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.

Sunday, November 06, 2011

London Marathon 2012 training: Week 2 - A Children's workhouse and London Welsh Chapel

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Week 2 of my London Marathon training went pretty well.  The timed sprints are very tough, I'm not use to running at "maximum eff...
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Saturday, November 05, 2011

Wrecker of the Week

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The candidate for this week must be the NEC member for Brighton Pavillion who in this post on Tuesday did the Tories dirty work by telli...
Friday, November 04, 2011

Writeidea: East End literature and history event

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Next Weekend is the start of the Writeidea free Reading festival taking place in Tower Hamlets (11-16 November). Check out details here . I...
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Thursday, November 03, 2011

UNISON Votes for Strike Action on November 30

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UNISON members balloted over the future of the Local Government Pension Scheme have voted by over 76% in support of strike action.  While t...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011

One is the Loneliest Number (together is usually best)

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This morning I was travelling north along the M11 motorway from London to represent a UNISON member at an appeal hearing.  Just before the ...
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Tuesday, November 01, 2011

Last chance to vote to protect your pension

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The UNISON ballot on strike action to protect pensions closes 10am on Thursday 3rd November. So tomorrow is the last chance to vote.  If y...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Secure affordable homes for all: A policy for the next Government

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This picture is from the Newham Compass meeting held last week at East Thames Housing Association headquarters in Stratford, E15 on the key...
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London Marathon Training 2012 Week 1: "Coventriert" & Getting fit can damage your health

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Earlier this month I posted here that I was planning to run the London Marathon 2012 and was starting to train using this 24 week traini...
Sunday, October 30, 2011

SERTUC Regional Council motion: Response to Government Economic Policies

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This is a picture of me addressing the recent SERTUC (South East Regional TUC) Council meeting. (Yes, I must remember to stick my head up ...
Saturday, October 29, 2011

Remuneration Committee "Racket"

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Today I listened to Any Questions on Radio 4. There was a question about the outrageous 49% increase in the pay last year of the average F...
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