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.
An interesting account of Jules Pipe, the Labour Elected Mayor of Hackney, the authority where I am a councillor, taking on Eric Pickles at the London Councils' Summit:
posted by Luke Akehurst at 1:13 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.
2 Comments:
Interesting? More like extremely biased.
6:42 pm, November 09, 2010
Thanks for sharing this.
I'm of the opinion that for political reasons Labour need to make the position of a Tory cabinet minister untenable, whether by uncovering evidence of malfeasance, exposing incompetence or just amplifying a press backlash such that Cameron decides to ask them to resign.
And for policy reasons, the natural target for that ought to be Pickles, because he's on a crusade to chuck the vulnerable out of the lifeboat. No other minister could do as much damage as Pickles seems rabidly eager to do.
1:16 am, November 11, 2010
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