Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Haringey Mayor Sheila Peacock guilty of abusing position ‘for personal advantage’
Mayor of Haringey and veteran Labour councillor Sheila Peacock has been found guilty of trying use her powers of office to exert undue influence for personal advantage, writes the Broadway Ham and High
Haringey Council’s Standards Committee this week took the rare step of censuring her for trying “to secure an improper advantage for herself” by sending two letters on Mayoral headed paper “about a personal matter”.
Although further details were not published, the letters are understood to relate to a family member and were sent last autumn by email from her council laptop.
In a decision that will be an embarassment to the Haringey Labour group, the committee ruled that Cllr Peacock had “attempted to secure an improper advantage for herself” and had “failed to use the resources of the council in accordance with its reasonable requirements”, and thereby “also brought her office as Mayor into disrepute”.
It found that while “the contents of the letter were essentially those a member of the public could have raised”, Cllr Peacock tried to “get attention given to her concerns by using her Mayoral title, letterhead and e-mail address”. The opposition Liberal Democrat leader Cllr Richard Wilson has called for her to resign as Mayor “for the sake of the borough”.
Story by Stephen Moore
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Permalink Reply by HoL Site Admin on
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Statement released via Haringey Labour
Cllr Peacock said: “I know that my conduct on this occasion has fallen short of the high standards I set for myself, which are required of me as a councillor and mayor.
“I recognise I made an error of judgement and I am deeply sorry. I take full responsibility for my actions.
“It was right for the Standards Committee to review this matter.”
via Haringey Indy
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Permalink Reply by Alan Stanton on
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Missed out the words ". . . and reflecting carefully and contritely on my conduct have now withdrawn my nomination for councillor, out of respect for the residents of Northumberland Park Ward."
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Permalink Reply by Liz on
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I suspect the people in charge of press at Haringey Labour weren't 'instructed' to write that.
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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter
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Er, no. 10 years on, the HCP reported, "Cllr Peacock has been asked to explain the remarks but has not responded."
Presumably it would not be unlawful for Haringey's former Mayor either to deny the alleged (recent) remarks on a Whatsapp Group or, if the Councillor Peacock did type the remarks about foreigners, then to issue an apology for them.
Even if such an apology were confected the by well-funded Haringey Press Office or Labour's PR team (AKA a fauxpology).
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Permalink Reply by John D on
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A few months ago, Councillor Peacock attended a church service in Muswell Hill for the Induction of a new Pastor.
She took no part in the service: She did not join in the hymns, did not join in the prayers and did not take communion. No doubt there's no requirement that the Mayor be a practising Christian but, if she's not, why was she there ?
Was it just an outing for the mayoral regalia and car, or a hypocritical play for a photo op ?
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Permalink Reply by pamish on
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As she's Jewish, I would not expect her to take communion or join in xtian hymns etc.
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Fair enough Pamish: I didn't know that. But I still wonder why she was there and go with the photo op theory
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As I understand it, it's the office not the person that matters in these ceremonial things. Hence the bling. Like in court, the wigs and paraphenalia mean that justice is neutral. Yes, snort, but having sat through a few court things I can see that the intention is good.
No excuse for using the metaphorical chain in a personal matter at all.
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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I'd like to point out that Nilgun Canver was done for Perverting the Course of Justice and hung out to dry by the dear leader for far, far less. The key here is "Baby P Mayor".
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and a barrister and part-time judge just got 16 months in the clink for colluding with the Hune/Price speed ticket scam. [I do think that's just a bit of a waste of my taxes, there are jobs round here she would be useful doing, orange jumpsuit and all.] She's made an example of, for bringing her office into disrepute more than anything else.
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Permalink Reply by Old-Age-Emporium(OAE) on
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Couldn't Sheila have applied for Headship of Quintin Kynaston Academy? Her feet seem well suited to the shoes of Ms Shuter.
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