How about their tampering with the backland policy (so they could flog off council owned land – including school playing fields – to developers)?

Yes, why was Councillor Norman Pointing given the boot as Planning Chair?

How about their decision to sell “The Maples” in Acton to the Notting Hill Housing Trust for redevelopment as high-density flats and townhouses – including the loss of a historic Victorian garden complete with pear tree visible from the street? (The planning application came up under Labour, but the Tories were in power when the decision to sell was taken.)

Not to mention Elthorne Park. Gosh, they had to back down from that one pretty quick!

And why did the then Conservative Council lie to residents about the covenants protecting land behind Cawdor Crescent, W7 (didn’t know there were covenants, but still took out £2.5 million insurance!).

One honourable exception – the tree-loving Councillor Nigel Sumner (sorry, Nigel, I hope I haven’t wrecked your career).

Do you have any regard for the truth? A one third increas in recycling a shamefull record? A 300% increase in green waste recycling shameful?

Whta is shameful is that the deliberate lying to residents using figures that end before the current administratin was elected.

“lesson”, not “less”

Please see press releases where the Council a) gives recycling figures and b) categorically rules out fortnightly collections.

http://www.ealing.gov.uk/press_releases/2007/june_2007/pr994.html

http://ealinglibdems.org.uk/news/000134.html

http://www.ealing.gov.uk/press_releases/2007/february_2007/pr927.html

The latest Lib Dem leaflet headlines Tory pklans to introduce fortnightly collections – the opposite of the truth.

And, Edward, when you ask, “But by putting it on a website which anybody can access isn’t there some implied permission to waive its privacy?”, the answer is no. If I walk into Tate Modern am I allowed to reproduce the images of the art I see in there? By your logic I am because they are in a location that anyone can access.

But by putting it on a website which anybody can access isn’t there some implied permission to waive its privacy? Isn’t that different from delivering it to a specific person?

The short answer to that is no, although there is a “fair use” defence. If you want people to use photos on your website, you should make it Creative Commons. Simple as that.

All photographs have copyright (at least for the purposes of this discussion)

Given a Lib Dem council wasn’t elected then you can’t really accuse them of not cutting council tax.

Just because you’ve argued that if you ran the council you’d cut council tax, it’s not necessarily inconsistent to vote against a Labour budget when in opposition because the council tax increase doesn’t support the spending commitments the council is making – and doesn’t imply you don’t think council tax should be lower. Not being a Clevelend Lib Dem I don’t know the ins and outs of it or how they justified their opposition to the budgets, but without knowing more I don’t think there is enough evidence of a “tactic of lies”.

On the subject of lying to get yourself elected; see my comments in 7 above that relate to the deliberate actions of CCHQ in this by-election.

Come on, M. Drop your mask.