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CAMPAIGNERS WILL BE lobbying Tower Hamlets Council on Wednesday, 15th January to press the case for free speech in the Borough on issues affecting Palestine and the Palestinian people. Councillors will be asked to act on a petition being presented ...

This is a time when we need wise words like these. “I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door – or I’ll make a door. Something ...

A former US president sends a message to the armchair socialists. “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we ...

WHO WILL the Labour left support in the contest to become the new Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party? Two organisations met this weekend to make their decisions. Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD) CLPD is one of ...

There are so many men to whom this could be applied… “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet ...

Of course, there was no real evidence that this analysis was true. Or that her feet were particularly brainy. “I actually think I think better in high heels.” Theresa May MP •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames ...

Wonder what Donald Trump would make of this one, then. “Women have got to make the world safe for men since men have made it so darned unsafe for women.” US-born Nancy Astor, the Viscountess Astor, the first woman to ...

Here’s something for those Labour MPs who have nominated Keir Starmer to think about. “You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever.” Germaine Greer •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

Mildred Gordon represented Bow & Poplar (the eastern half of Tower Hamlets) from 1987 to 1997. She was never afraid of speaking up for socialism. “The mark of a civilised society is that it is one in which people can ...

Here’s some straight talking from a Labour woman MP. “The Prime Minister [Boris Johnson] says nobody in his government wants to reduce rights or standards in this country. Well, this is a remarkable statement, especially when you look at their ...