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Picture collage from this afternoon’s campaigning by (mostly) West Ham Labour in support of Janet Dady, Labour Parliamentary candidate for the Lewisham East by election.
Our team was joined by our MP Lyn Brown (and by Cara – her Labour Attack Dog). Ea…Read more…
Common sense speech by our West Ham MP Lyn Brown, condemns the massacre in Gaza by the IDF (and the the Hamas terrorists who glory in the massacre).
My question is why does the IDF do what Hamas want and create martyrs???Read more…
Intelligent and passionate speech by Lyn on the recent violent deaths of 9 young men (and children) in West Ham.
Is it really no coincidence that 65% of Newham children are brought up in poverty while living in one of the richest cities in the world? …Read more…
Some pictures from our local elections celebration and fundraiser event held on Thursday evening in Eat16 (Canning Town) compered by our MP Lyn Brown and introduced our guest speaker, Richard Burgon MP, Shadow Justice Minister (while on route back home…Read more…
Today is International Workers Memorial Day which remembers workers who have been killed at work or died of industrial injuries or diseases. It is also a health & safety campaigning day to protect the living.
This morning Labour Party members &…Read more…
20 days now until the local elections on 3rd May… and thanks to all those who have come out to campaign for our fantastic Labour candidates and our Mayoral candidate Rokhsana Fiaz.Canvassers are reporting a really positive response on the doorstep bu…Read more…
Photo collage of a busy weekend for West Ham Labour. Our MP Lyn Brown & Newham Labour Mayoral candidate, Rokhsana Fiaz, were out with local activists across West Ham talking to residents about any concerns and issues. We held stalls and sent door k…Read more…
Rokhsana Fiaz is challenging Sir Robin Wales, the mayor of the London borough since 2002
“A referendum should be held on scrapping the directly elected mayoral system used in the London borough where the Olympics was held, according the woma…Read more…
Great letter of endorsement for Rokhsana Fiaz as Newham Labour Mayoral Candidate by our West Ham MP, Lyn Brown.
After some quite disgusting and frankly vile comments and deliberate untruths by “supporters” of the incumbent, Lyn has obviously felt that…Read more…
Since on Saturday I was affirmed by West Ham ward members as a Councillor candidate for May, I was not able to give my speech – so will blog it here instead 🙂
“My name is John Gray and I have lived in Newham for the last 30 years and have been honour…Read more…
Picture collage from yesterday’s Labour campaign session in my ward, West Ham, with our MP, Lyn Brown (and Cara, her infamous Labour attack dog).
West Ham ward and the wider West Ham CLP are “safe” Labour seats but it is humbling how much support we g…Read more…
I have always agreed with the great Lake district walking author, Alfred Wainwright, that “there is no such thing as bad weather only unsuitable clothing”. Despite this I forgot to take a hat and gloves for this mornings Labour campaigning in the …Read more…
UNISON has been urging activists to send their MP’s this email for the vote tomorrow https://tuc.good.do/euwithdrawalbill/mps/
Lyn has already tweeted that she will be supporting the amendments.
“On Tuesday 16 Jan, MPs vote on whether or not to …Read more…
This is an article written by our West Ham MP, Lyn Brown. Seen here at the memorial to PC Nina Mackay. Over the Christmas and New Year holiday not only will public service workers be looking after us 24/7 but many of them will face abuse and viol…Read more…
Dear MemberWest Ham Labour Party Xmas updateMerry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Looking forward to an early general election and a Labour Government in 2018 with Jeremy Corbyn as our Prime Minister.As well as the usual campaigning and political event…Read more…
Dear West Ham Labour Party MemberNewham has one of the highest number of betting shops of any London borough with 81 currently in operation, with 12 on one street alone.Each betting outlet can provide four FOBT machines which offer casino style content including games such as roulette at up to £100…Read more…
A busy day for West Ham Labour. Started off in Thurrock, Essex in the morning with 2 West Ham canvass teams supporting Labour, one led by Lyn Brown MP and the other by local Candidate, Les Strange (on right of collage photo).
I went out with Les “on t…Read more…
On 17 October Lyn made the following speech in a Parliamentary debate on the persecution of the Rohingya by the Myanmar government:”As we have heard today, the evidence about what has been happening in Myanmar is clear: there is a concerted campaign of…Read more…
“As I write, the last acid attack to hit the headlines in Newham occurred less than three weeks ago. There has been a steady stream of these horrifying stories this year. In June, the cousins Resham Khan and Jameel Muhktar were attacked on the street. Both suffered life-changing injuries,…Read more…
Yesterday, I was out canvassing next door to Newham, in Chingford & Woodford Green with a strong team from West Ham Labour, led by our MP, Lyn Brown. Following the General Election many people now think that this traditional Conservative seat is a …Read more…