THE RICH GET RICH with the help of the poor, who subsidise their businesses. “You built a factory out there, good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads that the ...
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Has Corona come to Canary Wharf?
AN EMPLOYEE OF THE US oil company Chevron turned up for work at its Canary Wharf office today – suffering from flu-like symptoms. The employee had recently returned to the UK after a visit to a part of the world ...
Read More »Thought for today 24.02.20
SHE CHECKED the computers were getting their sums right – that’s how the first black woman to work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) helped put humans on the moon. “Ms Johnson helped our nation enlarge the frontiers ...
Read More »Thought for today 23.02.20
PROFESSOR ASIF NAZRUL was referring to Bangladesh when he said this – but his words apply beyond that country’s shores too. “It’s a government and a political party which believe that they are not accountable to anyone. It’s a dangerous ...
Read More »Thought for today 22.02.20
HOW CAN WE mix socialism and an equalities agenda? “Our socialism fights for the rights of everyone, whatever their gender, ethnicity, sexuality or background to realise their aspirations.” Rebecca Long-Bailey, candidate for Labour Party Leader •Read more about it: Thought ...
Read More »Thought for today 21.02.20
ARE the Russians really trying to boost the Bernie Sanders’s campaign – because they would like to see a more left wing US President who would be more in tune with their views? Or are they trying to keep Donald ...
Read More »Mosque stabbing suspect appears in court
DANIEL HORTON, 29, of no fixed abode appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court today – Saturday, 22nd February. Horton was arrested at the Regent’s Park Mosque on Thursday, 20th February after an incident during which the muezzin Raafat Maglad, 70, was ...
Read More »Thought for today 20.02.20
A GERMAN condemns right wing terrorism as he shares details of a victim of the shooting in Hanau. “Der Bekannte meines Cousins wurde gestern in Hanau ermordet. Freunde & Cousins trauern mit diesem Foto… Wir können nicht draußen einen friedlichen ...
Read More »Thought for today 19.02.20
THIS is the unacceptable face of Priti Patel MP, Home Secretary – or maybe it’s just one of them… “[We need to] reduce the levels of people coming to the UK with low skills.” UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel MP, ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets budget: another farce; another tragedy
IT WAS business as usual down on the Tower Hamlets Council meeting on Wednesday, 19th February as the ruling Labour Group managed to force its budget through. As the agenda item began, Executive Mayor John Biggs introduced his Budget to ...
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