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‘Cllr. Khan cleared’ shock, and other Labour Party witterings
In what surely must be the biggest surprise since Leicester won the Premiership, it appears that barrister Jonathan Auburn’s no doubt thorough review has cleared Cllr. Ahsan Khan of any wrongdoing, an... »
LBWF Chief Executive Martin Esom responds to my questions re the Cllr. Ahsan Khan affair
I post Mr. Esom’s responses below. Much of what he writes is self-evidently vague, and seems to have been written with the explicit aim of avoiding giving anything away, hardly appropriate in the ligh... »
Waltham Forest Labour and anti-semitism (1)
The Waltham Forest Guardian is reporting that the Labour Party has suspended Walthamstow activist David Watson, with a statement reading: ‘“An individual member of Walthamstow Labour Party has been su... »
John Cryer MP’s lacklustre Parliamentary record UPDATED
I have periodically joked that, so rarely is John Cryer seen or heard locally, he must love his sleep. Now the website They Work For You provides some hard data to chew upon, and largely confirms my s... »
Extremism in Waltham Forest: a quick roundup of the recent lowpoints
It has been a busy few months on the extremism front in Waltham Forest, so here is a short roundup of the major stories that have been featured on this blog (links to the full versions are pasted bene... »
Academies, George Tomlinson Primary, and LBWF Interim Director of School Standards Rosalind Turner UPDATED
Earlier this week, a reliable contact in the Town Hall rang me to say that some Labour councillors seemed spooked by the stance being taken by LBWF’s Interim Director of School Standards, Rosalind Tur... »
Cllr. Robbins on the Private Eye and Guido Fawkes allegations about Cllr. Ali
I reprint below some correspondence that I have had with Cllr. Chris Robins, Leader of LBWF, concerning allegations involving his close colleague Cllr. Liaquat Ali and the latter’s family. Most of Cll... »
The Cllr. Ahsan Khan affair: new revelations UPDATED
Harry’s Place has further revelations about the Cllr. Khan affair: http://hurryupharry.org/2016/04/18/meet-the-friends-of-corbynista-vicar-steven-saxby/ It certainly does seem strange that a per... »
Cllr. Ahsan Khan steps down amid talk of inadmissible intolerance UPDATED
Word reaches me that earlier in the week Labour councillors were circulated with an e-mail which announced that Cllr. Ahsan Khan, Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, had stepped down from the Cab... »
Council Leader Chris Robbins: staying or going?
A local Labour Party mole writes in as follows: ‘When Labour was re-elected at the 2014 council elections, it was assumed by many insiders that this would be Chris Robbins’ last term as Leader. ... »