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Scott Farley

@smfarley.bsky.social
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Former Hillingdon councillor. Keeping a watchful eye.

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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Heathrow expansion ‘is threat to England’s largest surviving medieval barn’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Heathrow expansion ‘is threat to England’s largest surviving medieval barn’
Exclusive: campaigners warn 600-year-old New Barn at Harmondsworth could be ‘shaken to pieces’ by vibrations
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Featybee @featybee.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
But restrictions on AI data centres.....?
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 09/08/2026
More restrictions on homes, including further hosepipe bans, are likely to follow, and one water firm is preparing a virtual ban on water use by businesses such as car washes and private swimming pools for the first time in two decades Read more: trib.al/SDU3uEY
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Burnham could take this opportunity to show whose side he’s on and also meet with the water campaigners who’ve spent decades exposing criminality deep in the private water sector. If you agree 👇
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Peter Curling MBCS, FRSA @petercurling.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The Bank of England has a consultation on new bank notes focusing on wildlife. The consultation opened yesterday and runs until 3rd July 2026. www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/he...
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Help us celebrate the UK’s wildlife
Tell us which animals you would like to see on our next series of banknotes by 3 July 2026
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
It has been a privilege to serve residents on Hillingdon Council for the past 8 years. I am very proud of the work and achievements over those years, making improvements to both #Botwell and #WestDrayton wards and helping residents with their Council issues. #Hillingdon
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I've heard that certain #Hillingdon #localelections candidates have been misleading residents about where they live, trying to gain electoral advantage. Little wonder there is increasing distrust in politics. If they lie about that, can they be trusted as a councillor?
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The Easter Craft Market at Southlands Art Centre in #WestDrayton is this weekend. It's always an enjoyable event. #Hillingdon
Poster depicting a white Easter Bunny with an egg. Promoting the Easter Craft Market at Southlands Arts Centre, 75 The Green, West Drayton UB7 7PW. Free entry. Saturday 4th April 2026, between 11am and 4pm. 

A list:
- Handmade Gifts
- Plant Stall
- Family Fun
- Easter Bonnet Competition 
- Tombola
- Easter Egg Hunt
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 31/03/2026
Pictures obtained by The i Paper show Reed sat with housing developers at a fundraising night 🔴 Vicky Spratt reports Read more: trib.al/7W0CNfK
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The Easter Craft Market at Southlands Art Centre in #WestDrayton is this weekend. It's always an enjoyable event. #Hillingdon
Poster depicting a white Easter Bunny with an egg. Promoting the Easter Craft Market at Southlands Arts Centre, 75 The Green, West Drayton UB7 7PW. Free entry. Saturday 4th April 2026, between 11am and 4pm. 

