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”
I had an absolutely smashing day out at the Waltham Forest Mela 2007 on Sunday.
The sun were shining, the bhangra was pumping and the yummy yummy food was hot, hot, hot!
Many thanks and a huge well done to the excellent organising committee, of which my good colleague Cllr Asim Mahmood is a key member.
I know that Cllr Afzal Akram, Waltham Forest Council’s Labour Cabinet Member for Community Safety; Jennette Arnold, Waltham Forest’s Labour Member of the London Assembly; and the excellent Neil Gerrard MP, Labour’s Member of Parliament for Walthamstow (all pictured with me above, left – right), all had a very nice time too 🙂
As Leyton residents will know, I’ve been banging on about housing ever since I was elected as a local councillor last year. I am therefore delighted the Government published a new Green Paper on Housing earlier this week setting out new vision on the future for Britain’s housing.
Alongside watching my new Casino Royale DVD (Daniel Craig = yum yum) and engaging in some military pampering 🙂 I’m going to try and have a good read of this extremely important document over the weekend.
Have a good weekend!