Wanted truthful parliament in the UK (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
1210 Hrs GMt London Tuesday 03 November 2009 KHOODEELAAR! TOLD the 'East London Idiotiser' so ONE YEAR 3 months ago, about the CRASSrole playing T H Council assault on market traders…. It has taken the IDIOTISER that long just to get a bit of the facts involved. Today, Tuesday 3 November 2009, the IDIOTOSER has published an item on its web site saying that ‘red tape’ is ‘killing...
It may well be the Last Post next year for London’s unique other underground which was closed and mothballed in 2003. The Post Office Railway, also known as Mail Rail, was a narrow gauge driverless private underground railway in London built by the Post Office to move mail between sorting offices. This 2 foot gauge 6.5mile railway was opened in 1927 and at its peak run between Paddington Sorting...
The Very Fluffy Diary of Millennium Dome, Elephant (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Thursday: At the risk of incurring Auntie Jenny's FANGIRL-ENVY, I've been to see Mr Dr Vince "the Power" Cable. He was here in Tower Hamlets to boost the local party and particularly our excellent candidate, Mr Ajmal Masroor . Bethnal Green, currently fiefdom of Mr Gorgeous Pussycat George, leader of the Respect-the-Leotard Party, is one of the most deprived Boroughs in the country and yet...
KHOODEELAAR! calling for a truthful parliament (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
0145 GMT London Sunday 18 October 2009 KHOODEELAAR! Reiterates today the FACT that there has not been a 'Tower Hamlets Liberal Democrats Party’ at all. Not when it comes to policy. Not when it comes to holding the Council to account. Even less so when it comes to any parliamentary accountability. Which is neither exceptional nor surprising. As we have been reporting since the evening of Wednesday...
LONGSTANDING readers may remember that I am facing libel action from Tower Hamlets Tory activist Johanna Kaschke, following a post on this blog in 2007. She is also suing two other Labour Party members, Alex Hilton and John Gray, over related issues. I spent all day yesterday in the High Court, listing to Alex's appeal that an application for summary judgement be upheld, and I'm just about to head...
KHOODEELAAR! calling for a truthful parliament (Free subscription) | 05/10/2009
2335 GMT London Sunday 4 October 2009 " The Crossrail Bill was the subject of widespread KHOODEELAAR! Campaign Activities today [Tuesday 23 May 2006] when MPs belonging to the Commons Crossrail Bill Select committee toured the Brick Lane and Whitechapel area targeted for a series of Crossrail hole attacks provisions. " UK Home office minister Tony McNulty has been sacked at the behest of...
It may well be the Last Post next year for London’s unique other underground which was closed and mothballed in 2003. The Post Office Railway, also known as Mail Rail, was a narrow gauge driverless private underground railway in London built by the Post Office to move mail between sorting offices. This 2 foot gauge 6.5mile railway was opened in 1927 and at its peak run between Paddington Sorting...
Communities Against Drugs and Alcohol Abuse (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
At 6:30am on Monday 21st September the horrific murder of a 24-year-old man took place in Moss Close, Old Montague St, Whitechapel. Information regarding the case confirms that drug dealing was a factor in this murder. CADAA is aware that local residents have been reporting for some time that drug dealing in this area has been on the rise. One member of the local community reported to us: ‘Many...
Rule #1 when you're launching a new product or service in the local community: don't piss off members of said community. On Thursday morning a gaggle of people including local schoolkids, farmers, press, and Rosie Boycott descended on a Costcutter store in Tower Hamlets to launch a new idea by the Buywell Project to encourage healthy eating. They're working with 16 stores across the capital on Change...
I've been reading the Route1to499 bus blog for some months now. Ben - who writes it - is trying to travel on all London's bus routes. He'll be doing this until 2012. The idea tickled me, so I asked Ben to accompany him on some trips. So today, me and he went on three routes (108, 241, 309) from the grimy / glittering heights of Lewisham to buzzy-with-anticipation Stratford, from there to down at heel...
This piece from effendi is cross-posted from The Spittoon Oxford House in Bethnal Green, east London is a community organisation dating back to 1884. To support its role as a venue for theatre events, drama, dance and the like it receives money from a wide range of organisations including the National Lottery, the London Borough of [...]
I've just received the following via UNISON United Left; UCU members at Tower Hamlets College have been on all out strike since Thursday 27th August - fighting to defend jobs and education. Below please see all ways you can raise this in your branches. What you can do to help: 1. Picket lines all day Visit picket lines Poplar High Street E14 0AF Arbour Square E1 0PT Bethnal Green E2 6AB 2. Take a collection...
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