Minister for London and London Election Campaign Director Tessa Jowell said today,
‘‘The Tories are the only major political party in London not to release a manifesto for London. Today they have offered nothing more than a press release.
‘This is another example of David Cameron’s lack of...
Picture from last night of Alan Taylor about to go off and “fight the good fight” for Labour in Canning Town. Alan is a well known and respected community activist in the local area.
I was sent off to deliver a direct mailing and rather embarrassingly got locked inside a community garden...
UNISON is warning that the Tories would wield an axe to public services, with the launch of a hard-hitting, two-week pre-election poster campaign. The advertising campaign, funded by the union's...
There was a dramatic surge in anti-Labour sentiment on micro-blogging site Twitter following the PM's confrontation with pensioner Gillian Duffy yesterday.
This lunchtime, well over 400 Nottingham City UNISON members attended a lunchtime protest against the council's unjustified attack on terms and conditions. This fantastic turnout is a reflection of...
Candidates for Lincolnshire constituencies in next week's general election are being asked for their views on the County Council's plans to close the last eight homes for older people provided...
Yesterday lunchtime I went to the Worker Memorial Day ceremony outside the Assembly Hall. This had been organised the local UNISON Branch Health & Safety Officer Su Manning. All around us on the floor were shoes and work boots. Fran Chalkwright started the Ceremony after a welcome from Su by...
Great to see Ted, Gerry, ictor, Rhoda and Louis as our local West Ham endorsers!This latest “Unions together” video shows Unite Joint General Secretary, Tony Woodley, explaining that Labour Party supporting trade unionists can make a difference in this election. Many people will listen to them and that people are starting to realise what they will lose if the Tories get in or...Today is Worker’s Memorial Day which is an internationally recognised day to remember those who have been killed while at work or who have died of work related illnesses or injuries.
It is also a campaigning day for health and safety at work.
At noon - in work workplaces and meetings across the...Today is Worker’s Memorial Day which is an internationally recognised day to remember those who have been killed while at work or who have died of work related illnesses or injuries.
It is also a campaigning day for health and safety at work.
At noon - in work workplaces and meetings across the...
Following last month’s successful strike UNISON had suspended any further action while trying patiently to negotiate and reach an agreement with Notting Hill Housing Group to resolve the dispute. Despite this act of good faith senior management are still refusing to allow UNISON to even speak to...
Voted last night and posted back to returning officer this morning.
A very modern political message from 1911.
Funny how history repeats itself.
Iconic Labour Movement poster.Geoffrey Podger, Chief Executive of the Health and Safety Executive on YouTube! Whatever next? He is interviewed about the new HSE strategy at IOSH 10 conference.
It is only 2 minutes 17 seconds long so if you have never seen or heard the senior Government official in charge of British Health...
Check out further resources for Workers' Memorial Day at the Hazards site."THIS VIDEO IS NOT PRO-ANYONE. IT IS SIMPLY ANTI-TORY.
Cameron sings the truth to the British electorate about what he needs to do to get in and what he'd do if he gets there.
Do the right thing on May 6th". Hat-tip thingy Anna
I couldn't possibly comment.
: : SEARCH Blog Journalism Books Film Radio Toby's School Monday 26th April 2010 General Election 2010 : State of the race There was an interesting piece by Peter Kellner in yesterday's Sunday Times in which the great sage drew various conclusions from pouring over YouGov's polling data in LAB-CON marginals . He analysed the data in the 115 LAB-CON marginals that would fall to the Tories on a swing of 8 per cent with a view to assessing the impact of the Lib Dem . surge Before Clegg BC the Tories' were leading in these seats by , on average , 4 points a swing from Labour to Conservative of 6.5 per cent . That compared to a national swing of 5 per cent , suggesting Lord Ashcroft's money was well spent . After the debate AD however , Labour are leading in these seats by , on average , 1
I suppose that if you are a trade unionist you are entitled to a break of an hour or so from campaigning for the Labour Party to attend this important event in the Labour Movement Calendar.
Me? - Maybe next year.
Check out Dave Osler’s account here of Friday’s “performance” (in the true sense of the word) before Justice Eady at Court 13 in the Royal Court of Justice...and also an alternative view.
What a ridiculous and absurd waste of time, money and scarce judicial resources.
What a joke. Further...
Another successful street stall in Stratford High street yesterday morning with our West Ham Parliamentary candidate Lyn Brown. City and East London Assembly member John Biggs came by and helped out as well.
A local West Ham Ward resident sought me out to have a detailed conversation about the...Hat-tip thingy Nobody Likes a Tory
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Check out Labour Housing manifesto here.
I do like the 160,000 jobs safeguarded to build 112,000 new affordable homes during the next 2 years (we do need to build far more!), 10,000 new council houses; protecting secure tenures and affordable rents, improving rights for private...
This is me on the right last night chatting to a local resident in Wakelin Road E15 who was busy hanging a “Flag of St George” outside her front bedroom window in preparation for tomorrow.
I was out delivering Labour election information with a Tower Hamlets UNISON comrade.
This is an annual...
A blog written on behalf of candidates standing for the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB) has attacked the Socialist Party of England and Wales (SPEW - aka Militant).
Check out this post here which linked to my ine here.
“The leaders of UNISON don't like Militant and have recently...Last nights Labour PPB. Pretty good I thought. I couldn't find it on Labour membersnet but it's on Socialist Unity!"On Tuesday Progress visited the East End, meeting up with Rushanara Ali in Bethnal Green and Bow. Rushanara told us about George Galloway and his neglect of the area and its people, the divisions his election caused and how she's trying to unite the community and make their voice heard in...
"Friends,
Thank you to all who have supported the campaign so far. We've spoken to thousands of local people, making the case for Labour, and against the BNP. And we've delivered hundreds of thousands of leaflets and direct mails.
Next week voters receive their postal votes. This weekend is...: : SEARCH Blog Journalism Books Film Radio Toby's School Thursday 22nd April 2010 Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds : My analysis of the Lib Dem surge It is now generally accepted that David Cameron made a colossal blunder in agreeing to the televised debates . Had last Thursday’s debate not taken place , the Conservatives would still have a comfortable lead over the other two main parties , on track for a small overall . majority Yet among the commentariat even those in the blue camp the consensus is that the debates are good for politics . Whatever the outcome of the election , the British public will have made a more informed decision about whom to vote for . In particular , large swathes of the electorate who might otherwise remain disaffected will have been
Well, I just couldn’t resist this headline but tuesday evening we did have two UNISON Labour Party members, born and bred in Yorkshire (and others) tele-canvassing anning Town rom our West Ham CLP HQ.
One is now a fully fledged Londoner and Newham resident while the other is a Leeds...: : SEARCH Blog Journalism Books Film Radio Toby's School Wednesday 21st April 2010 Prime Ministerial Debates : What Cameron should say in his opening statement Tomorrow night's televised debate on foreign affairs could be David Cameron's last chance to halt the Lib Dem bandwagon . For that reason , I've gone to the trouble of writing his opening : statement Good evening . In the course of the next ninety minutes , I'm going to tell you why I think Gordon Brown's policy of cutting our armed forces will endanger national security and Nick Clegg's policy of dismantling our nuclear shield would be a gift to our enemies . To read more , click here COMMENT COMMENTS SO FAR : 2 FIXED LINK EMAIL TO A FRIEND PatJHennessy Yup , in The Standard 52 minutes ago Twitter Facebook LinkedIn Wikipedia IMdb