Barnet has topped the list of boroughs that suffer from anti-Semitic and faith crimes, the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee heard. The borough also came second in London for the volume of racist and religious crimes. Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore said this showed how dangerous is the rise of extremist politics for public […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has criticised the attitude of the Senior Coroner for North London Mary Hassell, who ordered an invasive post-mortem of a Jewish man, despite the request of his family not to. Ms Hassell was successfully legally challenged last year and the court ruled against her for not taking into account requests […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has written to the Oxford Union to protest against their invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad, who has a history of making anti-Semitic statements, to make a speech to the Union on Friday 18th January. In his letter to the President of the Union Daniel Wilkinson, Mr Dismore […]
Read moreLabour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore has backed plans to list the Midland Hotel pub in Hendon as an Asset of Community Value. An application was submitted to demolish the building and replace it with 59 residential dwellings, none of which are affordable. Reverend Dr Julia Candy, the priest in charge of the local parish of […]
Read moreAt today’s City Hall Plenary meeting Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore AM moved a motion to recognise the importance of Diwali in the lives of Hindu, Sikh and Jain Londoners and the importance of teaching Diwali in London schools. In moving the motion, Mr Dismore said: ‘Diwali is celebrated by many thousands of Londoners in […]
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