A blog by Luke Akehurst about politics, elections, and the Labour Party - With subtitles for the Hard of Left. Just for the record: all the views expressed here are entirely personal and do not necessarily represent the positions of any organisations I am a member of.
Apologies for the lack of posts. I've been in The Hague attending the 15th anniversary conference of ECOSY, the youth section of the Party of European Socialists, as a Veteran (Euro poltical speak for has-been) - I was Vice-President of ECOSY for 4 years back in my youth... normal service will resume tomorrow.
posted by Luke Akehurst at 4:57 pm
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.
5 Comments:
It's a shame current Young Labour members weren't invited Luke (I know you aren't responsible)...
Do you know if there was anyway we could have gone?
7:42 am, November 20, 2007
The delegations are actually very small because there are now about 40 member organisations - so tends just to be national officers of organisations who attend. The event each year that larger numbers of people can attend is the Summer Camp - there's no limit on the delegation size - for instance our Italian sister organisation regularly sends over 100 people and I think 25 from the UK went to Romania a couple of years ago - though there would be a limit to how many Young Labour could afford to pay for. I don't think the date has been set yet for this year. The Labour Students & Young Labour offices nationally would put the delegation together.
8:04 am, November 20, 2007
They don't advertise the camp to Young Labour members though. Well not in the last three years anyway.
What is the Young Labour office you refer to? There are no allocated staff members, and the National Committee never meets. Please let me know!
11:46 pm, November 20, 2007
I hope you paid for this trip yourself!
12:21 pm, November 22, 2007
Yes I did.
4:01 pm, November 22, 2007
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