Councillor Mohammed , we hear, is “really disappointed” by the findings of a report that shows Newham Housing Department’s complaints about repairs have almost doubled in a year. What’s more, some 62% of the complaints were upheld.

The delay in progressing the development of the Carpenters’ Estate in Stratford has been caused by the desire of Mayor Fiaz to distance herself from anything to do with the previous incumbent.

The pay dispute that has dominated relationships between the council and the refuse workers has eclipsed a longer running and much more disturbing issue.

You’ll all be familiar with these signs. They have been put up in the last few years to improve road safety around schools in the borough.

It didn’t take long for the mayor to see another money-making opportunity at the expense of local motorists.

Readers will recall that we reported that Cllr Pushpa Makwana had upped-roots and moved with her family to Havering borough within weeks of being elected to a seat on Newham Council.

This piece was sparked by the response to the (hopefully) humorous piece that satirised the use of ‘they’ as a personal pronoun. It speaks to the current political obsession on the Left with the correct pronoun by which to address one’s comrades and comradesses and comreXes.

One of the questions that did not get a hearing at the last council meeting, was one raised by the relatives’ support group for the refuse workers. This group was set up to support workers from Folkstone Road who had complained of bullying and sexual harassment.

After a magnificent victory at council, where no-one spoke against and where Labour members were queuing up to speak for the motion, it transpired that the motion in favour of the plaque was passed. Albeit for placement on the wrong building.

Campaigners for the Newham City Farm attended the council meeting on Tuesday 17th October. They submitted questions, as permitted under the council’s standing orders, to which Cllr James Asser responded in writing. To what must be the chagrin of Cllr Asser, they don’t seem to be giving up.

No less than 11 motions are on the agenda for the council meeting of 17th October. This is great for the Mayor. Councillors can pontificate to their (plural) hearts content without having any effect on what is happening in Newham. Councillors can bask in the belief that they are doing something whilst having no effect on anything.

Not to be left out of the motion jamboree, the Green councillors have tabled a motion on the oppression trans-people suffer at the hands of Newham Council. It is quite possible that councillors will not get to debate this motion.

It seems that two of our councillors have decided that it would be a good idea to re-write a bit of history, just a bit of massaging around the corners. Presumably to curry favour with some of the comrades in the GMB.

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.

Three of these pictures are from Newham. Can you tell which?

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.

We are going to posit a radical idea, and one that will be controversial, because it goes against the current trend of Labour and Left thinking where it is axiomatic that the police are racist.

Photo from Newham website; “taking a stand against knife violence”.

Now Greens Call for an End to Knife Violence

A letter from Unite has been circulated to Newham councillors. The author notes that whilst many Newham councillors own multiple residential properties, his members struggle to pay for one.

A North Woolwich resident and car driver recently raised the issue of Newham Council deliberately and persistently applying traffic penalties, even when they know that they are not lawful.

We include his post from Nextdoor below.

Council Tax has gone up by 20%. The bin-men are on strike, again. And Newham launches into a campaign aimed at gay/queer youngsters that is reminiscent of Labour’s 1970’s Looney Left councils.