It is another case of Corbynite militants overthrowing a moderate Labour politician. Or so I thought when I read this morning that Warren Morgan, leader of Brighton and Hove Council, has been driven out by the left of his party – he will step down as leader in May and not stand again as a councillor when his term expires in 2019. It has similarities to what happened to Claire Kober, former Labour leader of Haringey council, who recently resigned claiming ‘bullying’ by Jeremy Corbyn supporters.
But then I recalled the last time I read the names ‘Haringey’ and ‘Brighton and Hove’ in the same story. It was a few weeks ago in a story about the activities of private waste enforcement officers who have been deployed on the streets by local councils with a financial incentive to issue as many fines as they can.
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