Across the line
Hazel is now past the magic 44 thanks to Hilary Armstrong, Stephen Byers, Alan Milburn and Martyn Jones: http://www.hazelblears.com/?cat=11
posted by Luke Akehurst at 2:52 pm
Friday, May 11, 2007
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- Name: Luke Akehurst
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Labour Party activist since 1988 - firmly on the moderate wing of the party. Member of Labour’s NEC 2010-2012 and since 2020. National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001) and Castle Point (2005). Hackney Councillor (Chatham Ward) 2002-2014, Labour Group Chief Whip 2002-09, Chair of Health Scrutiny 2010-2014. Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, electoral reform. Guardian reader. Dad. Oxford resident. Unite union member. Employment history as a Labour Party Organiser, Local Government Political Assistant, Director at a Public Affairs company. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
10 Comments:
Byers and Milburn? Blimey.
5:33 pm, May 11, 2007
Sheesh. That's like poison. The only DL candidate who hasn't got with the trip and dropped the New. Though her brochure and letter have. Talk of Tomorrow's Labour - Tomorrow's Politics - Tomorrow's Party. Which is better than new isn't it?
6:18 pm, May 11, 2007
"Byers and Milburn? "
And Kelly...and Armstrong...I feel almost scared by her supporters list!
6:21 pm, May 11, 2007
I hope she poclaims the support of Byers and Milburn far and wide!
I know that it would make Labour Party members soooo much more inclined to vote for her...
1:09 am, May 12, 2007
Luke-
I'm somewhat to the left of your good self, but not massively.
I hope to be able to vote
1) Cruddas
2) Blears
My reason - by a long shot they are the two candidates who seem to be taking campaigning / electioneering seriously, rather than grandstanding. Sure, they have fairly different views on how the Party should develop its electoral and campaigning strategy, but they both realise that we're nowhere, but nowhere without a highly effective campaign next time round.
Sometimes I think some of the other candidates are making excellent speeches for the early days of oppositon, and that's not what I want to hear.
Would you appreciate the support, and admire the logic, or do you think this is an idiotic position.
1:37 am, May 12, 2007
So you lambast Cruddas for being endorsed by CLPD (whether he sought their support or not!!).
Yet Blears is being supported by someone who advocated abolishing inheritance tax.
1:17 pm, May 12, 2007
With a list like that, who needs enemies. Scary.......In with the Old , out with the New (Labour)
2:33 pm, May 12, 2007
As a Crudddas supporter, I will voting for him to become Deputy Leader and hope that Gordon appoints Hazel Blears as Deputy Prime Minister.
2:27 pm, May 13, 2007
Cllr who? I think there is a lot of logic to your position. Hazel and Jon are the 2 candidates who are clearly coming at the job with a grassroots organisation/campaigning/membership agenda.
Caroline why not vote for Hazel to be DL and urge Brown to make Jon party chair?
3:50 pm, May 13, 2007
Why not urge Gordon to have an elected Party Chair whether Jon wins the DL election or not. Why can't we elect at least 1 position on a regular basis in Govt. At least Gordon will be able to take the pulse of the membership
12:29 pm, May 14, 2007
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