Last night, the parliamentary Labour party debated and agreed to ballot Labour MPs on a rule change from Margaret Hodge and Ann Coffey – two of the MPs who last year nominated Liz Kendall – which sought to eject from his place on Labour’s national executive Steve Rotheram, MP for Liverpool Walton who nominated Andy Burnham. […]
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Make Labour’s rules up as you go along is still the 4.5%er preference
Jan 19th, 2016 by Jon Lansman.
Time for the Labour Left to debate reselection of MPs
Nov 28th, 2015 by David Osland.For the past three months, the very word ‘reselection’ has been unmentionable in Labour left circles, for fear that even talking about it would represent an unwarranted provocation of the Labour right. But as the events of the last 48 hours clearly underline, it’s time to break the taboo. At the very least, Corbyn supporters now […]
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Conference 2015: The Left makes gains on the NEC and policy
Oct 5th, 2015 by James Elliott.While most media commentators, predictably, have focused on the big set-piece speeches from Corbyn, McDonnell and Watson, the first annual conference under the new leadership saw the first green shoots of party democracy. Media presentation and effective communication of the party’s popular messages is of course vital, but so too is getting those policies endorsed […]
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Emergency motion to Labour conference on Syria and ISIS
Sep 23rd, 2015 by Newsdesk.Readers will be aware of the likelihood that David Cameron will seek House of Commons support to extend UK participation in the bombing of Iraq to Syria in the near future. In discussion between various organisations, the following model emergency motion has been drafted. This is clearly life and death issue for the people of Syria. […]
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The case for mandatory reselection
Sep 6th, 2015 by Phil Burton-Cartledge.If you want to know what a good slice of political journalism in the 21st century looks like,Michael Crick’s “scoop” is an exemplar. It has it all. The anonymous source. The wild claims. Guilt-by-association. Bandwagon chasing. According to Michael, the “far left are preparing to oust several Labour MPs”. Sounds serious. He names the two […]
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Alice Perry and Jim McMahon’s report from Labour’s July executive
Jul 30th, 2015 by Alice Perry.Local government representatives on Labour’s National Executive Committee, Alice Perry and Jim McMahon, report on the National Executive Committee meeting on July 21st. Acting Leader’s report and general discussions Acting Leader Harriet Harman’s report sparked a lively debate on a number of issues including welfare reform, Syria, the leadership contest and the importance of party unity […]
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Peter Willsman’s report from Labour’s July executive
Jul 21st, 2015 by Peter Willsman.National Executive Committee 21 July 2015 At the start of the meeting, Jennie Formby, Unite rep, welcomed Christine Shawcroft back to the NEC after it had been agreed that Christine had no charges to answer in relation to Tower Hamlets. Leader’s report Harriet Harman explained her thinking regarding opposition to the budget, especially that we should […]
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CLPD recommends first preference for Diane Abbott, second for Sadiq Khan
Jul 7th, 2015 by Barry Gray.The London Labour Party is selecting its candidate to fight next May’s London Mayoral election. The ballot will take place alongside the leadership contest, from 14 August to 10 September. The position of London Mayor has important powers in the areas of transport, fire services, planning, policing and the environment. The Mayor also champions the interests […]
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I want to be the members’ champion
Jun 23rd, 2015 by Angela Eagle.It was one of the proudest days of my life when I was elected Chair of Labour’s National Executive Committee at Conference in September 2014. Accepting the role I recalled to those present that I shared this privilege with only eleven women MPs In over 100 years of Labour history including Ellen Wilkinson and the […]
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Today MPs will determine whether party members get real choice and real debate
Jun 15th, 2015 by Jon Lansman.Shortly after midday today we will learn whether Labour MPs have determined whether the party’s 200,000 plus members will be allowed to vote for Jeremy Corbyn to be their leader, whether a proper debate about what went wrong in May and what we need to do to put it right in five years time will be allowed to happen. Although many […]
