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Private Eye’s 2015 Rotten Borough’s Awards: LBWF triumphs again
Private Eye‘s annual Rotten Borough Awards are always a highpoint for local council watchers, and this year LBWF triumphs again, with no less than two citations, which read as follows: ‘CO... »
LBWF’s Preventing Extremism Strategic Summary for 2015-16
Despite LBWF insisting that its Prevent programme should in general remain secret, it has recently divulged to me a nine-page ‘Preventing Extremism Strategic Summary’ for 2015-16, and this makes for i... »
Cllr. Johar Khan makes Private Eye
From Private Eye, no. 1408, 19 December 2015 – 7 January 2016: »
LBWF in Private Eye again, this time over ISIS and Prevent
From Private Eye, no.1407, 11-18 December 2015: »
The National College for Leadership and Teaching report on Waltham Forest head Ludiya Besisira: a tale of dishonesty and almost total regulatory failure UPDATED
‘I would like to take this opportunity to thank the headteacher, Ludiya Besisira and her staff for all their hard work in improving the school and attaining an excellent Ofsted report’ (Cl... »
Cllr. Johar Khan ‘suspended pending the result of an investigation’
I have written before about Cllr. Johar Khan, noting in particular his puzzling relationship with the by now notorious E11 BID Co.. This afternoon, the Waltham Forest Guardian reports ‘A Labour ... »
LBWF and the fight against ISIS
As a previous post has indicated, there are serious questions to be asked about Waltham Forest’s attempts to confront local Islamist extremists. The record over the past decade has been at best mixed,... »
North London Ltd. and a shortfall of £101,822
Some significant new evidence has just emerged about North London Ltd. (NLL). In general terms, NLL continues to intrigue. For here is a private company that was paid hundreds of thousand of pounds by... »
Waltham Forest Labour in turmoil
Word reaches me from a number of sources that Waltham Forest Labour’s woes show no sign of abating. The longstanding subterranean infighting between factions continues, as does the jockeying for... »
LBWF’s relationship with the local business sector: new revelations about the E11 BID Co.
I have written before about LBWF’s relationships with the local business sector, and pointed out that our council appears to treat certain businesses and business organisations rather more favourably ... »