£2bn sell-off of public assets by Haringey council

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Latest on the Haringey Development Vehicle regeneration social cleansing...
A Labour council attacking its own people? This is regeneration gone bad | Aditya Chakrabortty

 

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Latest on the Haringey Development Vehicle regeneration social cleansing...
A Labour council attacking its own people? This is regeneration gone bad | Aditya Chakrabortty

good fact filled piece. He claims that the plans of this Labour council would be impossible if Corbyn gets in power (based on Corbyn speach to conference). It'll be interesting to see if that is the case...or if theres time enough to stop this in time. The court case should slow things down a bit at least

Corbyn’s response is twofold: if elected to government, he will compel councils to ballot all tenants and leaseholders before any regeneration. Second, all tenants on a redeveloped site will be entitled to move back to the same estate, on the same terms and conditions.

 

[cantsin]

good fact filled piece. He claims that the plans of this Labour council would be impossible if Corbyn gets in power (based on Corbyn speach to conference). It'll be interesting to see if that is the case...or if theres time enough to stop this in time. The court case should slow things down a bit at least

Momentum sound pretty keen to unseat Council Leader Claire Kober ahead of May 18 local elections - presumably this would slow proceedings, possibly more :

Left-wingers aim to oust council chief over £2bn ‘social cleansing’

 

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Aditya's account does make it sound like Kober is particularly crucial in bulldozing this through

 

[Pickman's model]

Momentum sound pretty keen to unseat Council Leader Claire Kober ahead of May 18 local elections - presumably this would slow proceedings, possibly more :

Left-wingers aim to oust council chief over £2bn ‘social cleansing’

hmmm... i'll believe it when i see it.

 

[Sasaferrato]

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hmmm... i'll believe it when i see it.

The only way to stop this shit is by voting out the Councillors who have supported it. It has never ceased to amaze me, Labour has shat on its supporters in London, and yet they get re-elected.

 

[cantsin]

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hmmm... i'll believe it when i see it.

may elections 18' are the focus , so if it was to work , it wld happen within the year presumably ( big ' if' )

 

[Treacle Toes]

The only way to stop this shit is by voting out the Councillors who have supported it. It has never ceased to amaze me, Labour has shat on its supporters in London, and yet they get re-elected.

A choice between a shit sandwich or a poo stuffed baguette obviously.

 

[Sasaferrato]

A choice between a shit sandwich or a poo stuffed baguette obviously.

Well, perhaps. Punishing the cunts who instigate this shit, sends a message though.

 

[Dogsauce]

They'll make sure they have contracts signed and in place before the election, possibly on less advantageous terms given the developer will know that the council will be in a hurry to get something sorted out. These cunts always work this way. See also the botched and rushed privatisation of the railways when the Tories knew they were on the way out.

 

[Treacle Toes]

Well, perhaps. Punishing the cunts who instigate this shit, sends a message though.

Meanwhile, you vote for who sas? I am all for dissent but that comes at a cost too if a Tory council are voted in because everyone is busy punishing Labour for being cunts

 

[ViolentPanda]

good fact filled piece. He claims that the plans of this Labour council would be impossible if Corbyn gets in power (based on Corbyn speach to conference). It'll be interesting to see if that is the case...or if theres time enough to stop this in time. The court case should slow things down a bit at least

Sadly, such court cases - as shown by Lambeth's actions last year - sometimes cause local authorities to accelerate their "regeneration" plans, and push more people under the bus.

 

[ska invita]

balls
Council leader fights off Corbynista coup in re-selection vote win
Kober won it 64-19

 

[Hollis]

It would appear one of the leading lights of this policy has got his comeuppance:
Not exactly the downfall of Nixon, but the resignation letter would suggest otherwise:

 

[ViolentPanda]

It would appear one of the leading lights of this policy has got his comeuppance:
Not exactly the downfall of Nixon, but the resignation letter would suggest otherwise:

He's a bit of a whiner, isn't he?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Labour [National Executive Committee] has taken the unprecedented decision to ask one of its London councils to rethink its controversial plans for a public-private housing scheme

heard a brief mention on channel 4 news but didn't quite pick up what they were saying.

Guardian has more.

 

[bemused]

heard a brief mention on channel 4 news but didn't quite pick up what they were saying.

Guardian has more.

It has the taint of 'do as we say or face de-selection' about it, which is worrying for our already piss-poor local democracy.

 

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NEC stepping in
An ‘unprecedented’ move by Labour's NEC puts a north London council's gentrification plans on ice
Now Labour’s national executive committee (NEC) has instructed a team of mediators led by shadow communities secretary Andrew Gwynne to attempt to resolve the situation.

A Haringey Labour source told the Star that, “in practical terms, that means not signing the HDV before” the elections.

A motion passed unanimously at a meeting yesterday affirmed that the NEC would urge the council to “pause” the HDV if no resolution was found.

 

[redsquirrel]

Kober not seeking re-election in May, because of "bullying".

The Labour leader of Haringey council is to stand down citing “sexism and bullying” she has suffered during a long-running party feud over redevelopment plans for the borough.