A list:
- Handmade Gifts
- Plant Stall
- Family Fun
- Easter Bonnet Competition 
- Tombola
- Easter Egg Hunt
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Busy ward round yesterday. Potholes and road surface damage to be addressed, along with the usual fly-tipping reported to the Council. #WestDrayton #Hillingdon
Collage of 6 photos of potholes and road surface damage across West Drayton Collage of 6 photos of fly-tipping incidents across West Drayton
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented. Tell Keir Starmer to change this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...
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The Representation of the People Bill MUST scrap First Past the Post
First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the new Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our rotten voting system, which lea...
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Sample of the fly-tipping incidents in #WestDrayton today. All reported to #Hillingdon Council.
Collage of 5 photos showing various fly-tipped incidents of varying sizes.
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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📢 My High Street Gambling Reform debate takes place on Thursday afternoon. Councils & communities must have power to say no to new gambling establishments. ✉️ Ask your MP to attend 💻 Watch on parliamentlive.tv I’ll be calling to end ‘Aim to Permit’.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I am very proud to back @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social campaign to end the 'Aim to Permit' principle for the licensing of gambling. #Hillingdon
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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Labour MP Karl Turner is organising a backbench open letter to government in protest against "idiotic" jury reforms Ex-deputy PM Angela Rayner isn't expected to sign it. However, she believes government has questions to answer about the reforms, PolHome understands, reports @zoecrowther.bsky.social
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Labour MP Organising Open Letter From Backbenchers To Protest Jury Trial Reforms
Labour MP Karl Turner is organising a backbench letter to protest the government’s proposals to scale back jury trials for less serious offences.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
The annual Christmas Market at Southlands Arts Centre is always a pleasure to attend. Delicious food and interesting crafts on sale. Bought a few Christmas gifts and enjoyed the festive atmosphere. #WestDrayton #Hillingdon
Collage of photos taken during the 2026 Southlands Christmas Market. Collage of photos from the 2026 Christmas Market at Southlands with tasty products from Accept All Cookies.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
It was great working with residents and volunteers today, planting trees with @treesforcities.bsky.social in Sipson Meadow. #Hillingdon
Collage of four photos showing details of the tree planting event and of saplings being planted.Cllr Farley with representatives from Trees fo Cities under a gazebo. Planted saplings in Sipson Meadow surrounded by mulch. Planted saplings in Sipson Meadow surrounded by mulch.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/11/2025
Today on Remembrance Sunday, we honour the courage and sacrifice of those who have served in our Armed Forces. Their service and dedication will never be forgotten. 🌹 #LestWeForget
Remembrance Sunday graphic reads: Remembering those who served in our armed forces from Britain and the Commonwealth and all those who have suffered as a result of conflict.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
#LestWeForget #RemembranceDay
Picture of a poppy for Remembrance Sunday
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Britain’s most endangered orchid brought back from the brink of extinction www.channel4.com/news/britain...
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Britain’s most endangered orchid brought back from the brink of extinction
On Wednesday, the British Red List of plants will be published for the first time in 20 years.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
In response to contact from residents and my own regular reporting, it was great to be out in #WestDrayton this morning with officers from Hillingdon Council, speaking with, and delivering letters to residents, to tackle the #flytipping scourge on the Wise Lane Estate. #Hillingdon
Cllr Farley on the left of the photo, together with Hillingdon Council officers from the ASB and Waste Management teams.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I am very pleased that the Met Police have listened to me & other #Hillingdon residents and thought again about closing Hayes police station's front counter. It's unacceptable that under the previous proposal, NW London would be without a counter service. news.met.police.uk/news/met-pol...
news.met.police.uk
Met Police progress in closing £260m funding gap
27 police front counters will remain open
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I'm really pleased to see this Harmondsworth Road footpath finally resurfaced complete with an added pedestrian dropped kerb. I've been pursuing this since summer 2023. #WestDrayton #Hillingdon
A collage of 3 photos showing the previous poor condition of a footpath on Harmondsworth Road.A collage of 3 photos showing the newly resurfaced footpath on Harmondsworth Road with an added pedestrian dropped kerb to help with access. Email from Hillingdon Council dated July 2023 concerning the issue raised of condition of the footpath opposite 112 Harmondsworth Road. Email from Hillingdon Council dated June 2025 concerning the issue raised of condition of the footpath opposite 112 Harmondsworth Road.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
I am very pleased that work has been carried out by Hillingdon Council to improve the area south of Verbena Close to reduce anti-social behaviour and large fly-tipping events. I've been calling for this for more than 18 months. #Hillingdon #WestDrayton
Newly installed bollards and access control on a grass area. Part of an email chain where Cllr Farley from now calls on improvements in the Verbena Close area.
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 01/09/2025
Owners of the Dragon House Chinese takeaway in York were devastated after their business was vandalised with racist graffiti. When local business Crystal Clean York heard they immediately stepped in to scrub off the graffiti for free.
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 25/08/2025
UK weather: Warmest August bank holiday Monday on record in Wales and Northern Ireland
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UK weather: Warmest August bank holiday Monday on record in Wales and Northern Ireland
Wales and Northern Ireland have recorded their warmest August bank holiday Monday temperatures.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Delayed my weekly ward round to Bank Holiday Monday. Along with the heavy fly-tipping throughout the ward, I've reported the ongoing increase of dumped #greenwaste too. #Hillingdon #WestDrayton #Flytipping
Dumped garden waste collage of four photos
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GMB Union @gmb.org.uk · 12/08/2025
Ministers lining up administrators for Thames Water shows Thatcher’s terrible legacy. It’s sinking without a trace under a deluge of debt. All as inflated customer bills have plumped up profits for shareholders. This is proof: private companies shouldn’t be near water.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
The Southlands Arts Centre Summer Exhibition opened on the weekend. Go along to see the talent of local artists, which continues to impress. Free entry and free parking. #WestDrayton #Hillingdon #Art
A poster of the Southlands Art Summer Exhibition 2025. Runs from 9th to the 23rd August 2025. 
Open daily 12-6pm. Free entry. Free parking. 
Located at 75 The Green, West Drayton, UB7 7PW
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
This week's sample of dumped green waste. #Hillingdon #WestDrayton #GreenWaste #FlyTipping
A collage of six photos showing dumped green waste.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A new week, and more green waste dumped on our streets. #Hillingdon #GreenWaste #WestDrayton #FlyTipping
A collage of six photos showing green waste dumped on grass and on pavements. A collection of branches and dead leaves dumped on a grassy area. A number of black bin bags filled with green waste dumped left on a pavement.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
This week's collage of dumped green waste. #GreenWaste #Hillingdon #FlyTipping
Collage of four photos showing green waste in black bin bags, on the pavement and in green spaces.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
A selection of the dumped/abandoned green waste I found as part of yesterday's ward round. All reported to Hillingdon Council. #FlyTipping #Hillingdon #WestDrayton
A collage of four photos showing green waste dumped or put in black bin bags.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
I do hope this is not a glimpse of things to come. #Hillingdon #GreenWaste #WestDrayton #Flytipping
A collage of photos taken on Sunday, 6th July 2025, showing the dumping of green waste in different locations across West Drayton ward. Hillingdon Council is implementing a subscription service for the collection of green waste from 7th July 2025.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
As part of the Met Police's focus on neighbourhood policing, they have launched "Met Engage". A new way for Londoners to receive updates directly from local officers via a new website. Sign up here: www.metengage.co.uk #MetEngage #London #Hillingdon
A poster from the Metropolitan Police featuring two police officers in the bottom left and centre, with a member of the public in the bottom right. 
In the centre of the poster it reads:
Met Engage
Community crime-fighting 
Sign up now to tell us what matters most to you
metengage.co.uk
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The i Paper @theipaper.com · 06/06/2025
Six water companies will be banned from paying out bonuses to the most senior executives this year as punishment for sewage pollution and inadequate customer service trib.al/AaTT92t
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Co-operative Party @coopparty.party.coop · 04/06/2025
We are living through a moment of extraordinary change – one that future generations will look back on as either the moment we transformed our energy system, or chose not to. Our new report with @lcef.bsky.social says it clearly: now is the time for community power, in every sense of the word.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
It was great to attend the St Martin's Church summer fête yesterday. I took the opportunity to climb the church tower and see the gorgeous views from the top. #WestDrayton #Hillingdon
Collage of animals that were at St Martin's Church summer fête that attendees could feed and interact with. 
Top left: goat
Top right: sheep
Centre: ducks
Bottom left: chickens and a duck
Bottom right: donkeyCollage of photos from inside the tower of St Martin's Church.
Top left: the steep narrow staircase looking down 
Top right: a window in a recess
Bottom left: church bells with mechanism 
Bottom right: window in the stairwell looking out over the groundsCollage of photos
Left: top of the tower with flagpole
Top right: photo of the grounds below with the stalls from the summer fête 
Bottom right: looking up at Cllr Farley sheild eys from the sun as he looks out at the view from the top of the church tower.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Details below for the Easter Craft Market 2025 at Southlands Arts Centre. #WestDrayton #Hillingdon
Poster for the Southlands Arts Centre Easter Craft Market in 2025. On Saturday 19th April between 11am and 4pm. 

