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My speech today at this “Affordable Housing” conference in central London.
“Thank you. As I think I am the only politician speaking today, I hope you will find our perspective of what we are doing in Newham of interest.
First the bad stuff, whi…Read more…
Photo from run on Sunday (stylised). The Lake was named after the wife of King Edward VII and dug in 1905/06 to improve drainage and provide work for “unemployed men under the control of the West Ham Distress Committee”.Read more…
Yesterday, following the fascist massacre of Muslim worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand, the Newham Labour Movement family and friends, came together at a vigil outside Stratford Station. All of us were “United Against Terror”.
Newham Mayor,…Read more…
What a great picture. I believe taken after 3pm that day when the Labour Party informed Rokshana that she had been elected by Labour Party member in Newham to be our candidate in the Newham directly elected Mayoral elections on 2018.
Bizarrely, I was …Read more…
Branch chairs report: Tony Power
It’s been a year of uncertainty for all of us. The Brexit vote of 2016 still continues and has consequences that are still not clear and this has become particularly unsettling for our members who have come from the E…Read more…
Today I attended the UNISON National Labour Link Committee and offered support for Labour Council candidates, who are standing in May 2 in our UNISON East and South East regions. London does not have any “planned” elections this year, so we hope that L…Read more…
Hat tip Captain Swing for “Souvenir programme” of West Ham Trades Council “unfurling ceremony” of their new banner by Victor Feather, Assistant Secretary of the Trade Union Congress (later General Secretary of TUC).
Captain Swing and I wonder where th…Read more…
We held our branch AGM at Committee room 17 in the House of Commons. Sarah Jones MP, Shadow Housing Minister gave a superb presentation on Labour housing policy and stayed for an extended questions and answers session. She then had to rush off to vote …Read more…
I wonder what is the history behind this property in New Barn St, London E13 8JL?Read more…
Picture collage from last Thursday West Ham Labour event. Many thanks to everyone involved. We had solid 250 tickets. It was a great night out and we have raised loads for money for the CLP. Read more…
I came across this slide that shows the scale of the problem in the UK. Hat tip charity MIND via Association of Labour Councillors (ALC)Read more…
“UNISON is the largest women’s organisation in the UK with over a million women members. Standing up? You bet we are… #IWD2019 #IWD”Read more…
“Newham Council is warning residents against fraudsters attempting to con people out of thousands of pounds.
The con artists pretend to be contractors working for the Council offering repairs at the victims home. They then tell the victim that specia…Read more…
Picture college from recent canvass session. Our MP, Lyn Brown was on one canvass team and our East London GLA Assembly member Unmesh Desai, the second. It was a really busy canvass session and I met many residents and picked up lots of casework a…Read more…
Picture collage from last weekend at the UNISON Community Conference in Southport (for our members who work for Housing Associations and the Voluntary Sector). It was great to get support from activists and to hand our leaflets and to ask for support f…Read more…
This was my speech to UNISON Community Conference yesterday on Motion 10.
“John Gray, speaking on behalf of the Service Group Executive in favour of motion 10 as amended.
Conference,
This is all disturbing and challenging but negative changes in e…Read more…
UNISON Community Conference showing solidarity with AFG care workers taking industrial action this weekend. Including strong support from UNISON Assistant General Secretary, Christina McAnea and Shadow Minister, Rebecca Long-BaileyRead more…
Day one of our unison conference for members who work for voluntary organisations and housing associations.
First thing was meeting of our Service Community Executive to agree on last minute arrangements, platform speakers and our position on amendmen…Read more…