Team B&D were out campaigning today in Holborn and St Pancras to get @ZackPolanski elected. We will be on the grounds until 8th of October and you are very welcome to join us if you can!
In this week’s Barking & Dagenham Post, I have written about a rather uncomfortable question: are we really England’s least friendly borough, or are we measuring community in the wrong way?
I’d love to know what you think.
Back on the doors today, campaigning for @ZackPolanski, I genuinely believe his politics represents the kind of hope and ambition we need right now. Good conversations, good people and proud to do my bit. ✊
#ZackPolanski#GreenParty
9/11 will always be remembered with grief. I condemn the horrific terrorist attacks and the innocent lives lost. But I also remember the Islamophobia that followed, when innocent Muslims were blamed, targeted and abused for crimes they had no part in. Terrorism has no religion.
I have every sympathy for Marlon West and his daughter for the abuse they endured. But his remarks about Pakistanis were a racist generalisation about an entire community. How can Pakistani patients feel confident being treated by a nurse who publicly expressed such views?
A high-profile politician takes £5 million from a crypto billionaire, leaves major questions unanswered, and his party defends him at every turn. UK politics has become a joke.
Congrats to all our elected Green cllrs in B&D! Few years ago, we were less than 50 members believing Barking and Dagenham deserved kinder and fairer politics. Today, we are around 350 members with 4 elected cllrs. Proud of every campaigner and resident who believed in us. 💚
Anti-Muslim hate incidents surged to record levels last year, a 43% increase on 2024. Now that we have a definition agreed by govt, I am desperate for the conversation on Islamophobia to move towards a clear roadmap for action. I asked the govt how soon this will happen.
Following the spectacular Green Party win in Gorton & Denton, Barking resident @paulpowlesland was on GB News to talk about what this means for the May elections and beyond
“I said we were here to replace Labour and this is what replacing looks like.”
Zack Polanski talking to volunteers after our stunning victory in the Gorton and Denton by-election.
https://t.co/N7IGRtbLK6
Reform UK defending cuts to the minimum wage as a “solution” to youth unemployment might be the most baffling economic take I’ve heard all year. Lower pay doesn’t create opportunity, it just makes work poorer.
In this week’s Barking and Dagenham Post, I wrote against the proposed extension of the skilled worker visa route, particularly the unfair impact it could have on those already on a five year path to settlement.