One of the popular offerings from the Council to the residents of Tower Hamlets is its free weekly paper, East End Life. Nominated for several awards, it keeps us in touch with what our Council is doing, titbits of local news, what properties are available for those on the waiting list, planning applications, and much more. It helps to create our sense of community. This is one of the good ways in which our local taxes are spent.
But it has never been popular with the local paid-for paper, the East London Advertiser. Don't get me wrong, the ELA is a good read, it can tackle issues beyond the scope of the council's paper, and it can criticise the council and hold it to account. It's improved greatly since unpopular reporter Ted Jeory moved on to the downmarket right-wing Express. Jeory hated the East End Life and was a frequent critic.
So it hardly comes as a surprise that his chum, the controversial Andrew Gilligan, is bullying Tower Hamlets Council yet again, this time attacking our community paper.
Hands off, Gilligan! You may think you have the new leadership of Tower Hamlets in your grubby pocket, but this paper belongs to the community, not to a right wing bully boy like you!
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