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See post below from former Guardian Journalist Dave Hill on his “On London” website. I see that Dave mentions Cllr Rokhsana Fiaz, as a possible contender.
“The process which led to Sir Robin Wales being endorsed to seek a fifth term as Lab…Read more…
Hat tip Rokhsana – “Friends please share widely & come!#Justice4Edson Family Campaign launch this coming Thursday 7th Sept in Forest Gate. Speakers to be announced in the next couple of days.
Plus an account of what happened from … Ob…Read more…
A great collage of photos from recent campaigning. Custom House canvass on Sunday morning with Lyn Brown (and Cara) as well as local Newham Councillors, Rokhsana Fiaz and Pat Holland. Lyn had also been that morning to Ilford North with West Ham a…Read more…
This morning I was on my way to a seminar on opposing the new Housing & Planning Act.
I stopped off in London Liverpool Street station to take this photo of the statute (by the ticket office) in honour of the thousands of unaccompanied …Read more…
“Brexit and the New Age of Uncertainty: Implications, challenges and opportunities for Newham, London and our country”
“Thank you Chair for allowing me the opportunity to address colleagues at today’s Full Council.
I’ll be talking about the implications of Brexit as I see it; and a…Read more…
Tonight I helped out in Lea Bridge ward, Hackney for the election campaign to select a new Executive Mayor for the Borough.
At the campaign headquarters, ward activists were really hospitable and appreciative to us for turning up and&n…Read more…
The picture is from the reception held this evening in the Palm Tree, Romford Road to honour the recent election of my good political comrade (and friend) Anam Islam, as a Councillor for Forest Gate North.
I was invited with other Coun…Read more…
This was the written question I put to the Newham Deputy Mayor and Cabinet member for Finance, Lester Hudson, at the Full Council meeting last week
To the Executive Advisor on Finance, Cllr Lester Hudson
“Last week 3 more employees of Barclays Bank w…Read more…
Check out this report in this week’s Newham Recorder. Well done to Rokhsana for undergoing this operation to try and save a young child’s life. I must admit I winced at the thought of donating a pint and a half of my bone marrow. I have been a potentia…Read more…
It has been a busy weekend for West Ham Labour. Yesterday I was out with a Labour canvass team for Sadiq Khan as mayor in Green Street. See Vice Chair Campaigns, Julianne Marriott, briefing the team beforehand on what to do. Highlight of the morning wa…Read more…
Picture from a cold, wet, windy canvass session this morning in Custom House, West Ham. Lyn Brown MP (and her little Labour attack dog, Cara), Local Councillors and Party activists were out knocking on doors, talking to residents and asking them to sup…Read more…
Picture collage from the successful recent launch of “Newham United Against Austerity” (NUAA) with key note speaker, John McDonnell MP, Labour Shadow Chancellor, who was introduced by West Ham Labour MP Lyn Brown.
Other speakers were Kevin Courtney, …Read more…
This was in the “Newham Recorder” letters page this week.
“Dear Editor
I am writing to invite Newham Residents to the inaugural meeting of a new campaigning organisation for our Borough, “Newham United Against Austerity”.
We have a special guest speaker for our launch, John McDonnell…Read more…
The picture is from last Thursday’s social at Custom House branch, West Ham Labour where the guest speaker was BBC political reporter, Iain Watson. He spoke about his new book on the failure of the Labour Party to win the last general election “F…Read more…
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Pictures from last weekends “Sunday Night Live” at Stratford Picture House, E15. The debate was about the crisis in the NHS.
West Hammer Neil Wilson chaired. There was two guest speakers, Nigel Keohane, from the Social Market Foundation and Jos …Read more…
“Whether they have billions to invest or need to dramatically cut budgets, few British governments have resisted imposing their own blueprint for reform on the NHS, with the consequence that in the past two decades health service staff have had to endu…Read more…
Busy Saturday. First, was Councillor Surgery at Brasset Point Tenants & Residents Room (had a tricky planning “Stop Notice” issue); then memorial tribute to PC Nina MacKay followed by ward “walkabout” in Dirleton Road E15 with concerned residents (…Read more…
(In a personal capacity and as a Newham Cllr I fully support Rokhsana as a candidate to be the ALC rep for London. She has integrity and principles and will be a fantastic advocate for London Councils at the ALC).
Vote FIAZ, Rokhsana #1Association of …Read more…
On Tuesday evening I went to the launch of #Daretodream in South London with fellow Newham Cllr Rokhsana Fiaz OBE. This was an amazing networking event for young people on how to shape the future of London. The theme was that politics matters to …Read more…