Labourlist column
My Labourlist column previews this May's elections: http://labourlist.org/2012/04/may-elections-ready-reckoner/
posted by Luke Akehurst at 11:36 am
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
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.
1 Comments:
These seats were last fought after Gordon Brown, supported on this occasion by Ed Balls, thought it would be a neat idea to scrap the 10p tax rate to finance the cut in the standard rate.
The consequences were far from hilarious.
2:11 pm, April 04, 2012
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