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Conference pairs
West Ham CLP delegates posing with former NEC member Christine Shawcroft (picture via Newham Momentum) It’s party conference time and it seems like half of Newham council has trekked up to Liverpool....
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Cheeky Nando’s
Newham council’s local development committee is the unlikely focus of controversy, as it considers an application for change of use for the old Canning Town library. If the change is agreed the ground...
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East Ham gets the go-ahead
East Ham chair Tahir Mirza and secretary Syed Taqi Shah with Peterborough candidate Lisa Forbes After several years in the doldrums East Ham CLP finally got itself back on its feet earlier this year....
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Lobby the councilp
From the Stratford and New Town Labour Party Facebook page (inline links added): We encourage all ward members to read the cabinet paper (PDF) that has been put forward proposing a Public Space...
View ArticleJust vague enough not to cause trouble
West Ham MP Lyn Brown spoke in yesterday’s Summer adjournment debate in the House of Commons, accusing the government of Brexit-induced cowardice in the face of human rights abuses around the world: I...
View ArticleHow Newham voted (part 3)
This time it’s the city-wide list vote. Across the borough as a whole Labour took 55.8%, the Tories 20%, the Greens 7.6% and the Liberal Democrats 3.5%. Below is how the vote broke down between the...
View ArticleNow is the letter of our discontent
Five of the six declared applicants to be the next Labour candidate for Mayor of Newham have co-signed a letter calling for the NEC to let local party members have a say in the selection. VERY URGENT...
View ArticleYour 2022 – 2026 councillors… probably
Finally, we have a slate of @newham_labour candidates for the election in May. Although other parties – and the voters! – will have their say, recent electoral history suggests these will be the 66...
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Spot the difference – 2022 edition
Below are a dozen policy statements, six from Conservative mayoral candidate Attic Rahman and six from his independent rival Mehmood Mirza. But can you tell which is which? employ new community patrol...
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