Caledonian Park, Holloway, Islington

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Paddick launches housing manifesto February 26th, 2008 Liberal Democrat Mayoral candidate Brian Paddick, today launched his housing policies fromthe Market housing estate in Islington.Speaking at the launch, Brian Paddick, said: “For people to get a manageable mortgage on an average property in London today, they have to be earning at least £80,000 a year. “The dream of a property earning democracy has become a nightmare, with unaffordable mortgages and private sector rents stealing an ever-increasing proportion of people’s take home pay. Decent, affordable rented accommodation is the only way out of the housing crisis for the vast majority of Londoners. “In other major capitals across the world, renting is the accepted norm. With the housing market operating as it does, this is the only viable option for the capital. “Ken Livingstone is planning to fail with his housing targets, and Boris Johnson is failing to plan any solution to the crisis. “My policies are a series

  Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, 35 That wants it down."

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  Earthquake felt across parts of the capital By John van Straaten and agencies The biggest earthquake to hit the UK in almost a quarter of a century was felt across large parts of the country, including the capital, in the early hours of this morning (February 27). According to the British Geological Survey, the 5.2 magnitude quake was centered about 125 miles north of London in Lincolnshire at 1am, but many people in the capital and other areas said they had been woken up by the tremors. Many properties are said to have suffered structural damage but there is only one reported injury - a man was hit by bricks falling from a chimney stack. advertisement A woman in Notting Hill reportedly told news agencies that her radio was bumping up and down on a shelf for several seconds. The quake was the largest to hit Britain since one with a magnitude of 5.4 in 1984. The BGS said it had been inundated with calls from the public and emergency services throughout the country. BGS seismologist Dr

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        Islington Trades Union Council

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History on a banner• ISLINGTON Trades Union Council (ITUC), which was re-launched last year, will be hosting a presentation of its new banner at its annual meeting at 7.30pm on February 21 at Islington Town Hall, with MP Jeremy Corbyn and Frances O’Grady, from the TUC, as guest speakers.The banner will depict the history of the labour and trade union movements in Islington, from 18th century radical Tom Paine, who wrote Rights of Man at the Angel Inn, down to present-day workers.Also portrayed is the rally of 100,000 trade unionists in Copenhagen Fields in 1834 petitioning for the return to England of the six Tolpuddle Martyrs transported to Australia for forming an agricultural union, and five trade unionists jailed in Pentonville prison in 1972 for upholding union rights.ITUC co-ordinates trade unions to campaign for better working conditions and for community benefits. Come and join us at the unfurling of our banner.It will be a historic event for Islington trade unionists and the b

 

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Booth Poverty Map & Modern map (Charles Booth Online Archive) Poverty Classification ( Click here for more details ) BLACK : Lowest class. Vicious, semi-criminal. DARK BLUE : Very poor, casual. Chronic want. LIGHT BLUE : Poor. 18s. to 21s. a week for a moderate family PURPLE : Mixed. Some comfortable others poor PINK : Fairly comfortable. Good ordinary earnings. RED : Middle class. Well-to-do. YELLOW : Upper-middle and Upper classes. Wealthy.

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