Archive
2026
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Lift-Off! Ealing Elections Special Massive vote loss for Mason’s Labour as Greens and ECI make historic breakthroughs.
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Who Does Peter Mason Really Represent? Peter Mason has spent this campaign accusing others of hidden allegiances. He has some of his own.
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The Man in the Middle Berkeley, Southall Community Alliance, and the Labour Candidate Who Links Them
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Computer Says No Why does the council never reply to my emails?!
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Sixty-Four Years On Your Side Three incumbents. Sixty-four years in office. Well over £1.5 million in councillor allowances. …
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The Meeting that Ended Local Democracy in Southall How the panic of July 2019 prompted the cancellation of ward forums, councillor surgeries, and …
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It Takes Two to Tango Dancing by numbers and closing children’s centres to improve them.
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The Drugs Don't Work Not when the answer to inequality is simply to move it somewhere safer politically.
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Cactuses Never Die Yousef Qandeel holds the keys to his home in a village that no longer exists. He is standing for …
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The Smell of Success Peter Mason has been shortlisted for Labour Councillor of the Year. Southall Stories investigates …
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Back to the Future Welcome to Ealing in 2010. 16 years of Labour management later, what’s changed? Complete the …
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This Is Our Home. It's a Tip. Ealing’s fly-tipping crisis is out of control and Labour’s numbers don’t add up.
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When is a Hustings not a Hustings? When West London Citizens says so.
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"This Place Has Turned Into a Bloody Slum": Southall Wards Meeting with ECI candidates Ealing Community Independents' Southall Wards Engagement Evening highlighted local grievances and …
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When "deport six million" becomes mainstream: what Ealing Labour won't tell you Ealing Labour condemns local Tory fascism, but Labour enabled the National Front in the town where …
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First They Came for the Socialists Then They Came for the Loyalists
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Canvassing with Minni Dogra: A Councillor in All But Name Southall Stories joins Ealing Community Independents candidate Minni Dogra on the campaign trail in …
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"You Never Forget the Smell of Damp": Peter Mason's Housing Record in His Own Words Peter Mason frequently discusses his challenging childhood housing experiences while facing scrutiny …
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On the Bins Again After two articles on Ealing’s fly-tipping crisis — “Bangarang” and “Boomerang” — a commenter …
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What Happened to Southall? A new report by Community Powered Reporting critically examines Ealing Council’s shortcomings …
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Boomerang! Ten Years Sorting Out Fly-tipping Fly-tipping in Ealing has doubled since the council changed waste collection to biweekly in 2016, …
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Ealing's Burning I recycled Mason’s trash talk and made a protest song out of it.
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The Broken Manifesto Promises that show how Labour is Failing Ealing Peter Mason adeptly maintains Ealing Labour’s façade of progress while consistently failing to …
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Section 106 money: where did Southall’s “developer tax” go? Over five years, Southall generated more than £13m in developer contributions but received less than …
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Bangarang! Pirate Pete and the Lost Bin Collections of Southall The Lost Boys were right all along. They saw what Peter Pan couldn’t: that refusing to grow up …
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The EA Files: What Regulators Knew About Fire Risks at Southall Recycling Site An incendiary paper trail of inspections, warnings and half-measures that makes the “unfortunate …
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How to Report Nuisance and Pollution in Ealing How the convoluted, exclusionary and ineffective reporting system seems designed to fail residents …
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The Council Investigation That Found Nothing A year-long investigation by the council into complaints about harmful practices at the Johnson …
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Demolition Man: Peter Mason's Legacy of Half-Built Homes and Hollow Promises Peter Mason’s wrecking ball housing legacy: shifting statistics, botched contracts, half-built …
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A Fire We Were Warned About Within hours of publishing an update on Southall’s Toxic Town scandal, the recycling site behind our …
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Toxic Town - Have You Been Affected? After years unable to analyse the contamination data, AI has finally revealed what authorities …
2025
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Ealing For Sale Ealing Council’s 2023 strategy document officially confirms what began in 2007 with the …
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Save Ealing Children’s Centres Campaign Update The Save Ealing Children’s Centres campaign raised over £5,000 in just eight days to fund …
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The Pied Piper of Ealing A school performance of The Pied Piper becomes a perfect metaphor for local politics, where broken …
