Complaining about nightlife when you *checks notes* choose to live in Soho is like living in South Kensington and complaining about the museums. Or moving to Hackney and grumbling about creatives. Living in Richmond and hating green space. It's all getting a bit silly, isn't it?

Our Labour team for West Hampstead: Leo Gordon, Sharon Hardwick, Tabby Merrison-Galvin. Vote Labour 7 May

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Busy morning. Last surgery of this term in #WestHampstead Library dealing with casework, then a hop over the street to chat with residents about what I’ve achieved for them since 2022. Resident using a mobility scooter wanted to say thanks for fixing the wonky path. #VoteLabour🌹

☀️and 👍 and 🗳️for #Labour on the @labour_branchWH street stall on West End Lane. Residents telling us they will use all three votes for @CamdenLabour’s #WestHampstead candidates: ✅Leo Gordon ✅Sharon Hardwick ✅Tabby Merrison-Galvin #VoteLabour

Great support for #WestHampstead Labour this morning in the glorious sunshine. Don’t forget to use all 3 votes to vote for 👇🏻 ✅ Leo Gordon ✅ Sharon Hardwick ✅ Tabby Merrison-Galvin #VoteLabour🌹@camdenlabour.bsky.social @richardolszewski.bsky.social

Great to be on the #LabourDoorstep and pounding the non-wonky pavement with #WestHampstead’s star @CamdenLabour councillor, @shazknit.bsky.social

Labour are protecting Camden’s green spaces 🌳🌿

Great to see the art exhibition created by talented young artists aged 6-16 from Art-K, Mill Lane. at #WestHampstead library, earlier. The library was full of proud parents and young people. It’s places like our local library that make West Hampstead such a brilliant place to live.

Great to be out on the doorstep in #WestHampstead last night. And starting the day getting the postal vote out with Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy. For a safer, fairer, cleaner Camden, use all 3 votes for #Labour🌹.#VoteLabour on 7 May

We’ll deliver a £2 million cost of living fund to help those struggling with their bills

Camden Labour is delivering one of the country’s most generous council tax support schemes to help combat the cost of living.

This will help so many families in West Hampstead. Labour - helping lift our children out of poverty.👇

📢Dates just announced for #WLIC2027: The World's most prestigious international library event – The World Library and Information Congress (WLIC) – is taking place in London and across the UK 9 - 13 August 2027. More info to follow! https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/IFLAWLIC2027news

Delighted to announce next steps for cheaper bills for 3,000 council homes with #retrofit investment. 15 locations with 940 homes, will be assessed to confirm if suitable for fitting solar panels & batteries, so that residents can benefit from lower bills. news.camden.gov.uk/cheaper-bill...

Coming up! #Camden Private Renters’ Week: 16-20 March. Webinars each day & on Saturday 20 Mar, Renters’ Fair in Crowndale Centre. Free advice on your rights as a private renter; as a student or older renter; access benefits, and learn about energy efficiency and repairs. #PRS

📚This Mon 9 March, 6.30pm. Join Marcus Gibson, former Financial Times columnist, for a talk about his acclaimed book ‘The Greatest Force’. Another great ‘Meet the Author’ event at #WestHampstead Library

Promoted by Owen Wittekind on behalf of Sharon Hardwick at Camden Labour, PO Box 81009, London, NW1W 6HS.

The temperature had dropped, but it was warm on the #WestHampstead doorstep, tonight. Picked up some casework & heard that our private renters are looking forward to the protection #Labour’s Private Renters’ Bill will give them. We don’t just listen, we act. #VoteLabour🌹 in May.

Don’t forget the Never Too Late Award from the Bridport Prize which recognises entries from writers over 60 across all categories of prizes. Link below Please share :)

Reminder to #WestHampstead folks to use the main entrance to #Thameslink station as the West End Lane entrance to is closed for resurfacing from today.

Managed to dodge the worst of the rain as we spoke to local residents about any issues they wanted to raise with us. Your @camdenlabour.bsky.social #WestHampstead Cllrs and candidates are here not just to listen to you, but to act on your behalf. #VoteLabour🌹 on May 7th.

Tonight, Labour MPs voted to scrap the two child limit – a move that puts us on course to drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. The Tories and Reform UK voted against it. Don’t let anyone tell you voting Labour doesn’t make a difference 🌹

Great to see @camdenlabour.bsky.social’s £1m investment in cleaner streets in action first thing this morning. West End Lane was getting its regular jet wash. Your #Labour Cllrs investing in our local community to keep our streets and neighbourhoods clean. #LabourDelivers #CleanerCamden🌹

Here’s how Labour have been promoting sustainability in Camden 🌿👇

Starting the year with a win. Sounds trivial until you see someone on a mobility scooter or using a wheelchair trying to navigate it. #LabourCllrLife 🌹 @camdenlabour.bsky.social www.mylondon.news/news/north-l... 1/2

Today the government is introducing legislation to abolish the two-child limit. More than any other, this policy has driven children into poverty and cut them off from opportunity. Removing it is the right thing to do – supporting future generations and giving all children a fair start in life.

