Others may give a more complete account of last night's magnificent action by West Hendon residents and their supporters.I would just like people to know that this was  a spirited display of unity and determination by quite a number of the hard-pressed and severely threatened residents - both 'secure' and 'unsecure' tenants and leaseholders, behind the OUR WEST HENDON banner + Labour candidates, members of  'Occupy' and BAPS, members of our Barnet

Following on from the successful 'Embarrass Boris' protest on Friday 11 April we are now planning to take our signed petition to Mathew  Offord at his open surgery. Our West Hendon aims to fight for everyone in the West Hendon community who is adversly affected by the planned and current redevelopment.  Whether you are a freeholder, leaseholder, secure, non-secure or local business person if you believe West Hendon has a right to maintain its community

    Those are some quotes from Unison members working in Your Choice Barnet: “I feel angry that YCB are allowed to do what they have done in reducing my pay by 9.5% it makes me feel worthless” “I am worried about the safety of service users” “So many agency staff working at our service the workload on permanent staff is increasing all the time” “Barnet Council first pushed us out to Your Choice Barnet, now cutting our pay

  After we had - or so we thought- exhausted all democratic means of preventing our borough from being occupied by an alien force this appalling, horrific news contains a spark of hope: it gives a clue as to how we are eventually going to win back what is ours: maybe it could prove to be the one thing that will unwedge Capita's loathsome grip on our services: solidarity - workers', users' and activists' joint action! This is how it works with