A Labour councillor, magistrate and union representative Rosemary Maher, who has died at the age of 81, served as a Labour councillor in Tower Hamlets, east London, from 1974 to 1978. She held various offices within the party, including secretary of the then Stepney and Bethnal Green parliamentary constituency and ward treasurer. She was receptionist for various MPs and local councillors. She sat...
On November 10th 1919, Clement Attlee was elected Mayor of the Borough of Stepney; the first public office he held in a career that led him to 10 Downing Street. In 1922 he was elected MP for Stepney, Limehouse. For nearly 100 years Limehouse Library served the local people, until closed by Labour Tower Hamlets. In 1988 statue of Clem Attlee, in front of the Library, was unveiled by Harold Wilson....
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...