Respect's East End meeting to discuss the party's next step
RESPECT activists are gathering in Bethnal Green this weekend to discuss their next step following their disappointing showing in the General Election. The party s leader Salma Yaqoob is set to speak alongside former Bethnal Green and Bow MP George Gall
RESPECT activists are gathering in Bethnal Green this weekend to discuss their next step following their disappointing showing in the General Election.
The party's leader Salma Yaqoob is set to speak alongside former Bethnal Green and Bow MP George Galloway.
Both failed to win Westminster seats in May's General Election.
Abjol Miah the former Respect leader on Tower Hamlets council who stood unsuccessfully to retain the Bethnal Green and Bow parliamentary seat will also be speaking at the meeting in Bethnal Green on Saturday.
You may also want to watch:
Respect now has just one councillor on Tower Hamlets council, compared with eight before May's election.
However it was successful in triggering a mayoral election in Tower Hamlets in October.
Most Read
- 1 Blaze at Canary Wharf tower block with cladding issue
- 2 Politicians join forces on referendum about Tower Hamlets mayor
- 3 Election 2021: Live updates for GLA seat and referendums
- 4 Street food and farmers' market return to City Island
- 5 Mayor or leader: Your choice on May 6
- 6 Hundreds of boilers break down in the East End during pandemic
- 7 Fast broadband deal is signed for thousands of East End homes
- 8 Teenager arrested after 13-year-old stabbed in Isle of Dogs
- 9 Covid-19 mass testing after variant detected in E1 postal area
- 10 England captain Harry Kane renews his shirt sponsorship with Leyton Orient
