Jeremy Corbyn might have tried to justify his comments when he equated Jews and Zionists, but it didn’t really work. Readers will recall that in 2013, when Corbyn was speaking at a conference, he stated that Zionists had, “no sense of irony” despite “having lived in this country for a very long time”.

Having scaled the political heights and becoming the unexpected leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn discovered how slippery the greasy pole was. Not only did he lose his position as leader, but he found himself without the whip of the party he had been leading, only months before.

In this personal letter from Keir Starmer to the thousands of Party members, it seems that the Labour Party has discovered that regressive taxation aint good

It seems that Newham Council and the Mayor are coming under some criticism for failing to deal with allegations against their former colleague. Mushtaq Mughal (suspended because of allegations of antisemitism) was, we are told, the fortunate recipient of a council flat.

It seems that the councillors who have the dubious honour of serving on the Budget Working Party have found themselves in hot water.

We are told that the Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Commission has referred them all AND the Mayor to the Standards Advisory Committee. This is described on the council website thus.

After months of waiting, former councillor Hanif Abdulmuhit received the email below within 48 hours of the publication of our article.

Cllr Abdulmuhit was told categorically by a member of the interview panel that there was an outstanding complaint against him being investigated by the Labour Party.

This assertion, it turns out was untrue.

We have covered the underhand dealings in the Labour Party in east London, specifically as they related to the suspension of Redbridge Council Leader Jas Athwal.

It seems that Sam Tarry’s relationship with the constituency of Ilford South is coming to an end. When veteran MP, Mike Gapes left Labour to join the short lived Change UK.

We occasionally visit the Facebook pages of some of the Newham comrades. This week we have taken a look at the pages of the (unofficial) Newham Labour site.

Aided by something of an own goal from Liz Truss and her new chancellor, the Labour Party sprang into a serious lead, putting plenty of space between Labour and the Tories. You might think that that would make Sir Keir quite popular amongst the members. Apparently not.

In their last meeting, (July 14 2022) the Standards Committee considered a complaint under the Code of Conduct against Cllr Shaban Mohammed.

We have seen how the attitude of former ‘mandatory reselection’ supporting MP, Sam Tarry changed when he lost a trigger ballot in Redbridge. Tarry will now have to fight for his seat in an open selection process.

Readers will recall that Newham has had a history of problems with Labour Party members; some of them didn’t seem to live at the address on their membership card; some weren’t registered to vote; some were in employment but paying reduced subs.

Now it seems that the same thing is being alleged in Redbridge.

When Edward VI gave St Stephen’s Chapel, in the Palace of Westminster for the use of the Commons, he inadvertently established the form that political debate in England would take for the next millennium.

We understand that the favoured tactic of Labour’s Corbynite Left, the mandatory reselection of MPs is being implemented in the seat of Ilford South. Strangely, this time the axe is not being wielded by the Left, but by supporters of the council leader Jas Athwal.

We noted the presence of Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz on the list of speakers in commemoration of the Pentonville 5. This, it is believed is part of her attempt to polish up her left-wing image in advance of the selection battle for Stratford and Bow.

Fifty years ago, the Royal Docks were undergoing a massive change. New technology in the shape of containerisation meant that jobs in Newham were moving eastwards to Tilbury.

There appears to be something of a spat between Newham’s two mayors. Sadiq Khan is now in Canning Town on the western edge of the Royal Docks and only a stone’s throw from the proposed exit to the new Silvertown Tunnel. The tunnel will be the first new ROAD crossing of the Thames in London for half a century.

With all of the stink that has attached to Newham Labour over its recent history of antisemitism, you would think that they would seek to show that they want to clean house as quickly as possible.

Antisemitism in the Labour Party has been noted in Newham, but unfortunately, it is not restricted to Newham. Eighty-one percent of all the cases dealt with by the NEC related to antisemitism.

We take a swipe at most of those who are standing down or those who have been removed, albeit unwillingly, from Labour’s list for 2022. Genuinely, we would like to say thank you, for the time and the efforts you have put in to serving the borough.