‘Trotfest’ at the local government Oscars
OSCAR night for local councillors ended in disappointment for the mystery man, woman or people who nominated Camden’s Sarah Hayward to be crowned leader of the year. [READ ON]
Theo Blackwell
Liverpool ’16: MIA – The councillor movement
ONE of the needly laments from Camden’s blogging finance chief Theo Blackwell after Ed Miliband led Labour to a crushing defeat at last May’s general election was the [READ ON]
Labour leadership contest ‘will be close’: Theo urges Gospel Oak members to reject Corbyn
LABOUR Party members in Gospel Oak are today receiving a personal message urging them to vote for Owen Smith from one of their ward councillors. Theo Blackwell, the [READ ON]
Theo: Brexit-voting areas have fucked the economy for themselves
CAMDEN’S finance chief Theo Blackwell has been warning of the economic consequences of a Brexit vote for months, and his frustration spills over in a scathing response [READ ON]
Another round of Fletcher vs Blackwell?
NEIL Fletcher, the man who refused to meet a demand to apologise for calling local Labour members ‘quislings’, is planning a counter complaint. After the deadline [READ ON]
Why didn’t you censor our members?
WHY didn’t you censor our members’ letters? It may sound like a slightly curious premise to start a complaint to the local press, but sure enough that’s [READ ON]
The escapee
FULL COUNCIL 16/11 Town Hall, Judd Street THE head of democratic services at Camden Council, of all people, is spinning a quite outrageous lie in the corridors of the Town [READ ON]
Morning update 21.10.15: Front page news, every week
THE POSTERS IN EUSTON SOMEONE at the Town Hall whose opinions are usually worth listening to asked me the other day why the CNJ had covered the Syrian refugee crisis in some [READ ON]
Morning update 29.09.15: Tulip vs Sian
WHO IS NEGLECTING WHO? AS mentioned a couple of posts ago, new Hampstead and Kilburn MP Tulip Siddiq has been ramping up the media appearances in recent weeks. She was on the [READ ON]
Morning update 23.09.15: Turkeys voting for Christmas?
* Sarah Hayward says councillors aren't paid enough to cover two-member wards
* Joe Goldberg fights his corner over Haringey's new logo on the radio
* Tulip Siddiq's husband goes on triathalon still wearing the campaign merch
* Jeremy Corbyn's 'attachment' to pigs [READ ON]