 

[NoXion]

It really fucking grinds my gears how politicians these days are so quick to characterise opposition as bullying. Maybe before they decided to enter public life as a politician, they should have considered the possibility that not everyone is gonna think that the sun shines out of their arses?

I really hope that people see through this as the obvious desperate bullshit that it is.

 

[ska invita]

It really fucking grinds my gears how politicians these days are so quick to characterise opposition as bullying. Maybe before they decided to enter public life as a politician, they should have considered the possibility that not everyone is gonna think that the sun shines out of their arses?

I really hope that people see through this as the obvious desperate bullshit that it is.

she also got to shout SEXISM on the front page of the Evening Standard yesterday but surely thats the last we'll see of her.

Im not totally sure why she did stand down...she just got re-elected 2 months ago
Council leader fights off Corbynista coup in re-selection vote win
she seemed pretty brzen then, and more than happy to ignore the protests

it does sound as if ultimately the pressure of it all did get to her, and tbf to her that would feel like "bullying" to some extent, but as you say, thats politics and thats the sound of people you are meant to represent objecting to what you are doing.

Id like to be clear as its important to know what exactly has happened on the council so that the same can be done again in all the other privatising Labour-run councils. What did the NEC do exactly? Seems like they sent in mediators, or at least threatened to do so (not sure it got that far), but there's no reason why any councilor should really have to "pause" what they are up to, despite the NEC's "urges" if a consensus cant be found. Surely the councillors have the statute book on their side and are ultimately answerable only to the electorate. But yeah, it sounds like all the soft pressure cracked them in the end. Or did something else happen that we don't know about?

(confusing having two threads on this now...merge?)

 

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she also got to shout SEXISM on the front page of the Evening Standard yesterday but surely thats the last we'll see of her.

Im not totally sure why she did stand down...she just got re-elected 2 months ago
Council leader fights off Corbynista coup in re-selection vote win
she seemed pretty brzen then, and more than happy to ignore the protests

it does sound as if ultimately the pressure of it all did get to her, and tbf to her that would feel like "bullying" to some extent, but as you say, thats politics and thats the sound of people you are meant to represent objecting to what you are doing.

Id like to be clear as its important to know what exactly has happened on the council so that the same can be done again in all the other privatising Labour-run councils. What did the NEC do exactly? Seems like they sent in mediators, or at least threatened to do so (not sure it got that far), but there's no reason why any councilor should really have to "pause" what they are up to, despite the NEC's "urges" if a consensus cant be found. Surely the councillors have the statute book on their side and are ultimately answerable only to the electorate. But yeah, it sounds like all the soft pressure cracked them in the end. Or did something else happen that we don't know about?

(confusing having two threads on this now...merge?)

Seems like she was reselected for her seat, and presumably would have won. The writing was on the wall for her as leader though given the changes elsewhere - guess she has no interest in sitting as a regular councillor.

 

[cantsin]

Seems like she was reselected for her seat, and presumably would have won. The writing was on the wall for her as leader though given the changes elsewhere - guess she has no interest in sitting as a regular councillor.

nice Lendlease related gig no doubt in the offing

 

[Pickman's model]

nice Lendlease related gig no doubt in the offing

not sure they hire failures of her scale.

 

[SpookyFrank]

nice Lendlease related gig no doubt in the offing

The cushty job at lendlease will surely have been conditional on her delivering the goods. She hasn't.

 

[cantsin]

hopefully post Carillion/Capita, it's a none issue going fwd anyway

 

[redsquirrel]

Kober trying to sell her sob story, not even the Guardian sound totally convinced.

So why did the council’s own scrutiny committee call twice last year for the HDV to be halted? Kober looks suddenly tired.
“Well, the scrutiny committee is chaired by the national vice-chair of Momentum.”

 

[Wolveryeti]

The FT ran with an article penned by Kober yesterday in v. similar vein. Basically that the voices of reason in the council, who 'pragmatically' saw no other way of building affordable housing other than turfing out residents and transferring assets to Lendlease, were bullied out of office by the sexist racists of Momentum.

 

[Threshers_Flail]

Similar interview with her in The Times as well today with a of mention this,

"The public gallery, which was packed with left-wing activists, had been “quite noisy” throughout the evening but as the event drew to a close, she recalls, “someone shouted ‘Kober’ and then they started singing the Police song Every Breath You Take, which is obviously about a man stalking a woman. It’s an isolated example but it gets to the culture of intimidation based on your gender.”

Where is the evidence of this ever happening?

 

[NoXion]

Similar interview with her in The Times as well today with a of mention this,

"The public gallery, which was packed with left-wing activists, had been “quite noisy” throughout the evening but as the event drew to a close, she recalls, “someone shouted ‘Kober’ and then they started singing the Police song Every Breath You Take, which is obviously about a man stalking a woman. It’s an isolated example but it gets to the culture of intimidation based on your gender.”

Where is the evidence of this ever happening?

Reminds me of that story in the Evening Standard wherein evil anarchists gatecrashed some toff party or something. You'd think at least one person would have brought their phone.