Lutfur Rahman held his first press conference as the re-elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets in the early hours of Saturday, 24th May – within minutes of the election result being announced. He was joined on the platform by the newly ...
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Labour’s McCurry’s in a right stew
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 ...
Read More »Labour: is it time for Plan B?
It was close – but not that close. Labour told us the electors had had enough of Lutfur Rahman – hated him; saw him as corrupt and divisive; would stand it no longer. How wrong they were. Although 27,643 people ...
Read More »Almost still alive at the Count
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 ...
Read More »Hop forward to book your place
Show off your stunts, flips and air tricks at free BMX sessions hosted by Tower Hamlets Council over half term. Young people aged 5-16 can take advantage of the sessions run in partnership with Tower Hamlets BMX Club and learn ...
Read More »The Count in pictures
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. ...
Read More »Live from the count
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 ...
Read More »Biggs: it all rests on the Tory votes
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 ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets’ part-time “Quiet Man” turns DOWN the volume
“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, ...
Read More »Breaking news… women respond to abuse from pro-Biggs canvasser
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 ...
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