Peter Golds: When the secret ballot is abandoned, so is democracy

In a recent Tower Hamlets by-election, aggressive men surrounded women as they attempted to enter a Polling Station to vote.

Peter Golds: Malice in Blunderland – Tower Hamlets has another election

The Labour council have spent £29 million on “Liveable Streets”. Refuse vehicles cannot enter many streets, resulting in rubbish left on pavements.

Peter Golds: Democracy in Tower Hamlets remains tarnished

Tougher laws against fraud are welcome. But the police are failing to enforce election law as it stands.

Peter Golds: Election fraud in east London – finally, a police investigation and a conviction

I very much hope that six years since the corrupt and flawed election, the residents of Tower Hamlets will be able to vote safely and securely.

Peter Golds: The skewed enforcement priorities of Tower Hamlets Council

Law abiding local citizens face continuous harassment. Genuine problems caused by illegal activity are ignored.

Peter Golds: The Electoral Commission has failed to take action against fake newspapers – or fake political parties

Polling organisations have strict guidelines as to questions and methodology. Why can’t we have rules to stop dodgy bar charts?

Peter Golds: I’m delighted that outdated election law is being reviewed

The Electoral Commission stumbles from one crisis to another – while proven voter fraud goes unpunished.

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.