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Labourhome (Free subscription) | 22/08/2008
A group of residents in Barking and Dagenham are to protest against Labour Councillor Liam Smith, who reportedly said to a political rival's mother "shut up you f***ing fat dyke" during the count at Chadwell Heath bi-election last month. More The comment was directed at Sue Connelly, a straight grandmother of eight and the mother of local Tory councillor Neil Connelly. More on PinkNews
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Through The Scary Door (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
That only nazis can add. From today's Gary Younge article: On Wednesday evening around 7pm, the Reverend Roger Gayler, vicar of St Marks parish, went to answer a knock on the door. It was the night before the Chadwell Heath byelection for Barking and Dagenham council in Greater London, and Gayler had recently written an open letter to his flock. "I rarely enter the party political arena and do so very...
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Indigo Public Affairs (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
The Conservatives gained the Barking and Dagenham borough council ward of Chadwell Heath in a byelection on 3 July, thereby doubling their representation on the council and allowing themselves to form a political group. The party also held on to Bexhill Sackville ward on Rother district council, and to Christchurch ward on Bexley borough council [...]
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Rupa Huq's home on the web (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Well at least there’s one bit of good news from last night’s by election in The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. Fears of a BNP upsurge on the back of their London Assembly Member, already strong base in the council in B and D and their overtaking Labour last week in Henley were allayed. [...]
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Rupa Huq's home on the web (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
John Gray reports here with pictures on canvassing at the weekend in the St Marks Gate ward in the Chadwell Heath area of Barking and Dagenham. There’s a council by-election on Thursday and the BNP who are standing are likely to be bouyed up by their Henley result (although they lost their deposit there too). The other two ward [...]
