Linda, Augustus and I have arrived back in Stokie after our long weekend break. I've got to amble into the office to make sure everyone's done the work I left for them while I was away and Linda has got to get prepared for tonight's Planning Committee discussion of the next phase of Holly Street. God it's tough in Hackney! I'm going to miss having a swimming pool handy to plunge into after a hard day's work.
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I'm Luke Akehurst..... aka. "Luke The Nuke".Labour Party mouthpiece since 1988 - firmly on the ultra-right wing of the party, but with occasional, completely unexplained lapses of left-wing insanity.
National Secretary of The Barneys Club (Gentlemen's Fine Dining Society, University of Bristol), 1995-6.
Unsuccessful parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and even more spectacularly unsuccessful candidate for Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (occasional visitor to the peasants in Chatham Ward) and Labour Chief Whip (in charge of the vegetables) since 2002.
Supporter of European holidays, NATO "shock and awe" big fireworks, Israel my Israel, electoral reform as long as The Great Leader keeps getting elected. Guardian reader because they are so desperate for material that they print my letters.
Dad to Jed Augustus George Akehurst (7th October 2005). Stoke Newington resident, recently moved from crappy flat in nice area opposite cemetery to slightly less crappy flat in a noisy shopping area. Amicus union member because they recruit people like me who never did a real day's work in their lives.
Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser for Dobbo the Mule and Glenda Slagg, Local Government Political Assistant to England's worst performing local authority, Public Affairs consultant to The Juggernaut (specialising in advising $multi-billion Iraq war contract beneficiaries, government service outsourcers and property developers).
I'm a pretty great guy as all who know me will confirm (except for those cretinous old Labourites, awful Tories, useless LibDems, bourgeois Greens and everyone else except for Tony's New Labour Army!).
I like influencing outcomes by spreading the good word and smearing those who stand in the way. I'm especially fond of privatising useless old-fashioned industries held back by cloth-capped trade union stooges, liberating public services to the forces of the market and helping US arms manufacturers to look good while making massive profits in Iraq.
I've been trying to get into Parliament for a while without success, but things should improve now I've cut my links to Dobbo and Glenda and been noticed by Tony as one of the smart new "Millbank" set (shame we've become so poor we've had to move out of Millbank!).
I'm hoping that one day I'll be able to afford to move out of ghastly Hackney with its chavs, whingers and loonie lefties and live somewhere decent.
What else can I say about me? I'm a great guy! Did I already mention that? The rest will become evident from reading my blog.
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Send your nomination to: "The Sam Lloyd Town Hall Square Memorial Competition", 98 Trotter House, Barratt Lane, Hackney B4 ME
Closing date: 15th November, 2025
It's really simple and you have every chance of winning a great prize! All you have to do is to nominate the man or woman you think would be most worthy to be commemorated with a granite statue located in Town Hall Square.
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| 1. | Your nominee must have been deceased for at least 10 years |
| 2. | They must have made an outstanding contribution to the Borough |
| 3. | Many current and former Hackney residents must have good cause to remember them |
Closing date: 15th November, 2025
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2 comments:
Good to see you back and hitting the ground running Luke. Are councillors allowed to vote in this (http://www.hackney.gov.uk/index.htm/ep-major-developments-and-special-projects/ep-design-awards-2006.htm)this? Me, I shall be voting for that wonderous Clissold Leisure structure, and perhaps that ingenious and culturally sensitive dalston lane development.
I'm very pleased to hear that you will be voting for one of these two splendid developments of which Hackney Council is very proud.
You might be interested to know that my good friend and colleague Meaighchk Gullivers-Travells has recently proposed to establish a brand new academic qualification for lawyers, so that they can specialise in public sector building projects such as these (http://www.thelawyer.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=121099&d=122&h=24&f=46).
If you are going to do it big, why not do it professionally!
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