What the BBC says you need to know as Haringey heads into local elections

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Permalink Reply by Clive Carter 4 hours ago

Prof Travers speculates that the council may go to no overall control.

If that is indeed the situation the day after the Count, then the current Majority Group may offer any and all kind of inducement to the minority Group in order to enter into a formal coalition. They may try to pick off individual Members of a Minority Group. The object of course, would be to continue and maintain effective control.

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Permalink Reply by Christopher Fowler 3 hours ago

I’m I have been a Labour supporter since 1960, long before I was old enough to vote; in our sixth from common room in 1964, we were all listening to the radio, and cheering on Harold Wilson to victory. Mr Wilson, at the time, was regarded by many of us "young 'uns" as too far to the right, and also, as Peter Cooke and Dudley Moore famously said, "a drag ... he's dragsville, Dud".

Wilson's governments, and later Jim Callaghan's government, did a lot of good. Wilson would be unable to join the current Starmer Labour Party, as they would call him a "communist" or a "terrorist". The current Labour Party would also exclude Dennis Healey, Michael Foot, and probably hundreds of others. In local government here, Labour, including under the unutterably execrable Kober, has effectively been in power since the 1990s, with no effective opposition.

Is life in Haringey any better now than it was then? Of course it isn't. Time, in my view, to give the Greens a chance. Amateurs all, but they could not do a worse job than so-called "Labour".

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Permalink Reply by Annie McDonald 1 hour ago

I note the article includes Finsbury Park as of interest. The park has seriously gone downhill in recent years. This week several beautiful trees were brutally cut back near the lake. Absolutely awful. The toilets are still disgusting and the events every year completely compact the soil. It’s not safe especially early morning and at night. I could go on but it’s (was) a beautiful park and needs some love and care. I would also like to mention the Friends of Finsbury Park volunteer group who do some great work with planting, hedges etc. Thank you.

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