Saturday, March 05, 2022

"How to get around the BBC block in Russia" (By fascistic war monger Putin)

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  BBC link   "As we've been reporting, the Russian authorities have restricted access to BBC websites in Russian and English, as we...

Council surgery then double bubble Labour canvass (amidst the horror felt about Putin's War)

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  This morning I had my first "physical" Councillor surgery in two years at Stratford Library archivist room (a fantastic local hi...
Friday, March 04, 2022

"Ukraine sanctions: UK dockers refuse tanker of Russian gas"

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Fantastic solidarity with the people of Ukraine against Putin the murderer by UNISON members. Check out this BBC report:- "Dockers in K...
Thursday, March 03, 2022

West Ham Poor Law - May Day 1933

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A great bit of local Labour movement history. I believe this is from a NUPE publication (one of the predecessor unions that formed UNISON) a...

Greater London UNISON Housing Associations Branch AGM 2022

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This evening was our branch AGM held in central London. It was a hybrid, in person and zoom quorate meeting.  I was pleased to have been re-...
Tuesday, March 01, 2022

InUNISON - Solidarity with Ukraine, opposing Russian aggression and supporting public service workers

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  " We’ve all watched the news with horror over the last few days, as Russian tanks, soldiers and airforce surged over the Ukrainian b...
Monday, February 28, 2022

Newham Voices: Local Politics 2022

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  The article above is from our local community newspaper " Newham Voices ". I was interviewed as the elected Chair of Newham Coun...
Sunday, February 27, 2022

Thaxted Circular Walk (and return to the Church of the "Red Vicar")

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  Gill and I returned today to Thaxted in Essex to follow this 6.5 mile  circular walk from our old version of the local Pathfinder Guide ....
Saturday, February 26, 2022

Street Surgery in West Ham followed by coffee & Ukrainian cinnamon bun

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  This morning we went on a Street surgery in my ward with fellow councillors and local members. It was a lovely day, although a little cold...
Friday, February 25, 2022

UNISON "We stand in solidarity with our sister trade unions and all workers across Ukraine"

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 "As we witness shocking reports today of more suffering in Ukraine, we think of the public service workers - the first responders to d...