Labour’s John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has commented on the death of Bow School pupil Nasar Ali. Nasar was taken ill at school on Thursday, 10th November and passed away in the Royal London Hospital on Monday, 14th November. ...
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Nasar loses fight for life
This evening, the sad news was released that Nasar Ahmed lost his fight for life and passed away at 5.30pm today in the Royal London Hospital. We send our condolences to his family and friends. •To read our original story ...
Read More »Brexit brings more bad news for jobs
Six hundred workers at Travis Perkins – 2% of its workforce – have been told that they have lost their jobs after the UK’s largest builders merchant closed 30 stores. The news comes as news broke that unemployment in the ...
Read More »Goodness gracious: great walls of… Calais?
UK taxpayers are to fund the erection of a “keep the refugees out” wall in Calais, Home Office Minister Robert Godwill has confirmed. Building will begin any day. The wall, which will be 4 metres high, will seal the last ...
Read More »How long will Labour go easy on Danczuk?
Simon Danczuk MP, who was suspended by the Labour Party after admitting he had sent inappropriate texts of a sexual nature to a young woman, is reported to have been arrested in Alicante, Spain after an incident involving his wife. ...
Read More »Owen Smith in “too many immigrants” furore
Questions were being asked about Owen Smith’s consistency as a Facebook post by Areeq Chowdhury detailed a meeting between the East London accountant and the rebel Labour MP who is trying to remove Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour ...
Read More »Labour right re-runs SDP experiment as JC brings in the Second 11
Labour MPs having a hissy fit over their leadership is nothing new. The 18 Labour MPs who have resigned from the Shadow Cabinet in the last 48 hours are following in the footsteps of those who have done it all ...
Read More »Two jobs. One job. No, two jobs.
Many eyebrows were raised when Labour’s John Biggs became mayor of Tower Hamlets but then refused to resign as a member of the London Assembly. Each position was a full-time job, and holding two full time jobs at the same ...
Read More »Labour MP dies after shooting
Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley & Spen, was shot and stabbed in Birstall, in her constituency, early this afternoon, just before she was due to begin an advice surgery in the town’s library. Ms Cox was aged just 41 ...
Read More »Muhammad Ali dies: the “humble mountain” has fallen
Muhammad Ali was a man of principle – and an example to others of how standing by your principle will eventually be rewarded. He was probably only the second most famous, and most courageous, black man on the planet – ...
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