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If Jeremy Cobyn wins the Labour Leadership, he will come under attack from the media establishment, the Tories and much of his own party. That’s because he presents a dangerous threat to the post-Thatcher political consensus. Owen Jones, The New ...

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A DRAFT PAPER – apparently intended to be read out to staff in an East London school just before the Christmas break – shows the extent to which the British education system may already be changing under the new Tory ...

We wish all our vistors a peaceful, joyful and healthy 2020. We’re sorry we’ve been offline for a short while due to illness in the team – but we’ll be back to full strength in 2020. It’s going to be ...

LABOUR PARTY members in Poplar & Limehouse constituency have chosen the candidate they want to stand for them at the next General Election: Apsana Begum. A new candidate had to be found as sitting MP “Dim Jim” Fitzpatrick is retiring. ...

JOHN BIGGS, veteran politician and Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has stopped short of endorsing Apsana Begum – chosen by Tower Hamlets Labour Party members to be Labour’s candidate at the next General Election. Members had been patient with some ...

THE LABOUR PARTY members of Poplar & Limehouse Constituency Labour Party (CLP) have spoken. They came, they queued, they listened, they queued some more – and then they voted. There were over 500 of them, and they chose Apsana Begum ...

IT IS almost a “tale of two Johns” as Labour Party members in Poplar & Limehouse constituency head for their hustings meeting this afternoon. The members will be choosing who will be the Labour Party candidate at the next General ...

WHY HAS Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor John Biggs ordered the closure of the Council Meals on Wheels Service, which provides meals to vulnerable adults? Service users and community activists have been raising concerns about what will happen when the service ...

LABOUR PARTY members in the Ilford South constituency have chosen Sam Tarry to be their candidate at the next General Election. The selection is subject to endorsement by Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC), which is thought to be a formality. ...