Investigative journalist David Marsden digs the dirt on local democracy and unearths the often uncomfortable and sometimes toxic truth in the ongoing fight for racial, social and environmental justice in Southall, London Borough of Ealing.

Marsden’s data analyses exposed council cover-ups of illegal air pollution, forced public meetings with health authorities, and helped build legal challenges to save community services.

Father of two boys, long-time Southall resident, and the voice holding power accountable in West London’s most diverse community.

Former Labour Party member (until suspended for asking inconvenient questions), independent councillor candidate, and inspiring community activist and organiser who has spent years documenting how developers and complicit politicians reshape communities without consent.

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