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.
If the Daily has got this right - clare-short-to-step-down - the composition of the PLP looks set to improve.
posted by Luke Akehurst at 10:59 pm
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.
4 Comments:
I thought about you when I read it. I thought you would have made an entry with the "good riddance" headline, but it was "rejoice, rejoice". So I got it wrong.
11:12 pm, September 11, 2006
We can guarantee she said it, The Daily's reporter was in the room as she uttered the words.
Whether she'd just had a long lunch and may now try to get out of it, we cannot say.
She made plenty of other extraordinary remarks while she was at it.
You're not planning to join her campaign for PR then, Luke? ;-)
11:31 pm, September 11, 2006
"We can guarantee she said it, The Daily's reporter was in the room as she uttered the words.
Whether she'd just had a long lunch and may now try to get out of it, we cannot say."
According to Ann Black's July NEC report, MPs should say if they want to stand again by 15 September. So it would make sense for her to have already decided to stand down.
11:39 pm, September 11, 2006
I've been a member of the Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform since 1990 and used to be on its Exec but I support PR for rather different reasons to Clare Short and definitely don't advocate the merits of hung parliaments while we have FPTP.
12:05 am, September 12, 2006
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