Tag Archives: General Election 2024

Whistleblown

2 Sep

Halima Khan speaking at a Workers Party event

Halima Khan, the self-described ‘whistleblower of the Labour Party’ has lost her Employment Tribunal case against the party.

She claimed that Labour unfairly dismissed and racially discriminated against her. The tribunal found that it didn’t.

Ms Khan stood in the general election in Stratford and Bow for George Galloway’s Workers Party GB, achieving 7.5% of the vote and third place.

The full judgement can be found here.

One small detail that I find utterly jaw-dropping is that, despite her job at head office investigating complaints about party members, Ms Khan “was not herself a member of the Party.”

Election 2024 – your candidates

11 Jun

Nominations for the parliamentary election have closed and the full list of candidates has been published. Newham’s two previously oversized seats have been abolished and replaced with three – one of which crosses the border to include three wards from Tower Hamlets.

East Ham

  • Hillary Briffa, Liberal Democrats
  • Maria Higson, Conservatives
  • Tahir Mirza, Independent
  • Daniel Oxley, Reform UK
  • Rosie Pearce, Green Party
  • Satish Ramadoss, Independent
  • Anand Sundar, Independent
  • Stephen Timms, Labour

Stratford and Bow

  • Nizam Ali, Independent
  • Kane Blackwell, Conservatives
  • Jeff Evans, Reform UK
  • Omar Faruk, Independent
  • Steve Hedley, Independent
  • Joe Hudson-Small, Green Party
  • Halima Khan, Workers Party
  • Uma Kumaran, Labour Party
  • Fiona Lali, Independent
  • Janey Little, Liberal Democrat

West Ham and Beckton

  • James Asser, Labour Party
  • Lois Austin, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
  • Emily Bigland, Liberal Democrats
  • Rob Callender, Green Party
  • Georgie David, Reform UK
  • Sophia Naqvi, Newham Independents
  • Holly Ramsey, Conservatives
  • Kayode Shedowo, Chrstian Peoples Alliance

Disclosure: I am a Labour Party member and signed the nomination papers for our candidate in Stratford and Bow.