Lutfur Rahman Articles

This election campaign has been criticised by some commentators as being relatively uneventful. However, some things worthy of being reported are not always evident at the time they happen. So it has proven with the hard hitting judgment of Electoral Commissioner...

What I witnessed on polling day — In medieval times the east of London reeked of urine from tanning, boiled bones for soap and other unpleasant trades that would not operate inside the controlled boundaries of the City of London. Today, different but equally...

Polls go up and polls go down. This true, useful mantra for politicians is only used when the polls go down. Labour politicians found themselves saying it rather a lot before last month’s elections. The nervousness this engendered was repressed, but only barely. In...