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
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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
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My thoughts exactly Robert
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter
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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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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.
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