The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘independent’ as “not belonging to or supported by a political party.”
Which creates a paradox for Cllrs Mehmood Mirza, Sophia Naqvi and Zuber Gulamussen.
At the start of June the Electoral Commission approved the Newham Independents Party’s application to register as a political party. So now the Independents are a party, they are no longer independents.
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Perhaps the Newham Independent candidates can answer that question on the election hustings?