On the morning of the 9th June the prospect of the leadership election did not fill me with any excitement. The idea of four New Labour ministers engaging in a turgid, managerial debate in public for a number of months, would not have offered the real debate the party needed, and filled me with dread. […]
Posts Tagged ‘Diane Abbott’
GMB & UCATT Nominate Ed Miliband, CWU goes for Balls and ASLEF for Abbott
Jul 15th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.The GMB, the first of the big three unions to nominate, and UCATT have decided to nominate Ed Miliband for the Labour Leadership which is a big boost for the Ed Miliband campaign. The Communication Workers have gone for Ed Balls, and Diane Abbott has won Aslef, the train drivers union. Until today, the only […]
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Turn the Page, Change the Party
Jul 13th, 2010 by Diane Abbott.This leadership contest is a pivotal moment for the Labour Party. For the first time in 13 years, Labour has been given the opportunity to revamp the party from the top down. It is an offer we must grab with both hands. Not since the 2007 deputy leadership contest have we had the chance to […]
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Rail union backs Diane Abbott for Leader
Jul 9th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.The leadership of the TSSA rail union today backed Diane Abbott as the next Labour leader. The 30,000 strong members of the white collar union were urged by their union executive to support the left wing candidate in the hustings which close in advance of the party’s conference in September.
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Livingstone comes out for Balls
Jul 5th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.Ken Livingstone has given his backing in the Labour Leadership contest to Ed Balls. In his latest campaign leaflet, launched today, amongst other declarations of people saying “why we’re backing Ed“, Ken says: “I was impressed that, more than any other Minister, Ed was in command of his civil servants and was able to drive […]
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Labour Leadership election – Prediction
Jun 29th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.It’s still early days to predict the outcome of the Leadership election especially in the trade union ballots but Labour List and Luke Akehurst started it in the Labour blogosphere so here’s my take. 1st Pref (%) PLP TUs CLPs Total Abbott 3 7 8 18 Balls 5 7 3 15 Burnham 4 3 3 […]
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Abbott is the vote winner
Jun 21st, 2010 by Jon Lansman.Thanks to Mike Smithson at PoliticialBetting.com for pointing out that Diane Abbott is a vote winner – and that’s fact not opinion. Comparing the last two elections on a like–for-like basis (i.e. adjusting for boundary changes), Diane’s vote went up by 6% or well over 10,000 votes. All other candidates saw a reduction in their […]
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Support Diane for Leader
Jun 10th, 2010 by Peter Willsman.Diane Abbott’s leadership campaign has excited comrades about the possibilities that have been opened up. The party’s left wing will, for the first time since the 1980s, be able to participate in the contest and put its views before the party membership. Additionally, the left is putting forward a candidate who has wide appeal. In […]
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Towards an inclusive Labour Party
Jun 9th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.The valid nomination of five candidates including Diane Abbott for the Leadership of the Labour Party should herald a new era for the Labour Party, of diversity and inclusivity. Whilst Labour has been far more diverse than other parties in terms of the number of women and black and minority ethnic people at senior levels, […]
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Diane Abbott: extend the deadline to 5:30pm!
Jun 9th, 2010 by Jon Lansman.Following John McDonnell’s honorable withdrawal from the Leadership contest, the key issue is whether Diane Abbott has time to gather enough nominations. Harriet Harman’s nomination yesterday, and David Miliband’s statement just now, should make it possible in principle but physically gathering signatures of people who may not even be in the House of Commons and […]
