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Jon Ball

@libdemjon.bsky.social
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🔶Lib Dem Councillor for Ealing Common ward since 2002. Deputy Leader, Ealing Council Lib Dem group. Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery trustee. Works in TV, film and commercials. Father. Unfeasibly tall. Was young once. He/him.

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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
At the very well-attended demo outside Perceval House and then observed tonight's Cabinet, where Ealing's Labour Cabinet voted to "agree in principle to the proposal to grant a lease to Troubadour ... for the provision of a temporary theatre in Walpole Park for 3 ½ years" despite vocal opposition.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Hounslow Planning committee APPROVED the 5-year Gunnersbury Park large events application by 8 votes to 2 with 2 abstentions and 1 Cllr who arrived late not allowed to vote. This was with the addition of a community involvement condition which will perhaps require some free tickets for residents.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I'm attending the Hounslow Council Planning Committee meeting where the deferred application for a 5-year permission for large events for up to 30,000 at Gunnersbury Park is being determined. l've sent an objection on behalf of myself and my Ealing Common ward colleagues to all committee members.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Is this the low taper fade that the cool kids have? @politicaltrims.bsky.social
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
There is a grass fire in Gunnersbury Park. @LFBEaling are now in attendance.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Lib Dem Cllr Mark Sanders challenged the portfolio holder re the number of complaints going to the ombudsman. The portfolio holder claims not to be complacent but also says that everything in the complaints handling process is getting better.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Lib Dem @Oxley9Jonathan challenged the Ealing Labour portfolio holder on why LBE didn't use Grant Thornton's valuations for the Broadway Living assets. She claimed those figures were out of date one year on due to house prices increasing.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
At a Licensing Committee meeting. Great to be accompanied by my colleagues @conniehersch.bsky.social and @athenazissimos.bsky.social. Before the big Lib Dem gains in Ealing at the last local elections we had one member on each committee.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
I'm disappointed to see @rupahuq.bsky.social on this list. A customs union is the first step to rejoining Europe.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
A new haircut ahead of the next political challenge... the North Acton council by-election!
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Very good point from @thedoctorkhan.bsky.social that the diversity of juries makes them fairer to diverse defendants than judges and magistrates who tend to be less representative of the population.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
An unusual Ealing Council meeting where the Labour administration performed a series of u-turns perhaps copying Starmer. A u-turn on stopping using the Log Cabin's after school club, a u-turn on the area of the Warren Farm nature reserve and a u-turn on parking restrictions around St Mary's Perivale
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
In response to Lib Dem Cllr Jonathan Oxley's urgent question, the Labour portfolio holder has u-turned and cancelled the plan to cease referals to the much-loved Log Cabin's after school club in Northfield Avenue, which would have threatened its viability.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Delivering liberal democracy to North Korea one leaflet at a time...!
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
We had a great reception this weekend canvassing in Ealing Common ward. Most people we spoke to said they're definitely or probably voting in May for the local Lib Dem team: @conniehersch.bsky.social, Lakhbir Singh and I. Many people are increasingly dissapointed with Labour nationally and locally.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Reported something unseasonal in Ealing Common ward - Christmas trees in February that need clearing!
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
My Lib Dem ward colleague @conniehersch.bsky.social handed in a petition calling for an independent inquiry into the Lammas Park SUDS fiasco and asked for order to be brought to the chaos of e-bikes blocking pavements.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I quizzed the Labour portfolio holder re how much it cost council taxpayers to construct & then demolish the flats overlooking Dean Gardens when Henry Construction went bust (he refused to answer) and why Ealing didn't react quickly like Lib Dem Sutton did when one of their developer partners folded
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
At Ealing's full council meeting I slammed the Labour administration for their delay implementing a levy on developers (community infrastructure levy) for 15 years, letting the developers off approximately £90m that the council could have used to improve services. @ealinglibdems.bsky.social
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Asking questions about local government funding reform and how it is likely to affect Ealing.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Traditional haircut picture - this time trim was ahead of new passport photo so that the mini-me in my passport doesn't look scruffy for a decade. ps Lib Dems - don't forget to vote for me first preference for Federal Conference Committee in the internal elections! Thank you.
Me, with shorter hair and some passport photos outside Big Jim's Trims.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Fellow Lib Dems - ballots open today in the federal committee elections. Please give me your first preference for Federal Conference Committee so I can continue to stand up for radical policy debate at Conference and a better experience for members attending online.
