Zoe Garbett - Green mayor for Hackney

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What do we know about Zoe Garbett (Hackney’s new Green mayor) in the context of gender identity politics? I assume she must be full on TWAW or the Greens would have ex-communicated her/Walter Titty wouldn’t be seen with her, but is this correct?

That's interesting. I wonder if Green councillors will get a similar kicking at the next set of elections once they become the incumbents and are blamed for local problems.

Who knows.

In the UK we seem to go in these cycles.

At the last GE Labour got in because all those who had previously voted Tory just didn't vote so Labour got in on a smaller vote than Corbyn's "resounding defeat".

So at the next local elections if by then the Green's have messed up or in fact not made a difference locally, it will probably be the same as now. How do people feel about Labour nationally - if they are still the Government - and if not too bad maybe Labour would get back in.

Its like voting is always a step behind.

Or for the Tories 2 steps behind as they are not only being punished for Boris' Covid hypocrasy, but for Brexit.

I was half watching the BBC news at six last night and an item on Walter Titty and council tax came up.

There was a voiceover and some clips of him - one of him with a microphone and all the others of him embracing various women.

Is someone at the Beeb trying to hint at something?

Edited punctuation for clarity

Look out, it'll summon the Zack army who are currently swarming Dan Neidle for daring to look into all that stuff about his council tax

https://nitter.net/DanNeidle/status/2054495150089363757#m

Luckily the Zack army would recoil in horror at posting on MN, and they’re not particularly well represented among those already here.

Half arsed protest voting is about as far as it goes.

There's one poster on a thread about him who thinks we're all nuts not to think that Zack will be leader of this country soon!

if it’s the one I’m thinking of, grey rock is everyone’s friend.

What's with the shite hair dye?

Pink hair is a protected characteristic

As well as running for Mayor, Garbett ran for re-election as a councillor - and won both elections, but since she can't do both jobs, a by-election will have to be held. I'm surprised that this is even allowed, but it certainly suggests that wasting taxpayers' money is not a concern for her.

This is common practice and has happened in other councils.

But what hasn't happened but has happened in Hackney and one other Council is (I think both) Green Councillors elected only to find they are barred from standing if a paid employee of the Council concerned. A teacher.

Here's the link https://www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/governance/396-governance-news/100491-two-councillors-forced-to-resign-over-election-rule-breaches

Sarah Vine accusing someone else of being a creep given how long she was married to Michael Gove at least means she could claim to be able to spot one.

Whoever you were likely to have as Hackney Mayor would have broadly the same views on trans issues.

I cant find an earlier report I read about this, but this seems to be about whether he was living in Hackney (where else) or an a moored houseboat in Waltham Forest.

Strangely both of these boroughs went green!

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/insight/polanski-admits-council-tax-error-after-earlier-denials/gm-GM8CD0B8FA?gemSnapshotKey=GM8CD0B8FA-snapshot-13&uxmode=ruby

I'm told the boat is in a particular marina on the River Lea. The marina is in Waltham Forest borough and Walthamstow constituency. But a short walk over a footbridge gets you to Hackney (North and Stoke Newington).

Well he's getting the celebrity coverage now.

He has been doorstepped to a in red top style, £2 million house in Hackey.

Not standing up for him or any of the others, but I think shows they are still organising as though a student group.

Although given the blunders of some established MPs maybe they just think they are too important to bother with ordinary day to day concerns of everyday folk!

"You have my vote" *

*. Theoretically

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e8133xp5eo

That's right.

So: untrue claims of experience on his cv, didn’t pay his council tax, didn’t get round to voting, belittles women’s rights, minimises attacks on the Jewish community. What a prince. Better hope those green voters carry on voting on the vibe not the small print Zack!

I was going to say something quite harsh about Greens being slap dash and disorganised, but they other parties have their failures.

Anyhow, latest total of the cost of new elections needed because Green councillors elected who should never have been put forward as councillors.

Or maybe this is just a London thing?

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/green-party-councillors-quit-immediately-elected-b1282285.html

Nothing is going to beat the estimated £5m it will cost to run this Andy Burnham vanity contest in Manchester, the cost of the by election and new mayoral contest if he becomes an MP.
So many reasons to vote against him, but wasting £5m of tax payers hard earned is the biggest of all.

I mean the entire local elections were actually a waste of time and money in many areas, caused by Reform because the councils are being abolished.

I'm a little confused by this.

Does it mean that Reform were responsible for the elections being held at all? Because the existing councillors could have been kept their seats until the councils are abolished, by being returned unopposed? But Reform candidates insisted on standing against them, causing an election? Reform candidates and no-one else?

Reform threatened to take the government to court because the elections were delayed in areas which were undergoing local government reorganisation. The elections were delayed because the current governments are due to be abolished next year, and elections for new local authorities would take place. Because of the Reform legal action the government backed down, so local authorities, in the middle of trying to deal with local government reorganisation have had to hold elections to councils that won't exist next year, as well as run the whole thing again next year. So yes, it is almost entirely Reforms fault ( as well as the government again failing to communicate why they took completely explainable decisions and instead caving in to Reform)