| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Time to Break Labour Stranglehold of Ealing | |
| Posted by: | Steve Chilcott | |
| Date/Time: | 26/03/26 13:09:00 |
| It is genuinely startling that anyone could still be considering a vote for Labour after its record of failure, both nationally and here in Ealing. Nationally, we are living with the most unpopular Prime Minister on record. Locally, the picture is no better. Ealing Council has been criticised by the Housing Ombudsman for “severe maladministration”; its landlord function has been under a Regulatory Notice for non-compliance since 2022; and the Care Quality Commission has rated its social care services as “requiring improvement.” This is not partisan rhetoric — it is the judgement of independent regulators. On top of this, residents are being hit with regressive taxation dressed up as environmental virtue. The council’s anti-car ideology has generated huge sums through enforcement rather than persuasion, including an astonishing £15 million raised from School Streets fines alone. That is not progressive policy — it is revenue extraction that disproportionately affects ordinary working families, carers, and small businesses. And let’s be clear: switching to the Liberal Democrats or the Greens will not stop this. On transport, enforcement, and restrictions on drivers, both parties would push these policies even further. For anyone who relies on a car or van, things would only get worse. But there is an alternative. Reform UK is coming — and we will be standing across the entire borough! |