Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Jeremy Corbyn's impact on the current Haringey regime: what should we expect?
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Permalink Reply by Philip on
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I think it will encourage local groups like 'Defend Council Housing' to campaign harder and attract more people. Haringey's neo-Con council might find Labour members slightly less supine over their policies. It's true that people are joining Labour, but like the ' Green Surge' it may prove temporary if the same people are pulling the strings in the local parties.....
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Well of more interest to us was the Mayoral Selection. Claire Kober was rumored to have been offered a deputy role in Tessa's administration...
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Permalink Reply by matt on
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Maybe the Taxi Driver is a local Pav - pay the council chamber a visit - gets his points across :)
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Are you saying the council leader is wholly driven by a ideological right of centre agenda (what some call Blairite), rather than budget cut led? The latter needs the Tories out. The former would involve new left of centre councillors being selected & voted in in the next local elections (3 years away) with a new council leader. The CEO from Barnet has been in his position only about a year as well. So think there probably won't be a change any time soon Pav with this regime's direction.
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Permalink Reply by matthew cuthbert on
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It may give heart to those councillors who wish to show their convictions and raise their voices collectively, and not just role with it, and be Labour again, properly representing Haringey as spokespersons and be more amongst us. They have it within them, for the good of Haringey and the party's longevity.
The £3 pounders will need to pound the ground, be proactive and show councillors they have a mandate. Fortunately the Green Party don't have a whip, we set out to serve residents for the greater good of all of Haringey.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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The casting of votes for the Labour leadership contest was unnecessary, the outcome was the result of divine intervention.
http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/13720953.Did_this_Surbiton_...
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The Guardian, for the bourgeoisie left elites serving up tripe daily for their readers as they delicately eat their eggs benedict (organic & locally sourced of course!). Try the Morning Star ... it'll have you marching down Upper Street to the tune of the Red Flag in no time :)
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The link is actually to the Merton Guardian Dave, which covers those well know haunts of the of the bourgeoise left elite, Kingston, Sutton and Surbiton.
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Yes saw that. It just reminded of the rubbish The Guardian has been spouting lately. They clearly are weary of the rise of Corbyn, not quite what they've been used to for some time.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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A very brief question, Pavlos. Which I guess needs a longer answer!
Which particular aspects did you have in mind?
A short answer is that probably, Claire Kober and her chums and the senior staff she has hired are hoping it will all go away. A high tide which - as Philip Foxe suggests - will soon ebb. Meanwhile I expect them to bunker down, determined to hang onto their power, positions and allowances. And to continue following instructions from the Dear Leader, as the fount of power and patronage.
My guess is that they will, for example, try to keep control of the Tottenham & Hornsey Wood Green 'Local Campaign Forum' (LCF). This is the joint body of the two Haringey Parties which has the final say on who stands for Council seats and formulates the campaigning plans for local elections.
Local ward Branches and affilates - e.g. the Co-op party and the Socialist Educational Association - can send delegates to the LCF. So I imagine there'll be lots of games played with membership of different bodies, and phonecalls and texts to get various factions along for crucial votes. Little or nothing, you might think, to do with the lives, hopes and problems of residents. And you'd be largely right.
But now it's possible that the two Haringey parties have had a large enough influx of new members who do care about those things. And who won't fade away now they've voted in the leadership and other elections. Or even perhaps, after a few meetings, when they get the measure of the controlling right wingers.
Pavlos, I may be out of date. And perhaps changes have happened since I decided to leave the Council. And especially since new members have been joining in sizeable numbers - which began to happen, by the way, after last May.
(Political declaration. I've been a Labour Party member for 40+ years. 16 years former councillor representing Tottenham Hale/High Cross wards. Former ward branch and Tottenham constituency secretary.)
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