This afternoon I went to campaign in the Tory held marginal in the Cities and Westminster seat. We met outside Pimlico Station and after a short speech by our impressive Labour candidate, Gordon Nardell, I went off with a canvass team with fellow West …Read more…
West Ham plays at home then away at Thurrock and also Westminster #GE2017
This morning I went to a joint West Ham & East Ham Labour stall in Green Street to join our Labour Party Candidates, Lyn Brown and Stephen Timms. This was supposed to be a meeting point for our members to then go off and campaign in our marginal se…Read more…
Captain SKA – Liar Liar Ge2019
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Not Just Brexit: Let’s put public services first: register to vote
“One month from now, we’ll be going to the polls. We’ll elect a new parliament and maybe even a government that will be there until May 2025. While we’re still going for growth in November to make our voice stronger, we’re also starting to gear up for…Read more…
Marginals and ultra-marginals
(Hat tip BBC news. My take is we have to win in the marginals or the Tories will will and we will not have Jeremy Corbyn as our Prime Minister)
“A striking aspect of the 2017 general election was that the result in lots of constituencies was…Read more…
Labour and Capital – A Left Platform
Hat tip post Tom P (I picked image : Capital and labour, by Henry Stacy Marks)
“It’s election time. I’ll have a look through party manifestos when they’re out to pull together policy commitments that are relevant to this blog. In the me…Read more…
Dave Prentis: “This election is the fight of our lives”
Hat tip UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis blog: “Election day is less than five weeks away – and this election is the fight of our lives. After a decade of Tory austerity, public service workers know better than anyone the terrible toll that auste…Read more…
Canvass Training: “Persuasive Conversations”
“Thirty percent of people are undecided about who to vote for or do not think that voting is worthwhile.
Having a persuasive conversation with them about Labour Party policies can make all the difference. Marginal seats are often won or lost by just a…Read more…
West Ham Parish Church (All Saints) Remembrance Sunday 10th November 2019
This morning I attended yet another beautiful Remembrance Sunday service at the historic 12th Century West Ham Parish Church. I am a local West Ham Ward Councillor but I was there today to represent Newham Council as Deputy Mayor together with Deputy C…Read more…
West Ham on tour: Peterborough, Hull, Cities & Westminster and Chipping Barnet
West Ham on tour: Peterborough, Hull, Cities & Westminster and Chipping BarnetThis morning West Ham Labour members met up outside Stratford Station to go to the launch rally of Labour candidate, Gordon Nardell QC, in the Cities and Westminster seat…Read more…
Launch of Cities & Westminster & Big Unions Campaign in Chipping Barnet (we must win marginals to form Government)
Tomorrow (Saturday 9 November) West Ham Labour members are going to support our key marginal Cities & Westminster campaign launch. Meet at STRATFORD STATION (outside main ticket barrier in concourse) at 9.30 to travel to together to Westminster Nap…Read more…
Happy Birthday Bolshevik Revolution, Trotsky &… Grayee!
Today is the 102nd anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution (also known as the October Revolution due to the Russian Gregorian Calendar ) and it is also Leon Trotsky’s 140th birthday as well.
This morning at the start of a 5 hour budget meeting the ele…Read more…
Retirement meal for UNISON Labour Movement Hero Keith Birch
This evening we had a meal to celebrate and thank our UNISON Labour Link National Secretary, Keith Birch, upon his retirement. Keith also represented UNISON on the Labour Party NEC for many years.
Keith is a true Labour Movement hero who has done his …Read more…
West Ham Labour General Election Campaign Grid: 5.11.19
Join us in our General Election Campaign to win a Labour government on Dec 12th and to get Lyn Brown re-elected as our West Ham MP.Our main focus will be to arrange trips to marginal seats. Some of these will be won or lost by a handful of vo…Read more…
London Labour Unions General Election mobilisation event at UNISON centre
This evening I Chaired a meeting of London Labour Union organisers at the UNISON centre in Euston. It had originally been intended to be a trade union consultation on the London Mayoral manifesto for May 2020. However, following the calling of the gene…Read more…
General Election: Support Cities and Westminster marginal
The London Labour Party has asked West Ham CLP to support nearby marginals such as Cities of London & Westminster. We are arranging a grid of campaign events to encourage our activists to play their part in winning and defending our marginals. …Read more…
My Labour Movement Week – 28 October to 3 November 2019
I thought that I will do a weekend summary of the stuff I have been doing during the past week but have not posted upon.
So this week we had a visit to to Lyn Brown MP and staff to discuss housing policy; there was an important visit to Newham by…Read more…
“Mike Ashley blocks Labour councillor from Sports Direct board meetings after Corbyn row”
Hat tip Laura Onita Telegraph
“Sports Direct tycoon Mike Ashley has blocked a Labour councillor from joining the retailer’s board meetings after a spat with Jeremy Corbyn.
The billionaire wrote to John Gray, who is also the vice-chair of the Loca…Read more…
Open letter: Put radical housing policies in Labour’s manifesto
Below is the open letter by Labour Campaign for Council Housing in full.To Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell and John Healey,We the undersigned welcome the unanimous support of Labour conference for:Building 100,000 social rented council homes a year;…Read more…
General Election 2019 – register for a postal vote
Election day is 12 December – and it’s going to be cold and dark.
To keep yourself warm, fill in the form for a postal vote!
https://www.gov.uk/government/publica…
(if not registered to vote then go-line here https://www.gov.uk/register-…Read more…