ELN COMMENT: A spirit of constructive governing broke out at Tower Hamlets Council on 27th July 2022 – the first scheduled full Council meeting since the election (the AGM in May dealt only with formalities). It was so different from ...
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Aspire launches campaign to save D7 bus route
IT’S OUT OF the Town Hall and back into the community for newly elected Aspire councillors in Tower Hamlets as, together with party activists, they have been trying to save the D7 bus from the Tory/Labour chop. During lockdown, the ...
Read More »Biggs a “Liability”, “I voted Lutfur” say Labour campaigners
TONY BLAIR, at his most unpopular, was dubbed Labour’s “Liar-bility”. On polling day 2022 in Tower Hamlets, it was a name given to Executive Mayor John Biggs – by a Labour campaigner. Labour campaigners at polling stations were openly admitting ...
Read More »And they’re off! Lib-Dems: Labour’s secret weapon?
ON 5th MAY, London’s voters will be going to the polls. All local council seats are up for election – as are Directly Elected Mayors, in those boroughs which have them. We have looked at Labour’s and Aspire’s candidates for ...
Read More »Stop the wars – and fight for peace
STOPPING WAR isn’t easy – as those who attended the AGM of the Stop the War Coalition (STWC) AGM last Saturday found out as they discussed the causes of wars, old and new, around the world. The STWC came into ...
Read More »Corbyn joins Iftar – as Starmer praises “people in Mosques”
CAN WE HAVE our MP back please, Mr Starmer? That was the thought on many minds as Jeremy Corbyn joined members of the community at Iftar last week in his Islington constituency. The Iftar was supported by the Finsbury Park ...
Read More »And they’re off! Aspire showcases breadth of support
ON 5th MAY, London’s voters will be going to the polls. All local council seats are up for election – as are Directly Elected Mayors, in those boroughs which have them. We’ll be looking at all the mayoral candidates in ...
Read More »And they’re off! Labour clings firmly to the past
ON 5th MAY, London’s voters will be going to the polls. All local council seats are up for election – as are Directly Elected Mayors, in those boroughs which have them. We’ll be looking at all the mayoral candidates in ...
Read More »Councils can bumbling Government over Ukraine refugees
COUNCILS IN England and Wales have made public their concerns over government delays in the process of housing and taking care of Ukrainian refugees who have fled the war in their country. The concerns were raised by the Local Government ...
Read More »Will it be third time lucky for Lutfur?
HIS FIRST mayoral election victory came in 2010. The second happened in 2014. Now, as he prepares to launch his campaign, Lutfur Rahman is hoping he can make it the third victory in a row in 2022. A win in ...
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