John's Labour blog

My own personal blog. Labour & Co-op Cllr, Statutory Deputy Mayor & Cabinet Lead for Housing, UNISON NEC member for Community, Branch Secretary, London Regional Council Officer & Chair of its Labour Link Committee. Newham Cllr for West Ham Ward, Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, Pension trustee, Housing & Safety Practitioner. Centre left and proud member of the Labour movement family. Strictly no trolls please.

Monday, October 19, 2026

Labour Unions Councillor Network

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  I have just signed up -  " Labour councillors make decisions every day that affect jobs, services and local economies. Our new Trade ...
Sunday, October 18, 2026

6 mile Lee Valley Walk - Wildlife Discovery Centre

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  Off message. It's been a while since I've posted about a walk with Gill, but better late than never. Today we drove to the Wildlif...
Saturday, October 17, 2026

Delivering Uma Kumaran's Stratford & Bow Parliamentary Report

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This afternoon, Constituency Labour Party volunteers met up with Uma Kumaran MP in Forest Gate to collect copies of her latest Parliamentary...
Friday, October 16, 2026

My Local Government Week

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  Monday started with a street cleaning roundtable with Cabinet colleagues and senior officers to discuss improvement actions, followed by f...
Thursday, October 08, 2026

Camden Families for Sagal - By election day

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  Late this afternoon, I joined hundreds of Labour Party activists at the UNISON headquarters on Euston Road to campaign in the Holborn ...
Wednesday, October 07, 2026

Busy Labour Movement Day 1

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  Yesterday I was at UNISON's National Centre in London (again, see my previous post), this time attending the UNISON Community Service ...
Tuesday, October 06, 2026

"On the knocker" for Sagal in Camden

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On Saturday, after my Labour Councillor surgery in West Ham, I headed over to UNISON HQ to help campaign for Labour candidate Sagal in the H...
Sunday, October 04, 2026

Labour Party Conference 2026 - Day 4 Wednesday

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The final day of Conference started at 9.30am, so there was no opportunity for a run along the Mersey. Instead, it was the usual routine of ...

Labour Party Conference 2026 - Day 3 Tuesday

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  Day Three started with another run along the Mersey. As I passed the Liver Building, I found myself looking up at the famous Liver Birds, ...

Labour Party Conference 2026 - Day 2 Monday

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  Day Two of Conference started early with a 34-minute run along the Mersey and back. The weather was glorious, with blue skies and sunshine...
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