Dear editor, Former Conservative candidate Nneka Akwaeze has really gone out on a limb in her letter last week, questioning the rights of the Windrush Generation- even the former Home Secretary had to resign because of her mishandling of the issue of migration enforcement. The problem for Ms Akwaeze is she does not appreciate that the Windrush people were easy […]
Read moreAndrew Dismore, Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden has written to Val Shawcross, Deputy Mayor of London for Transport to support the Destination East Finchley project, who are seeking to develop a permanent display at the local tube station to celebrate migration into the community. Children at Martin School in East Finchley interviewed local business owners and members […]
Read moreThe Conservatives have lost their majority on Barnet Council as Mill Hill Councillor Sury Khatri has now resigned the whip. Cllr Khatri, along with Edgware Councillor Joan Scannell and Hendon Councillor Maureen Braun were deselected as Conservative candidates for the Council election on May 3rd. Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore said: ‘How ironic that the […]
Read moreIt is not often that I agree with Theresa Villiers MP, but I wholeheartedly support her efforts to amend the Holocaust (Return of Cultural Objects) Act 2009. When I was MP for Hendon, I was responsible for the original private member’s Bill, which I piloted through Parliament to become this Act. Inevitably, when trying to get a Bill passed into […]
Read moreBarnet Conservatives have lurched far to the right after a brutal selection coup saw three long serving moderate Councillors deselected, according to Labour London Assembly Member for Barnet and Camden Andrew Dismore. Joan Scannell (Edgware), Sury Khatri (Mill Hill) and Maureen Braun (Hendon) were deselected as Conservative candidates on the weekend, just seven weeks before the local Council elections. Cllr […]
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