22ND APRIL 2020 was the 150th anniversary of the birth of Lenin – a man who often gets a bad press. However, he did stand up for the people: this to the extent that he led the masses to oust ...
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Ramadan Mubarak!
We wish all our readers Ramadan Mubarak! May we all enjoy a healthy and peaceful month in these unprecedented times.
Read More »Support the NHS with Tower Hamlets campaigners
THERE’S MASSIVE public support for NHS workers at the moment. We see it every week, when the public clap from the doorsteps at 8pm on a Thursday to show our appreciation for healthworkers – and it comes up in virtually ...
Read More »Thought for today 21.04.20
IF THIS IS the case, what’s wrong with these men, then? Why is it that when they are together, they lose the capacity for rational thought and get carried away to war? Maybe Something Should Be Done about it. In ...
Read More »Knife crime up 7% in 2019
OFFICIAL FIGURES for England and Wales show that knife crime in England and Wales for 2019 showed a 7% increase on 2018 – creating a record high of 45,627 offences. The figures were released today by the Office of National ...
Read More »Phil Neville sees out contract as manager of England’s Women
THE ENGLAND Women’s Football Team – known as the “Lionesses” – will have a new manager from next summer to lead them through two important tournaments which have been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Current manager, Phil Neville, took ...
Read More »Thought for today 20.04.20
THIS TETCHY QUOTE didn’t quite make it into the US Declaration of Independence. Fortunately, someone rescued it from the cutting room floor so that we can remember how strong the pressure from warmongers is to keep up hostilies. Ironically, Jefferson ...
Read More »Thought for today 19.04.20
THE MORE YOU think about peace, the more you realise what an important concept it is – because it is the other side of the coin of freedom. It is only when we accept the universal human right to an ...
Read More »Islamic Relief: let’s save lives in Ramadan
RAMADAN IS traditionally, as we know, a time for family, friends and communities to come together. This year it will be different across the world, as so much of the world’s population is in lockdown. Or is it? While in ...
Read More »New appeal on first anniversary of Newham murder
HE WAS MURDERED a year ago. Eleven people have been arrested: ten males on suspicion of murder; one woman on suspicion of assisting an offender. All eleven are currently out on bail, in the community. The police investigation into the ...
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