Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
St Ann's By Election - who is standing?
Does anyone know who is standing in the upcoming By Election?
The only incumbent Councillor in the ward who actually does anything is standing down due to disgust with Haringey Labour and the Starmer regime.
Turnout is typically low 20%. I imagine it will be even lower again. If the Greens, LibDems or even Reform put up a credible local candidate they stand a very decent chance of winning.
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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Nominations don’t close until 4pm on Friday 14 March
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter on
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IN RESPONSE to the resignation, the official statement from the ruling Party, mentions delivery of a "greener" Haringey. No surprise there are no details.
Apart from the usual production, at great length, of action plans, in practice there is little evidence of action.
I was a bit surprised that, rather than resigning as a Member, Cllr Hymas did not decide to join the council group of Independent Socialists. However, I was pleased to note in the resignation statement:
… ensuring our streets are for people, not just high polluting vehicles.
I hope all the candidates will speak up for the environment before the election and that the successful candidate might stick up for this after the by-election.
It is largely forgotten, but a meeting of Full Council unanimously declared a climate emergency. It was in March 2019.
Such gestures were fashionable at the time.
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Permalink Reply by Peter Chalk on
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Why make cheap political points when councils have been cut to the bone by Lib Dem and successive governments? Lib Dem government did nothing for the environment.
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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"Cheap political points?" That phrase is itself a stale empty way to avoid and dismiss Clive's valid, reasonable arguments. Yes, Clive Carter was a LibDem Haringey councillor for one term. When they were already dwindling to mostly pointlessness in our borough. And suffering the same authoritarian drift as Labour Governments and Council cabinets: One symptom is galloping Leader-itis.
As for our Council's lack of cash, Clive has - for many months - been using Freedom of Information Act (FOI) requests to get to the bottom of how millions of pounds vanished in dubious property deals. A High Court judge-chaired Tribunal has backed Clive. The Council has ignored the Tribunal's Directions.
Nothing cheap about it; shameful and tawdry? Yes.
Peter you were once a Socialist. You may still be. I still am.
I was also once a lawyer. Please read the first paragraph of the Council's Constitution about openness and accountability.
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Perhaps Peter Chalk is unaware of the self-inflicted multi-million pound losses, but he still manages two clichés in one sentence!
If it is broadly correct that council incomes have been "cut to the bone", then it is also true that at Haringey—in terms of managers' pay—there is still fat and gristle left. More than 40 staff are in the six-figure salary bracket, with pensions on top. Some of those employees may be worth their wages.
The Council (i.e. council Members) are either unable or unwilling to address the spiralling salary bloat. Ordinary residents have to live within their means and sometimes are obliged to trim their spending. The Council however has a big friendly banker that has recently agreed, in effect, a huge overdraft facility allowing business to grind on as usual.
The council seems unable to trim in ways that don't directly affect public services, in the way their slashing at our Library Service does (i.e. cutting meat). Their cuts to opening hours are equivalent to closing down two to three libraries.
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Permalink Reply by JulieB on
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I had an email on Friday saying Stephen Tawiah has been chosen as the candidate. We've had Labour and Green canvassing already this week.
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Permalink Reply by Martin (Woodside) on
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Stephen Tawiah, human rights lawyer. a likely winner to add to the largesse blob.
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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth M on
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who's bio says he was born and bred in Tottenham.
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We actually need two new councillors for St Anns ward. The remaining incumbent, Ms Holly Harrison-Munane has not been seen or heard since the last election. She has also been absent from 89% of council meetings as evidenced on the Haringey website below.
https://www.minutes.haringey.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=13539
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Apologies - it's Harrison-Mullane not Munane. Irish names are always tricky!
Anyway, Ms Holly appears to be on the Momentum fast-track scheme. The aim is it get young Momentum apparatchiks into councillor roles as a stepping stone. I object to this sort of thing. It robs other people who would actually take the role seriously of the opportunity to help improve their local neighbourhood.
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Permalink Reply by Carol Tennant on
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My understanding is that Holly is or has been in hospital for a lengthy stay.
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That is unfortunate and I wish her a speedy recovery.
However, you'll see from the link above to the attendance record that for the 89% of council meetings for which she was absent, apologies were only sent in advance a handful of times.
If she is consistently unable to attend meetings for health or any other reasons she is unable to fulfill the requirements of the role and should step down.
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