vote share in a national election for over a decade. Apparently their vote share increased by 19 per cent (2017 general election and 2019 European election) while Labour were down 28 per centContinue reading “Election 2019 – Harrow West (3)”

Harrow could do well with at least one MP who could really champion social justice and equality, given the level of deprivation, vulnerability and disability in Harrow due to the government’s socio-economic policies and practices which have differential impact on groups of people and which have not been effectively dealt with – if they couldContinue reading “Election 2019 – Harrow East/West”

Tory candidate for Harrow East Bob Blackman is number 510 on the People-Power Index, a measure to see how hard MPs work. The assessment criteria include MP’s availability to their constituents, participation in parliament and how an MP listens to the public, representing all constituents. So what Mr Blackman does to remain in Harrow EastContinue reading “Election 2019 – Harrow East (3)”

In an interview with the Muslim News the then Labour/Co-operative MP for Harrow West Mr Thomas (Coop chair 2001-2019) felt that “Muslim should vote Coop” and  said that Muslim and Coop values “lean the same way” and thought that there’s significant overlap between the Coop and Muslims. “I would support a Muslim credit union thatContinue reading “Election 2019 – Harrow West (2)”