On the weekend of 24/5 February, Labour Students held its National Conference in Manchester. At this conference really important motions were discussed in terms of reforming the organisation’s internal workings. Aberystwyth University Labour Club had sent in a motion to introduce one-member-one-vote in elections to national committee. The motion passed but with amendments from national committee […]
Posts Tagged ‘Young Labour’
The case for OMOV in Labour Students
Feb 22nd, 2012 by Shelly Asquith.Next week Labour Students will be holding their National Conference – an event the organisation refers to as ‘democratic ’. Policy is discussed, motions are debated and officers are elected. But there is one flaw in the democratic process of National Conference: not everyone is allowed to vote.
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Youth unemployment: Young Labour should make its voice heard
Nov 16th, 2011 by David Osler.When I was a member of the Labour Party Young Socialists, we prided ourselves on being as much of a pain in the arse to the adult party as was humanly possible. In those rare moments when we were not heatedly discussing finer points of the Transitional Programme and passing resolutions demanding the nationalisation of the […]
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Refounding Labour offers young people nothing
Sep 19th, 2011 by Jon Lansman.Last week’s decisions on the final recommendations of Refounding Labour by Labour’s national executive’s Organisation Committee offered absolutely nothing to young people. Not even a passing reference. Not surprising then the Chair of Young Labour, Susan Nash, and the NEC youth and student rep, Callum Munro, have to issue a call this morning for a party […]
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Callum Munro for the NEC Youth place
Nov 22nd, 2010 by Jon Lansman.The youth place on Labour’s national executive is up for election at a Young Labour ‘event’ planned to take place in Scotland on 11-13 February 2011, venue to be announced. The deadline for nominations for this and the posts of regional representatives on the Young Labour National Committee is given as 10 December 2010. The […]
