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Council Leader, Claire Kober, to step down, new Council to decide on the future of the HDV in May 2018
Before the mainstream media circus attempts once again to fit events in Haringey into their own cherished narratives, here's Aditya Chakrabortty's perspective. He's Tottenham-born and one of the few mainstream journalists to have actually stepped outside the Westminster bubble and researched the HDV on the ground.
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Permalink Reply by Juliet Donnelly on -
I am sorry to see Claire Kober go. She has been an excellent leader for Haringey and has changed the council for the good during her tenure. I can believe all that she says, particularly as there have been repeated reports over the last few months in non-Tory press such as the Guardian. I suppose posts such as the Kuenssberg comment from a previous poster are only to be expected and merely reinforce Claire Kober’s statement regarding “sexism, bullying and undemocratic behavior”.
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Permalink Reply by Richard Matz on
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The same BBC that ignored Saturday's huge demonstrations in support of the NHS will today again be highlighting the unsubstantiated claims of bullying and sexism by Claire Kober on the Andrew Marr show. StopHDV (and the leading women within it who have publicly rebutted Kober's claims) have been denied any right of reply.
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Permalink Reply by Matthew Kitching on
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Permalink Reply by Liz Wright on
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we live in complex times...where what counts as truth is elusive... Thanks for the posts Richard and Matt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXcU8x_xK18&sns=em ... maybe this video on empathy can help us to think about why empathy is vital for an effective democracy
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Both eloquent and erudite, thank you Liz.
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Permalink Reply by Joanna Christophides on
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So, to be clear then: Chakrabortty’s piece in the The Guardian (MSM) is fine because he was born and Tottenham and did his research? Nonsense. What evidence do you have that other journalists who may take a different position didn’t do their research? Why is his article fine but other pieces in the MSM are somehow not telling the whole tale? What about the residents who do live in Tottenham who do agree with the HDV or the opponents to HDV who don’t live in Tottenham? I was born in UCH, doesn’t make me an expert on Camden!
For the record, Claire did not make the decision about the HDV on her own. The majority of Labour Group supported and this after many discussions, lots of evidence and consultation with people who live in the area and from experts. You don’t agree with that decision? That’s absolutely your right to do so but please read the paperwork and I hope you will conclude that it wasn’t done on a whim by one person and it isn’t PFI.
“Cober (sp.) sounds like a nasty piece of work to me…..” In fact it sounds like you’ve never met her and so I’m not sure how you reached this conclusion. I’ve known her for well over 10 years and she is anything but and she certainly didn’t get where she is today by being nasty. Other women have disagreed? Great, delighted to see that their experience has been so positive. Surely we aren’t now saying that someone must be making it up because someone says their experience is different?
Some of you have clearly reached a decision about the HDV and so have I. So far, so good. But I have yet to see to hear or see an alternative for the 12,000 families in the borough that are in need and that will tackle this on the scale that is required.
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