Diane Abbott becomes the headline act for Camden Labour
WELL, well, well… Who did the Labour Party get to launch their council election campaign for target wards in the north west of the borough yesterday? Step forward [READ ON]
Diane Abbott
‘So I was at a party with Bing Crosby and Twiggy…’: Illtyd’s wicked words
AS our columnist Illtyd Harrington, the former deputy leader of the GLC and the architect of London’s freedom pass for the elderly, snapped at the hypocrisy and [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]
Sadiq’s win: A Labour purge of a different kind?
THE revolutionaries say that people compared Sadiq Khan nominating Jeremy Corbyn for the Labour leadership with Tessa Jowell accepting a seat in the House of Lords and the [READ ON]
The ex-DPP doesn’t do Twitter spats
AMONG the new MPs who followed party orders and abstained on the welfare bill, Keir Starmer in Holborn and St Pancras has had a bit of a chewing-out from those who feel he [READ ON]
Did you hear the one about the United Nations ignoring Islington North?
TONY Blair’s former speechwriter Philip Collins has been doing his bit to dampen the Jeremy Corbyn parade. He was jousting with Diane Abbott on Newsnight earlier this [READ ON]
What’s been happening
After a hot weather break, time for a bit of a catch-up on what’s been happening over the last few weeks NEW MP Sir Keir Starmer is hard-driving local Labour [READ ON]
The famous five and the ace of diamonds
YOU can’t even pop down to Crouch End to buy some artisan sourdough and an overpriced coffee on a Saturday morning without bumping into Emily Thornberry. And Frank [READ ON]
Oh Boris, who on earth would call for water cannons on our streets?
TO the dismay of many of his Labour rivals, Mayor of London Boris Johnson has been perusing the water cannon catalogue so the city is kitted up in readiness for any future [READ ON]
Labour rival in the Lib Dem den
CHEEKY Hornsey and Wood Green parliamentary candidate Catherine West, the former Islington Council leader, is snapped on Twitter in the Three Compasses pub in Hornsey High [READ ON]
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