Labourlist column
My Eastleigh results analysis: http://labourlist.org/2013/03/feeling-flat-after-eastleigh/
posted by Luke Akehurst at 12:13 pm
Monday, March 04, 2013
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:
Some interesting and good points.
A few observations on UKIP:
1. A presentable and competent candidate
2. Some local organisation. A full slate of candidates in the 2012 local elections and a reasonable vote for them.
3. The Conservative Party sought to beat UKIP by triangulation with them rather than confronting them.
This only gave credibility to their arguments and helped them.
Andrew Rawnsley yesterday commented on this in yesterday's Observer.
I hope this proves useful.
5:29 pm, March 04, 2013
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