The @camdencouncil.bsky.social Health & Wellbeing Bus is coming to #WestHampstead Library. Free, walk-in, no appointment needed with blood pressure checks, BMI measurement & Know Your Risk Type2 diabetes assessment - plus lots of information about other health issues. 🗓️Fri 9 Jan | 12-4pm

🎄Camden's Christmas tree recycling points are open until 11 Jan. Our #WestHamsptead locations are: ♻️Fortune Green open space - at the bottom ♻️Kilburn Grange Park – by Hemstal Road entrance See the full map: camden.gov.uk/christmastree #Treecycle @camdencouncil.bsky.social

Come along to meet local author, Francis Quirke, who’ll be talking about his novel ‘A Foreign Plot’ - a funny, dramatic tale about one man’s dream to build his ideal home abroad. 🗓️Mon 8 Dec | 6pm |#WestHampstead Library | FREE

🎄Brilliant to catch up with everyone at the Community Association of #WestHampstead Christmas party last night. Such a great mix of centre users, class tutors, trustees and staff. Always amazes me just how much the Centre does. Take a look at their jam-packed programme: cawh.org.uk

Great to attend the opening of the new Liddell Place shared workspace with @richardolszewski.bsky.social. A fantastic initiative from Labour-led Camden’s Community Investment Programme with 14 affordable units. This will bring employment, economic benefit and growth to the #WestHampstead area.

Constructive & informative safety walkabout in Lithos Road with local residents, Cllrs & Camden Safety team. We have action points on ASB, drug & flytip issues affecting residents that I’m chasing. Thanks Cllr Callaghan Cabinet Member for Safer Communities for support @westbranchlabour.bsky.social

Great meeting with #WestHampstead & #FortuneGreen residents at tonight’s Neighbourhood Development Forum. Informative discussion about the pavement at 156 West End Lane that I’ve been trying to rectify since hoarding came off in Oct 2024, the O2 development & the step-free tube.

Is democracy in trouble? Can public libraries help? Patrick Malone, Project Mgr at GLL talks to Info Pro mag on why democracy is in the spotlight in Woolwich libraries and whether libraries are able to help when polarisation can be rampant in communities. https://ow.ly/ZOKj50XuNBI

We're seeking committee members for #CILIP's new Intellectual Freedom Committee. The Committee will work towards everyone's right to read, think, and speak freely, and lead discussions on issues of censorship and access to information. Join us: https://ow.ly/k3I250XwXKR#CILIP Apply now!

🎧Have you had a chance to listen to our new Info Pro Podcast? The first episode is on all things AI and its impact on the library sector. We'd love to hear your thoughts. Let us know what else you'd like us to cover. Out now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4zMB... And Apple ⤵️ 1/2

Great to attend the launch of #CaribEats at the #O2Centre tonight. Thursdays & Fridays in #WestHampstead/ #FinchleyRoad will soon be a hub of community, connection & affordable, nutritious Caribbean meals in a warm, welcoming environment.. caribeats.org/about/ @camdencouncil.bsky.social #FoodMission

A moving Remembrance Day service at Hampstead war memorial with pupils from local schools, residents and churches. Privileged to lay flowers for the civilian memorial at Hampstead Cemetery with Deputy Mayor Cllr Tricia Leman We will remember them.

Proud to have worked alongside Cllr Lorna Greenwood to trial longer opening hours at Hampstead Cemetery, following local request at the Environment committee last night. As you can see it’s a very special place for local residents. 🌳🌹🪶@richardolszewski.bsky.social

Pleased we were able to announce a trial of longer opening hours for Hampstead Cemetery, following local request at the environment committee tonight. Thanks to local councillors incl @shazknit.bsky.social and Lorna Greenwood for working on this this year 🌳🌹 @richardolszewski.bsky.social

We're SO looking forward to the finale of #CelebrityTraitors. Whoever wins we have just one message. Stephen Fry is and always has been... 100% Faithful to Libraries!

A halloween books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Last week was non-stop! Mon-I led on Community Conversation. 4 wards came together to plan events for families, loneliness & cost of living. Fri-walkabout w new @camdencouncil.bsky.social CEO to show him around #WestHampstead Ward. Sat #SidingsCC inspiring open day. @camdenlabour.bsky.social 🌹

'Pivotal' moment for library sector. Key library bodies come together calling on Govt to work with them to publish a new Vision for Libraries. #CILIP's @louiscoiffait-gunn.bsky.social calls for ambitious political leadership to unleash the sector’s potential.

Join Community Association for #WestHampstead’s open day TODAY and see the activities on offer: 🇫🇷French Conversation 🧵 West Hampstead in Stitches 🧘‍♂️ Mindfulness & Wellbeing 🖼️Art & Life Drawing 📸 Photography 🪚Beginners’ Woodwork …and more TODAY 2-5pm | Free cawh.org.uk cawh.org.uk

Come along to the Skills for Life - Open Day at the Community Association for #WestHampstead. Meet the tutors - and your neighbours. Pop in and find out what your local community centre has to offer. Sat 4 Oct. ⤵️ cawh.org.uk

Daily Telegraph running a nasty story attacking Camden’s support for refugees and asylum seekers, with truly vile comments from national and Camden Tories. Not repeating the story but here is my response:

Great to see Holmdale & Kingdon Roads looking so smart. Both laid in one day with minimal disruption to local residents. That’s what you get from #WestHampstead @camdenlabour.bsky.social Cllrs working hard on behalf of residents. Use your vote on 28 Aug: Vote Francesca Reynolds #VoteLabour🌹

From Ham & High: Lib Dems warned by Met over campaign leaflet that breached electoral guidelines. Incompetence or deliberate? 1/2 www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2540313...