50 Years On Anti-Racist Defiance Then & Now — Sat 6 Jun 2026, 10:30 AM–5:00 PM, Villiers High School, Southall, UB1 3BT
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The Gaslighting Zone

@Southall_Wside @theCALMzone @bonappetit #StopPoisoningSouthall @SouthallGaswork

You guys are really taking the piss now, aren't you?

@Southall_Wside @theCALMzone @bonappetit @SouthallGaswork .@PHE_London report on the health impact of @Southall_Wside @SouthallGaswork:

@Southall_Wside @theCALMzone @bonappetit @SouthallGaswork @PHE_London Residents' own survey conducted a year ago:

Not sure how @theCALMzone think that #BerkeleyHomes and @Southall_Wside are in any way an appropriate partner for mental health and wellbeing? Toxic branding!

@Southall_Wside @theCALMzone @bonappetit @SouthallGaswork @PHE_London At @EalingCouncil's air quality scrutiny panel a year ago, at which I represented concerned residents, @damian_leydon (@Southall_Wside's Operations Director) said, 'The last thing we want to do is upset residents.'

@Southall_Wside @theCALMzone @bonappetit @SouthallGaswork @PHE_London @EalingCouncil @damian_leydon At the same meeting, John Freeman, @EalingCouncil's Regulatory Services Officer reported that the council had received, 'a very considerable body of complaints'.

@Southall_Wside @theCALMzone @bonappetit @SouthallGaswork @PHE_London @EalingCouncil @damian_leydon Three times I asked @damian_leydon how many residents he was willing to upset before stopping.

Three times he refused to answer.

@Southall_Wside @theCALMzone @bonappetit @SouthallGaswork @PHE_London @EalingCouncil @damian_leydon I bumped into @damian_leydon and @EalingCouncil 'Leader' @juliangbell in the corridor of power after the meeting. They were having a cosy chat presumably about their next holiday in Cannes together for the @MIPIMWorld festival.

@Southall_Wside @theCALMzone @bonappetit @SouthallGaswork @PHE_London @EalingCouncil @damian_leydon @juliangbell @MIPIMWorld I mentioned to @damian_leydon some of the personal health problems me and my family had suffered as a consequence of the stress of being forced to breathe toxic air.

Damian rolled his eyes.

@juliangbell said, 'Don't make this personal.'

@Southall_Wside @theCALMzone @bonappetit @SouthallGaswork @PHE_London @EalingCouncil @damian_leydon @juliangbell @MIPIMWorld So, @theCALMzone, I hope that you will seriously reconsider and formally review your partnership with @Southall_Wside and what it means for mental health.

Having worked for twenty years in mh, and suffered, too, imo, it's inappropriate.

@tgqwestlondon @theCALMzone @bonappetit @SouthallGaswork @EalingCouncil @damian_leydon @juliangbell @MIPIMWorld Unroll @threadreaderapp

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