Many suspected that the decision at last year’s Labour Students Conference to delay a verdict on implementing One Member One Vote (OMOV) until after a consultation was simply a delaying tactic so that OMOV could be voted down at National Council this year. Those fears were confirmed the moment delegates arrived on Saturday as we were handed the results of the ‘consultation’ containing some incredible claims about the effects of changing the voting system- claims that were clearly designed to pre-determine the outcome of the vote. Continue reading →