| Topic: | Re:Re:Cllr Farhaan Rehman and his Lamborghini | |
| Posted by: | Guy Lambert | |
| Date/Time: | 09/12/25 16:49:00 |
| I was expelled from the Labour Party for publicly questioning council houses being built and not occupied. The good news was that they were occupied shortly after though it took several months for the flats in the High Street to be occupied (though they had been built months earlier). Meanwhile there are only 2 shops occupied in the same block. Some of the others say 'to let'(at least 5, though I think there are probably 9 without tenants) but only 3 of them are actively being marketed. I was told at the start that there were tenants ready for all 12. That was over a year ago, and the remaining tenants from Albany Parade were evicted in January. Only one has now opened a shop. This should be the lifeblood of our town centre. At least 2 shops have closed since the redevlopment because there is little passing trade. Other people who were planning to be tenants have told me they gave up because the council was so difficult to deal with. I don't know who they were because who was interested was a secret. Meanwhile Hina Mir (fined £40000 for alleged immigration and employment offences) is reselected despite also being married (or was) to a man serving 12 years for fraud (of which she knew nothing). Raghwinder Siddhu has I believe also been reselected despite his solicitor business being closed down by the Solicitors Regulation Authority after problems where the SRA observed there was "reason to suspect dishonesty". Raghwinder's wife Emma is also a councillor, also I believe reselected. Of course I guess she knew nothing about her husband's alleged dishonesty and of course she is the chairman of the Labour Group which expelled me and Amrit Mann (for alleged antisemitic behaviour which I doubt) and caused my superb ward councillor Lara Parizotta to resign because she went to a demonstration in support of Gaza residents in a dire situation. Meanwhile a Labour councillor selected to contest Chiswick Homefields (the safest Conservative seat on the council) has been to Hounslow's answer to Damascus and converted to a Conservative on the way home. I don't know if the Conservatives have selected him yet. Good luck Chiswick. Oh, and a Labour candidate in Chiswick has also resigned from the party. My real concerns are for the residents in Hounslow and all the other Councillors in the Labour group who do their best to get the council back on track. For me, I'm delighted to be out of Labour and hoping to be the first Green to be elected in Hounslow, where there is some commitment to a fair society and integrity amongst councillors. |