I am an active Labour Party member in North London. But I am also a rabbi, leading a local Jewish community. The last few years have been a deeply difficult time for me. The decision to remain a member of our party was far from an easy one. But I stayed. I had faith that […]
Former Haringey Council leader Joseph Ejiofor, figurehead of what was dubbed the “Corbyn Council”, has been barred by the Labour Party from standing in May’s council elections. The move came just hours before Labour began selecting candidates for May’s borough elections today, with Ejiofor’s appeal against the decision having been rejected on Saturday. “The London […]
Haringey Council has pushed through a name change for Black Boy Lane in south Tottenham after some 20 months of deliberation, despite residents opposing the move by a margin of more than eight to one. It will now be called La Rose Lane after John La Rose, activist and founder in 1966 of Haringey’s New Beacon […]
It’s a typical north London street of late Victorian two-storey terraced homes put up as the railway arrived with a small park and a primary school at one end and prices now heading towards £600,000 for a three-bed house, according to some estimates. Typical except for its name – Black Boy Lane. Despite periodic concerns […]
Sadiq Khan’s introduction of referendums into the often-fraught issue of estate regeneration was welcomed by some and questioned by others. Those most strongly in favour were often Green, Corbyn Left and other housing activists, who perhaps anticipated that council and housing association tenants would rise up against alleged “social cleansing” and reject redevelopment plans. Others […]
Hard on the heels of the collapse of the Wards Corner development plans in south Tottenham, another controversial Haringey housing scheme is hanging in the balance, this time at the northern end of Tottenham High Road. Battle lines are being drawn as the long-delayed residents’ ballot gets underway on plans to demolish the council’s 297-home […]
Haringey Council’s ruling cabinet will have a very new look after Thursday’s annual meeting of the authority, following the recent one-vote ousting of Labour group leader Joseph Ejiofor by Peray Ahmet. Born and raised in the borough, Ahmet, who will be the council’s first Muslim leader, will replace eight of the nine-person cabinet, including high-profile […]
Turmoil, feuds and complex faction fighting have been constant features of the Labour Party in the London borough of Haringey since an influx of new members accompanied the rise of Jeremy Corbyn, a former Haringey councillor, to the leadership of Labour in 2015. A successful, Momentum-driven campaign to de-select sitting Haringey councillors deemed insufficiently aligned […]
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