John's Labour blog

My own personal blog. UNISON NEC member for Housing Associations & Charities, HA Convenor, 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 Labour movement family. Strictly no trolls please. Promoted by Luke Place on behalf of J.Gray, Newham Labour Group, St Luke’s Community Centre, E16 1HS.

Tuesday, November 08, 2016

When Voting NO means YES to fairness,choice and democracy: Newham Labour Mayor Selection - First Reason

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I have blogged about the process and how important the position of a Directly Elected Mayor or so called Executive Mayor is  here and als...
Monday, November 07, 2016

Rising inequality helps explain Trump and Brexit

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While I hope that the United States will not elect Trump to be their President tomorrow, I was fascinated to read the statement below at...

"Axe the Housing Act": UNISON Motion to London Labour Conference 2016

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This is below a motion by Greater London UNISON Regional Labour Link to the London Labour Party Conference next Saturday 12 November.  ...
Sunday, November 06, 2016

Trigger Democracy - A choice for Newham

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Can I recommend that anyone interested in the Newham Labour Mayoral selection process for 2018 looks at this new website   https://trigg...
Saturday, November 05, 2016

School Cuts (92% of schools will have their funding cut in England); Book Launch & Demo

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Check out the  http://www.schoolcuts.org.uk  website and enter your postcode and you will see the schools around you that face savage G...
Friday, November 04, 2016

Councillor Yvonne Maxwell: Hoxton West

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Fantastic news. Yvonne (aka Stroppy) has been elected! My former blogging pal and daughter of former Newham Councillor Doris Maxwell, was...
Thursday, November 03, 2016

Why I am Voting NO for a Democratic Choice: Newham Labour Mayor candidate selection process 2018

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Within the next week or so thousands of Labour Party members who live in the London Borough of Newham will be invited to local meetings t...
Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Join UNISON. Support at work

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Great TV advert for UNISON. Support at work is really important, it is simply horrible to face redundancy or discipline hearings or act...
Sunday, October 30, 2016

Jezza "on the knocker" in support of Labour Councillor Candidate Yvonne Maxwell #LoveHoxton

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Yesterday morning I missed the very beginning of the canvass session in support of Yvonne Maxwell, who is standing as the Labour candidat...
Saturday, October 29, 2016

Violence at work: When someone with a grudge against a Housing worker takes a can of petrol...

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Last week was European Health and Safety week. This is a time to think about work related safety matters. Early this month I was rang b...
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