I have now been to the Brent Journey to Justice exhibition in the Brent Museum. This runs through a number of American, British and local protest campaigns.
One that startled me was Brent's own Libraries Transformation Project which presents Brent Council in an unfavourable light with no mention for instance of its successful defence of the policy in the 2011-2012 judicial review or the Secretary of State's decision not to order a review. This one sided approach is particularly notable given that the very building that houses the exhibition, Willesden Library Centre, would not exist if the litigants had had their way (a fact unmentioned in the exhibition).
The second is a note of praise for the Stop the war group who are described as organising anti-war activities in Brent. This is at best a half truth since the group only seems to object to campaigns where British troops are committed not to more numerous and more deadly conflicts such as Syria.
I wonder if Brent Council is actually following its own guidelines on this?
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