Sir Robin Wales Interview: Newham`s Mayor On Leading `The Most Radical Council In The Country´
(World News UK)

As Sir Robin Wales sits in Stratford Old Town Hall, a short walk from the former Olympic stadium, the political history of his surroundings is unmissable. In the building’s foyer is a bust of Keir Hardie, the founder of the Labour party who made his first speech as the local MP from the balcony above, way back in 1892. As another Scottish-born politician who represents the East End of London, Wales can be forgiven for a fellow feeling with Hardie, not least as they are both from the same Ayrshire village of Cumnock. “My gran is actually buried 20 yards from him. When we went to her funeral, we walked near Keir Hardie’s grave and everyone went ‘shhhh!’,� he...