Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!

High winds tear apart Harringay Passage

12:30am Sat 15/02/14 - high winds cause chaos for Harringay's Passage;

Luckily all is calm on Falkland Rd;

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Permalink Reply by Cllr Emina Ibrahim on February 15, 2014 at 17:26

Hi Phil

Nice idea :) but a health and safety risk I wouldn't suggest that members of the public do that. I have also contacted the emergency line and asked that the area be made safe immediately. Although the wall is not the councils the path is and the council must clear it safely to prevent an accident.

Emine

Labour Canfidate (Harringay ward)

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Permalink Reply by John D on February 15, 2014 at 18:20

Emine - could you explain why moving a load of bricks off the passage back into the garden behind constitutes a health and safety risk ? Isn't the risk much higher if we just leave them where they are? You do know that Health and Safety regulations apply only to the workplace ?

Helping to clear up used to be called good citizenship, before the Labour nanny state took over

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Permalink Reply by Cllr Emina Ibrahim on February 15, 2014 at 19:36

Hi john and Phil

The damage looks dangerous and structural and it is the councils job to clear. I am sure you will agree that the council must carry out it's duty to make the area safe and not expect local people to do something like this. This is not party political I am sure David and Karen will agree that the important thing is for the area to be made safe and cleared ASAP.

Emine

Labour Candidate (Harringay Ward)

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Permalink Reply by John D on February 15, 2014 at 23:14

Indeed. That's why David Schmitz and others cleared snow from the Passage in 2012 without waiting for the Council to do it.

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Permalink Reply by Cllr Emina Ibrahim on February 16, 2014 at 9:07

Hi John

I am slightly confused as to the point you are making and why you seem to think this is party political when David and Karen clearly don't. Snow is very different to structural damage. I sign my name with which party I am a candidate for because that is the rules of the site.

Emine

Labour Candidate (Harringay Ward)

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Permalink Reply by John D on February 16, 2014 at 9:19

The point I am trying to make ( and clearly failing ) is that " Health and Safety " is too often inappropriately quoted as the reason for stopping people doing sensible things. I'm not making this a party political issue, other than to suggest that health and safety paranoia mushroomed during the period of the last ( National ) Labour government.