Politics

HERE THEY COME, Labour’s right wing – gunning for Corbyn, just as we predicted three days ago. Behind their current claims that Corbyn is soft on opposing anti-semitism is the recognition the only way the Right can regain control of ...

FAILED LABOUR LEADERSHIP contender Owen Smith MP has reminded us how uninspiring he was as a candidate – and what a lacklustre Labour Leader he would have made. As the candidate chosen by Labour’s right wing to mount an “anyone ...

TWO WOMEN from Palestine are coming all the way to the UK next week to talk about their experiences of living in Palestine under Israeli occupation. The visitors were invited to the UK by the Tower Hamlets-Jenin and the Camden-Abu ...

LAST WEEK WE reported that a large part of the Labour Party Manifesto had been revealed to the world by Young Fabian Adam Allnutt – who had singled out a couple of dozen pledges which he particularly enjoyed. For the ...

LONDON’S FIRST BAME Mayor has had to admit equality is a long time coming lower down the City Hall ranks. The first ever ethnicity pay audit of the Greater London Authority (GLA) has concluded that the average pay of BAME ...

LOOK DOWN ANY High Street and you’ll see enough places to eat or take food away that you will be asking yourself, “does nobody cook any more?” All that may be set to change, as restaurants start to admit they ...

SINCE REGISTERING as a political party, the People’s Alliance of Tower Hamlets (PATH) has been explaining how it would go about delivering some of its key policies in the long list of issues that need addressing in the borough. PATH is ...

PATH took another step forward this week, as the Electoral Commission approved its application to register as a political party. The People’s Alliance of Tower Hamlets (PATH) is now on the Great Britain register of political parties in England. PATH ...

A LARGE PART of the Labour Manifesto has been revealed to the world by a Tower Hamlets Labour Party Officer – apparently in advance of any formal launch of the document as a whole. Adam Allnutt has quoted the document ...

JOHN BIGGS, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, went to the East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre last week to receive a petition handed to him by Dilowar Khan, Director of Engagement for the Mosque. The petition called for action ...