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So it Goes: AI on the Absurd Logic of Ealing Council Two AI hosts discover the perfect mathematical logic of closing children’s centres while …
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Perceval House W5: Where Local Democracy in Ealing Goes to Die An exposé of how Ealing Council’s circular bureaucracy makes democratic accountability …
2024
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Southall Odours A resident’s morning walk through Southall reveals the multiple sources of air pollution - …
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COPD Living with chronic lung disease in Britain’s most polluted community, where personal health …
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The Cuckoo's Nest Despite twenty years of resident surveys and failed plans, Ealing Council’s latest Southall …
2023
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Developers, if you Really Want to Help A resident’s response to developers proposing a massive data centre in Southall challenges …
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ToryBoy Inspired by a filmmaker’s failed attempt to unseat an invisible Labour MP, David …
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Risks to Health from Remediating Southall Gasworks Google’s AI provides more ethical guidance than Ealing Council leaders, recommending that …
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I am the Leader of Ealing Council When asked how to handle toxic air pollution complaints while accepting £30,000 from the polluting …
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Response to Ealing's Air Quality Strategy and Action Plan Ealing Council’s draft air quality strategy promises to protect residents from pollution while …
2022
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The Property Lobby: the Hidden Reality behind the Housing Crisis in Ealing How property developers paid Ealing councillors to holiday in Cannes while planning 14,800 new homes …
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Weasel Words on Air Quality Monitoring Ealing Labour Council has shown negligence towards the health of Southall’s schoolchildren by …
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Ealing Monopoly An exclusive group of wealthy, mostly white men conspired to profit from Ealing’s public …
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Ealing Labour Leaks Leaked WhatsApp messages from Ealing Labour councillors reveal internal conflicts, allegations of …
2021
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Questions for Cabinet Leads Concerns have been raised regarding the impact of air pollution from the Southall Gasworks site on …
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From the Southall Big Plan AGM in 2017 Elected representatives continue to neglect longstanding issues in Southall, exacerbating problems …
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Look at these Bricks! The text discusses the progress and promises regarding the construction of genuinely affordable …
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Strawberries for Pigs? A father’s discovery that his child’s garden strawberries were poisoned by toxic air …
2020
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High Traffic Neighbourhood An hour-long school run through Southall’s traffic gridlock reveals how ‘improving …
2019
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Trigger Vote for Sharma Why Southall MP Virendra Sharma faced a trigger ballot in 2019: years of invisibility on local …
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The Gaslighting Zone Residents express frustration over toxic air quality and question the appropriateness of …
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Southall under Siege: the Neighbours from Hell For years, residents of Britain’s most diverse community were forced to breathe carcinogenic …
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PHE cover-up, continued This forensic analysis exposes a sophisticated data manipulation operation where Public Health …
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Naphthalene Poisoning Risk in People of African and Asian Heritage Research indicates that people of Asian and African descent are more vulnerable to naphthalene …
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PHE cover-up? Benzene levels significantly exceeded safety standards in early 2019, contradicting reassurances by …
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The Health and Other Impacts of Southall Waterside on Southall & Hayes Residents Residents express significant health concerns and property damage due to the Southall Waterside …
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Pull the Other One, Julian Julian Bell, the leader of Ealing Council, controversially downplayed air quality concerns at a …
2018
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Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics? Searched project for “Berkeley Group statistical manipulation benzene levels unit conversion mg/m3 …
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Countering the Southall Waterside Narrative Berkeley’s Southall Waterside narrative is systematically dismantled through exposure of their …
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Berkeley's School Governors Board Member Concerns have been raised about air pollution from the Berkeley Group’s construction affecting …
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Health Risks of Exposure to Benzene Benzene exposure, even at low levels, poses significant health risks including cancer, neurological …
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Meeting Berkeley Group A meeting with Berkeley Group representatives left local residents feeling misled and disrespected, …
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Visit to Southall Waterside (aka The Green Quarter) Concerns are raised over the safety and environmental impact of the Southall Waterside development …