Three planning applications have been submitted to the London Legacy Development Corporation for the construction of three concrete factories next to Pudding Mill Lane DLR. The proposed site for the factories would be close to thousands of residents in Newham and Tower Hamlets, the London Stadium and new secondary and primary schools causing air and […]

Last night I joined a group of intrepid souls to stand on a pedestrian/cycle bridge on the far side of the Olympic Stadium in East London. We were protesting a stupid decision by the group overseeing the regeneration of the area to tear down the bridge and put up a vehicular one instead in order […]

Five weeks ago I was confused. A small majority of the voters said they wanted to leave the European Union, a slightly smaller number said they wanted to stay. If you put all those who voted into a very large fleet of the old Routemasters in proportion to the way they voted, there would be, on […]

Newham and Barking & Dagenham Liberal Democrats are supporting the REMAIN campaign in the EU Referendum and are holding events across Newham and Barking & Dagenham to speak to residents and ask them to Vote REMAIN on 23rd June. Actions day at Stratford Station 14th May 2016 from 12 noon to 4pm. Visit our street […]

I have lived in Plaistow in the London Borough of Newham since 2005. Since 2010, Newham has been a single party state with exclusively Labour MPs and a Labour dominated council. There is no effective opposition to long-time Mayor Robin Wales’ agenda for the borough. By representing the people of the Boleyn Ward, I have […]

(This is the first in a number of blog posts about the first Newham and Barking and Dagenham Lib Dems’ meeting, held at the brilliant View Tube on Thursday 3rd September) I was five minutes away from arriving at the launch of ‘Newham and Barking and Dagenham Lib Dems’ (we’re working on a less unwieldy […]