ANDY BURNHAM has been given permission to put himself forward for selection as the Labour candidate in the Makerfield by-election. The permission was granted by Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC). The NEC is a tough nut to crack – preferring ...
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Opportunist Streeting U-turns and ditches Starmer
WES STREETING has resigned as Health Secretary. His resignation letter explains that he has lost confidence in Keir Starmer’s leadership. And that’s the problem. Wes Streeting was part of Keir Starmer’s government. All the actions Starmer took and which Starmer ...
Read More »Your guide to Labour leadership contests
THE mainstream press has got it all wrong about how the Labour Party conducts a leadership contest. The papers, TV and online media have been barking on about “81 Labour MPs” as if that was all there was to it. ...
Read More »Starmer’s twin Streeting sells your data to US firm
AS LABOUR MPs look for an alternative Leader, there are concerns that they may pick Wes Streeting, MP for Ilford North and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care. Sadly for Labour, Streeting would be no improvement on Starmer. ...
Read More »Labour loses its majority on Newham Council
THE NEW Labour Mayor of Newham, Forhad Hussain, will have an interesting four years as he battles a Council without a Labour majority. In one sense, the composition of the Council does not matter, as the Executive Mayor has delegated ...
Read More »Lutfur Rahman triumphs in Tower Hamlets Mayor election
HE IS BACK. Lutfur Rahman has won a decisive victory in the election for Mayor of Tower Hamlets. He topped the poll with over 31,000 votes – winning his fourth mayoral election. The ringing endorsement from voters came as a ...
Read More »Labour hangs on to Mayoralty in Newham
IT WAS the opposition that won it for Labour. Rokhsana Fiaz stood down as labour Executive Mayor after two four year terms, and Labour selected Forhad Hussain as their candidate. Forhad, a former Labour Councillor for Plaistow North ward, won ...
Read More »Reform UK crushes all-comers to take Havering
HAVERING residents are in for a grim four years. Reform UK has swept away the other parties to take full control of the Council for the next four years. Traditionally Havering has been a Tory borough. Straddling London and south ...
Read More »Starmer loses it for Hackney to the Green surge
LABOUR has ruled for 16 years, but today the Green surge has swept them out. The Green Party candidate for Mayor, Zoë Garbett, did not so much win the election for Mayor – she smashed it. Full result Zoë Garbett, ...
Read More »Stratford arrest foils right wing extremist’s terror plan
HE THOUGHT he was buying a gun from fellow right-wing extremists. In fact, he was buying a gun from two undercover detectives – who were part of a joint investigation by London Counter Terrorism Police (CTP) and MI5. The two ...
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