“UNACCEPTABLE” – that’s what Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has called the 20,000 cut in the number of police officers under the last two Tory Governments. Labour has pledged to provide 10,000 extra officers if it wins the General Election. Labour’s ...
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Local Group marks Nakba Week
TWO TOWER HAMLETS groups which campaign in support of the Palestians are holding a special event to mark Nakba Week. The Tower Hamlets branch of the national Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Tower Hamlets & Jenin Friendship Association will be ...
Read More »Labour’s women present the sister act
TOWER HAMLETS Labour Women are working hard to ensure that the General Election is not just a battle between senior politicians. It’s an event which will affect women’s lives for at least the next five years – and nowhere more so ...
Read More »Brexit: EU prepares to take on May
THERESA MAY’S “cut and run” election has been exposed as a desperate gamble based on self-preservation rather than a move which can strengthen the UK’s hand in Brexit negotiations. The Prime Minister had claimed she had decided to hold a ...
Read More »Boris: “ready to bomb Syria”
BORIS JOHNSON MP was let loose on Thursday in what was widely seen as a tactical move to prove that he was not being silenced. Unfortunately for the Tory Party, Boris immediately opened his mouth and put his foot in ...
Read More »You couldn’t make it up: UKIP battle begins
THE SNAP GENERAL ELECTION has not been welcome news for UKIP – the far right political party with no MPs but plenty of little Engand/anti-immigration views. There was a time when all was going relatively well for UKIP. •They had ...
Read More »Fitzpatrick rebels: too little, too late
JIM FITZPATRICK, Labour MP for the Poplar & Limehouse seat in Tower Hamlets, has at last rebelled against his own party Whip. The MP known in Tory circles as “Dim Jim” voted against having a General Election on 8th June ...
Read More »Game on – here we go!
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS has voted by 522 votes to 13 to dissolve Parliament on the basis that a General Election will be held on Thursday, 8th June. The Prime Minister, Theresa May, argued that the Election was necessary because ...
Read More »You couldn’t make it up – John Woodcock
THE GENERAL ELECTION was a surprise – and it’s bound to lead to a few more surprising utterances and events. Straight out of the stalls is John Woodcock, Labour MP for Barrow and Furness in Cumbria – who seems to ...
Read More »Theresa May goes for snap General Election
THERESA MAY has announced that she will ask Parliament to hold an unscheduled General Election on 8th June. The Prime Minister made the announcement outside 10 Downing Street just after 11am on Tuesday, 18th April. Any snap General Election must be ...
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