Johann has consolidated her lead in the race to be Leader of Scottish Labour, it emerged today, as supporting nominations were published by the Scottish Party.She now leads in every section of the electoral college, with a commanding lead in the trade union and affiliates section when the size of organisations is taken into account. [...]
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Nominations close in Scottish Labour leadership election
Nov 4th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Nominations closed today in the contest for Leader and Deputy Leader of Scottish Labour, with three valid candidates for each contest Johann Lamont is narrowly ahead in nominations for the Leadership and both she and Davidson have also got the backing of the GMB, although Anas Sarwar is well ahead in nominations for the deputy [...]
Scottish Labour Leadership: nominations open
Oct 31st, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Following Scottish Labour’s special conference on Saturday, at which new rules for electing Scotland’s own Labour leader were agreed, nominations open today for the positions of Leader and Deputy Leader. Known candidates for Leader are MSPs Johann Lamont (the current Deputy Leader, a former teacher and housing minister, and on the Left of the party) and [...]
Labour’s not a greasy pole; it’s for taking on the abusers of power
Oct 11th, 2011 by Michael Meacher.I gather that someone called Luke Akehurst has complained that my comments on the recent Shadow Cabinet appointments did not compliment those who were successful, commiserate with those who were left out or discuss the personal qualities of the contenders. That response is symptomatic of everything that has been wrong with the Labour Party over [...]
Reshuffle: Ed emerges strengthened, slightly
Oct 7th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Taken as a whole, the reshuffle could have been worse. Rumours about the reappearance of Lords Falconer and Adonis and Alan Johnson didn’t materialise and it looks like Ed Miliband eventually recognised the need to focus on the balance of his support. The Blairites have taken a slight knock and Ed has more people inside [...]
Ed: this reshuffle could be your last chance
Oct 6th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Ed. Please listen. This is a matter of life and death. Your life and death, in fact, as Leader of the party. You had a bad conference. Not “a grotesque, cataclysm” of a conference, as Dan Hodges howled and many of your shadow cabinet whispered. But a conference in which your actions, in spite of [...]
Ed’s speech: the verdict
Sep 28th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Ed Miliband’s speech today was aimed at different audiences. Those of us in the hall, on left and right, will have liked some parts and disliked others. Here are some left viewpoints: Bookmarks Hide Sites
The wind of change is blowing through the Labour Party
Sep 28th, 2011 by Michael Meacher.For the first time in more than 15 years the true values and principles of the Labour Party were proclaimed by a Labour Leader in his Conference speech. Gone was the attempt to present modernisation as accommodating the banks, big business and of course the Murdoch press. Gone was the effort to align Labour with [...]
Jim Murphy: positioning for a leadership challenge?
Sep 26th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Jim Murphy spoke to conference this morning to “challenge the ill-informed orthodoxy of the past which says that Labour is the party of the NHS and the Tories are the party of the Forces.” He made a firmer anti-cuts speech than most of his shadow colleagues. He unveiled the cut price deal for veterans to join [...]
Why votes for supporters is a recipe for corruption
Sep 20th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Labour’s National executive is still deliberating on Refounding Labour. Labour List reports that “Labour will be recruiting “registered supporters” locally, who will get to vote in the Labour leadership campaign in the affiliates section (often referred to, somewhat inaccurately, as the union section)“. This is wrong in principle. It is a recipe for corruption. And [...]
