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SALLY Rose White is the ghost of Christmas past. She haunts me, and others should feel the same; more so. Fifteen years ago, at Christmas time, the killer who ended her [READ ON]
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Local PoliticsSian Berry is a POINTLESS answer
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Local PoliticsDay One: When Theresa came to Hampstead
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Haringey CouncilHaringey finance chief quits over ‘watered down’ pledges
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Local PoliticsA done deal? ‘They won’t countenance a Camden candidate’
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Local PoliticsCaptain Cooke’s farewell party
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TUESDAY was a busy day for Conservative cabinet minister Penny Morduant who in the morning was taking students around House of Commons, then telling Theresa May once more that it’s time for a No Deal Brexit in the afternoon before hot-footing it to Hampstead to meet the party faithful at a [READ ON]
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POINTLESS is the popular BBC gameshow where contestants tackle questions with the aim of finding the most obscure correct answer. So what to make of Highgate councillor (and [READ ON] -
THERESA May announced today she will step down for the next phase of Brexit negotiations – wait, there’s a next phase?!? – as she pleaded with MPs to back her [READ ON]
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STICKY times in neighbouring Haringey where it can be revealed one of the most senior Labour councillors at the Town Hall has quit Joe Ejiofor’s cabinet. Pat Berryman, [READ ON] -
IT’S not just in our local Labour Party that stitch-up claims and conspiracy theories are being shared, although more of those later: the process to find a candidate to [READ ON] -
I THINK the rule is: What happens at the chief exec’s leaving do, stays at the chief exec’s leaving do, so I must not speculate on the insider jokes shared in [READ ON] -
HAMPSTEAD and Kilburn’s constituency Labour Party were last night and today vehemently denying new stories of anti-semitism, insisting that several affiliates – [READ ON] -
HOW nice of the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan to bless Camden with a visit yesterday. He was at the Abbey Road Estate looking at new homes produced by the Community Investment [READ ON]
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IT was so late it was early when counting finally finished for Labour Party members in Hampstead and Kilburn. The final results of voting for positions like constituency [READ ON] -
CONSERVATIVE MP Kemi Badenoch has enraged Tulipistas everywhere by claiming the Hampstead and Kilburn MP delayed the birth of her son simply to ‘make a point’ to [READ ON] -
ANDREW Dismore, Labour’s London Assembly member for Camden and Barnet, has announced he will not seek another term at the 2020 City Hall elections. The former MP, [READ ON] -
JENNY Rowlands has won the race to become the new chief executive of Camden Council. She will replace the retiring Mike Cooke. A press release will no doubt be issued soon [READ ON] -
THE honours system is a funny one: in our North London enclave, people often raise eyebrows about how the gongs are dished out and why, until somebody they like gets an award [READ ON] -
ONE of the big decisions for Camden Council early in the New Year will be to appoint a new chief executive. Mike Cooke’s six-month notice period has zipped away quickly [READ ON] -
ALSO in Westminster, a bit of history to note as the Conservative city council has announced it will elect a Labour mayor for the first time in 50 years in 2019. Ruth Bush [READ ON] -
CHRISTMAS is here and apparently some of you are missing some council blogging. Well, we’ve all got a bit of downtime over the festive season, so here come some new [READ ON] -
LIBERAL Democrat councillor Flick Rea got the festive knitwear out last night to continue the Camden planning committee’s tradition of having the chair wear a Christmas [READ ON] -
The gusto with which some members fought 'The Battle Of The All-Member Meetings' should make opponents fear how strong Labour could be if it gets its thousands of card-carriers on the same page [READ ON]
Camden Council elections 2018
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