Politics

The results of the elections on 22nd May 2014 have opened up a debate in Tower Hamlets about the relationship between Lutfur Rahman and the Labour Party. Good: ELN wrote about this in the early hours of 24th May (Labour: time ...

The counting of the councillor elections began a bit after the mayoral result was declared: maybe around 2am or so.  LBTH is publishing detailed ward results on http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=22&V=1&RPID=3009658 and there is no need for us to repeat them here. The ...

The tops of people’s heads are still not giving anything away…                                                           ...

The problem with the view of the count from the press pen in the gallery is that you can’t read what people are thinking from the tops of their heads.                     ...

23.00  The latest rumours are, again, that Lutfur has won on the first round. Nothing official has been announced: why won’t they tell us what is going on?  We need to get a mayor in post to sort this borough’s ...

As the polls closed on this momentous election day, all the political parties agreed on one thing: it really is too close to call the mayoral election. That is not to say that the winning margin will be small, though ...

“The quiet man is here to stay, and he’s turning up the volume,” said Iain Duncan Smith – kick-starting the steady slide down towards losing the election for Tory Party Leader. For his look-a-like John Biggs, Labour’s candidate for Mayor, ...

The above photograph shows the man who is alleged to have been verbally abusive towards women who were canvassing in the Chrisp Street area on 18th May.  The man was canvassing for support for the Labour Party’s John Biggs; the women were ...

Labour is today under the spotlight as one of their campaigners hurled verbal abuse at a young female pro-Lutfur Rahman campaigner in Chrisp Street market. The verbal abuse included swearing and using sexist language. ELN has seen a photo of the pro-Biggs ...

All candidates at a packed election hustings meeting held on Monday in the Royal Docks area of Newham expressed opposition to any further expansion of London City Airport.  The meeting, organized by HACAN East (the body which represents residents under ...