Politics

David “Baron” Blunkett is up to something – and he’s up to it with Brenda “Baroness” Dean. It could be not so much another outing for the Barron Knights as a case of the Barren Fights – but it could ...

Last week the Court of Appeal backed Labour’s NEC’s right to set voting conditions which can be seen to favour one of the two candidates – a move which has saddened the local Momentum group. The five had originally launched ...

New Home Secretary Amber Rudd MP has appointed a new Chair of the national inquiry into sexual abuse of children in England and Wales. She has chosen Professor Alexis Jay – who was in charge of the inquiry into abuse ...

Murdered MP Jo Cox, who lived in Tower Hamlets, was honoured at the LiFe 2016 festival in Lincolnshire, where she posthumously received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Before she entered Parliament, Jo had worked for charities including NSPCC, Save the Children ...

Jeremy Corbyn is picking up the lion’s share of endorsements from local Labour Parties as he continue with his second leadership contest in two years. Constituency Labour Parties have been meeting over the last couple of weeks to make supporting ...

The Labour Party in Tower Hamlets was in two minds last Thursday (28th July) as the two Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) nominated different candidates in the Labour Party leadership contest. Poplar and Limehouse CLP nominated Jeremy Corbyn by a narrow ...

Jim Fitzpatrick may be out of step with his Party’s choice of Leader, but he is remarkably in tune with other MPs on the question of physiotherapy provision for people with muscular dystrophy. Muscular Dystrophy UK, a charity which provides ...

Rushanara Ali, Labour MP for Bethnal Green & Bow, voted for Britain to update its Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in the Trident debate on Monday night. Rushanara, who had previously voted against using conventional explosives to bomb Syria, seems ...

As Angela Eagle and Owen “Owen Who?” Smith start the week by squaring up in a battle for support from fellow rebels, we might find out whether Angela Eagle is a genuine candidate or just a stalking horse to let ...

While the mainstream media is busy telling us Theresa May is as kittenlike as her heels, the new Prime Minister is busy appointing ministers who will carry on Cameron’s Tory programme of cutting work, pay and benefits; clamping down on ...