WHAT WILL our “new normal” look like? To inform our debate, our “thoughts” this month will feature quotes from iconoclasts who want to see freedom, equality and justice for the many. Here is an extract from a BBC Question Time ...

THE VOLUME OF traffic on London streets has been greatly reduced during Lockdown – but the number of deaths on the road has been worryingly high. Since Lockdown began, eight people have died in collisions on London roads. It is ...

THE Stop the War Coalition is holding a virtual meeting on Saturday, 16th May to explore the issue of government expenditure on keeping people healthy and, on the other hand, killing them. The military never seem to go short of ...

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 ...