Councillor McAsh defects to the Greens

[CPR Dave]

Thanks James. I will correct my posts referencing full time work. His register of interests simply states "Primary School Teacher" without mentioning that it is limited hours. 

https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgDeclarationSubmission.aspx?UID=50001002&HID=2492&FID=0&HPID=0

 

The same claim is made elsewhere without mentioning part time or limited hours:

https://x.com/mcash?lang=en :

"Primary School Teacher"

"I am a teacher and this is my publicly stated desire to overthrow capitalism."

 

https://southwarknews.co.uk/featured/breaking-news-james-mcash-defects-to-the-green-party-seven-months-after-his-southwark-labour-leadership-victory-was-overturned/

"McAsh went on to say that “as a primary school teacher, trade unionist, and socialist, my values and principles have not changed, but they are no longer consistent with the Labour Party,” but added that they “are consistent with the Green Party”."

https://southwarklabour.com/profile/james-mcash/

"James is a local primary school teacher "

 

All of this implies regular employment as  full time teacher.

 

[Sue]

55 minutes ago, CPR Dave said:

Thanks James. I will correct my posts referencing full time work. His register of interests simply states "Primary School Teacher" without mentioning that it is limited hours. 

https://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/mgDeclarationSubmission.aspx?UID=50001002&HID=2492&FID=0&HPID=0

 

The same claim is made elsewhere without mentioning part time or limited hours:

https://x.com/mcash?lang=en :

"Primary School Teacher"

"I am a teacher and this is my publicly stated desire to overthrow capitalism."

 

https://southwarknews.co.uk/featured/breaking-news-james-mcash-defects-to-the-green-party-seven-months-after-his-southwark-labour-leadership-victory-was-overturned/

"McAsh went on to say that “as a primary school teacher, trade unionist, and socialist, my values and principles have not changed, but they are no longer consistent with the Labour Party,” but added that they “are consistent with the Green Party”."

https://southwarklabour.com/profile/james-mcash/

"James is a local primary school teacher "

 

All of this implies regular employment as  full time teacher.

 

I don't see anything he has said saying he works full time as a teacher?

Many teachers work part time.

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2 hours ago, James Barber said:

Most Councillors work full time and are councillors in their spare time. Some become full time councillors with Cabinet positions. Done well these are really full time roles. Imagine trying to sort out Southwark Council Housing where only half of repairs calls are completed. Utter chaos. 

The current administration introduced a lot of deputy roles with extra allowances. My lot have long argued these need to be significantly parred back. 

Because the previous Libdem/Tory coalition council did so much better? ....Oh wait. Selling off the Heygate at a bargain price and reducing the number of council homes it replaced? Being in opposition is so much easier isn't it James. 

The point on allowances etc is a valid one, and that is about finding the right balance between the responsibility of those cabinet roles and the role of service that should underpin all political aspirations in an ideal world. Holding down a full time job, while having to attend meetings and then deal with case work on top, is a huge ask imo. People in key roles need to have the time needed to do those roles effectively, so some renumeration makes sense. It's just a question of where the balance should be. McAsh has walked away from that, so his convictions are doing more talking than careerism arguably. 

18 hours ago, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

The idea that serving as a local councillor (including dealing with the public, internal party politics - which is always the most vicious where the stakes are lowest, and plenty of unpaid prep work) is a great pathway for careerists and moneygrabbers is utter shite. On a per hour basis you'd be far better off working at Sainsbos.

Worth pointing out that most MPs started out as party/ political activists/ campaigners on a local level. Different parties have different processes for selecting candidates, but everyone starts out at a low level.