AS PART OF the Labour Government’s campaign to crack down on migrants, Keir Starmer has given “border authorities” the power to seize phones from “illegal migrants”. Bet Farage didn’t think of that one. The Government’s thinking is that migrants’ phones ...
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Trump kidnaps Maduro and eyes up Venezuela
ELN: US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela. This is so wrong on so many levels that it is hard to know where to begin. We are not fools There is no justification for breaking ...
Read More »That was the year that was – Tower Hamlets, 2025, Part 1
BEFORE WE look forward to 2026, let’s take a moment to look back at what was happening in Tower Hamlets in 2025. What was the Council up to? What were its memorable moments? Here’s the highlights of the first six ...
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Read More »Will Tower Hamlets MPs vote for welfare cuts?
THE STARMER Government is planning to reduce public expenditure by cutting welfare benefits and restricting the number of people who can apply or them. This has come as a surprise to quite a number of Labour MPs, and some members, ...
Read More »Farage for PM? It could happen!
WE ALL KNOW that Nigel Farage was tempted out of retirement and back into politics. We all know that he led Reform to a good result at the 2024 General Election – and had a breakthrough in the May 2025 ...
Read More »Tulip: another headache for Keir Starmer
LABOUR MP Tulip Siddiq was one of more than 50 people named in an arrest warrant issued in Bangladesh. The warrant was drawn up by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The ACC has been investigating allegations made against Bangladesh’s deposed Prime ...
Read More »A journey of discovery
A GROUP OF group of students and staff from London Enterprise Academy made a nine-day journey to Bangladesh from 13th to 23rd February this year. This was more than just a trip: it was an experience that would stay with ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets Council: going through the motions
ON 1ST APRIL, Tower Hamlets Council was 60 years old. On 19th February, Eastenders – the popular BBC soap opera set in roughly the same area, had celebated its 40th birthday. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the two apart. Those ...
Read More »Is Whitechapel turning into Docklands?
IT IS several years since the NHS decided to modernise the Royal London Hospital – triggering a wholesale redevelopment of the surrounding part of Whitechapel. But will the development bring improvements to the area? The opportunity to improve Whitechapel wasn’t ...
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