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Picture collage incorporating last Friday’s moving 11/11 Armistice Day service at the Central Park Cenotaph and the following Sunday Remembrance Day service at the historic West Ham All Saints Church.
Top left of collage is a picture of Cllr Winston V…Read more…
Check out report in Newham Recorder online
“A councillor has said he wants to “challenge” Sir Robin Wales as the Labour Newham mayoral candidate for 2018, the Recorder can reveal.
West Ham ward Cllr John Whitworth informed the existing Newham mayor of his intentions in an open letter…Read more…
At the London Labour Conference yesterday (which I will post more on later) the Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, gave a stirring and passionate speech on offering hope and inspiration, which resulted in a standing ovation.
Jeremy also stayed for an open …Read more…
I understand that the Labour Party Mayoral selection process for the London Borough of Lewisham has been postponed until sometime in the new year. I believe that there was understandable concern that the only candidates were white men and there were no…Read more…
Check out this article published in the Left Futures website on Monday.
“Many people have reservations about the new Regional Directly Elected Mayors but such Mayors in single (unitary) authorities’ raises different concerns. The Mayor for Greater London, Sadiq Khan, has a very powerful position…Read more…
The motion below was passed by overwhelmingly on Wednesday by the Executive Committee of West Ham Labour Party
“This Regional Conference notes:
1. The Labour Party Rule Book states that all Local Campaign Forums (LCF) must hold annual AGMs after May…Read more…
Check out international painting to left of picture. Draft minutes of UNISON London regional Europe and International Committee 3 October 2016.
Guest speaker, Dr Francisco Dominguez, Secretary of the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, spoke on the situatio…Read more…
Dear Member
Canvassing, street stalls, Christmas quiz and ‘affirmative nomination’ meetings
I have no idea what to say about President-elect Trump. So I won’t…
1. If you’ve been a member for over six months you should have received a letter n…Read more…
I have blogged about the process and how important the position of a Directly Elected Mayor or so called Executive Mayor is here and also about a website triggerdemocracy.com that argues that there should be an open selection process for the next …Read more…
While I hope that the United States will not elect Trump to be their President tomorrow, I was
fascinated to read the statement below at a recent Newham Council Investment and Accounts committee.
“Even if Trump loses, the anti-Establishment, anti-tra…Read more…
This is below a motion by Greater London UNISON Regional Labour Link to the London Labour Party Conference next Saturday 12 November.
“Housing continues to be the biggest challenge that Londoners face in the capital today with many who grew up in…Read more…
Can I recommend that anyone interested in the Newham Labour Mayoral selection process for 2018 looks at this new website https://triggerdemocracy.com/ and its Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Trigger-Democracy-523048401153002/ and its twitt…Read more…
Check out the http://www.schoolcuts.org.uk website and enter your postcode and you will see the schools around you that face savage Government cuts in funding. Incredibly 92% of schools face cuts, an average primary school will face £96,000 cut and average Secondary £290,000.
Locally…Read more…
Fantastic news. Yvonne (aka Stroppy) has been elected! My former blogging pal and daughter of former Newham Councillor Doris Maxwell, was elected last night in a Hackney Council by-election.
Hoxton West (Hackney) result: LAB: 68.3% (+11.6) CON: 13.3% …Read more…
Within the next week or so thousands of Labour Party members who live in the London Borough of Newham will be invited to local meetings to vote by secret ballot on the future of the Newham Labour Mayor candidate for the 2018 election. This process is known as a “trigger ballot” (or “affirmative…Read more…
Great TV advert for UNISON. Support at work is really important, it is simply horrible to face redundancy or discipline hearings or action under sickness procedures etc on your own without trained independent representation.
But we need to also point …Read more…
Yesterday morning I missed the very beginning of the canvass session in support of Yvonne Maxwell, who is standing as the Labour candidate for Hackney Council in a by election in Hoxton West.
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn MP turned up (by bike) to …Read more…
Last week was European Health and Safety week. This is a time to think about work related safety matters.
Early this month I was rang by the radio programme “BBC 5 Live investigates”. They asked if I was available to be interviewed by the pr…Read more…
This is a great “slow action” picture from last nights packed West Ham Labour AGM (part 2). Our MP Lyn Brown is giving her Parliamentary report and answering questions.
We ran out of time at our first AGM to conclude all business so had to resum…Read more…
Yesterday evening I went to the Parliamentary debate at Grand Committee Room in Westminster Hall, which took place following the 105,000 signatures in the petition against Tory plans to direct and control the 5 Million member, £200 billion UK Local Government Pensions Scheme.
I sat…Read more…