“It is unfortunate that it had to be the type of video that was offensive and shocking, but it was necessary to see how quickly this kind of thing would spread,” - Reuters How quickly this kind of thing would spread??? On teh interweb? Well, I guess this spares us from discussing videotape anomalies for the comming weeks.

Yesterday was a busy day for this blog - 108 page loads for 81 unique vistors (of which, 15 were returning visitors). And no, those stats don’t include me. This doesn’t quite beat the 109 page loads for 66 unique vistors on the 16th of July. Worth mentioning that several of the unique visitors originate from gsi.gov.uk & parliament.uk - From MPs? A flurry of posts early this morning. I received an email notification of updates to the Brent East LD website....

In an article published in Asian Voice on Tuesday 3rd, Sarah comments on the recent WTO trade talks and the floods in Bangladesh. You can read it here.

I am pleased to see Sarah continuing to take action on the street furniture left behind following the privatisation and deregulation the telecoms industry. Announcing her actions, Sarah said: “Derelict phone boxes are an eyesore in Brent. Local residents are sick and tired of seeing them being used as rubbish bins, fly-poster sites and public toilets. I hope that local people show their frustration at these monstrosities by signing my petition....

On Monday, Sarah attended the launch of the Metropolitian Police Safer Neighbourhoods initiative in Kilburn. First launched for the Stonebridge Estate in April this year, the program aims to provide new teams of uniformed officers working within communities to tackle quality-of-life issues and anti-social behaviour crimes. Sarah commented that it was community policing that local people wanted. “Not only do they want more police on the streets, they want police officers who they know and trust....