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This evening at the Full Council meeting in Stratford Town Hall we started with a “State of the Borough” debate with speeches from the Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, and updates from all 8 cabinet members.
My very short update was as below :-
“As Cabinet lead…Read more…
Off message but Gill and I went on a perfect little walk today around Little Hallingbury, which is near Harlow, courtesy of Essexwalks.com. The bright winter sunshine and blue skies helped make it special.
The start of the walk is in the hamlet of Gas…Read more…
Now the season of good will is well and truly over, I can confirm that I did not receive a Christmas card from Sports Direct Mike Ashley.
I am of course – gutted.
Hat tip Daily Telegraph
“The rant before Christmas: five people on Mike Ashley’s naugh…Read more…
“Stand Together is the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2020. It explores how genocidal regimes throughout history have deliberately fractured societies by marginalising certain groups, and how these tactics can be challenged by individuals standing to…Read more…
This morning we finally had the launch of the Newham Council Community Wealth Building (CWB) programme at The Crystal, Royal Docks. We had to postpone it twice due to Brexit debate clashes and the General election.
Newham directly elected M…Read more…
Hat tip Tony Lewis Facebook who is also the joint chair of the Newham Homeless Action Group.
“This Morning on “Lewis in the morning” Breakfast Show on Revive FM 94.0, Cllr and Deputy Mayor for Housing, John Gray attended the Revive FM Stud…Read more…
A great picture from yesterday when the Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz and cabinet lead for Environment, Cllr James Asser met staff who work in Newham Council Parks and Green spaces which have been brought back into public control from private contractors.
Many…Read more…
Dear John,
I want to start by saying a huge thanks for joining Team Angela – I’m really excited about this campaign and humbled by how many people have signed up already.
Today, MP nominations closed in the contest. I’m proud to have so much support f…Read more…
Yesterday, I helped the Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, with her surgery at Canning Town Library (next to the “Keir Hardie” room).
Trying to help the long queue of residents with their housing misery was far, far worse than before the election since th…Read more…
Off message. My Christmas present this year was a print from Welsh Artist, Kyffin Williams, which I am getting framed. I also got a Welsh National Library, Kyffin Williams 2020 calendar.
See Ionawr January picture of Gyrn Las.
I will post each months…Read more…
Pictures from yesterday’s UNISON welcome to our Labour Leader candidate, Keir Starmer MP, at our headquarters in Euston London. I tweeted at the time that I thought Keir was genuinely moved by the warmth of his reception by UNISON members and staff as …Read more…
Yesterday I went to a Housing & Regeneration Round-table on the Sadiq Khan Labour Mayoral manifesto for the May election with other London Council leads on Housing and regen.
I got lost looking for the venue but in doing so I had my own tour of th…Read more…
This morning I chaired a regular quarterly meeting of Greater London UNISON Regional Labour Link committee. Labour Link is the voluntary political fund for UNISON members who support the Labour Party.
At this meeting of elected lay members of UNISON L…Read more…
Check out this BBC documentary from February last year (on BBC iPlayer for 26 days). I suggest you watch if interested in the current crisis (and history of region) following the killing of General Qassem Suleimani by the Americans last week.
If the p…Read more…
Hat tip BBC News about my UNISON comrade. “Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner has announced she is joining the contest to replace Tom Watson as Labour’s deputy leader.She is the fourth Labour MP to declare her intention to run, alongside Richard …Read more…
This morning I started yet another New Year’s Resolution to get fit by going for a jog around nearby Wanstead Flats. Less than 50m from the start of my run is “Angel Pond” seen then (early 20th century) and now in collage above.
It was named after the…Read more…
A good summary of declared and likely candidates for Labour Leadership on BBC here. There is still time for others to put their hat into the ring. I have not decided who to support but to be clear we have hundreds of thousands of families and children …Read more…
A good summary of declared and likely candidates for Labour Leadership on BBC here. There is still time for others to put their hat into the ring. I have not decided who to support but to be clear we have hundreds of thousands of families and children …Read more…
Picture of lovely New Year walk with Gill starting from Derwent Reservoir in Peak District (where the RAF Dam Busters practiced their raids in 1943) to Lost Lad summit, Black Tor, Cakes of Bread, Dovestone Tor, Salt Cellar, White Tor and The Coach and …Read more…
Another year, another election campaign. Just over 4 months until the Greater London Mayor and Assembly election. There will also be local Council elections in May (not London).
Today, Labour Party activists were handing these leaflets to commuters ou…Read more…