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.
From 49.9% of the electoral college with Benn just a couple of decades ago to the pathetic rag-tag-and-bobtail 27 nominations that McDonnell can muster now:
posted by Luke Akehurst at 9:46 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.
2 Comments:
Probably accurately reflects the droves who have abandoned the Party (or were abandoned by it) during the last decade of Blair's period of "building a mass party".
3:43 am, May 16, 2007
Bob Piper is spot on. You fellas have hollowed out the Labour Party so that it is at best a Patriarchal one nation equal opportunity and choice party. Not one *representing* workers so much as ameliorating the effects of bosses on them.
And jeering at those who'd prefer to see a contest than another 50,000 leaving does not become a would be MP. Let's hope it's 45 by the time I press the publish button.
1:20 pm, May 16, 2007
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