With business leaders, even the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce, now slamming Osborne’s policy for indecision, equivocation, short-termism and political manipulation, Labour must now be poised to take a decisive lead in the crucial area of economic policy. But if it is going to consolidate a lead which at present is much […]
Posts Tagged ‘Party Rules’
To consolidate its lead Labour now needs to correct 3 major mistakes
Jul 23rd, 2012 by Michael Meacher.
At last, let’s have a policy process which empowers members
May 21st, 2012 by Jon Lansman.Last week we welcomed Ed’s replacement of Liam Byrne with Jon Cruddas and his nomination of Angela Eagle to chair Labour’s national policy forum. The fact was that Liam Byrne had wasted 18 months without any genuine advance in the policy review, and Peter Hain had failed to establish a working model of member participation […]
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The question now is not will we win with Ed, but how we win with Ed
May 4th, 2012 by Jon Lansman.Who says we cannot win with Ed Miliband as Leader? It was only in January that a meeting of leading Progress MPs decided not to challenge him this side of a general election — not because they really back him but because they couldn’t bring themselves to back Balls or Cooper, and they didn’t have a […]
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In defence of Eric Joyce
Mar 10th, 2012 by Jon Lansman.It is not every day that we devote space to the defence of centre-right Labour MPs; nor do we in any way condone the drunken and violent behaviour of Eric Joyce in the Strangers Bar at the House of Commons. However, when we read today that “Labour officials made it clear that Joyce who has […]
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Call for Labour inquiry into the organisation & activities of party-within-a-party Progress
Feb 20th, 2012 by Jon Lansman.A 20-page dossier which seems to have been widely circulated, including to all Labour constituency party secretaries, is calling on Labour’s national executive to “determine the organisational nature of Progress, and whether or not this form of organisation is acceptable inside the Labour Party.” The extremely high level of funding of Progress, combined with periodic […]
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10 ways in which Refounding Labour might actually happen
Jan 23rd, 2012 by Jon Lansman.Were you or your local party consulted about our new commitments on freezing public sector pay or not reversing Tory cuts? No? And what about or policy review more generally — have you felt any more involved than you did in the New Labour years? We thought not. As it happens, you’ve got one more week […]
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Thurrock selection: stitch-up or not, Labour’s process stinks
Nov 15th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Labour’s parliamentary selection process comes under the spotlight again as criticisms are made of the process in Thurrock, Essex. Sarah Mackinlay, the daughter of Andrew Mackinlay who lost the seat last year retired at the general election, has been kept off the shortlist of two but Polly Billington, a close aide to Ed Miliband, has […]
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“Spring Revolt” sweeps Labour conference hall
Sep 28th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.After days of frustration at continuing manipulation of the conference agenda by party managers, a “spring revolt” broke out in Labour’s conference this morning. As a number of rule changes were proposed by constituency delegates, speaker after speaker spoke to loud applause and cheers in favour of the need for fairness and justice for constituency members […]
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Labour conference: resentment at manipulation grows
Sep 27th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.This morning, Labour’s conference gave another indication that its patience with party managers’ manipulation is running out. We reported the noisy dissatisfaction on Sunday with the railroading of Refounding Labour. This morning, they clearly resented the further gagging of those constituencies who proposed a rule change 18 months ago designed to prevent the “parachuting‟ of […]
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Proposed ban on parachuting candidates into safe seats blocked by sharp practice
Sep 27th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.First we had the stitch-up. Then the farce. But today, Labour’s party managers have excelled themselves in their cynical manipulation of Labour’s conference agenda. The Conference Arrangements Committee, in its interpretation of the rulebook, has added new dimensions to the elasticity of meaning. Delegates from six constituency parties (Amber Valley, Blackpool South, Caerphilly, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newport West, […]
