DANIEL HORTON, 29, of no fixed abode appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court today – Saturday, 22nd February. Horton was arrested at the Regent’s Park Mosque on Thursday, 20th February after an incident during which the muezzin Raafat Maglad, 70, was ...
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Thought for today 20.02.20
A GERMAN condemns right wing terrorism as he shares details of a victim of the shooting in Hanau. “Der Bekannte meines Cousins wurde gestern in Hanau ermordet. Freunde & Cousins trauern mit diesem Foto… Wir können nicht draußen einen friedlichen ...
Read More »Thought for today 19.02.20
THIS is the unacceptable face of Priti Patel MP, Home Secretary – or maybe it’s just one of them… “[We need to] reduce the levels of people coming to the UK with low skills.” UK Home Secretary, Priti Patel MP, ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets budget: another farce; another tragedy
IT WAS business as usual down on the Tower Hamlets Council meeting on Wednesday, 19th February as the ruling Labour Group managed to force its budget through. As the agenda item began, Executive Mayor John Biggs introduced his Budget to ...
Read More »No free movement for low skilled workers
THE GOVERNMENT has announced that low skilled workers will not be eligible to apply for visas to work in the UK once the Brexit process is complete next year. The will come as a great disappointment to many owners and ...
Read More »Thought for today 18.02.20
KEN CLARKE, veteran Tory Minister, has been complaining about Dominic Cummings having a public profile. Would Cummings’s machinations be any more bearable – or the elected Government be more accountable – if this unelected official were less visible? “You can’t ...
Read More »Will new Whipps Cross Hospital cut beds?
HOSPITAL PATIENTS in Waltham Forest have long felt the poor relation in the Barts NHS Trust family – with a hospital that is well overdue for refurbishment. Now a Whipps Cross Hospital is to be delivered. Boris Johnson promised, before ...
Read More »Thought for today 17.02.20
BORIS JOHNSON has been trying to control the political advisers working at No. 11 Downing Street – but perhaps he should have been looking a little more closely over who was working back at No. 10. The rest of us ...
Read More »Thought for today 16.02.20
LIVERPOOL FC enjoy their time at the top of the Premiership. “I could tell in all the players’ faces that they weren’t nervous, they were enjoying it, and if one team was going to score it was going to be ...
Read More »Thought for today 15.02.20
IF A 40 YEAR OLD WOMAN has a string of intense but short-lived relationships and then appears to attack her boyfriend, don’t just charge her, bail her and send her home. Look after her. “We can confirm that our Caroline ...
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