IT IS 26 YEARS since Labour ended eight years of Liberal Democrat rule in Tower Hamlets – gaining 43 seats and leaving the opposition with just seven. Three of the seats were particularly welcome: those in the Millwall ward of ...

THE LABOUR PARTY did not release a statement from current Leader Keir Starmer to mark International Workers Day on May Day. We only have the May Day statement from Jeremy Corbyn to enjoy (see yesterday’s “Thought”). However, Starmer did manage ...

NICOLA QUINN, a well known figure in the Tower Hamlets Labour Party, is being treated for breast cancer. That would be challenging at any time – but during the Coronavirus pandemic, treatment becomes more complicated. Nicola is sharing her story ...

POLICE EXECUTED a number of search warrants in Hackney last month – as a result of which seven people were arrested. A further two people – a male, 23, and a female, 24 – were taken into custody. The seven ...

TEACHERS, support staff and a massive range of administrative workers and community volunteers are rallying round across Tower Hamlets to support children who are not able to go into school during the current Lockdown. Support offered to Tower Hamlets school ...

This is a May Day message from Jeremy Corbyn MP. May Day is a traditional festival, a festival of Spring, a festival of communities coming together – and it goes back centuries. It’s also a labour movement tradition – solidarity ...

A SERIES OF violent actions in Barking led to Brandon Wallace being jailed last month. He had threatened a woman in an incident of domestic violence – and went on to spit at police trying to arrest him. Officers from ...

WAS THIS a measured judgement, or wishful thinking? Very few people would come forward wanting to be a slave – but how many people have the courage to be a consistent rebel? “I would rather be a rebel than a ...

POP MUSIC was once so new and daring: it’s shocking to think that it’s over 50 years old. Some standards have been around for over half a century… What, then, were we listening to 50 years ago? It was an ...

IT IS BAD ENOUGH that the General Secretary of a national trade union has had to step in and point out it will support its members in Tower Hamlets, who are opposing the Labour Mayor’s plan to impose new contracts ...