East London

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Oct 30, 2025 • via The Standard

Bangladesh Bids Eclipse East London Duties

Tower Hamlets councillors attend half their meetings while eyeing foreign seats

Councillors in Tower Hamlets neglect constituents for Bangladesh campaigns, revealing governance failures flagged in 2024 inspections. This cross-party pattern underscores accountability voids in UK local politics.

Oct 28, 2025 • via MattGoodwin.org

When Street Politics Fractures: What East London's Protests Reveal About Institutional Failure

Matt Goodwin on the Emerging Sectarian Divides in British Politics

In East London, protests have exposed deep fractures within communities long assumed to be politically unified. Matt Goodwin unpacks how decades of policy avoidance and institutional failure have led to the rise of sectarian politics on Britain's streets.