Peter Golds: The Left’s hypocrisy over Robert Milligan
Ten years ago, Tower Hamlets Council named a block of social housing after the slave trader.
Peter Golds: With councils being sent extra funding, scrutiny is essential
Volunteering is thriving. But in Tower Hamlets, we watch which community groups are being given money.
Peter Golds: The Electoral Commission has rewritten the law to make it difficult to investigate vote fraudsters
It has, without consultation or a change in the law, slammed shut the principal way that investigating corruption of the register may be properly conducted.
Peter Golds: Once again, Tower Hamlets is in the news for chaos and corruption
Labour claims to be concerned about what they call “voter suppression.” They should sort out their own Party.
Peter Golds: Voter ID for elections is long overdue
Consider the case of the man whose death was registered in Bangladesh on election day. Miraculously, his vote was recorded thousands of miles away in Tower Hamlets.
Peter Golds: Our electoral process needs urgent root and branch reform
In April 2020, Lutfur Rahman will have his disqualification lifted. He will be free to stand in the 2022 local elections. Will the police have learned anything?
Peter Golds: Suspended councillors, polling station mobs…and demonic Smurfs. Yes, it’s election time again in Tower Hamlets.
In 1872 the secret ballot was introduced to prevent open voting. 137 years later, the United Kingdom cannot guarantee a secret ballot in our capital city.
Peter Golds: Tower Hamlets Council is still failing the residents of the borough
£750,000 is allocated for “mother tongue teaching”. Yet there is almost no budget for English as a spoken language for non-English-speaking parents.
Peter Golds: More bad news for Rahman as he is struck off as a solicitor
Will it be bad news for democracy in Tower Hamlets in 2018? The old tactics of toxic allegations in anonymous leaflets are being seen again.
Peter Golds: Voter corruption is prosecuted in Scotland, and it should be in England too
The Crown Prosecution Service and the police are still failing to uphold democracy in Tower Hamlets.
Peter Golds: Requiring ID at polling stations is vital to tackling election fraud
If it is good enough for internal Labour selections then why not for council and General Elections?
Peter Golds: Second Tower Hamlets Councillor jailed for fraud in four years
There will now be a by-election in the Whitechapel Ward. But will the police ensure that it is free and fair?
Peter Golds: Why does the BBC defer to Leftist extremists by presenting them as impartial experts?
If you interview a Trotskyite, say so. Do not pretend he is simply an academic.
Peter Golds: The Government must implement the Pickles proposals, and task the police with tackling election fraud
There is a huge amount of work to be done to restore and defend our democracy.
Peter Golds: The BBC should provide full election night coverage for council elections
How much time will they devote to the actual results in this fascinating round of elections?