by Puru Miah | Jun 26, 2022 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
A tongue-in-cheek reflection of the physical attack on local Labour Party officials and the attempt to disrupt the trigger ballot meeting on the Poplar and Limehouse MP, Apsana Begum. A request to all to look at facts and not be engaged in the spreading of...
by Puru Miah | Jun 5, 2022 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
Reflections on the #SAVEBRICKLANE campaign, two years on. And how it fits into the wider history of the Battle for Brick Lane and beyond. And the attempt to write a manifesto for it and the #Endz. It all started on one winter day… The picture was taken in...
by Puru Miah | May 22, 2022 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
A story of friendship gained and lost, through a journey to change the East End for the better. Why I am taking a sabbatical. Prologue: Thanks, but no, thanks. “No. Even now, I can’t altogether believe that any of this really happened…”Christopher...
by Puru Miah | May 14, 2022 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
An analysis of TH Labours’ defeat to Aspire, looking at both micro and macro factors. As well as some suggestions moving forward. Are you looking for an explanation? Given Labour gains, particularly Westminster in London, how do you explain the loss of the...
by Puru Miah | Nov 30, 2021 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community
Marabout: romanized: murābiṭ, lit. One who is attached/garrisoned to the frontier. Also, a wandering spiritual teacher. On Friday the 19th of November 2021, large crowds gathered at the Ford Square Mosque in Whitechapel, officially known as Eshaatul Islam Mosque, to...
by Puru Miah | Sep 30, 2021 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
Residents will be moved out of a large housing association block, Clare House in Bow, after inspections revealed it “cannot be kept safe without major refurbishment or demolition”. A slumlord (or slum landlord): is a slang term for a landlord, generally an absentee...
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