Rishi Madlani

Fifteen Camden Labour councillors among 500 who call for Corbyn to go

June 30, 2016 // 4 Comments

FIFTEEN from Camden are among the 500 councillors who have signed a public letter calling for Jeremy Corbyn to step aside as the party leader. It all adds to the pressure on [...]

Remain wins here, but Gospel Oak is tipped to be Camden’s most Eurosceptic ward

June 23, 2016 // 2 Comments

IT’S not earth-shattering to say that Camden is tipped to be one of the most pro-Remain areas in the entire country when the votes of today’s EU referendum are [...]

Leicester pride

March 1, 2016 // 1 Comment

DON’T you just hate it when a football team gets to the top of the league and then everybody starts wearing that team’s colours, even if they are based 100 miles [...]

Morning update 23.09.15: Turkeys voting for Christmas?

September 23, 2015 // 5 Comments

* 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 [...]

Morning update 08.09.15: A broken consensus over Syria response

September 8, 2015 // 0 Comments

SYRIA: WHAT NEXT? CAMDEN’S councillors come together again next Wednesday with the Town Hall’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis due to come up at their [...]

Labour start search for new council whip

January 24, 2015 // 2 Comments

A LABOUR councillor understandably asked whether the last post, the post about Rishi Madlani and the UCH vote, was really ‘news’. Well, it’s not going to [...]

A slight pause in the rise and rise of Rishi Madlani

January 23, 2015 // 0 Comments

AS the seasons pass, top shirt button-hater Rishi Madlani has emerged a lively old soul within Camden’s Labour Party. He used to be seen buzzing around in the [...]

Camden full council: live updates

January 19, 2015 // 1 Comment

21.58: What do you know? No time for a full debate, the Mayor announces. As per usual, the Labour majority outflank the Tories in the vote, with a heavily amended [...]

…give us a turn: Labour to pick new council cabinet

May 28, 2014 // 1 Comment

SARAH Hayward looked every bit the leader as she oversaw Labour’s dominating local election win in Camden on Friday night, and certainly ready to shelve that millstone [...]

One last call-up

February 20, 2014 // 0 Comments

IT’S a fair boast from Camden’s Labour group that their slate of candidates is decided and ready to go for May’s fast-approaching local elections. Less than [...]

Richard Osley

North London blog: Editor, Camden New Journal