A critique of Labour’s NPF International Policy Commission Document.

Before looking at the very limited content of this International Policy consultation document, a word on its methodology. The provision of extremely short, and what are obviously seen by its authors (from their entirely neoliberal status quo mindset) as deliberately non-controversial “motherhood and apple pie” bland statements in all these “consultation documents”, interleaved with the asking of a wide range of  hugely broad general questions, is a quite deliberate abdication by the authors. Their task is to actually assemble facts, analyse them, relate them to the Corbyn Leadership outline policy proposals that secured his victory, and then offer a range of amended policy proposals for comment by the members and the public. There is no evidence whatsoever that the NPF’s authors take any notice of the submissions made to them. Continue reading →