Afternoon all :) It will be fascinating to see how strong the Green challenge is in Newham next May. They will hold the Stratford Ward they already have but will be against the Newham Independents in… (View Post)

The question then becomes whether Paddy Power (who have two shops in East Ham High Street) will decide to retrench their retail estate in the light of taxational changes and whether this will be co-o… (View Post)

Evening all :) I don't know why we should be surprised at Home Secretary Mahmood's statement today. There's a widely held but false assumption Labour is all metropolitan, London-elite, "soft&quo… (View Post)

Seriously? Politicians are opportunists par excellence. If they see a weakness in their opponent, they go full throttle. Look at how everyone jumped on what was basically a triviality from Angela Ray… (View Post)

Morning all :) They are indeed terrible figures for the Prime Minister and Chancellor though I suspect in the current climate any PM and Chancellor would be struggling to achieve anything approaching… (View Post)