Jon posing on the Lib Dem Conference stage with Cllr Athena Zissimos and Cllr Connie Hersch.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Cllr Gary Busuttil and I spoke supporting the Renters’ Reform Bill especially the removal of no-fault evictions but pointing out that Labour-run Ealing council is a lousy landlord with a poor record on housing repairs and safety. All we heard from the Tories was special pleading for landlords.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Lib Dems Andrew Steed and @conniehersch.bsky.social quizzed the portfolio holder about the noise and other nuisance from Gunnersbury Park events. The cabinet member claimed that there were no breaches of noise levels but will check if Ealing officers can attend the review meeting.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
@ealinglibdems.bsky.social leader @cllrgarymalcolm.bsky.social asked a question about whether Ealing Council would allow EV charging gullies. The Labour answer was no on the basis that lamppost charging is cheaper which seems utterly incorrect in the long term as the electricity prices are so high
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
A good day canvassing on the Trees Estate in South Ealing earlier. Lots of positive support for @ealinglibdems.bsky.social but concerns that Labour Ealing has failed to repair damp council homes.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
We had a great morning canvassing in Ealing Common. A huge thank you to Lib Dem vice-presidential candidate @kamhussain.bsky.social who came all the way from Leeds to take part! My colleagues Lakhbir Singh and @cllrgarymalcolm.bsky.social had shorter journeys.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
In a debate on parks and trees, @cllrgarymalcolm.bsky.social revealed that fraud has occurred relating to tree watering and @andrewsteed.bsky.social pointed out the importance of parks to health.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
My Lib Dem ward colleague @conniehersch.bsky.social and I proposed a motion calling for an independent inquiry into the Lammas Park SuDS scheme fiasco. A sound idea but implemented shockingly badly with large parts of the park fenced off for two years.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
I asked how much Ealing Borough Community Infrastructure Levy funding will go towards “Your Voice Your Town”. The portfolio holder admitted that amounts will be “modest” for the first three years.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
@ealinglibdems.bsky.social leader @cllrgarymalcolm.bsky.social raised an urgent question about how the Ealing children’s centre cuts fly in the face of government policy. The portfolio holder responded by attacking the Lib Dem group.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
I attended Ealing’s overview and scrutiny committee which considered an opposition call-in of the administration’s children’s centre closures moved by @cllrgarymalcolm.bsky.social. Sadly all Labour members of the committee voted to uphold the decision.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Knocking up in the Fulham Town by-election.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I was honoured to light a lamp to start the event launching the autobiography of the esteemed Tamil Poet, Kasi Anandan in Greenford today.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Met up with @conniehersch.bsky.social for @ealinglibdems.bsky.social canvassing in Ealing Common on a lovely day!
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Finding lots of support for @ealinglibdems.bsky.social in Ealing Broadway ward this evening with Adam Keenan and Mandy Lurie.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Lib Dem councillors @conniehersch.bsky.social and @cllrgarymalcolm.bsky.social moved an amendment calling for the council to take a range of measures to make it easier to dispose of waste as well as fining flytippers. @ealinglibdems.bsky.social
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
My Lib Dem colleague Cllr Jonathan Oxley and I spoke on our motion seeking to save 10 of Ealing’s excellent children’s centres from Ealing Labour’s proposed cuts.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
In questions at tonight’s Ealing council meeting, @cllrgarymalcolm.bsky.social challenged the Labour administration on Winter fuel payments and the two child cap, while I asked a question about building on our parks, which the portfolio holder refused to answer. @ealinglibdems.bsky.social
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Lib Dem councillors: please give me your first preference to represent you on the LGA Safer & Stronger Communities Board.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Minister for Children and Families Janet Daby spoke at the LGA councillors’ forum today. She stressed the importance of family hubs in children’s welfare… something that Ealing’s Labour administration should listen to rather than closing Children’s Centres. @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I spoke on behalf of the opposition to support the nomination of Cllr Anthony Kelly as the Mayor of Ealing for the next municipal year.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
At the lighting of the beacon in Walpole Park, Ealing to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
At the Heisenberg Breakfast Co in St Mary’s Road. It’s a small West London chain hitherto in Richmond and Chiswick but the Ealing branch opened today with a 20% opening day discount.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
@ealinglibdems.bsky.social were knocking on doors in Ealing Common this afternoon. Crime and anti-social behaviour came up frequently.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I asked Ealing’s @metpolice.bsky.social top cop about weak engagement with Ealing’s Citizens Tribunal, whether a focus of more officers to address local problems can be more agile and how Safer Neighbourhood Teams are working across the borough.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Lib Dem councillors @cllrgarymalcolm.bsky.social, Steed, Zissimos and I spoke in a debate on Ealing’s local plan. Among the issues we covered were failure to deliver affordable housing, mould in council homes, forcing Ealing Community Transport to leave Ealing and mud under Hanger Lane gyratory.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Lib Dem Cllr Andrew Steed quizzed the finance portfolio holder about the spring statement and how the council can help people hit by the Labour government’s benefit cuts.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Lib Dem Cllr Jonathan Oxley challenged Ealing’s Labour council leader on the removal of qualified teachers from the virtual school for looked after children.
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Jon Ball @libdemjon.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Ealing Lib Dem @cllrgarymalcolm.bsky.social spoke in support of Greenford residents who don’t want a CPZ and objected in large numbers to the rigged consultation.
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