75 The Green ,West Drayton, UB7 7PW
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Details below for the Easter Craft Market 2025 at Southlands Arts Centre. #WestDrayton #Hillingdon
Poster for the Southlands Arts Centre Easter Craft Market in 2025. On Saturday 19th April between 11am and 4pm. 

75 The Green ,West Drayton, UB7 7PW
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Early morning ward round. #WestDrayton #Hillingdon
Cllr Farley on a footbridge to the rear on the left of photo, with blue M4 signage on the right of the photo.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Yesterday, it was great to see the daffodils local residents and I planted, blooming again for a second year. Looking great in the #Spring sunshine. #WestDrayton #Hillingdon
Daffodils sprouting and in bloom within a patch of green grass.Daffodils sprouting and in bloom within a patch of green grass. A utility cover and telegraph pole in the right foreground
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
#No3rdRunway #Heathrow @london.gov.uk www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...
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Sadiq: Third runway at Heathrow would wipe out environmental benefits from Ulez
Mayor steps up opposition to Heathrow expansion as new report finds further improvement to air quality thanks to ultra-low emission zone
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I am very pleased to finally see the redevelopment of the ball court adjacent to The Brambles playground in West Drayton. It is one of the first things I pursued after being elected for the ward in May 2022. #WestDrayton #Hillingdon
Collage photo of the ball court at Harmondsworth Road following redevelopment in January 2025.Collage photo of the blue caged area taken in May 2022 prior to redevelopment.An email to Hillingdon Council regarding the enclosed play area dated 17th May 2022.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 29/01/2025
I remain opposed to a new runway at Heathrow airport because of the severe impact it will have on noise, air pollution and meeting our climate change targets.
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Scott Farley @smfarley.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
An early ward round today to avoid the worst of the rain this afternoon. Casework picked up for Hillingdon Council to address. #WestDrayton #Hillingdon
Cllr Farley in the foreground with a green colour fence on the left and foliage on the right. A footpath can be seen in the background.A cold Cllr Farley in the foreground with a residential street in the background.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
🔴Damning Report Exposes the Sheer Scale of Britain’s Crumbling Public Sector Left by the Conservatives It blows a hole in the party’s claim to have ‘fixed the roof while the sun is shining’ bylinetimes.com/2025/01/22/d...
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Damning Report Exposes the Sheer Scale of Britain's Crumbling Public Sector Left by the Conservatives
It blows a hole in the party's claim to have 'fixed the roof while the sun is shining'
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 22/01/2025
This care worker was BITTEN by a patient - and almost lost her finger. But because she was on a zero-hours contract, she didn't get sick pay.
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