Tonight both West Ham and Forest Gate North wards were out campaigning. I joined FGN since I had to leave early for a meal with a mate in Leytonstone.
All the ward Councillors were present. Cllr Rachel Trip was the lead organiser.
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New Labour’s culpability for the housing crisis
“After 13 years of New Labour in government there were actually 655,000 less ‘social’ homes than there were when they … MoreRead more…
Labour E20 Canvass & #HappyBirthdayHardie
This morning there was a physical “Labour doorstep” canvass in Stratford, Newham followed by a celebration of Keir Hardie’s Birthday (tomorrow 15 August) and his links with the borough. The Keir Hardie Society encourage supporters to post pictures to s…Read more…
Batley and Spen: Labour is back after by-election win, says Starmer
Superb news. Well done Kim
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-57696431
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“Retired voters gave the Conservative their Majority in 2019”
This is a fascinating analysis in NewStatesman. Of course, why so many retired voters tend to support the Tories is a key Labour issue. We cannot just “blame” pensioners for voting the wrong way. There is still massive pensioner poverty (2 millio…Read more…
May 6 aftermath: Sadiq, Unmesh & Farah win well; Newham Democracy Referendum narrowly loses; Wales keeps Red as does some regions (but crushing by election defeat)
Now I have had some time to recover from electioneering and reflect upon last Thursday 6 May – some thoughts:-
Congratulations on Sadiq being re-elected as London Mayor; Unmesh re-elected as our local City & East Assembly member and Farah winning t…Read more…
Labour Party Leaders on International Workers Day : May Day 2021
Keir and Angela promise to take on the Tories over Worker’s’ rights. Read more…
‘What Labour can do for the community’
“Where I live we’ve had three Tory councillors for the past three years. Before that it was Lib Dem. We’ve never had a Labour city councillor in this area so I’m hoping to be among the first.
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‘More important than ever to vote Labour’
Back to the South West and the vibrant city of Bristol. Unite rep and secretary of the Bristol Legal and Finance branch, Simon Crew is standing as a Labour candidate for the Council seat of…Read more…
Don’t underestimate our Sarah
For Unite member Sarah Murphy, who is standing as a Welsh Labour candidate for the Bridgend constituency at the Senedd election, hard work and trade unionism are in her blood
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‘Never been a better time to care’
I’m the Labour Party candidate for West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, and currently work as legal aid solicitor and member of Unite. I represent people at risk of eviction from their homes,…Read more…
Back on the Campaign Trail for Labour in West Ham
Today I went into the attic to retrieve Labour placards, UNISON Labour Link clip boards and my agent “campaign bag” (placards, marker pens, cord, FB & drop keys, tapes etc). Due to Covid it has been over a year since I had last done any “phy…Read more…
Why this May 6 really matters
This May’s elections really matter. Across the whole of the UK polling stations will be open on May 6 for our own ‘Super Thursday’ as directly elected mayors, councillors, London Assembly members,…Read more…
Newham Labour Unions telecanvass with Assembly Member Unmesh Desai – Tuesday 2 March 6pm-7.30pm
On Tuesday 2 March 6-7.30pm trade union activists in Newham have organised a joint telecanvassing session in support of Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan and our Labour Assembly members.
East London and City Assembly member, Unmesh Desai, will be in…Read more…
London UNISON Labour Link phone bank with Abena Oppong-Asare MP
Photo (hat tip @iamritabegum) from tonight’s Greater London UNISON Labour Link sponsored phone bank for the London Mayor and Assembly elections. I was pleased as elected Chair of the regional Labour Link committee to welcome long standing UNISON…Read more…
Unite welcomes Labour support for aviation
Unite welcomed Labour’s call today (February 11) for the government to introduce a sector specific support package for aviation.
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Labour, ‘gongs’ and the British Empire
Recently Shadow Cabinet Minister Kate Green was asked by Nick Robinson on his podcast whether she thought that honours should … MoreRead more…
Socialist & Labour West Ham Cllr George Coe 1870-1910 “He tried to leave the world a little better than he found it”
During the summer I had a wonderful email from Plaistow resident and local historian, Alan Regin, connected to a post I wrote on this blog following the general election in 2015.
On election day 2015 an UNISON colleague of mine was acting …Read more…
‘Nurture newer voices’
The decision taken by the union’s governing body, its Executive Council, will see Unite’s affiliation to the party drop by 10 per cent, or 50,000 affiliates – although Unite will still remain…Read more…
“I was so scared of catching coronavirus in hospital I nearly died”
“As a black woman, the risk seemed too high. But when I think about how worried the doctors were about me, I realised what a mistake I’d made…
Independant
I started feeling unwell at the end of August. Initially, it was just lethargy that I put do…Read more…