THE POWERFUL have always enjoyed freedom of movement. “My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.” US President Barack Obama •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

FED UP WITH injustice, but tired of constantly fighting? You’re not alone. “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically… No, the only tired I ...

RICHARD BURGON MP, current candidate for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, indulged in some plain speaking during the 2015 leadership contest. “I do think it’s unfair to characterise Jeremy Corbyn and his campaign as some sort of time travel ...

JUST A MINUTE… it’s the end of an era. “…that’s what life’s about, isn’t it? Having fun.” Nicholas Parsons, 1923-2020, RIP •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

IS NOW THE TIME to stop specialist modern language teaching in Tower Hamlets? The teachers and service users who came to a public meeting at the London Enterprise Academy on Saturday (25th January) said no: but one man is saying ...

THE ENGLAND ROSES have emerged from the Netball Nations tournament in third place, after a week of thrilling sport at The Copper Box stadium in East London. The result is somewhat disappointing, though: there are only four nations in the ...

HERE IS A timely quote from Cllr Rabina Khan, written three years ago, to mark Holocaust Memorial Day but which also raises a much more profound question. “Genocide starts with the rhetoric of hate, and we can’t forget that on ...

THE PRINCE and the prosecutor: one issue; two points of view. “[I am] willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency.” Prince Andrew, speaking last November about the inquiry into the allegations of sex trafficking against his former friend, the ...

WHERE ARE they now? Sometimes you just can’t answer that question… “This account doesn’t exist.” Twitter, in answer to a search for Jim Fitzpatrick MP •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

BOW EAST residents are unimpressed by the announcement that the London Mayor is giving Tower Hamlets Council £350,000 to spend on helping small businesses to improve air quality in the borough. Air quality was one of the reasons why people ...