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Mums step up nursery campaign
TOWER HAMLETS Mums and Save Our Nurseries campaigners were out in force across the borough again this weekend – and again found that the public were alarmed to hear that the Council is prioritising closure of its day care nurseries. ...
Read More »Rashan Charles – “no police misconduct”
NO POLICE OFFICER will face misconduct charges as a result of events surrounding the death of Rashan Charles in Hackney last July. Charles died as police attempted to arrest him. The incident was automatically reported to the Independent Office for ...
Read More »Brexit-Boris badmouths the burqa
IN AN ISLAMOPHOBIC outburst, former Foreign Secretary Tory MP Boris Johnson has made fun of the burqa. Writing in his weekly newspaper column, Johnson said that women who wear traditional Islamic garments – burqas and niqabs – look like bank ...
Read More »Chrisp Street plan leaves 400 Muslims out in the cold
CONTROVERSIAL plans to redevelop Chrisp Street market could see up to 400 Muslims lose their prayer facility and be left with nowhere else to go. The problem centres on the building in Market Street which houses a Post Office (on ...
Read More »“Mum’s the word!” as Council silences nursery protest
IT WAS A CASE OF “Mum’s the word!” at Tower Hamlets Cabinet on Thursday, 25th July as pro-nursery campaigners were banned from addressing the Mayor and Cabinet. Campaigners had wanted to speak to the Mayor about his controversial proposal to ...
Read More »How to lose Respect and influence over people
CRASH! Late last night – Saturday, 14th July – the news broke. Abjol Miah has joined the Liberal-Democrats! This is Bastille Day – the day, in 1789, when the people stormed the Bastille prison, attempting to release political prisoners. This ...
Read More »BREAKING NEWS: Accident at Mile End?
BREAKING NEWS: Reports are coming in of an accident on Mile End Road near the junction with Southern Grove – just before Mile End Tube Station. There is no information on what happened or whether anyone has been injured. Drivers ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets says Dump Trump!
THE ANTI-WAR movement across the UK was true to its word – turning out protestors in their tens of thousands to demonstrate that US President Donald Trump was not welcome in the UK. Trump hopped around Britain, avoid the protests ...
Read More »Biggs upset on nurseries as “councillors say no”
COUNCILLORS have asked Executive Mayor John Biggs to think again over his plans to close the borough’s last three remaining Local Authority Day Nurseries. The move came at a special meeting of the Council’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee (OSC), held ...
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