Hackney chitter-chatter &tc
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Starry Wisdom
wasn't the itnet bollocks under his leadership?
e2a: not quite: although he was a councillor at the time
Fozzie Bear
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oh GOD!
Just.....NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know, it's just... I KNOW!!!
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
that was a long time ago! I worked in Hackney at the time - very stressful for tenants as hb was taking months to sort out
What a load of bollocks.
Students want salad! Anger as Stoke Newington leisure centre charges £1.30 for access to cafe
Students want salad! Anger as Stoke Newington leisure centre charges £1.30 for access to cafe
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Starry Wisdom
yeh i remember being taken to court for non-payment of council tax and all the other people who appeared on the same day complained about itnet and the magistrates ordered the council to sort out my benefits.that was a long time ago! I worked in Hackney at the time - very stressful for tenants as hb was taking months to sort out
Fozzie Bear
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Iirc the council blamed the fiasco on it being a hung council where no party had overall control. It was dire.
Inevitably when Hackney Independent (who had protested against the ITnet fiasco as Hackney IWCA and sorted out legal advice for tenants etc) were running a good election campaign in Haggerston, the Labour leaflets were all about "not returning to hung council chaos".
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Starry Wisdom
yeh they *claimed* it was noc, but as i recall there was a lab-tory alliance to prevent the lib dems getting anything.Iirc the council blamed the fiasco on it being a hung council where no party had overall control. It was dire.
Inevitably when Hackney Independent (who had protested against the ITnet fiasco as Hackney IWCA and sorted out legal advice for tenants etc) were running a good election campaign in Haggerston, the Labour leaflets were all about "not returning to hung council chaos".
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Starry Wisdom
yeh: from wikipediaIirc the council blamed the fiasco on it being a hung council where no party had overall control. It was dire.
Inevitably when Hackney Independent (who had protested against the ITnet fiasco as Hackney IWCA and sorted out legal advice for tenants etc) were running a good election campaign in Haggerston, the Labour leaflets were all about "not returning to hung council chaos".
There was a brief period when John McCafferty led a minority administration followed by a loose coalition of Hackney New Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives. By the 1998 election all but two of the Hackney New Labour councillors defected to either the Liberal Democrats or the Conservatives, and a coalition was launched after the council between the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives and two Green Party councillors. After this there was a coalition between Labour led by Jules Pipe and the Conservatives led by Eric Ollerenshaw. After the 2002 borough elections, Labour returned as the majority party.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Mabley Green
Just became aware of this, the Mabley Green edible garden, they are currently planting an orchard , apples, pears, figs, plums, quinces (I think)
Sounds good to me!
Just became aware of this, the Mabley Green edible garden, they are currently planting an orchard , apples, pears, figs, plums, quinces (I think)
Sounds good to me!
A friend's got an allotment near there. Will have to have a look the next time I'm over that way.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
It's not somewhere go to a lot, first noticed it during the Olympics work, when I had a few walks around the area , it is by a busy road, but it seems very popular.
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Starry Wisdom
when i used to live on the kingsmead in the winter you'd get a layer of fog on mabley green a few feet high
it brightened the place up
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
And Lea Bridge Road. Good job it's a bank holiday weekend and less traffic than usual.
Traffic's backed all the way up Kingsland Rd from the junction with Bethnal Green to the canal. Thought it was a bit strange until I cut along Old St to discover that's completely closed between Shoreditch and the Old St roundabout. Lots of police and forensics people. Seems there was a hit and run last night, with one person killed. 
Man, 21, killed in Old Street hit and run
Man, 21, killed in Old Street hit and run
newbie
undisambiguated
I've come all the way from south of the river to post this...
Dear Friends
Wherever you are in the UK, please sign and circulate this online petition in support of your fellow BECTU members at The Rio Dalston, a small community cinema in East London, where staff have decided enough is enough and have voted by 94% to ballot for industrial action over fair pay:
PATRICK LYONS, CHAIR RIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS : SUPPORT THE RIO CINEMA STAFF
These are the small people, rarely in the limelight, isolated and put upon, unlikely to have much industrial muscle to flex, who love their work and don't want to damage their local community. These are exactly the people who need our support most as, collectively, we can create a storm of signatures for them, we can roar across social media for them, we can call upon community leaders to stand up for them and together we can help right the wrongs in this small corner of East London.
