As previously discussed, I have worked with the leaders of the political groups here at Tower Hamlets Council to put together a letter to Sebastian Coe, chair of LOCOG, imploring him to reconsider his decision to accept sponsorship from Dow Chemical.
Dow, as you will recall, has a controversial history: it is the successor corporation to Union Carbide, which was responsible for the horrific Bhopal disaster, the effects of which are very much evident to this day as local journalist Ted Jeory has exposed.
Mayor Lutfur Rahman 