๐๏ธ We celebrated the half-way mark of Barlby Road new homes scheme which will provide 83 new homes, 38 at social rent and 10 for key workers as well as a multi-use sports hall. This is part of our commitment to providing quality, safe and warm homes.
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Palantirโs software helps the police catch criminal gangs, root out misconduct, and protect women from abusive partners. The Met Police wants this software to keep Londoners safe, but @SadiqKhan prefers sending political messages to Washington. Read my op-ed in @theLDNstandard โฌ๏ธ
You may not agree with me, but you will always know where you stand with me.
Today in Billericay, a heckler tried to shout me down as I spoke about the normalisation of hatred towards Jews. I did not back down, because it needs to be said. British Jews are being targeted and too many people are pretending this is the same experience of other minorities. This lady implied Muslims are being similarly targeted. This is simply not true.
Let's be honest about what is happening. Certain groups (in particular but not solely Islamic Extremists) are creating a climate of fear and intimidation that is normalising Jew hatred. I will never stand for that. Governments have spent too long hand-wringing, making excuses and hoping it would go away. It is time to call this what it is: a national emergency in our attitude, our urgency and our response.
I will always engage with people who disagree with me. That is politics. But there is a difference between argument and intimidation. Shouting does not make a bad case good. It's done to silence others. And it certainly does not change the truth.
The truth is that British Jews have been made to feel less safe in their own country. Our country. They are being singled out, threatened and harassed in ways that should shame everyone in public life. If we do not stand up now and stop this rise in antisemitism, then why bother saying "Never Again" at Holocaust Memorial Day? Because this is how it starts.
I am not prepared to play along with the pretence that this is normal, or manageable, or just another example of tension between groups. It really is not. It is targeted hatred and it is getting worse.
So my message is simple. Not here. Not in Britain. And not on our watch. We need to stop the hand-wringing and start doing the right thing. That means standing with British Jews openly, unapologetically and without fear.
Tomorrow, vote for cheaper energy, safer streets, stronger high streets, a stronger economy, and a stronger country.
Vote Conservative and get Britain working again!
Thanks to @griffitha MP for supporting @KCFConservative in Notting Hill today. Lots of support for our brilliant Pembridge ward team:
Georgia Hardisty โ๏ธ
Natacha Tannous โ๏ธ
to keep RBKC under @Conservatives control for top class local services and good value for money.
#RBKC is central Londonโs only Conservative council โ and it shows! Under Conservative leadership, Kensington & Chelsea delivers some of the best services anywhere in the capital, while still providing value for money for residents. We have:
โข ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐-๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
โข ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก-๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ
โข ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฌ
โข ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐๐งโ๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ rated among the very best by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission
On May 7th, do not risk โ ๏ธ losing the services that make this borough such a great place to live ๐
Vote ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐ & ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ for #PembridgeWard on May 7th ๐โจ
Polling station: Kensington Temple โช๏ธ
#Pembridge #Kensington #London
Promoted by Natacha Tannous Ritchie,
44 Southern Row W10
Delighted to see our South Kensington Station included in the TfL Business Plan which following hard work, lobbying and the Councilโs multi-million contribution, will now include the Piccadilly Line in step free access to ALL platforms @RBKC
Here in black and white is the impact on @RBKC , its residents and its local charities.
All being punished by the incompetents in Government and their local stooges @josephpowell and @ChelFulhamBen
What was an ยฃ82m black hole in our finances has increased to over ยฃ100m.
As a sleight of hand theyโve now lifted the council tax referendum.
Meaning the choice is to punish residents with inflation busting tax rises or drastically cut services.
After months of supposed lobbying, Inner London MPs including @josephpowell and @ChelFulhamBen have managed to make their boroughs worse off!
I know that when Labour negotiate the country loses - but I didnโt think theyโd all be quite so able to make a bad situation worse.
After all the mayhem, the pre-budget briefings and Treasury hysteria about OBR growth downgrades, it turns out that if the chancellor had done precisely zilch yesterday, she would have almost met her main fiscal target, to generate a surplus on day-to-day spending. The miss would have been a rounding error ยฃ2bn.
In fact, without her humiliating welfare u-turns - on disability benefit reforms and means testing the winter fuel payment - she would have hit that target by a slim ยฃ4.4bn.
In other words the funding benefits of the ยฃ44bn of tax rises in last yearโs budget were not wiped out by the Office for Budget Responsibilityโs decision to downgrade its productivity and growth forecasts - for all the Chancellorโs very public frustration with that downgrade.
Her fuss over the downgrade - which did happen, and which added ยฃ16bn to the deficit five yearโs hence - was a red herring, a canard, a conjurorโs โlook over there, not at what am I actually doing.โ
Because the OBR simultaneously calculated that the yield from existing taxes would fill that productivity induced hole almost twice over!
So this was in no sense a fiscal and economic crisis budget. Her ยฃ26bn of tax rises were the Chancellorโs choice, not a necessity.
For her personally and for her prime minister however there was a political crisis. Because they feared they were losing the confidence of Labour MPs and could lose the confidence of investors.
So pretty much every penny of that ยฃ26bn in higher taxes had a political purpose - to placate MPs who wanted Starmerโs government to show more zeal in helping families on the lowest earnings, to cut energy, prescription and rail bills, and to prove to investors they are not red Liz-Trusses by adding ยฃ12bn to the headroom or buffer against future shocks.
The big unanswered political question is whether placating Labour MPs and the mega investors is also addressing the nationโs priorities. On that hinges how Labour will perform in those important May elections, and whether the eviction of Reeves and Starmer is cancelled or merely delayed.
@KirstieMAllsopp@CemKemahli@paulpowlesland@RBKC Hi Kirstie, half of the tree had failed in strong winds late last week. There was extensive damage to the remains of the tree, which would have required removal and only left about 40% of the original tree.
At a wonderful @macmillancancer coffee morning, organised by Karen and Alexandra. Lots of chats, cakes and a great cause. Thank you both & the @cadoganhotel#knightsbridge