Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Cllr Haley announces move to Lib Dems
Following his failure to be reselected by the St Ann's Labour party Cllr Haley this afternoon announced his decision to cross the floor and join the Lib Dems.
I imagine that we can therefore expect imminently an announcement that he'll be standing with a different shirt on at the next elections.
I've been told that there's been intense discussion between the centre and the local party about this move.
I imagine that we can therefore expect imminently an announcement that he'll be standing with a different shirt on at the next elections.
I've been told that there's been intense discussion between the centre and the local party about this move.
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Justin Hinchcliffe on
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Damn! You've spoilt all of the fun! On the 18th November Cllr. Hayley was probably in talks with the Green Party!
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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From: Hinchcliffe, Justin
Sent: Web 20/01/2010 11:04
To: McMullan, John
Subject: Harringay Swingers
Is there really a Harringay Swingers club? I can't believe you're anything to do with it if there is. I mean you have a family, don't you? Disgusting.
Do you think they would have me as a member?
Sincerely,
Justin Hinchcliffe
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I did warn you that I might post that email Justin. Stop forging stuff on here, it's not right ;)
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Forging what? All these references to your masculine sexuality makes me wonder if you trying to cover something up. I think we should be told!
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FOTFLOL :)
OK, from now on anytime you post emails as "proof" of something I want to see the full headers, smtp hops etc. It's just text and doesn't even take a photoshop genius to forge. Hard to make up the correct smtp hops though. Screenshots possibly also acceptable.
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Permalink Reply by HoL Site Admin on
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Site admin has just had to look that FOTF thing up in their big book of weird modern stuff and we are blushing.
Behave, you two! :) -
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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Seems the outgoing Chair of the Tory Swingers is more outgoing than ever - or just demob happy. Did he fall or was he pushed?
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Verbascum is correct. The date 18 November was a typo.
I got an email this morning from Dr Ita O'Donovan the Chief Executive, who confirmed that Cllr Haley's resignation from the Labour Group was delivered to her on the afternoon of Monday 18 January.
The error in the month was Dr O'Donovan's mistake in her email to Cllr Alan Dobbie. Dr O'Donovan also wrote that: "This matter has been brought to the attention of Cllr Dobbie and he has been asked to rectify the error."
I'm sure that we'll now see corrections appearing on Richard Merrin's blog and any other website which has repeated this non-story.
I don't want to "spoil" anyone's "fun". But over the years, Cllr Haley has provided us with a treasure trove of errors and omissions; banalities and inanities. There's no need to make something out of nothing.
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Permalink Reply by Lydia R on
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I was surprised that the LibDems were so keen to be associated with someone prepared to describe one of their number as "sweet, like a trifle but ... lightweight". However, I reckon that in the company of such "trifles", Haley has probably got his just desserts. --Lydia
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Permalink Reply by Julie on
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As a member of St Ann's Ward, I am happy to respond in a personal capacity, to those who are curious about this.
Strictly speaking, three people were chosen from seven or eight by (from memory) twenty people who went through a voting process. Some people voted for Haley. Nobody voted to remove him, it doesn't work like that; it was just that he didn't get as many votes as other people. He came fifth, as I recall.
I can tell you why I didn't vote for him. He became our councillor in St Ann's Ward, eight years ago, and was reselected in late 2005 to fight the election in 2006. As soon as he was reselected, he began to tell us all that he wasn't expecting to be around for long, because the Mayor was planning to give him a job at City Hall. This was a bit crass when we were campaigning for him.
He didn't attend ward meetings for a long time, about eighteen months. I wrote to him and he claimed that there hadn't been any ward meetings. (Of course there had.) Then he sent me an email, which I still have, saying that he didn't have to attend ward meetings because he wasn't being paid to do this. For me, this put the tin lid on it.
His relationship with the ward deteriorated even further. We suddenly got the Green Lanes B CPZ, without warning. Some of us woke up one morning to find our streets had become a public car park with commuters fighting for spaces outside our homes. Brian hadn't mentioned this to us in advance and we hadn't been included in the consultation. He lied to us repeatedly and insulted us when we caught him out. If we tackled him on anything he turned nasty, squeaking away indignantly in his own defence and blaming everybody else.
The last four years have crawled by. I'm really delighted he's gone. The Liberal Democrats loss is our gain, quite frankly. The way I chose to vote was totally vindicated by the Standards Board findings recently that he bullied an officer who had complained about his bullying. He sent her a solicitor's letter and only dropped his case when he was told that he, not the council, would have to pay for it.
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Don't hold back Julie. :)
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VERY interesting. According to this week's Journal, Brian Hayley said he'd been in talks with Lynne Featherstone about joining the Lib Dems for two years. Little wonder that St. Ann's Ward Labour de-selected him. They must be feeling pleased with themselves.
Having gone through this thread I can only conclude that neither he nor the Lib Dems come out of this smelling of roses (no pun intended!)
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