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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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Tags for Forum Posts: Cabinet, Cabinet Member, Environment, Transport and Climate Action, Haringey Council, Mike Hakata

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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson 9 hours ago

On the issue of it not triggering a by-election I assume that’s because of the full council election taking place on 7th May where the seat would be up for grabs again anyway.

Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton 5 hours ago

Clive, thanks for trying to keep track of these changes. But without a little more clarity from Mike Hakata himself, aren't we having to make guesses about who does and who doesn't call the shots? Luckily there is a bit of time for residents to find out more about the candidates for each ward; in preparation for choosing who among them is worth a walk to the polling station. The current fragmentation of parties also suggests that this May voters could have a little more power than in previous years. Negative power to identify the  likely useless new candidates. ( I  assume that many  voters already know who has been a passenger for four years.)  Mike Hakata who has been an active councillor has also been honest in resigning, rather than as some who turn up for  the legal minimum of meetings - and simply draw the allowance.

Mike has also helpfully begun to describe the range of tasks which a good elected councillor is likely to take on. Which is far wider than - as an ex-councillor described to me: cutting ribbons and smiling.

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