Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Cllr. Mike Hakata “… to step down from elected office”. Full statement:
Haringey Council Cabinet Member Mike Hakata is to step down from elected office:
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After nearly eight years as an elected ward councillor for both St Ann's and Hermitage and Gardens wards, and four years as Cabinet Member for Environment, Transport and Climate Action at Haringey Council, I've decided to step down from elected office
Source: X/Twitter
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The council's statement (here) is unclear, as it says
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The announcement will not trigger a by-election and residents in Hermitage and Gardens will be represented by Cllr Anna Lawton.
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Politically, the key clause comes near the end:
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[the sacrifice of elected office] only makes sense when you have the full mandate and conditions to deliver the change you believe in. When those condition shift …
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Does this not suggest a further downgrading of the role of Environment, transport and climate change? And a determination by the leadership to fall further into line with Kier Starmer's New Labour Government and with Farageist sympathisers, i.e:
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- Back-peddling on Net Zero
- Shelving of progress on climate
- On the side of motorists (New Labour's election pledge)
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It appears that the mandate within Cabinet was shrunk and the necessary conditions … shifted. Did a certain party—or parties—make the Cabinet Member's job impossible?
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