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 I was an opposition leader with a mid-term lead of only 1%, I would not be demanding an early General Election which would take place at exactly the point at which the new PM was enjoying their political honeymoon.
posted by Luke Akehurst at 9:24 am
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.
6 Comments:
Is the young gentleman stealing the old gentleman's clothes again here? Didn't Ming demand this a whole day earlier and reshuffle this daft woman into "International affairs" Will the old gent's clothes fit him? Does Ming have a pair of blue Contours?
9:50 am, December 19, 2006
Did I say "Contours"? He's probably got some of those. But i think what i really meant was the opposite like these where the emphasis this season is on RED!
12:51 pm, December 19, 2006
Will Brown get a honeymoon?
4:49 pm, December 19, 2006
The most recent time there was a change of PM mid-term (Thatcher to Major) it led to the government going from 8% behind to 5% ahead in the space of 2 months.
5:22 pm, December 19, 2006
Hey Luke ... that's true ... but we were talking the extremely charismatic John Major ... I'm not sure John McDonnell can quite match that chutzpah ... though ... spooky sign for conspiracists ... they have the same initials Cheers!
10:06 am, December 20, 2006
True Chris P, whereas Blair and Thatcher only have the same privatisation and "populist" military adventure policies! Gotcha!
10:12 am, December 20, 2006
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