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I love going to Labour Party conferences and think that our West Ham Constituency Labour Party should send as many delegates as possible, so I fully support this fundraising attempt to pay for and send more delegates.
(I love this picture as well. Apa…Read more…
A great picture from the end of last night’s Labour Party selection meeting, where local members voted overwhelmingly to return their existing Councillors, Rachel Tripp and Anamul Islam, as candidates for the local elections in May. The vacant position…Read more…
This is my latest written report (previous one 7 December 2017).
Council Issues
Meeting with Senior Council officers
13 December. I met again with other concerned backbench Councillors senior officers at Newham Dockside to discuss and examine reports…Read more…
Fantastic video clip of Forest Gate Labour Councillor, Seyi Akiwowo, being interviewed by BBC news (after speaking at a United Nations conference no less!) exposing the inconsistency and hypocrisy of twitter and the other social media platforms towards…Read more…
“The Labour Party has a zero tolerance approach to sexual harassment and will take all complaints of this nature extremely seriously.
Should you experience any behaviour that you feel amounts to sexual harassment either towards yourself or another mem…Read more…
(post from Labourlist on Saturday by my ward Councillor Seyi Akiwowo)Earlier this year I received a wave of hateful online abuse and harassment after a video of me speaking at the European Parliament went viral. On one hand, the online world is merely …Read more…
/ WHO WE AREFounded by Cllr Seyi Akiwowo, we are a organisation working to reduce online violence against women and girls (OVAWG) and online hate speech through advocacy, campaigning and training workshops.// WHAT WE BELIEVEWhen we look back on th…Read more…
Photo Collage from an evening door knock and street surgery last month in Forest Gate North, Newham, London by ward Councillors (Rachel, Seyi & Anamul) and local party activists. This was a sensitive matter since the area had experienced what is th…Read more…
Have you applied to be a council candidate?West Ham Labour Party are running short training sessions for members who have interviews to stand as Labour Party council candidates.
The sessions will be led by Cllrs Seyi Akiwowo and John Gray and will tak…Read more…
A lovely tribute in a maiden speech to Parliament by new Labour MP, Rosie Duffield, to Newham’s youngest Councillor, Seyi Akiwowo, “who has endured, fought back against and now campaigns against the lowest form of racial abuse…”
Hat tip Newham Recorder “Cllr and members of the public attending a vigil on Dames Road where a V1 flying bomb landed killing people on a bus outside the Holly Tree pub
Dozens gathered to pay their respects to Forest Gate’s war dead on the anniversary of the night a bomb hit a bus during the…Read more…
This picture is from Wednesday evening, when we had a West Ham Labour General Election “Wash Up”. CLP Officers, Branch organisers and secretaries were invited to our headquarters in Stratford to talk about and debate, what went right with our election …Read more…
Above is a picture collage from this evening’s anniversary vigil to remember the victims of a Nazi Flying bomb attack on this day 27 July 1944 which killed horribly at least 38 East Enders (updated figure) at this very spot.
Forest Gate Councillor, An…Read more…
After having a great time at the Afropunk London festival last weekend, I followed my usual ritual before going to bed on Saturday night: checking to see what I had missed on Instagram during the day. I came across the clip of CCTV footage&nb…Read more…
This is the latest media release from Newham Council (see below).
I am still waiting for copies of the fire risk assessments for high rise blocks in my ward (West Ham) from the Council.
I have also asked who is checking the fire risk asse…Read more…
Yesterday morning I started off campaigning in Forest Gate North with local Councillor, Anamul Islam and activists. It was also the first time that my wife, Gill, had actually knocked on doors and spoke to residents about supporting Labour.
It was the…Read more…
This may not be very dignified but I do like this picture of some Newham Councillors after our Council Annual General Meeting on Thursday.
The meeting itself in the Old Stratford Town Hall was pretty formal. I missed the first bit since I had a Genera…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…
Hat tip West Ham Labour blog on Women’s International Day.
“On Monday, West Ham women gathered to boost the sisterhood for the 2018 local government elections.
It was so wonderful to see a group of women from all walks of life dedicated to makin…Read more…
I haven’t always agreed with everything our local weekly paper “Newham Recorder” has published over the years (or not published) but I totally agree with the comments below by its editor Michael Adkins on the foul and disgusting abuse my inspirational …Read more…