Apocalypse now part 2
Just received, in my capacity as a CLP Membership Secretary, a resignation from the Party in protest at the attempted coup.
posted by Luke Akehurst at 9:52 am
Thursday, September 07, 2006
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- Name: Luke Akehurst
- Location: North Durham, County Durham, United Kingdom
Labour MP for North Durham since 2024. 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. Dad. Unite and GMB union member. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
7 Comments:
Gordon is destroying himself. He's never been so close - or so far - from being leader. He deserves to be given the David Davis treatment.
10:42 am, September 07, 2006
I have never more than a handful of "activists" (as opposed to paper members or armchair resolutionaries) who have drifted away because of Blair - they are a creature of mythology - and if they existed why would they be any more inspired by Brown - unless there are some policy changes he will make that he is not telling us about.
11:39 am, September 07, 2006
I think the letter and resignations are part of "Brown starts(ing)his leadership challenge" - you don't think Tom Watson etc would have moved without at least a wink from Gordon do you?
12:37 pm, September 07, 2006
tom watson must feel a bit foolish now. i'll be selling "I chineed tom watson" and "Khalid Who?" t shirts and badges at conference
3:30 pm, September 07, 2006
Tut tut! Have you been writing letters to yourself again, Luke baby?
11:43 pm, September 07, 2006
Harry - not seen an active labour party in Northern England. Theres a very active 1 in Manchester.
12:37 am, September 08, 2006
A soft socialist said...
Harry - not seen an active labour party in Northern England. Theres a very active 1 in Manchester.
Manchester, to some of us, is not Northern England but the Midlands. But, as you're "soft" you must be a bloody southerner!
11:59 am, September 09, 2006
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