This week’s unusual decision by Labour’s governing National Executive Committee to intervene in Labour-run Haringey Council’s plan to form a joint venture company with commercial property developer Lendlease has further underlined the rancour surrounding this affair and cemented more solidly its position as an issue of far more than local interest. The NEC’s move followed a written request from […]
Following the many de-selections and despairing standing-downs, the candidates are now in place for Labour’s Momentum group in Haringey to form the country’s first Corbyn Council from 3 May. Some of them might complain about the term “Corbyn Council” being used – and, boy, are there some serial complainers in their ranks – but I’m taking my […]
The border between dazzling perception and base speculation can be blurred. I could be reading too much into yesterday’s Mayor’s Question Time (MQT) exchange between Sadiq Khan and Conservative London Assembly member Shaun Bailey over boroughs forming joint venture (JV) companies with property firms. But let’s plunge in to the mist anyway. Pointing out to Khan that his draft […]
The difference between Protest Left activism and militant conservationism can often be hard to detect. This goes for various campaigns against redevelopment schemes in London, but the opposition to plans to preserve and re-purpose the old Hornsey Town Hall building seems a particularly good example. It also provides instructive insights into the priorities of at least some […]
One of the key councillors behind Labour-run Haringey’s plans to form a joint venture company with a major property firm has pledged to continue “building on its foundations” in the months before May’s borough elections, despite the growing possibility that a new Labour administration will be opposed to it. Writing in Estates Gazette, Alan Strickland, Haringey’s cabinet […]
The future of Haringey Council’s ambitious redevelopment plans for the borough appears uncertain following a string of successes for the Momentum wing of the Labour Party and its allies in their campaign to deselect sitting councillors who’ve backed the plans. Five ward branch selection meetings last night saw six out of seven sitting councillors who support […]
Haringey Council cabinet member Alan Strickland, one of the main advocates of the Labour administration’s extensive redevelopment programme, could be replaced as a candidate for next May’s borough elections after he lost a re-selection ballot last night. Three other sitting councillors supportive of the plans failed to secure the support of a majority of ward branch members […]
Having failed to oust Haringey Council leader Claire Kober from her Seven Sisters seat last week, the Momentum wing of the Labour Party in Haringey secured a victory yesterday when Jeremy Corbyn supporter Ruth Gordon was chosen to contest the Tottenham Hale council seat at next May’s borough elections. Gordon, a music teacher who rejoined Labour in 2015, […]
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