I’m sure you’ve all heard that Boris Johnson has stood down as Chair of the Metropolitan Police Authority despite pledging in his manifesto that he would personally chair the MPA. Looks like Clive Efford MP isn’t too impressed with the Mayor’s decision. He’s rightly tabled an angry EDM about this. Come on Boris, even you [...]

Morning everyone! Good weekend? I was up in Manchester for the Next Generation programme so I missed the snow in London fortunately! Thank you to all those who came to the ‘Where are young women in politics?’ event in Parliament last week. I thought it was a really interesting discussion and I’ll be posting a [...]

After the recent discussions in the press about what Muslim values actually constitute, this BBC article shows an example of a man who calls himself a ‘devout Muslim’. In contrast to other so-called Muslim leaders who incite hatred in the name of Islam, there are countless others who interpret Islam positively. As I stated in [...]

I’ve been mercilessly bullied this weekend about not being on twitter. My excuse has always been that I don’t have enough time but apparently that’s not good enough! According to one of my bullies, twitter provides you with a very quick newsfeed which is proving to be invaluable for his current affairs upkeep. Another bully [...]

I’ve just come back from Bangladesh and I’m severely jetlagged so I’ll keep this short. Did anyone else watch Camden resident Meric Apak on the BBC earlier today? He rightfully condemned Camden council for depleting council stock. If you missed it, you can see it here.