Alan Stanton
Get REAL Councillor Morton
10 February 2015. Anti-cuts demonstration at Haringey Civic Centre, Wood Green.
These posters criticised Haringey councillor Peter Morton the "Cabinet Member" in charge of the borough's adult services.
Morton is now infamous for his gross insensitivity at a previous public meeting on 22 January 2015. Faced with strong and emotionally charged criticism from service users and their families, Cllr Morton told them to "get real", as he attempted to defend the brutal cuts he and his right-wing "Labour" colleagues proposed.
(Please see quote below for source of this information.)
§ Website report by 38 Degrees about the Haringey Scrutiny Committee 22 January 2015.
"Haringey People First attended the 22nd January [2015] Council’s Adults and Health scrutiny committee (of backbench Councillors) in impressive numbers and spoke strongly. At Adult Scrutiny committee about 40 service users and carers attended and many made heartfelt speeches above the devastating effects the cuts would have if they went ahead.
"At one point clearly exasperated at being required to justify such damaging proposals Cllr Morton declared that all in the public gallery should ‘get real’.
"At this the room erupted and he was forced to withdraw the comment and apologise. Joyfully this was recorded and is available on line soon. The panel in the end voted to recommend to the Cabinet that they throw out SOME of the cuts proposals namely those relating to cuts in care packages, closure of some (but not all) day centres, and cuts to the voluntary sector."
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Other useful links
§ Save Autism Services Haringey.
§ "Who will listen now if you care for an adult with learning disabilities?" Article about Haringey's proposed cuts to Adult Learning disabilities services by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett in The Guardian 6 February 2015.
§ My own comment on her article posted on The Guardian website.
§ Cllr Peter Morton was at one time the "Head of Press" for the National Labour Party.
§ Peter Morton is on Twitter as @pjmmor. In 2015 he blocked me. This may have suggested reluctance to consider my critical views. twitter.com/pjmmor.
Get REAL Councillor Morton
10 February 2015. Anti-cuts demonstration at Haringey Civic Centre, Wood Green.
These posters criticised Haringey councillor Peter Morton the "Cabinet Member" in charge of the borough's adult services.
Morton is now infamous for his gross insensitivity at a previous public meeting on 22 January 2015. Faced with strong and emotionally charged criticism from service users and their families, Cllr Morton told them to "get real", as he attempted to defend the brutal cuts he and his right-wing "Labour" colleagues proposed.
(Please see quote below for source of this information.)
§ Website report by 38 Degrees about the Haringey Scrutiny Committee 22 January 2015.
"Haringey People First attended the 22nd January [2015] Council’s Adults and Health scrutiny committee (of backbench Councillors) in impressive numbers and spoke strongly. At Adult Scrutiny committee about 40 service users and carers attended and many made heartfelt speeches above the devastating effects the cuts would have if they went ahead.
"At one point clearly exasperated at being required to justify such damaging proposals Cllr Morton declared that all in the public gallery should ‘get real’.
"At this the room erupted and he was forced to withdraw the comment and apologise. Joyfully this was recorded and is available on line soon. The panel in the end voted to recommend to the Cabinet that they throw out SOME of the cuts proposals namely those relating to cuts in care packages, closure of some (but not all) day centres, and cuts to the voluntary sector."
____________________________________
Other useful links
§ Save Autism Services Haringey.
§ "Who will listen now if you care for an adult with learning disabilities?" Article about Haringey's proposed cuts to Adult Learning disabilities services by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett in The Guardian 6 February 2015.
§ My own comment on her article posted on The Guardian website.
§ Cllr Peter Morton was at one time the "Head of Press" for the National Labour Party.
§ Peter Morton is on Twitter as @pjmmor. In 2015 he blocked me. This may have suggested reluctance to consider my critical views. twitter.com/pjmmor.