tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post799140836728080098..comments2024-02-26T16:52:31.026+00:00Comments on Jon Slattery: Tower Hamlets scraps press table but fights to save East End Life paper, says Tory group leaderJon Slatteryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13038317396308507738noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-917932169846040654.post-48723566165227703572011-02-28T10:19:53.739+00:002011-02-28T10:19:53.739+00:00There's a lot of mischief-making in this debat...There's a lot of mischief-making in this debate, which somewhat clouds the issue. The Tories in the council clearly want to ride with Pickles' unworkably restrictive proposals on local authority publications, while the main local paper, the East London Advertiser, is motivated by its commercial interest. Perhaps it might be worth asking why, if it's so concerned about the local community, the ELA is now based miles away in Ilford.<br />All the while, journalists' jobs and working conditions are driven down, in Ilford and Poplar. <br />Tom DaviesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com