Labourlist column
My labourlist column this week is about the forthcoming publication of the Purple Book:
http://www.labourlist.org/luke-akehurst-in-defence-of-ivan-lewis-and-the-purple-book
posted by Luke Akehurst at 9:03 am
Monday, September 12, 2011
http://www.labourlist.org/luke-akehurst-in-defence-of-ivan-lewis-and-the-purple-book
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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.
4 Comments:
Totally off topic but...Stoke Newington carved up between 2 constituencies in the boundary review!!!! If the BCE has repeated abominations like this throughout the country there might be a chance yet to kill this gerrymandering bill.
10:33 pm, September 12, 2011
I'm not sure that it is on Luke's reading list, but "Off Message" by Bob Marshall-Andrews is well worth reading.
And some of the people in Labour's High Command now admit that Labour got many of these issues wrong at the time.
11:12 am, September 13, 2011
Toby Chopra
Oh, make no mistake, it has....
Some of the Cumbrian seats, for example, are a genuine disgrace.
12:30 am, September 14, 2011
Following the other comments, I think that there is a strong chance thst this will be defeated.
The whole premise of having too many MPs is total nonsense anyway.
And there is appalling cynicism behind it as the number of ministers and parliamentary hangers-on will not be reduced. Thus the power of the government over parliament will increase.
However, I am doubtful that the Conservative Party will benefit as much as they think.
10:03 am, September 14, 2011
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