Harringay & Haringey Party Policies Compared (Council Elections)

Kinda got myself cornered really. Having made all this brouhaha about the local elections, I feel I have to jump the final hurdle and offer people as accessible a view as is possible of what the parties are saying they'll commit to both in our neighbourhood and in our borough. Then I'm almost ready to shut up and leave the rest between you and the polling booth.

So below are two documents which have derived their content solely from documents published by the parties, either in their manifestos, on local websites or through postings on HoL.

The first document lists policies for all the parties as structured by them. The second compares the commitments of the two main parties in categories decided by us, based on an analysis of the commitments made in the first document. (Time prevents me doing all parties, but anyone's welcome!).

The only other thing I have to offer by way of analysis is two Wordles I produced from the Candidate interviews.

Why do I do all this? I really do think it matters. I think it matters that we know what and who we're voting for and I think it matters that the people we're voting for know that we know it matters. It's easy to assume that it's the General Election that counts, but in fact in many ways the day-to-day quality of our life is more likely to be affected by what our Council does.