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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters
Posted by: Vanessa Smith
Date/Time: 20/04/23 11:57:00

Well, there is Brentford Today & TV #Debate not Hate# - which is very on the ball and does cover a wide area of the borough. But - one of the things about getting older is the remembrance of days past - when local reporters turned up at council meetings and waylaid councillors or even 'phoned them at home, and people knew who councillors were, and even went along to council meetings to hear for themselves. All gone along with the Dodo, everything is sanitised and there is precious little discourse. Also the council had an active and in touch Press Office  - that seems to have been replaced by a 'Comms' section , problem being as I remarked to a senior council office last week, that they do not seem to 'comm' much at all outside of Hounslow House, and it now seems the majority of the people who were there now work from home. There are just some jobs you cannot do from the end of a laptop. Personally I like Guy Lambert's poodle through his week, which is a damned site more than we get from most of them, and he answers e-mails and deals with them himself instead of just doing the 'Postman Pat' - just forwarding correspondence from constituent to officer, and not following anything up. But similarly how many people buy and read a daily newspaper now? I do, but that is another thing that younger people don't do, and we all know how social media warps things, and that is widely read. Really, you get what you deserve, so to change things get involved locally, ask the awkward questions and stand your ground.

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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Hounslow Matters01/04/23 09:36:00 John William Selfe
   Re:Hounslow Matters01/04/23 11:42:00 Elaine Stevens
   Re:Hounslow Matters01/04/23 15:21:00 Anne England
      Re:Re:Hounslow Matters01/04/23 17:01:00 Guy Lambert
         Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters01/04/23 17:26:00 Sarah Felstead
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters01/04/23 17:37:00 Joan Adamson
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters01/04/23 19:05:00 Guy Lambert
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters01/04/23 19:24:00 Sarah Felstead
   Re:Hounslow Matters01/04/23 19:26:00 John William Selfe
      Re:Re:Hounslow Matters01/04/23 19:45:00 Jim Lawes
   Re:Hounslow Matters07/04/23 12:13:00 Tracie Dudley Craig
      Re:Re:Hounslow Matters07/04/23 17:00:00 Anne England
   Re:Hounslow Matters08/04/23 07:34:00 Susan Kelly
      Re:Re:Hounslow Matters16/04/23 09:07:00 Raymond Havelock
         Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters16/04/23 10:28:00 Vanessa Smith
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters18/04/23 08:21:00 Raymond Havelock
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters18/04/23 11:20:00 Sarah Felstead
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters18/04/23 14:14:00 Guy Lambert
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters18/04/23 16:34:00 Vanessa Smith
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters18/04/23 17:27:00 Guy Lambert
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters19/04/23 08:07:00 Vanessa Smith
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters19/04/23 17:50:00 Simon Hayes
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters20/04/23 11:57:00 Vanessa Smith
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters20/04/23 16:17:00 Simon Hayes
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters21/04/23 09:59:00 Vanessa Smith
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters25/04/23 12:09:00 Jim Lawes
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters29/04/23 07:36:00 Guy Lambert
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hounslow Matters29/04/23 10:18:00 Vanessa Smith

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