Win or lose, the London elections have been good for Labour and good for democracy
posted by Luke Akehurst at 9:30 pm
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
About Me
- 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.
12 Comments:
I don't want to rain on your parade, it doesn't sound like you expect to win on Thursday.
11:41 pm, April 29, 2008
Your usual balls.
You've beem desperately trying to boost Labour in the face of all the evidence to the contrary that it is knackered. At the eleventh hour, you come up with the cacky formula for your own embarassment "good for Labour".
Wot like getting a cold shower every morning when you were at school.
11:45 pm, April 29, 2008
I enjoyed reading your column. You are spot on with your obervations on the 'good for democracy' angle and the positives of having to fight London-wide, because of the voting system(s). I have more on www.londonersvotescount.org.uk - but you have put nicely into the Labour context.
12:45 am, April 30, 2008
Oh shut up!
9:05 am, April 30, 2008
Going forward we will take positive lessons from our massacre at the polls and the whole Party will benefit from being as popular as Pol Pot and seeing membership plummet.
9:45 am, April 30, 2008
Luke,
It's probably worth showing this to every single soft Boris vote or undecided:
http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/31907,opinion,a-serious-boris-you-must-be-joking
10:00 am, April 30, 2008
A May 3rd question more than anything, but if Ken loses then we (ie. Labour) need to have a serious think about how we do London politics as the last decade has been driving blind in my view.
10:02 am, April 30, 2008
Given up already Luke?
10:59 am, April 30, 2008
It's reunited London Labour around the glorious Livingstone...
...who then can't keep his trap shut long enough to not back the Respect Party's candidates for the Assembly, or to hold off from going campaigning with Jenny Jones.
I would have expected you to be the first to back his expulsion over that. Maybe if he loses Friday you will be.
1:37 pm, April 30, 2008
I'm backing Boris
1:52 pm, April 30, 2008
I'm backing Boris
1:52 pm, April 30, 2008
Twice!
1:53 pm, April 30, 2008
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