by Puru Miah | Oct 27, 2018 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Democracy
After much hard work by campaigners and elected members, TFL has agreed to rename a bus stop after the Altab Ali, to mark the 40th anniversary of his racist murder and the anti racist movement the came about, following his death. On Wednesday 11th of July in main...
by Puru Miah | Oct 27, 2018 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Crime and Anti Social Behavior (ASB), Democracy
Journalist Rod Liddle wrote a racist and Islamophobic piece in the Sunday Times. Politicians from all side expressed the standard outrage and demands for apology. In this piece I argue, that if activists and public figures are genuine in their outrage we must address...
by Puru Miah | Oct 20, 2018 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Democracy
Below is the Press Release from the Save Our Nurseries Tower Hamlets, outlining the successful call at the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, asking the monitoring officer to take the matter to a Full Council meeting, as the decision contravenes policy. The call in was...
by Puru Miah | Oct 7, 2018 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Democracy
On Friday the 5th October, I and four other Councillors signed a Call In (Request to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to ask the Mayor to reconsider his decision) with regards to the decision to close the remaining 3 Local Authority Day Nurseries. The other four...
by Puru Miah | Oct 6, 2018 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Democracy
On Friday the 5th October, I and four other Councillors signed a Call In (Request to the Overview and Scrutiny Committee to ask the Mayor to reconsider his decision) with regards to the decision to Outsource/Privatise the Community Equipment Service (CES). The other...
by Puru Miah | Sep 23, 2018 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Democracy
How members and ordinary residents can win: big politics, grassroots organising: transforming Tower Hamlets Labour into a Social Movement Big Politics: Reversing the binary – making the ‘Man in the Suit’, work for ordinary residents and members, and not the...
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