My Ngaio Marsh award winning historical thriller RITUAL OF FIRE just hit 600 reviews & ratings. #CesareAldo @panmacmillan.bsky.social @jennybrownagency.bsky.social

As an organiser and trade unionist Jack Dash spent over 25 years working for the good of his fellow dockers. He was remembered in the Los Angeles Times in his obituary as Jack Dash: cockney communist ‘King of the Docks’. #newhamheritagemonth

If you’re driving along the A13 you might be going over what used to be a lido! The lido was opened by Mayor Daisy Parsons in 1937 and was used by locals until the 80s. Although there’s no longer a lido, Canning Town Recreation Ground is still a great park. #NewhamHeritageMonth

net immigration fell by more than half last year and the politics has gone in the complete opposite direction. It's not really about the numbers

Love this. Has made me quite misty. A good way to fight back

In London, hate will never win.

Minnie Baldock was a true East End suffragette. She founded the first branch of the WSPU with Annie Kenney. They held meetings in Canning Town Public Hall, very close to where you can now find the street named in her honour.

Fred Corbett was a local boy who worked at the local shipyards and a football pioneer. He joined Thames Ironworks FC and stayed at the club when it became West Ham United. He was the UK’s third ever professional black footballer and the first black player at West Ham. ⚒️ #newhamheritagemonth

First book of the day was "The New Neighbours". Now to update the website with lots of exciting new goodies for you. - Michael

It’s the Mayor of London’s Community Weekend! There’s over 200 events, from local festivals and creative workshops to sports and volunteering activities. You can find out what is on here: www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...

A stop off after door-knocking for a coffee and a bite to eat at Swiss Cream & Coffee on Barking Road in Plaistow. A warm welcomed from Abdur, Moshraf and Alamgir who also run the adjoining La Pizza & Pasta. #smallbusinessshoutout

Nice to visit one of our local small businesses on Friday; Lithuanian bar and restaurant Bernelių Užeiga (Shepherd’s Inn) in Beckton, and sample some great Lithuanian food. #smallbusinessshoutout

In the 1920s religious leader & pioneering campaigner Kamal Chunchie set up his institute to support the black & Asian communities near today’s City Hall in the Royal Victoria Dock Today his memory is preserved on the road leading to City Hall.A fitting name for the home of modern London government

I visited the London City Airport fire service over the summer to see the great work they do and how they’re keeping the airport safe. I joined them to see how they kept ready on the training rig and was given a lesson on using the appliance to tackle an engine fire. 🚒

Edith Kerrison was a true pioneer, the first woman to serve on West Ham Council. Her legacy lives on, with a plaque outside Stratford Library honouring “a life of service to others.” #NewhamHeritageMonth

Canning Town was a centre of the Suffragette movement, pioneered by women like Norah Smyth. Her action supported women across the East End, at a time of great social change. #NewhamHeritageMonth

Nigel Farage is claiming to Congress that the UK gov deliberately withheld details of the Southport attacker from the public. This is dangerous and it’s false. The attacker was under 18, and so a court had to give express permission to release his name in exceptional circumstances, which it did.

The docks are central to Newham’s heritage & were vital to London’s economy Johnny Ringwood captured that life in his book about his time in the docks. He is immortalised in the statue by the Excel depicting him, in his words as “the old fella pushing the barrow” #NewhamHeritageMonth

Good report on refugee family reunion on Today programme with Amol Rajan, with Houbab (sp?), a Sudanese refugee now living in Scotland with her children, and then me. From about 7.09am. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

This is thanks to all that campaigning you have brilliantly done over years. Well done you. Proud to call you a friend. X

It’s Newham Heritage Month! Please keep an eye on my social media to see resources and videos throughout September celebrating the heritage and history of our constituency West Ham and Beckton.

During summer recess, the team and I have continued to work hard to help with constituent cases. Please get in contact over email or phone if there is an issue that you need help with.

