by Puru Miah | Jul 6, 2024 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
How Rushnara Ali, Keir Starmer and the Labour Party lost voters’ confidence in Bethnal Green and Stepney. From the second-largest majority of 37,500 to a marginal of just 1700. It’s a case of how to alienate voters and lose a supermajority. From Cable...
by Puru Miah | Mar 27, 2024 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
A playful examination of TH Labour activists rallying against their own MP, Rushanara Ali. And no, it’s not related to the death and destruction in Gaza. Curios Incidents In Ramadan Ramadan for Muslims is supposed to be a time of quiet contemplation and...
by Puru Miah | Mar 10, 2024 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
A tongue-in-cheek unravelling of the riddles around the Tower Hamlets Council Budget and the competing narratives. Introducing the Council Tax Wars in Tower Hamlets. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…: In the Town Hall at Planet Tower Hamlets “A world...
by Puru Miah | Mar 2, 2024 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
A long-form piece tracing the origins of the anti-muslim rhetoric and hysteria in recent days in the country. Some of these lead back to Tower Hamlets and the leadership of the Tower Hamlets Labour Party. Consisting of six parts: A Week in Politics: From Downing...
by Puru Miah | Jan 10, 2024 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
In this piece, I will be addressing the controversy surrounding the flying of the Palestinian flag in Tower Hamlets, the arguments against the flags, and finally why they should be allowed to fly. The Controversy Statement issued on social media by the Tower Hamlets...
by Puru Miah | Oct 24, 2023 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
A brief analysis of Tower Hamlets Labour’s unsympathetic position on Palestine. Consistent with its recent history on the issue of the Palestinian people and with an exploration of why? NOTE: The article is in response to a public statement made by the Tower Hamlets...
by Puru Miah | Sep 24, 2023 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Democracy
Unpicking the images of the mountains of rubbish appearing on social media in Tower Hamlets? What do they tell us? Something more worrying than the average pay dispute. Introducing the Rubbish Pile Wars of the East End In the wake of the Liveable Streets War’s...
by Puru Miah | Sep 17, 2023 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy, Housing
As the cost of living crisis deepens, more and more families find themselves on the housing list. What can Tower Hamlets do? No extra costs and meet the housing targets? Read on. Social Media Wars: Where are the new Council-owned housing in Tower Hamlets? A brief...
by Puru Miah | Jul 27, 2023 | Community, Democracy
A Personal Journey of Exploration of the “Bengal Renaissance”, and Beyond the Established Binaries, are often expressed when it comes to South Asian History and Heritage. With suggested reading material at the end. Introducing South Asian Heritage Month (SAHM) South...
by Puru Miah | Jul 13, 2023 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
A tongue-in-cheek look at another Tower Hamlets first, where the Tower Hamlets Labour Group is campaigning against the Labour Party. Exploring the possible reasons. They came, they saw, they conquered? A whiff of grapeshot in the #Endz? “You don’t reason with...
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