THE TORY way of doing foreign policy used to be to send out the British Navy to resolve any disputes with other countries by firing a few cannon – or threatening to do. New Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ...

ONCE AGAIN, Tower Hamlets veteran politician Helal Abbas Uddin has seen the Labour Party National Executive Committee (NEC) take a decision which affects his political future. But this time, rather than being in his favour, the NEC has dashed his ...

IT IS JUST OVER 70 years since the National Health Service (NHS) was established in the UK. It clung to one basic principle: everyone pays in according to their income; everyone receives healthcare according to their need. In recent years ...

THE BANGLADESH Caterers’ Association (BCA) has welcomed an announcement from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), which has pledged to recommend a relaxation in government immigration policy. MAC advises government on how to change immigration policy. With Brexit on the horizon, ...

THE LABOUR PARTY had a large presence among the crowds out in London today – despite factors such as Eid keeping many members at home. Jeremy Corbyn addressed the crowd, explaining that Trump was not welcome because of his offensive ...

IS ALASTAIR CAMPBELL angling for a book deal? It’s hard to find a more plausible explanation of his behaviour on Sunday night. Campbell made his name out of being Tony Blair’s right hand man in the Labour Party, and he’s ...

LABOUR IS licking its wounds in Tower Hamlets as official figures show the Party attracted just 25,602 votes from across the Borough in last Thursday’s election of Members of the European Parliament. Since Lutfur Rahman was first elected Mayor of ...

THE NATIONS WAIT… The results of the elections to the European Parliament will be announced tonight, Sunday 26th. For UK voters, who went to the polls last Thursday, it’s been a long wait – but no results are announced until ...

“BE CAREFUL what you wish for” is a handy and probably ancient Chinese saying – which the Tories would do well to remember as they celebrate the end of May. For months the Tory Party has been united on one ...

DON’T DELAY if you want to become Jim Fitzpatrick’s new parliamentary assistant. The Labour MP for Poplar & Limehouse has put the message out on Twitter that he is looking for someone to join his office in the House of ...