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Councillor Whitney Ihenachor: keeping it in the familiy

March 2, 2015 Councillor Whitney Ihenachor, the Labour Party in Waltham Forest

A local resident writes: ‘If you check the Register of Interests on the LBWF website for Councillor Whitney Ihenachor, you will see she appears to be currently unemployed.  As with a number of other local Labour Group members, this is not unusual, but in Whitney’s case, does it obscure the fact that she is a full-time student at Glasgow University? Eyebrows were first raised when Whitney was fast tracked through the Labour selection process by exempting her from the length of membership rule. At the time, assurances were sought that she would move her studies to London if selected (and elected), but these commitments, if made, were clearly neither copper bottomed nor made of cast iron.... »

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Fred Wigg and John Walsh Towers, again

March 2, 2015 Fred Wigg and John Walsh Towers

If you want to understand the tower blocks issue, and why the Council’s plans have aroused such anger from local people, this is worth a listen: https://radiopetedotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/nusound-radio-92fm-260215-fred-john-hsg-mtg.mp3 (courtesy of Pete Day from NuSound Radio 92FM) Given what has happened, is it any wonder that Cann Hall Labour Party, with two councillors present, unanimously passed a motion condemning the Council’s consultation with Fredjohn tenants, and called upon it to delay any decision until there had been ‘a thorough consultation process which involves the appointment of Independent Tenant Advisors’? Of course, what we need to know now... »

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LBWF Chief Executive Martin Esom and asbestos: the silence continues

February 27, 2015 Town Hall asbestos

Exactly one month ago, Trevor Calver and I wrote LBWF Chief Executive Martin Esom the following e-mail:   Dear Mr. Esom, In November 2012, we wrote to you about the potential conflict of interest inherent in concurrently you being chief executive of LBWF and board member of NPS London Ltd.. You told us that you understood the risks, and had taken steps to mitigate them, explaining: ‘I fully recognise my role as board director, and also Chief Executive of the authority and ensure that the two roles are not blurred. My deputy, Shifa Mustafa, acts as the lead client and she has a free reign to fulfil that task in the best interests of the local authority. She reports to a variety of Cabine... »

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Cllr. Dhedi

February 23, 2015 Cllr. Shabana Dhedi/Qadir, the Labour Party in Waltham Forest

A second eagle-eyed reader of my Barnett v. Dhedi post contacts me to ask if the Cllr. Dhedi referred to is one and the same person as Shabana Qadir, of Private Eye fame. I’m pleased to confirm that they are indeed one and the same, and for good measure append the oft cited April 2010 Private Eye piece, which I am bound to say, reveals little of interest about Cllr. Dhedi, though a great deal about the unappealing world where would-be councillors like herself sometimes choose to earn their spurs. ‘Saving the Wales Like many councils, the London borough of Newham has a large “communications” department devoted to telling taxpayers – at taxpayers’ expense – what a great job the cou... »

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Ex-Cllr. Afzal Akram finds a new political home

February 23, 2015 Cllr. Afzal Akram, the Labour Party in Waltham Forest

After reading my previous post, an astute reader contacts me to ask what has happened to onetime Waltham Forest councillor Afzal Akram. Her question is understandable. After all, here is a man who in a matter of a few years first rose from relative obscurity to occupy a powerful place in the Labour Cabinet, concurrently served on many different local boards and quangos, then was suspended by his local party, and subsequently abruptly disappeared from view – truly, a shooting star. Luckily for the body politic, it turns out that Mr. Akram is alive and well, has moved across London, and is now a luminary of….UKIP! Getwestlondon has the story: http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/loc... »

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