Do you remember those far off days when everything seemed so easy; when answers to complex problems seemed to float off the tongue of aspiring politicians. Alas, those days have gone and the mayor has discovered that real problems need real solutions.

Ms Fiaz previously worked for The Coexistence Trust, on her website she says,

We reported that Mayor Fiaz was to join the assembled members of various trade unions and far left groups to celebrate the anniversary of the imprisonment of the Pentonville 5.

Readers will recall that we noted the injudicious remarks from Mayor Fiaz with regard to the other Mayor in Newham, Sadiq Khan, you know, the Mayor that runs London. Fiaz you will recall, retweeted a post from an anti-tunnel campaign group, that effectively called Khan a liar.

We wonder about the reading habits of some of our correspondents! Recently, one of them was kind enough to refer us to the website of The Socialist Party; you know, they used to be known as Militant. And as part of the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) they regularly pick up 2% of the vote.

On Wednesday 1st June, Mayor Fiaz was interviewed on the Today Programme.

A couple of problems in the mayor’s office?

In what came across as a most embarrassing piece of self-congratulatory and self-serving prose, the Labour Group sought to justify its refusal to grant the opposition any seats on committees which might give them access to information which is embarrassing to the mayor.

Amidst all of the on-line fora for every interest and group, we came across this entry for staff to comment upon their workplaces.

We have raised the issue of bullying in the workplace before and the decision of GMB members to hold a strike ballot seems to bear out our concerns. We have pasted the text from the GMB statement on the matter below.

Berry, a GLA member representing the Green Party contacted Tom Copley, Deputy Mayor to Sadiq Khan. For some reason she feels that spending £750 per person to promote the outcome the mayor wanted, might have been just a little, you know, dodgy.

Scanning through the FOI responses at www.whatdotheyknow.com we came across this one. Readers will recall that we have suggested that HMS Newham Council is not a happy ship.

Of course. There are no prizes for guessing which council this is.

You know, we said it, but didn’t expect the mayor to confirm it in such a clear and blatant manner.

Plans have been shared for a new housing development in Manor Park.

We have reported elsewhere about the bullying atmosphere on the council, where almost half of the council have reported Mayor Fiaz to the Labour Party for bullying.

Promises, Promises… Time was when it all seemed so easy. All you had to do was promise something and it seemed like it was really going to happen.

Mayor Fiaz is under assault from all sides it seems, including many in her own party.

Never willing to let a band-wagon pass her by without jumping on, Mayor Fiaz has become a recent convert to the idea of women’s safety.

Of course, she is not promising to do anything. That responsibility belongs to the police. But she feels that it is very important.

The trouble is that community safety is not just a policing matter.