3 Spies, 3 Lord Mayors & Gilford Law From The Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office London

Gilford Law became Director-General of the London Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in 2021. Subsequently Law has posed for photographs with each of the three men who have been Lord Mayor of London since he took up his post and he’s participated in their local authority events. Meanwhile, as recent spy stories splashed across the international press illustrate, this Economic and Trade Office has run amok harassing Hong Kong pro-democracy activists who had settled in the UK. Worse still, one of those apparently paid by the Economic and Trade Office to carry out this intimidation was also a City of London Police special constable – a member of a force overseen by the local council headed by the Lord Mayor of London.

City Of London Council Caught Using Anti-Democratic Tricks To Force The Demolition Of Bastion House & The Museum Of London Through Planning

There were points in the meeting at which Joshi seemed to know in advance what was about to happen. When Brian Mooney raised his hand on a point of order to propose, for the first time, that the committee move directly to a vote, Joshi asked him (at 3:25:56) whether he wanted to rise on a point of order. But how did Joshi know that was what Mooney wanted to do, as opposed to just asking a question? Was Mooney the fall guy selected by the establishment to do its dirty work of preventing a debate, which he initially bungled by raising a point of order before questions asked by another member could be answered? Joshi then seemed to guide Mooney on timing by suggesting that he raise the point after questions. Joshi showed no surprise at all that this anti-democratic proposal had been made, or any inclination to exercise his discretion under standing orders to disallow it.

The National Press On How The Chinese Property Crisis Could Rock The City Of London’s Foundations

We know that a fair number of the readers of this blog both come from and/or support our local authority’s Guildhall establishment, whereas others hold progressive views on the democratic reform of the City of London council – which may begin with the abolition of the business vote, but by no means ends there. Having, then, to take account of readers who are both attentive and diversely influential, we would guess that a good half of them have already read the story about the impact of the Chinese property crisis on the City of London carried by The Times earlier this month. Since this piece is of relevance to the arguments around the redevelopment/repurposing of London Wall West, we thought we’d reproduce it here for the benefit of our supporters who don’t read the right-wing press – and therefore may have missed it.

Disability & The Police Compound On Middlesex Street Estate

At the Capital Buildings Board meeting of 10 May 2023 Oliver Sells whinged about the amount of money being spent on installing cycle lifts – detailed as part of the report about the alleged benefits to residents’ from the police hub refurbishments at Middlesex Street Estate and its impact on service charges. The November 2022 consultation responses revealed significant issues, potentially, for mobility impaired residents, but these were not referred to by the Chair Michael Snyder or the officers when Councillor Sells raised his financial concerns. It’s worrying that the comments relating to the needs of people who rely on wheelchairs and invalid carriages seem to have been overlooked. Are the proposed cycle lifts going to be spacious enough to accommodate these essential disability aids? The needs of people with baby buggies should also be taken into account.

Middlesex Street Estate: A Case Study In Local Authority Incompetence & Neglect

At a recent City Question Time event, one question addressed a lack of basic and necessary amenities and effective management on the Middlesex Street Estate. There has, as yet, been no detailed response to this from City of London council boss Chris Hayward – who makes some general comments by way of reply at the meeting and states the specific issues raised will be addressed by council officers later.

City Of London Solstice Round Up: Michael Snyder, Chris Hayward, Luis Tilleria & A Cast Of Cronies

Council leader Chris Hayward’s defence of the outrageously poor value for money the Golden Key event represents was absurd but it fits into a long standing pattern of council vanity spending and rhetoric. What really puzzled some of those following City of London council politics recently were Hayward’s antics at the policy & resources committee meeting of 15 December 2022. This meeting saw the awarding of Asset of Community Value (ACV) status to Simpsons Tavern but not St Brides Tavern, offering the former some protection from developers but not the latter.

City’s Absurd Justice Quarter Project Brings Collateral Damage To The Middlesex Street Estate With Plan To Carve A Police Facility Out Of A Social Housing Tower

The new problems with City police finances that have piled up as a result of ill-thought through attempts to resolve existing ones, can be laid squarely at the feet of Chris Hayward and James Thomson. Both these City councillors turned up to sell the permanent police compound scheme at Petticoat Tower to Middlesex Street Estate residents at a meeting on 2 November 2022. Middlesex Street residents, who have already been inconvenienced by the temporary police use of their parking spaces, aren’t convinced expanding this imposition and making it permanent is in any way a reasonable proposition. A densely populated housing estate is a less than ideal location for a police compound with changing rooms and administration facilities for officers, as well as parking for emergency vehicles and kennels for police dogs.

Chris Hayward, Keltbray & Public Perceptions Of Probity

The Policy Chair (boss) of the City of London council, Chris Hayward, was recently appointed as a “consultant” at Keltbray, an engineering and construction company. In March 2021, Keltbray announced that it had been appointed by the City Corporation to carry out the first phase of works for the new Museum of London. In January 2022, it was announced that Keltbray had been appointed by the City Corporation to carry out the demolition works in preparation for the construction of the “Fleet Street Justice Quarter”. For the leader of a council to accept an appointment with a construction company to which the local authority he heads had recently awarded major contracts, shows scant regard for public perceptions of probity.

What Is The City Of London Proposing To Do About Its Town Clerk Gendering A Non-Binary Councillor?

At last Thursday’s City of London council meeting the town clerk, John Barradell, twice used a gendered term to address non-binary councillor Edward Lord. We’d like to know what the City of London council is proposing to do about Barradell behaving in this discriminatory way. Are they going to provide him with some form of training and/or discipline him? If no action is seen to be taken the council will effectively be signalling that its chambers are not a safe space for all its members.

Mark Wheatley, Chris Hayward & The Recommendation To Retain The Guildhall’s William Beckford Slaver Statue

Reuters ran a story yesterday about an apparent City of London council U-turn on the decision to remove slaver statues from its Guildhall headquarters. This was picked up initially by Eastern Eye and then by UK national rags The Times and The Telegraph. The Reuters template for the piece was only subjected to minor tinkering before appearing in different outlets. What the media to date has failed to pick up on are the political backgrounds of those on the council committee that made the recommendation, something a diligent and unbiased journalist would have reported.

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