Shock figures released by the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) show that anti-Semitic crimes increased by over half in 2018. In 2017, there were 126 crimes recorded in Barnet, but last year the figure went up to 194, an increase of 54%. Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore said: ‘It is alarming that public […]
Read moreWB Yeats’s 1919 poem, ‘the Second Coming’ is surely relevant to Mrs May’s Brexit scheme: Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. The close result of the […]
Read moreOct 18 (late) ‘People’s Vote’ on Brexit Question No: 2018/2792 Andrew Dismore Your support for a ‘People’s Vote’ on Brexit is welcome; what have you been doing to campaign for this to take place? Answer for ‘People’s Vote’ on Brexit The Mayor Last updated: 24 October, 2018 Officers are drafting a response ‘People’s Vote’ on Brexit The Mayor Last updated: […]
Read moreAt today’s London Assembly Mayor’s Question Time on the GLA’s budget, Andrew Dismore AM, Labour London Assembly member for Barnet and Camden, raised the impact of Brexit on London’s economy, especially tourism and retail businesses. Mr Dismore asked the Mayor: ‘How will the budget deliver your objective of a thriving economy, open to the world, considering the chaos surrounding Brexit? […]
Read moreAt today’s Mayor’s Question Time, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM, questioned London Mayor Sadiq Khan over the implications of the pay gap between CEOs and their companies’ workers. Mr Dismore asked the Mayor: ‘The executive pay gap is rising and in the first few working days of the year, executives can earn more than […]
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