Newham’s newest and only opposition councillors have raised serious questions in a letter to the monitoring officer.

It seems that Ms Fiaz has developed a bit of a reputation for bullying.

We learn that there has been a falling out at the top of Mayor Fiaz’s administration.

Pushpa Makwana appeared to have weathered the political storm over her posting about the ritual slaughtering of sheep, although we understand that the decision to include her as a candidate was not universally welcomed by her colleagues.

James Asser gets the plum job and the title, Deputy Mayor. This is despite his very lack-lustre performance in his previous role where he alienated parents and the supporters of the City Farm; and everyone who owns a car; shopkeepers in East Ham and Green St; and residents and motorists on Browning Road.

Now that we have seen that the cabinet has been announced, let’s take a look at which oppressed and under-represented groups have made good.

For the first time since the introduction of the mayoralty, the mayor has polled a smaller percentage of the vote than have the Labour council candidates.

Additionally, Newham had the second lowest turnout of any borough in London, which suggests a degree of disillusionment on the part of the voters.

The Big Story is clearly, that on a vote that saw the Labour Party increase its numbers across the country, in East London, their vote went down.

Across London, Labour took Wandsworth, Westminster and Barnet. It was a night to excite the faintest of Labour hearts, although it is possible that registering their disgust at the behaviour of those at the top of the party, Conservative voters simply stayed at home.

Between writing the article on Cllr Belgica Guana, and her unfortunate sympathies for right-wing conspiracy theories and publishing it, the Labour Party has indeed got its act together and suspended her.

“The Holocaust Hoax and the Jewish Promotion of Perversity”

We have conjectured who would be the first Labour councillor in the new batch to be suspended. Now we have a favourite for all of you with a predilection for gambling.

Two incidents appear to have given rise to complaints to the police for breaches of election law.

In an unusual twist, we are beginning to see individual Labour Party candidates targeted for particular actions. Time will tell whether this will have an effect or whether it is just background noise.

Only a few weeks to go and the mayoral statements from the various candidates have been released. We take a brief look at them in the order in which they appear.

It must sound like the most boring committee on the council, still the Audit Committee retains an important safeguarding role for the reputation of the council and the spending of public money.

From mayoral candidate Simeon Ademolake

“Thanks so much for your article about my Mayoral bid. Unfortunately, some of your information is inaccurate.

What is surprising about this ‘manifesto’ is just how lacking in ambition it really is. We are not going to go through all 48 pages of it, but Labour have helpfully edited the highlights, (by cutting out pictures of the mayor, the Labour Party could have reduced its length by half!).

We see that many of the parties have put out a full slate contesting every seat in every ward. Whilst this looks like a bit of political muscle flexing, it belies the way in which the various parties have chosen to posture, rather than seek power.

New councillors and indeed, the new Chief Exec should be forewarned.

The main parties have announced their candidates. We take a brief look at them here.