I felt I had been fighting off some illness for the last few days but woke up in the middle of the night this morning with a sore throat and blocked sinuses. I thought I may have Covid and “here we go again”. I had a very unpleasant Covid infectio…Read more…
Newham Voices: October 2022 – Remembering Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth 11
Check out and subscribe to the latest edition of Newham’s Independent Community paper. Page 1 & 7.”School turns to street art to mourn the QueenThe death of the Queen which led to a wave of sadness among many in Newham, particularly chi…Read more…
Exercise log since 2018 (and Roman Road Keto Brunch)
After a run yesterday I checked my watch app (currently called Zepp Life) and I found I had been for 1700 miles of walks and ran 1100 miles since 26/5/18 (also 1546 miles of Cycling). Celebrated with Keto brunch in Fiesta Café, Roman Road. Read more…
Energy Support Fund | There for You (UNISON Welfare) | UNISON National
UNISON Welfare will be launching the first phase of our Energy Support Fund at 11am on 5 October. Applications will be submitted online.(Please spread the word. This fund is limited and we must make sure that all branches and regions get a fair share)T…Read more…
Pink Floyd – Hey Hey Rise Up (feat. Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox)
“The Tories are driving our country, our currency and our communities into the ground”.
It’s vital we put a stop to them.That’s why I’m standing to be Kensington’s next Labour MP. http://www.metecoban.comRead more…
Breaking the Class Barrier Event: Increasing socio-economic diversity at senior levels
I am looking forward to attending this event. Breaking the Class Barrier Event: Increasing socio-economic diversity at senior levels Why should businesses increase socio-economic diversity at senior levels, and how?What can government,…Read more…
Labour Party Conference 2022: Day 2 Monday
Another rather random collection of photos from Day 2 of Conference. I posted here on my early morning run and seeing some well known local ladsTop left is a picture from “Newham Night” when delegates and visitors from Newham met up for a drink a…Read more…
West Ham ward surgery at Stratford Library
Pictures from my Newham London surgery this morning in Stratford library archivist room. I met fellow @newham_labour Cllrs Sabia Kamali & Ken Penton who also hold their surgeries for Stratford and Maryland.I only had one telephone enquiry whi…Read more…
Labour Conference: Day 3 A Green & Digital Future debate – My speech “No jobs in a dead planet”
This is photo from Tuesday morning (Day 3 of Labour Party Conference) of me giving a speech to Labour Conference as a UNISON Labour Link delegate. It was during the debate on Climate change. It was titled the “decarbonisation of public services”….Read more…
Watch Labour Conference: Day 3
Newham Council bi-monthly Rough Sleeping Count 30.9.22
At Newham London Dockside Building after a briefing & about to go out for midnight start of latest bi-monthly Rough Sleeping count. Council officers, outreach workers, volunteers and Councillors sent out in teams to various parts of the borough to …Read more…
“Levelling up net zero:How can we invest in a fair and just transition” Fringe #Lab22
This is the presentation I gave on Monday at the LAPFF/the Smith Institute fringe alongside panel speakers, Olivia Blake MP and Professor Nick Robins. Chaired by Paul Hackett. Many thanks to Paul Hunter from PIRC for speaker notes.”First for cont…Read more…
Labour Party Conference 2022 – Monday morning run
An early morning run before conference in wet and windy Liverpool. I came across some local lads.Read more…
Labour Party Conference 2022 – Sunday PM
A rather random collection of photos from the first afternoon and evening of conference. With picture from an excellent fringe in support of Ukraine with its UK ambassador as well as David Lammy MP and John Healey MP. I asked a question how can w…Read more…
Labour Party Conference 2022 – Sunday Morning
Following the London reception yesterday evening I had a (non keto) pizza with UNISON colleagues then a relatively early night. Up for a early morning run along the Mersey, back for breakfast then UNISON delegation meeting at 9.30am.Conference started …Read more…
“A Fresh Start with Labour” ‘Lab22 Conference
Labour Party annual conference starts tomorrow but I came down today to Liverpool to attend the London Labour Evening Reception and be ready as a UNISON Labour Link delegate for our first pre conference meeting early tomorrow morning. At the…Read more…
West Ham Labour informal social with Lyn Brown MP
Just back form a very pleasant evening with comrades from West Ham at the Black Lion pub in Plaistow (one of the oldest in Newham). Our local MP Lyn Brown was there and a wide mix of members enjoying drinks and pre Labour Party conference gossip. …Read more…
The Gresford Colliery Disaster – 22 September 1934
Today is the 88th anniversary of the Gresford Disaster which killed 266 Men (and boys). I was brought up in another former coal mining town about 10 miles away and remember learning as a child, the poem below. It is telling that I can still …Read more…
A trade unionist reading list
Hat tip UNISON Learning “A few weeks ago one of our UNISON learning reps asked us if there was a ‘reading list’ of recommended books with a trade union angle. Well, there wasn’t… so we asked on social media, and UNISON members, activists, staff, and al…Read more…