Have enjoyed a busy bank holiday weekend where – amongst other activities – I spent a few hours helping colleagues from the Leyton and Wanstead Labour party do some leafletting in Cann Hall ward and also helped stuff our ‘All Members‘ newsletter into envelopes to be sent out to our 600+ local party members Continue reading “Leaflets, Leaflets, Leaflets!”
Brilliant news reached me last night that Yasmin Qureshi, a formidable Labour party activist I know, has been selected as the Labour Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for the Bolton South East constituency!
The Bolton South East constituency is currently held by Brian Iddon MP, with a whopping 11,000 Labour majority.
Barring a major catastrophe for Labour at the next General Election, Yasmin’s selection as Bolton Labour’s next parliamentary candidate, virtually guarantees her becoming Britain’s first ever British Pakistani female MP!
I am absolutely delighted for you, Yasmin, and wish you all the best for a glittering future parliamentary career!
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Leyton ward’s excellent Safer Neighbourhoods Team are piloting an on-line Safer Neighbourhood’s survey, for members of the community to register their concerns about crime related problems in the Leyton Ward area.
Sergeant Jonathan Clack, who heads Leyton’s team, believes that the online survey could be a useful tool in helping the Safer Neighbourhoods Team gather the most up to date data available about what’s happening in Leyton ward, with regards to crime and issues of community safety Continue reading “Reporting Leyton Crime Online”
London will now hold an annual day to commemorate the abolition of the slave trade following an extremely moving remembrance memorial service, held at London’s City Hall, on Thursday (23rd August).
I joined other Black Londoners, among them poets, MPs, Christians, Muslims, African dancers, journalists, and drummers, to hear Mayor Ken Livingstone formally apologise, on London’s behalf, for the part our city played in the transatlantic slave trade Continue reading “Ignored No More”
Last week, I attended the Mayor of Waltham Forest’s charity dinner to raise funds for diabetes and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the creation of Pakistan.
Many of my council constituents in Leyton ward come from Pakistan and many people living in my ward (including most of my close family) suffer from diabetes. It was lovely to celebrate Pakistan’s birthday with all the residents who came, as well as to learn more about what we can do to combat this serious illness. Continue reading “Mayor of Waltham Forest’s Charity Dinner”