Reform UK Councillors ‘Exploited Legal Loophole’ to Dodge Spending Limits on Farage Election Leaflets

(2/2) Thank you to @liztwistmp.bsky.social, @markfergusonmp.bsky.social and @maryglindon.bsky.social for all of their support.

(1/2) It was great to be able to congratulate the wonderful Greta Defeyter on all of her great work co-designing HAF programmes with young people across the North East today. Today's announcement for the 3 year funding of HAF clubs like this will provide stability for families and providers alike.

(2/2) As well as putting £300 a year back in parents' pockets with HAF, we are bolstering cost of living support for parents in and out of term time, saving parents up to £7,500 a year with the 30 hours free childcare offer and providing a free Breakfast Club for every primary school child.

This is thanks to all that campaigning you have brilliantly done over years. Well done you. Proud to call you a friend. X

(1/2) It is brilliant to see that Best Start Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) clubs in my constituency such as those I visited last week at Harraton Community Centre and Everyone Active at Washington Leisure Centre are guaranteed long-term investment in their future with today's announcement.

Tonight at 6:30pm, join author Rory Clements in conversation with Jay Warton at St. Botolph's Church, Cambridge! Contact [email protected] to book your place.

It was brilliant to visit two Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) projects in my constituency, including at Harraton Community Centre and Washington Leisure Centre. They provide great activities and healthy food for children during school holidays, helping families and supporting young people to thrive.

Lovely to meet with shopkeepers in Washington today, to discuss issues that our local stores are experiencing and concerns regarding anti-social behaviour

Congratulations to the McDonalds team for their successful litter pick. It’s important to continue this work to protect the environment and to make our communities a nice place to live. I’m happy to join other litter picks and help out so get in contact if you are organising one.

From Plaistow to Hollywood. Farewell Terence Stamp, 1938-2025. news.sky.com/story/terenc...

Congratulations to students collecting results today! 🎉 You’ve worked so hard and should be proud, as should all your brilliant teachers, staff & parents. Whichever path you want to take, we’re creating more opportunities for you through our Plan for Change. #Results25

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you: Our funding depends on usage. So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.

Lately, Reform UK have claimed that their hostility to migrants stems from an overwhelming desire to keep women safe. But have they been equally concerned when the threat to women comes from someone they see as on "their side"? I took a quick peek at their recent record. ~AA

With UK news shows reporting more than 50,000 small boat migrants have crossed the English Channel since Labour came to power now would be a good time to remind Nigel Farage & others that Brexit has been a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...

The employment rate of non-EU born migrants exceeded that of the UK-born for the first time on record. Confirms other evidence that recent migrants (even if they did not arrive on work visas) are very likely to be working/have high employment rates.

As part of the Government’s Plan for Neighbourhoods, our local area has received £20 million to spend over 10 years, and you can have a say on how it should be spent. What matters most to you? Share your views before midnight on Tuesday 30 September 2025. Visit washington.commonplace.is

In Beckton District Park it’s great to see how much the saplings we planted have grown. They are now providing much needed shade and tree cover for everyone enjoying our parks this summer.

Here's 22 things the Labour Government have done to tackle the cost of living crisis 👇

Fascinating dialogue about Washington DC and crime in England. In both crime is down but populist right exploits popular fears. Most liberals seem to thing it is enough to say ‘they’ve got their facts wrong.’ I wonder if that works….

A new book by Kia Abdullah is such good news!

“We knew what we were voting for…”

Violent, lawless, broken Britain? Facts tell a different story The populist narrative of a migrant-driven crimewave is catnip on social media, oil to the wheels of Reform. But it’s so far from the truth that we’re in danger of losing sight of the country we live in www.thetimes.com/article/63b7...

Reform UK have been caught lying again to a pub to put a stall outside it. This time they said they were a charity raising awareness and fundraising. When the lie was rumbled they were told to pack up.

the @rolandmcs.bsky.social theory of Reform UK and the supernatural continues. (From the Independent, 4 Aug 2025)

This is comically stupid *even on its own absurd terms*. HMRC annual receipts about £860 billion Staff about 66,000 Nvidia annual revenues about £90 billion Staff about 33,000