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, December 31, 2019

Llanwyfan - Penycloddiau Hill Fort Circular Walk

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Off message but spent Christmas in North Wales visiting family. In between visits (and eating and drinking lots) Gill and I had some f...
Monday, December 30, 2019

TUC head calls on labour movement to pull together and avoid “self-pity” and “recriminations” in New Year message

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“Working families won’t be sorry to see the back of the 2010s. It’s been a decade of austerity and pay stagnation – putting real pressure...
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Sunday, December 29, 2019

Newham in east London has steepest house price rises of the century

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Hat tip The Guardian. This is NOT a good thing
Saturday, December 28, 2019

The Death of Stalin

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I watched “The Death of Stalin” on Netflix last night. It is billed as a comedy. While there are some comic moments it is not for the ...
Friday, December 27, 2019

#NewhamDemocracyCommission Have you had your say?

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Democracy and Civic Participation Commission - tell us what you think. To join the conversation online, and for full details of all even...
Thursday, December 26, 2019

A Christmas gift from “Battling Bessie” Braddock

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An early Christmas present were these historic Labour Party cuff links. My cousin is friends with an elderly Labour supporter in Dolgella...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Merry Communist Christmas

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Hap tip Stroppy
Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Newham’s Rough Sleeper Xmas Shelter

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“Volunteers are hard at work putting the final festive touches to the rough sleepers Christmas Shelter which opens today in Stratford at...
Monday, December 23, 2019

A view from the right

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Hat tip free markets think tank  CPS for this article by Glen O'Hara. The real reasons Labour lost Labour should not have lost t...
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Sunday, December 22, 2019

A view from the hard left

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Hat tip my libel pal David Osland's (seen here with me and his partner Cllr Stroppy) article in last weeks Telegraph. “For the ha...
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