The start of the election campaign has seen Twitter flooded with pictures of activists out doing their bit for the party. Newham’s Labour councillors have been doing their bit, in locations from East Ham to East Dunbartonshire.
Councillors Jose Alexander, Unmesh Desai, Ayesha Chowdhury & Susan Masters in East Ham
Councillors James Beckles, Aleen Alarice and Terry Paul in West Ham
Councillors John Whitworth, Aleen Alarice, John Gray, Julianne Marriott and Neil Wilson campaigning with Mike Gapes in Ilford
Tahmina Rahman with fellow councillors Gray and Abdulmuhit
A rare sighting of Forest Gate community lead councillor Rohima Rahman campaigning in Ilford with Unmesh Desai, Jose Alexander and Stephen Timms
Lyn Brown talking to voters in Stratford with councillor James Beckles and by-election candidate Charlene McLean
Eight Newham councillors on the doorstep in Scotland: Forhad Hussain, Ellie Robinson, David Christie, Joy Laguda, Hanif Abdulmuhit, Terry Paul, Lester ‘3 jobs’ Hudson and Tahmina Rahman.
There is one highly notable absentee from these pictures. Concerned citizens and Labour activists alike have to ask, where’s Robin?
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Perhaps Labour realise what a liability he is. One small point, Newham Labour have a very strict policy of not allowing candidates to stand if they do not help with campaigning. Does his absence mean he can’t be a candidate for the next mayoral contest?
What you say is true, but as Wales is a big business loving Tory, I’m sure he really couldn’t give a damn.
And while we’re on the subject: where are the Corbetts? Crawford? Baikie? Ken Clark? Peppiatt? Furness? I could go on…
Good points. Perhaps future candidates should take note and use it in evidence when they are rejected as candidates for not campaigning. To be honest, that line only seems to be used against candidates that Wales doesn’t approve of, so I was being tongue in cheek.
I thought you were being facetious, but I thought it was worth taking the opportunity to make the point. And you’re right, it is used as a means to get rid of undesirables.
The thing that strikes me about this is the unspoken sub-text ‘nothing to worry about in Newham, a reddish piece of string is electable there, so we’ll go on a road trip’. There’s a complacency that translates into inaction at every level.
No Mayor’s Diary and only one picture of SRW (without his ceremonial chain) What’s going on?!