Leo Pollak Southwark’s cabinet member for housing has resigned after it emerged he was using an anonymous Twitter account to criticise community groups. An investigation from South London Press revealed that Cllr Leo Pollak was operating under the name @SouthwarkYIMBY, a play on NIMBY (Not-in-my-back-yard), to promote council schemes and house building. But he was also slamming resident-led campaigns – this month @SouthwarkYIMBY labelled the Save Long Lane Ballcourt and Garden campaign “pathetic nimbyism”. The South London Press investigation found that the account was using an email – though it was starred for anonymity – that was “remarkably” similar to Cllr Pollak’s council one and had a starred phone contact which shared the final two digits with his publicly-listed mobile number.
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