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.

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Nationalise Southern Cross?

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" We cannot just sit back and allow frail, vulnerable people to suffer, we want to see the Government taking emergency action to safeg...
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Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Tea time for change: Westminster Lobby Thurs 9 June

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I've just signed up at the Tea time for change website here.   They are holding a lobby at Westminster on Thursday and have over 100 MP...
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Monday, June 06, 2011

A prayer for Alberto Korda (of "Guerrillero Heroico" and Fidel Castro fame) in an English Medieval Church

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This is a little unusual but an interesting tale - I think anyway.  Last week I was on holiday in the Cotswolds and went for this 7 mile Pat...

Lyn Brown MP attacks Tory Housing Policies

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A good feature in this weeks  Newham Recorder "West Ham MP Lyn Brown has launched a scathing attack on the government’s social housing...
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John Travers Cornwell VC

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Yesterday I attended the annual Parade and Church service in honour of John Travers Cornwell VC in Manor Park, E12.  The ceremony also comm...
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Sunday, June 05, 2011

SWP Unite "treachery" and is it Goodbye and Good riddance to "dis-respect" ?

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Catching up with things after a week away - first is this Socialist Unity story on the " public act of treachery by the Socialist Wor...
Saturday, June 04, 2011

"solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short ..." Social housing policy towards agency workers?

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" Inside Housing " published on Friday my letter protesting at the outrageous comments in my view by their " resident employm...

Eric Pickles, the LGPS, PM and the Fish Slapping Dance

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Yesterday evening as I was driving back to Stow-on-the-Wold after a glorious days walking in Warwickshire (post to follow) listening to PM...
Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Justice for All: East London's Legal Aid Protest

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Intermission

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Posts and publishing comments may be a little erratic for next few days. 
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