PHIL MAXWELL

Hanbury Street Artists

July 1, 2016

I’ve probably walked up and down Hanbury Street more than any other place in East London. In recent years street artists have made it their destination of choice and they have changed the ambience of the place.

Hanbury Steet 2016

The overflow of tourists from Brick Lane has also had an impact.

Hanbury Steet 2016

You can find more photographs of Hanbury Street from the last 35 years by using the search engine in my blog.

Merseyside Pensioners Back Corbyn

June 30, 2016

The Merseyside pensioners association (MPA) has unanimously passed a resolution in support of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. They will be showing their support for the Labour leader this Saturday at 12pm outside outside Radio Merseyside Hanover St., Liverpool City Centre.

The MPA is a campaigning organisation which has recently been engaged in campaigns to support the Junior Doctors and the NHS.

Members of the MPA supporting Junior doctors 2016

Members of the MPA supporting Junior doctors at the Royal Liverpool Hospital 2016

Member of the MPA supporting Junior doctors at the Royal Liverpool Hospital 2016

The resolution passed by the MPA: The MPA notes the disarray and crisis in the Tory Party after the EU result and we condemn and oppose the attack on Corbyn by right wing MPs who, instead of preparing a campaign against the Tories, moved a vote of no confidence in the democratically elected Labour Leader.

We declare our own vote of no confidence in those involved in this treacherous action against the wishes of the thousands who voted for Corbyn, particularly the Merseyside Labour MPs, and call on them to resign and stand under their own right wing banner.

We welcome the declarations of support for Jeremy Corbyn by Mark Sewoka, Len McCluskey and MP Steve Rotheram.

We call for a general election so we can throw the Tories out and return a Corbyn-led Labour government committed to repealing the anti-trade union laws and rolling back austerity and taking back into public ownership the NHS and our utilities and carrying out a massive council house building programme. We believe such policies will crush Farage and his racist allies who flourish at times of shortage.

The MPA wants a publicly owned NHS and an end to privatisation

Below are some members of the MPA supporting Corbyn at yesterdays meeting.

Supporting Corbyn!

Jeremy Corbyn on a recent visit to Liverpool

London Pride March

June 29, 2016

As promised I publish today photographs of the London Pride March. The event was such a wonderful affirmation of LGBT rights and pride that I ended up taking hundreds of photographs so this will be the first of several blogs I will publish on Pride over the next few weeks.

I was pleased to march with the Peter Tatchell foundation. We marched in opposition to hate, Islamaphobia and homophobia.

Throughout the route the watching crowd gave us an incredible reception – the expressions on peoples faces say it all. They were delighted with our message: “LGBT & Muslim Solidarity. Unite against ALL hate,” “Defend LGBT Muslims against EDL & Islamists,” and “Fight both homophobia & anti-Muslim prejudice. Solidarity!”