Who will be the new Labour candidate for Streatham?
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knatchbull
Active Member
I think its between Reed and Umunna
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Yep me too.
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
The SLP reckons that Naz Sarkar - who is a councillor in Walthamstow, but works as a teacher in Streatham -has made it onto the final shortlist of five in place of Dave Malley.
http://www.nazsarkar.com
complete with wonderfully cheesy video
The SLP is correct. Came as a bit of a surprise
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Poor Steve Reed.
He should have spent more time schmoozing his own party members rather than waste energy convincing the entire population of lambeth who were not eligible to vote in this contest.
Anyway, looks like I'll be voting Liberal Democrat whenever they call this election.
I hate the way Labour feels that they own all of Lambeth.
He should have spent more time schmoozing his own party members rather than waste energy convincing the entire population of lambeth who were not eligible to vote in this contest.
Anyway, looks like I'll be voting Liberal Democrat whenever they call this election.
I hate the way Labour feels that they own all of Lambeth.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I'm not sure they feel they own it? They used to, which is why they were so thrown when the LibDems/tories got in. But I got the feeling they thought they really needed to prove themselves at the last election/beyond.
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Shuffling the deckchairs on board the Titanic???
Can someone explain why, now that Steve Reed has failed to be selected as PPC for Streatham, the Labour Group on the Council appears to have decided to change the responsibilities of every member of the "Cabinet" apart from the leader, deputy leader and finance person
Leader:
Councillor Steve Reed
Deputy Leader
Councillor Jackie Meldrum
Safer Communities:
Councillor Donatus Anyanwu [was Councillor Mark Bennett]
Housing and Regeneration:
Councillor Lib Peck [Housing side was Councillor John Kazantzis]
Employment and Enterprise:
Councillor John Kazantzis [Paul McGlone was Regeneration and Enterprise]
Environment:
Councillor Sally Prentice [part of Councillor Lib Peck's former Environment & Culture role]
Children and Young People:
Councillor Paul McGlone [formerly Councillor Sally Prentice]
Culture, Leisure and Sport:
Councillor Mark Bennett [was part of Councillor Lib Peck's former role]
Health and Care Services:
Councillor Lorna Campbell [apparently a new full Cabinet post]
Finance and Resources:
Councillor Jim Dickson
The four remaining "deputy" Cabinet members (after Lorna's promotion) all seemed to have changed roles as well:
Community Cohesion:
Councillor Rachel Heywood
Housing and Neighbourhoods:
Councillor Kirsty McHugh
Young People:
Councillor Florence Nosegbe
Sustainability:
Councillor Nigel Haselden
Source: Lambeth AGM Report - Cabinet Portfolios 2008-09
Can someone explain why, now that Steve Reed has failed to be selected as PPC for Streatham, the Labour Group on the Council appears to have decided to change the responsibilities of every member of the "Cabinet" apart from the leader, deputy leader and finance person
Leader:
Councillor Steve Reed
Deputy Leader
Councillor Jackie Meldrum
Safer Communities:
Councillor Donatus Anyanwu [was Councillor Mark Bennett]
Housing and Regeneration:
Councillor Lib Peck [Housing side was Councillor John Kazantzis]
Employment and Enterprise:
Councillor John Kazantzis [Paul McGlone was Regeneration and Enterprise]
Environment:
Councillor Sally Prentice [part of Councillor Lib Peck's former Environment & Culture role]
Children and Young People:
Councillor Paul McGlone [formerly Councillor Sally Prentice]
Culture, Leisure and Sport:
Councillor Mark Bennett [was part of Councillor Lib Peck's former role]
Health and Care Services:
Councillor Lorna Campbell [apparently a new full Cabinet post]
Finance and Resources:
Councillor Jim Dickson
The four remaining "deputy" Cabinet members (after Lorna's promotion) all seemed to have changed roles as well:
Community Cohesion:
Councillor Rachel Heywood
Housing and Neighbourhoods:
Councillor Kirsty McHugh
Young People:
Councillor Florence Nosegbe
Sustainability:
Councillor Nigel Haselden
Source: Lambeth AGM Report - Cabinet Portfolios 2008-09
Can someone explain why, now that Steve Reed has failed to be selected as PPC for Streatham, the Labour Group on the Council appears to have decided to change the responsibilities of every member of the "Cabinet" apart from the leader, deputy leader and finance person
I reckon the decision was made before the candidate selection. However, it has to be ratified by full council, which happened to be after the selection. Guess it's a mid-term reshuffle
knatchbull
Active Member
Theres nothing fishy about it - like at Westminster they have a reshuffle every so often.
I guess its to keep the Cabinet members on their toes and make sure the council departments are fit for purpose (to use a cliche) - according to my sources its been planned for a while and has had liittle to do with the Streatham selection (although had Reed been selected he may have planned to stand down as leader before too long).
Apparently the new housing and regeneration portfolio is to do with housing being more strategic in anticipation of the ALMO rather than concerning itself with the day to day management.
Apparently Lorna Campbell is the first black woman in the Lambeth cabinet in 20 years or so (or however long since Linda Bellos stepped down)
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Thats nice of them
.Been reading some of this thread and cant help thinking that Labour party members live in this closed world of in fighting.To someone on the outside of this its all outside of how I see life in this country and what is happening to it.Looked at above link to Lukes blog -at one point he is going on about "lobotomised Guardian readers" who will make the party unelectable.
Sounds very much like the mentality of Jacqui Smith who was quoted by Toynbee as saying that this was basically a "conservative" country ,that crime and immigration were the things that concerned people most and that she would ignore "Guardian" reader types.
I know LR has said the Labour party doesnt want to be in the wilderness again.But whats the point of voting at the moment?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/mar/28/voterapathy
Got bored when PT was going on about transferable votes etc but the rest is spot on.
