British Politics

IT WAS NO quiet lunch for two on Thursday as Mayor Lutfur Rahman and Deputy Mayor Cllr Maium Talukdar went to Swanlea School to celebrate the launch of free school meals for secondary school pupils. “Thrilled to launch free school ...

IT’S NOT JUST our working and social lives that came to a halt when the Lockdown was announced. For young people from three to 18, their worlds shrank as schools closed and they were sent home. Is it time for ...

JADEN MOODIE was just 14 when he was murdered on 8th January 2019. A formal Serious Case Review has now reported on what happened to him – and concluded that opportunities to save Jaden were missed by the authorities.  The ...

THE Stop the War Coalition is holding a virtual meeting on Saturday, 16th May to explore the issue of government expenditure on keeping people healthy and, on the other hand, killing them. The military never seem to go short of ...

IT IS BAD ENOUGH that the General Secretary of a national trade union has had to step in and point out it will support its members in Tower Hamlets, who are opposing the Labour Mayor’s plan to impose new contracts ...

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis joined the May Day virtual rally called by Tower Hamlets Unison on Friday – and pledged that the national union would support local workers fighting “Tower Rewards”. Tower Rewards – re-named “Tower Robbery” by the ...

AND ONCE we have celebrated – get ready to defend their jobs. That’s the message from Tower Hamlets UNISON, which has called a virtual May Day rally to talk about the down side of fighting the Coronavirus pandemic. The Coronavirus ...

THERE’S MASSIVE public support for NHS workers at the moment. We see it every week, when the public clap from the doorsteps at 8pm on a Thursday to show our appreciation for healthworkers – and it comes up in virtually ...

NEW LABOUR LEADER Keir Starmer has baffled Labour Party members and the wider public by coming up with a new demand for government action on the Corona pandemic. What is he calling for – in what is pretty much his ...

IT IS THE report that could blow the Labour Party apart. The news which came out on Easter Sunday has provided evidence that should send shock waves through Labour members and supporters – and could change the face of Labour ...