The story can be found in full on the BECTU website Rio members prepare for industrial action ballot - BECTU and Is the Rio Dalston on course for an industrial dispute? - BECTU but the short version is simply:
· Staff at The Rio, at all levels, have not had a pay rise since 2012
· Front of house staff and cleaners on £6.91ph are some of the lowest paid cinema staff in London
· The lowest paid feel that they cannot continue to live and work in London without the Living Wage
· All staff were asked to give back a proportion of their wages in 2013 to help keep the cinema afloat with the understanding that the “donation” would be repaid – now the Board deny there was any promise of repayment
· The fortunes of the organization have flip-flopped without improvement for at least the last five years and the staff are losing confidence in the Board’s ability to manage
· The staff at all levels have decided to ballot for industrial action as a last resort after 6 months of talks because they do not believe the Board is listening to them.
Thank you for your support & please pass the petition on!
Sofie & The Rio Reps
Dear Friends
Wherever you are in the UK, please sign and circulate this online petition in support of your fellow BECTU members at The Rio Dalston, a small community cinema in East London, where staff have decided enough is enough and have voted by 94% to ballot for industrial action over fair pay:
PATRICK LYONS, CHAIR RIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS : SUPPORT THE RIO CINEMA STAFF
These are the small people, rarely in the limelight, isolated and put upon, unlikely to have much industrial muscle to flex, who love their work and don't want to damage their local community. These are exactly the people who need our support most as, collectively, we can create a storm of signatures for them, we can roar across social media for them, we can call upon community leaders to stand up for them and together we can help right the wrongs in this small corner of East London.
The story can be found in full on the BECTU website Rio members prepare for industrial action ballot - BECTU and Is the Rio Dalston on course for an industrial dispute? - BECTU but the short version is simply:
· Staff at The Rio, at all levels, have not had a pay rise since 2012
· Front of house staff and cleaners on £6.91ph are some of the lowest paid cinema staff in London
· The lowest paid feel that they cannot continue to live and work in London without the Living Wage
· All staff were asked to give back a proportion of their wages in 2013 to help keep the cinema afloat with the understanding that the “donation” would be repaid – now the Board deny there was any promise of repayment
· The fortunes of the organization have flip-flopped without improvement for at least the last five years and the staff are losing confidence in the Board’s ability to manage
· The staff at all levels have decided to ballot for industrial action as a last resort after 6 months of talks because they do not believe the Board is listening to them.
Thank you for your support & please pass the petition on!
Sofie & The Rio Reps
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Starry Wisdom
newbie
undisambiguated
good, it was worth my trip then.oh
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Starry Wisdom
it's good to know your time not entirely wasted
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Starry Wisdom
signed
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Starry Wisdom
you could try the ship in hackney central. or there's a nice little pub down the side of sutton house which might show it, the chesham arms on mehetabel road
newbie
undisambiguated
fwiw Bectu supported the staff at the Ritzy in their fight, including strike action & local boycott, for the Living Wage and along the way pushed the Curzon group into paying it to their staff. There's threads in the Brixton section on here (which are actually readable, unlike most other Brixton threadsI'm a member and go to the Rio a lot. I know they're always struggling for cash but had no idea about any of this
)fwiw Bectu supported the staff at the Ritzy in their fight, including strike action & local boycott, for the Living Wage and along the way pushed the Curzon group into paying it to their staff. There's threads in the Brixton section on here (which are actually readable, unlike most other Brixton threads
Actually ended up at a demo the Ritzy workers held outside the Hackney Picturehouse a while ago (a friend of a friend's a rep at the Ritzy) and went for a pint with them afterwards.
Fozzie Bear
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I'm also a Rio member and was encouraging people to go there instead of the Picture House when the boycotts and protests about the living wage were happening... anyway I shall sign the thingy...
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