We reflected upon the previous election experience of one Sabia Kamali, noting how she had previously fought a local election in Tower Hamlets AGAINST Labour and for Tower Hamlets First, the communitarian party of disgraced former mayor, Lutfur Rahman.

The Runners and Riders in the East Ham Central by-election hurdles are being drawn together.

One of the first things that the Mayor had to do when assuming office, was to sort out her own private office.

We have attached an open letter from Newham People Power.

In it they express their disappointment in the Mayor and in those councillors whom they see as failing them.

Campaigners have targeted those councillors who voted to retain the Fiaz Car-Tax, (emissions-based charges) and noted that Mayor Fiaz needed the votes of some 24 of those who received Special Responsibility Allowances (SRAs).

We thought that the revelation last week, that Council Deputy Chair Nazir Ahmed had been suspended over allegations of antisemitism was the last of a line of cases which have bedevilled Newham Council and Newham Labour.

It wasn’t.

Having slammed Tory PM, Boris Johnson for a ‘reckless and irresponsible’ cycle round the Olympic Park, Stratford councillor Josh Garfield got caught out by the Recorder, taking a 30 mile cycle ride.

Council Deputy Chair Suspended for anti-Semitism.

This report comes from the East London and West Essex Guardian:

A former councillor has been jailed and ordered to pay more than £28,000 back to Redbridge Council after committing electoral fraud.

Just what is Cllr Griffiths suggesting here?

The Mayor has been heard referring to her Cabinet as a Stellar Team. We think that she means that they are very good.

We’re not sure what they’re good at, so we thought that we’d take a look.

Has former Deputy Mayor Cllr John Gray been reading our posts?

The partner listed for Cllr Mumtaz Khan is a media broadcaster and CEO of ATN Bangla Hafiz Alam Bakhsh. Bakhsh is also a director of HAB Enterprise Ltd which is registered at an address declared by Cllr Khan as belonging to her partner. It is a fair conclusion that Cllr Khan’s partner is Bakhsh.

The teachers of Little Ilford School are on strike, specifically they object to the Town Hall’s plans to expand the school by adding additional pupils.

This is a policy now championed by one Cllr Sarah Ruiz who is the Cabinet Member for Education and Children Social Care. Sarah was Labour, then Respect and now Labour again, with a dash of Momentum.

For those of you who think that a council suffering from severe budget strains; with perhaps the highest child poverty rate in the country; that has had its streets turned into a waste disposal area; and that has one of the highest housing lists in England, might focus its efforts on some of the problems that bedevil its residents, this may come as a surprise.

Our archival gnomes have been at it again. The statutory guidance relating to the relationship between the mayor and executive and the overview and scrutiny functions is clear. (see 11.c.)

For over a year a short audio recording, purporting to be of a Newham councillor has been doing the rounds.

We have not uplifted this audio recording, though we may. The speaker clearly appears to be saying the following, "you know, the only other option we've got left is to gas them, what Hitler did...".

Councillor Mushtaq Hussain Mughal is the Chair of Newham Labour Group. Not one of the best by all accounts. Cllr Moghal is a Momentum member and a neophyte on the council.

We decided to give this over to the voice of one of our readers, without comment.

Muslim woman councillor quits Labour to escape “Oppression and discrimination” by colleagues. Right’s NEC candidate: “Excellent news”