Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Landslide for the Greens in St Ann's
An earthquake of a win for the Greens in St Ann's with 1056 votes vs Labour's 589. (posted on the fly).
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Permalink Reply by Robert Pike on
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Landslide for pro LTN parties! Still waiting on the anti-LTN backlash vote but I guess they are still on their way from Enfield.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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My thoughts exactly Robert
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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THE Standard's account is here.
If the Ruling Group hopes to reverse this loss, then a little less attention on the Borough of Culture 2027 distraction and a lot more focus on fixing the basics, might help.
Council finances have not improved since the period of the disgraced and disastrous previous leader, a serial menace to public funds. Many £ millions were lost on property deals; £ millions more may be lost on the council *loan* to Fusion Lifestyle.
Cuts that are needed have not been made: the bloated public relations operation serves up largely corporate propaganda. The legal department generates millions in costs and seems out of control.
The Council's 412-page Constitution has openness and transparency at the top of the first page, but these principles are broadly disregarded.
Generally, the current leadership has not grasped the nettle of inflated manager salaries, plus the sheer number of employees paid between £100k and £220k. With handsome pensions on top.
At the same time, some actual cuts have been made recklessly and in the wrong places, such as to the public Library Service.
Five years ago, the council declared a climate emergency but so little progress on the environment has been made.
The Green Party ought to be able to capitalise on this.
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Thanks; the current leader Peray Ahmet is not strong on the environment.
Shortly before Covid and while still a Cabbie, the councillor strode into a public Climate/ environment meeting in the Green Rooms, chaired by fellow Cabbie, Kirsten Hearn. I don't think she sat down and left after making her remarks.
The general tone was to minimise concerns over the environment. The suggestion was that it was niche issue and of little interest to her people. I and others remember her choice of "demographic", in the sense that concern for the environment was a narrow issue without wide support.
I think this view is misguided and concern can only grow.
There are a few in the Ruling Group who might wish for more robust action. Action plan have been published. But if a leader's outlook is dismissive, then it is little wonder that there has been so little action in actual practice since the council officially declared a climate emergency.
Six years ago.
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I WAS pleased to see the new Councillor's interest, among other things, in parks.
Although the council PR machine will always try to spin the local authority's record on everything, in truth, the Majority Group cannot be proud of their record on parks.
The biggest park, Finsbury, is steadily being run-down and is treated as little more than a cash-cow. Ruling Group Cabinet Members have bragged (implausibly) that it is a "world class" gig venue, but even they would not claim that Finsbury Park is a world-class park.
The leadership seems to prefer to spend as much public money as possible on Borough of Culture 2027. This was bestowed by the Labour London Mayor; these gigs appear to awarded on the basis of Buggin's Turn.
First-ever Green Party councillor elected in Haringey following by-... (HCP)
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Permalink Reply by Eric Easter
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Is there a statutory mechanism for removing the other Labour councillor in St. Anns?
She has been consistently and conspicuously absent. Whether for health or performance reasons is there a way of triggering another by-election? As it stands, the people of St.Anns ward only really have one councillor when we should have two.
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ERIC: I seem to remember there is such a mechanism (it may relate to the number of full council meetings missed). There is a high bar for disqualification.
A quick scan of the constitution did not show anything relevant but it may still be worth making further enquiries.
The council's 412 page constitution is well hidden (no visible links) but Google Advanced Search found it here.
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Thanks Clive. I'll have a look at that.
It seems incredibly undemocratic that we are denied democratic representation without recourse.
Of course that's not as chilling as Starmer's mob cancelling elections altogether.
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DOING "something special"
Labour Governments tend not to aid the popularity of Labour Councils.
The current council leader should not blame herself for the collapse in the Labour vote in the recent by-election.
The big fall in (local) Labour support is more likely to be due to the general unpopularity of the (quasi-Conservative) Labour Government and the particular unpopularity of leader Kier Starmer.
This does not prevent members of the local Cabinet wanting to follow in the footsteps of Haringey New Labour alumni Alan Strickland and Adam Jogee, and become MPs. When eyeing the Vauxhall Parliamentary Constituency, then leader Joseph Ejiofor told a reporter,
I am proud to be leader of Haringey Council and would only consider leaving to do something special.
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What is old Uncle Joe up to these days?
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