Fantastic news. Rokhsana beats Robin Wales by a staggering 861 to 503 votes. Will blog further when I can stop the uncontrolled laughing and smiling. Read more…
EXCLUSIVE: Sir Robin Wales challenges critics and claims trigger ballot ‘fix’ against him as re-selection contest looms
Blimey, is this supposed to be an Alan “Olive Branch” to the community?
Since nearly all the young, talented (and mostly female) Newham Councillors are now standing down – I think this is just a little late…
But rather bizarre and strange quotation…Read more…
All 10 West Ham Labour Party Branches Vote Overwhelmingly for Newham Mayoral Trigger & Open Selection
Another massive vote by local Labour Party members for a Mayoral trigger and open selection. All 10 West Ham Labour Party branches have voted in favour with only a tiny handful of individuals in favour of the current Mayor being automatically the Labou…Read more…
BBC1 Sunday Politics London report on Newham Mayoral Trigger rerun after “decades and decades” of one person in power…
A somewhat neutral and balanced report by BBC London on the Newham Mayoral Trigger ballot rerun to decide our next Labour Candidate in the local elections in May.
The clip features Cllr Conor McAuley, a former Newham Cabinet member, who strongly criti…Read more…
Cllr John Whitworth withdraws from Newham mayoral challenge to support Cllr Rokhsana Fiaz
Newham Recorder “Cllr John Whitworth has announced he will no longer be challenging Sir Robin Wales to be Labour’s candidate for the mayoral elections and will instead be supporting Cllr Rokhsana Fiaz’s bid for selection.The West Ham ward councillor ha…Read more…
Super Thursday Massacre in Favour of Open Selection in Newham Mayoral Trigger
I took part as a local member in the Newham Mayor trigger ballot meeting for my ward, Forest Gate North.
All members present had the chance to make a contribution before they had a vote on whether to affirm Robin Wales as the Labour candidate for Newh…Read more…
“Cllr Rokhsana Fiaz set to challenge for mayor of Newham”
“Cllr Rokhsana Fiaz has announced she will challenge to be Labour’s candidate for mayor of Newham if party members agree to an open selection.
The Custom House councillor has thrown her hat into the ring ahead of the first wards casting their votes to…Read more…
Newham Mayoral candidate admits he will lose “trigger”
A very interesting evening tonight. The first rerun Newham Labour Mayoral trigger ballot took place at West Ham Ward. To the surprise of the 25 members who turned up (but not to me since it had been widely leaked) the incumbent, Sir Robin Wales, …Read more…
Newham Labour Supporters for an Open Mayoral Selection – West Ham Ward is First!
Newham Labour Mayoral Rerun Trigger Ballot is Go, Go, Go!The rerun is starting next Monday 29 January 7.30pm at the West Ham CLP Headquarters, 306 High Street, Stratford, London, E15 for my favourite Newham ward, West Ham.
If you are an eligible West …Read more…
“Veteran Newham mayor faces deslection fight ahead of local election contest”
For once, a balanced article by the London Evening Standard about Labour Politics. I and many other Councillors and Party members support the call by Cllr Marriott, Charlene Mclean and West Ham Labour Party for an open selection to decide the next Labo…Read more…
“Newham mayor ‘trigger ballot’ to be re-run by Labour region” (and a possible new contender?)
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…
“All we want is democracy for all” Newham Mayoral Trigger
In last weeks letter page of the “Newham Recorder”. Cllr John Whitworth argues that following the unfairness and wrongdoing in the previous flawed process there should be an open selection to be the Labour Candidate in the 2018 Newham Mayoral local ele…Read more…
West Ham Labour Party January 2018 update – want to get fit and lose weight? Go canvassing!
West Ham Labour Party January 2018 update
Dear Members
I hope that everyone had a refreshing break and are now ready to get involved and active in the local and national party.
West Hammers News
Newham Councillor Candidate’s selection meeting & …Read more…
Democracy Rules…”Newham councillors welcome call to cancel trigger ballot result”
Latest in local newspaper about the “rigged” selection for Newham Mayor and call by local Councillors for an open and this time, democratic, selection process.
“Two councillors have welcomed mayor of Newham Sir Robin Wales’ call for Labour to cancel t…Read more…
“Sir Robin Wales calls for contested mayoral ‘trigger ballot’ outcome to be cancelled”
Hat tip Dave Hill’s On London blog “Sir Robin Wales has asked the Labour Party to cancel the outcome of the internal selection process that saw him endorsed to seek a fifth term as Mayor of Newham following a campaign by local members for an inves…Read more…
Newham Mayor admits that his selection process was “rigged”?
I have received a number of comments from Labour Party members in Newham today who were somewhat surprised, to say the least, to get a very odd email from our Labour directly elected Mayor, Robin Wales, saying he wanted a rerun of the very contro…Read more…
“Executive mayors and one-party councils”
“As a councillor for the London borough of Newham, I find the observations in your editorial (22 February) linking one-party councils and autocratic government only too true. Not only does Newham have no councillors other than from the L…Read more…
“What is Robin Wales so scared of?”
Long standing Newham Councillor and former Cabinet member and Community lead Kay Scoresby writes a passionate letter in last weeks Newham Recorder which represents the feelings of nearly all the local Labour Party members and affiliates I have met.
“M…Read more…
Mayor lost support of Newham Labour Party Branches and membership
This afternoon the last Newham Labour Party branch, Green Street East held its trigger ballot meeting and voted 32 to 5 for an open selection process for the next Newham Labour Mayoral candidate.
This means that a majority of Labour Party branches in …Read more…
Dear Robin (time to say goodbye or face an open election)
Dear Robin,The results of the Mayoral Trigger Ballot have already shown that the Labour Party in Newham is deeply divided over the question of your automatic re-selection as mayoral candidate for the election of 2018. The majority of members taking part in the Trigger Ballot have voted ‘No’,…Read more…