Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
10 April St Anns Byelection - help oust Labour
Remember to vote or Labour will get in again and it will be the same old story for a few more years.
The Greens nearly won last time and only need a handful more votes to get across the line.
And remember to take ID.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson
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Why would it be uncomfortable for me? I’m a member of the Green Party.
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Permalink Reply by JamesN
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Congratulations on the conversion, but the point remains that this by-election was a plebiscite on the betrayal of the vulnerable in our society and the support of an ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Both were overwhelmingly rejected in the vote, and so it probably warrants a little more discussion and investigation than simply suggesting it's a one-off.
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Blimey, you’re rather patronising James.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter
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I too was pleased to see the Green Party win a Ward.
Is it not their first-ever in Haringey?
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I tend to disagree Michael. Whilst it is only a piddly, one seat by-election, it is in a ward which has been dominated by a particular faction of Labour for many, many years. The Greens don't have any particularly well defined local policies to hang their hat on so the conclusion I draw is that people voted against Labour rather than for the Greens. The most devisive issue locally has been the LTNs and the Greens policy on that is identical to Labour. I can only conclude that the outcome was based on a general sentiment shared around the country that Labour have to go.
It could be the early scandals which led to a weekly changing of nick names for the PM. Was it Free Gear Kier, No Beer Kier, Two Tier Kier or simply No Idea Kier?
It could have the attempted cover up of the Southport murders (Aled Jones was a Welsh choir boy. Axel Rudicabana most certainly is not).
It could have been Labour's response to the resulting riots contrasted with the blind eyes turned to pro Hamas hate mobs and antisemitic attacks.
It could have been the rise in employers' NI which stalled hiring and economic growth for months.
It could have been the refusal to act on illegal and excessive legal immigration.
It could have been the attempt to quietly drop the inquiry into the Pakistani race gangs which even infuriated grassroots Labour members.
You get my drift.
If Labour can be rejected in a client London Borough, imagine what would happen outside, in England.
They know the tide of popular opinion is against them. That's why they've conspired to postpone so many council elections around the country.
The Runcorn by-election will be the test. Currently Reform are leading in the pollster's predictions there.
We shall see.
In the meantime let's rejoice in St Ann's revolution and newfound independence. Up the Greens.
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Rebellion: from the council's PR slogan, "The Rebel Borough" … to the rebel Ward in reality.
Unlike her predecessor, the current leader hasn't made any big mistakes, but this isn't good enough.
If the Labour Party ditched Steer Calmer, then their future might look brighter, but there is no sign of this.
In the face of the climate crisis that gradually but inexorably worsens, locally and nationally Labour are doing nothing or doing little and certainly not doing enough. The Greens are likely to strengthen.
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Reform won in the byelection up in Manchester last night. The tide is turning.
Revoke the woke
Restore the before
Protect the next!
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IN the Rebel Ward yesterday, the tide did not turn to Reform.
Reform finished in fifth-place.
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It never will in Haringey/Tottenham. The battle here will only ever be between left wing parties. It's too late for London.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton
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Long long gone are my days of door-knocking, leafleting and all the other largely ceremonial by-election tasks. Especially since the option of postal ballots. But I was delighted to read here that at least one polling station had a queue.
I was also pleased that David Lammy MP had recently honoured his legal training and has spoken out to recognise genocide. (Even if it appeared Starmer may not.) The Green policy on Israel/Palestine/Gaza at least offers voters an option.https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04/11/its-time-labour-save...
If people are looking for another alternative to Reeves/Starmer's New Torynomics I strongly suggest you follow Prof Stephen Murphy's latest blog available online for free. Prof Murphy proposes, for example, the aim of reducing Child Poverty.
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Permalink Reply by Martin (Woodside)
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We are though, witnessing the inevitability and irony of left devouring left.
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Beyond St Ann's and Haringey, we are witnessing Reform UK gaining ground.
The splitting of votes on the right is being felt in different ways.
For example, in Newcastle Under Lyme at the last General Election, a former New Labour Haringey councillor is unlikely to have won without Reform dividing Conservative support.
Will Reform devour the Conservatives and is that inevitable?
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