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Posted by: Gordon Southwell
Date/Time: 21/10/26 08:28:00

Simon, you don't know I am a staunch supporter of Labour because I am not. If you search through this forum, you will find plenty of occasions when I am critical of them.

I am a staunch supporter of facts based analysis of local matters and a staunch opponent of partisan attitudes that rule out any consideration of nuance or complexity in what people in positions of authority have to deal with. The reflexive approach of you and others that everything that this council does is wrong is counterproductive because your criticism have no force even if you have identified genuine incompetence or bad policy.

Labour's decision to agree in principle to a three year lease on the park was done transparently and they have laid out their reasons for doing it. You may disagree with it, and I fully understand why many do but they haven't been dishonest. There may be commercially sensitive aspects to this that we are not being told but not revealing this is not in anyway peddling falsehood.

The application will now have to go to a planning committee. Although Labour has a majority and can in theory push through any application, ultimately the decision has to be based on planning law. This will include a series of statutory public protections for open spaces. If objectors can show the plan is illegal it won't happen.

Your argument about not everyone being interested in the theatre misses the bigger point here. The centre of Ealing appears to be failing. Filmworks and Dickens Yard have tumbleweed rolling through them and the Broadway shopping centre is much less busy than it used to be with a poorer range of shops. Something needs to be done.

I don't know if a theatre forms part of a Labour masterplan to revitalise the centre but, if it did, it seems like a sensible approach. It could also be the case that they are so desperate for cash, the small increase in income from a three year lease is seen as justifying the backlash.

Neither you or I know the full story. The difference is, I don't automatically assume that everything the council does is wrong. I will look at the application including the reports on the impact on the park, consider whether there is any real prospect of the end result being a permanent theatre, and decide accordingly.


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Walpole Park theatre 02/09/26 14:56:00 Simon Hayes
   Re:Walpole Park theatre 02/09/26 15:09:00 Rosco White
      Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 02/09/26 17:25:00 Simon Hayes
         Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 02/09/26 18:40:00 Tricia Arbuthnot
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 02/09/26 19:47:00 Simon Hayes
      Reply21/10/26 09:01:00 Simon Hayes
   Re:Walpole Park theatre 03/09/26 17:42:00 Tom Challenor
      Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 03/09/26 18:09:00 Rosco White
         Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 03/09/26 18:24:00 Simon Hayes
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 06/09/26 15:51:00 Colin Goodman
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 06/09/26 17:02:00 Rosco White
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 08/09/26 15:42:00 Simon Hayes
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 09/09/26 21:08:00 Simon Hayes
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 09/09/26 21:55:00 Peter Tolhust
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 10/09/26 08:51:00 Rosco White
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 10/09/26 11:12:00 Simon Hayes
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 10/09/26 12:14:00 Rosco White
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 11/09/26 08:08:00 Colin Goodman
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 11/09/26 12:00:00 N V Brooks
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 12/09/26 11:00:00 Susan Hamlyn
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 12/09/26 12:29:00 Rosco White
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Walpole Park theatre 14/09/26 07:46:00 Colin Goodman
   Follow “Save Walpole” on FB Instagram and X17/09/26 14:51:00 Sharon Bewley
      Re:Follow “Save Walpole” on FB Instagram and X17/09/26 15:40:00 Rosco White
         Re:Re:Follow “Save Walpole” on FB Instagram and X17/09/26 18:50:00 Simon Hayes
            Re:Re:Re:Follow “Save Walpole” on FB Instagram and X17/09/26 21:32:00 Colin Goodman
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Follow “Save Walpole” on FB Instagram and X17/09/26 22:08:00 Arthur Breens
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Follow “Save Walpole” on FB Instagram and X18/09/26 10:56:00 Sharon Bewley
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Follow “Save Walpole” on FB Instagram and X18/09/26 10:56:00 Sharon Bewley
                     Re: We should be supporting the theatre we already have - Questors...21/09/26 00:44:00 Philippa Bond
                     Re:  We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on21/09/26 01:47:00 Philippa Bond
                        Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on24/09/26 13:57:00 Arthur Breens
                           Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on24/09/26 17:06:00 Simon Hayes
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on24/09/26 20:33:00 Keith Iddon
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on24/09/26 21:00:00 Simon Hayes
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on26/09/26 20:26:00 Philippa Bond
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on26/09/26 20:40:00 Keith Iddon
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on26/09/26 23:52:00 Peter Yale
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on27/09/26 11:13:00 Peter Tolhust
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on27/09/26 20:22:00 Rosco White
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on28/09/26 14:14:00 Philippa Bond
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on28/09/26 16:55:00 Simon Hayes
                                                      Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on28/09/26 21:47:00 Philippa Bond
                                                         Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on28/09/26 22:04:00 Simon Hayes
                                                            Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on29/09/26 12:40:00 Philippa Bond
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on29/09/26 13:10:00 Simon Hayes
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:   We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on29/09/26 14:35:00 Keith Iddon
                                                                     Re: We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on29/09/26 15:28:00 Philippa Bond
                                                                        Re:Re: We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on29/09/26 15:33:00 Keith Iddon
                                                                           Re:Re:Re: We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on29/09/26 16:06:00 Simon Hayes
                                                                              Re:Re:Re:Re: We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on30/09/26 14:37:00 N V Brooks
                                                                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: We should also be supporting Questors - check out what's on30/09/26 16:26:00 Rosco White
   Reply16/10/26 13:00:00 Christine Mulligan
      Reply16/10/26 13:22:00 N V Brooks
         Reply16/10/26 13:54:00 Simon Hayes
            Reply19/10/26 08:32:00 Christine Mulligan
               Reply19/10/26 10:02:00 N V Brooks
                  Reply19/10/26 11:18:00 Gordon Southwell
                     Reply19/10/26 14:01:00 Simon Hayes
                        Reply19/10/26 16:03:00 Gordon Southwell
                           Reply19/10/26 17:57:00 Peter King
                              Reply20/10/26 08:51:00 Mark Evans
                                 Reply20/10/26 16:07:00 Gordon Southwell
                                    Reply20/10/26 16:50:00 Simon Hayes
                                       Reply20/10/26 20:34:00 Rosco White
                                          Reply20/10/26 21:29:00 N V Brooks
                                       Reply21/10/26 08:28:00 Gordon Southwell

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