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.
Good news from Down Under. Labor has opened up what The Australian is calling a "crushing lead" over John Howard's Coalition government.
posted by Luke Akehurst at 9:48 pm
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:
my friend, a Brit, but who has been resident in Oz for 10 years, and retains his support for left of centre politics, tells me that the current situation over there reminds him of the UK in 1997 - and i think we know what happened then. So good luck to our social democratic Labor colleagues in Australia.
10:10 pm, September 03, 2007
Maybe Tony Blair will apply for the job of Leader. Mind you, he'd have to learn to drink a bit more and to engage in "inappropriate behaviour" in strip clubs.
12:50 am, September 04, 2007
Rudd as foreign guest at conference?
If he's going to win big...
10:14 am, September 04, 2007
Meanwhile a little closer to home ... Guido, the fearless freedom fighter is running a so-old internet story and a map from Reporters Sans Frontieres without even a click through to RSF. Slogan for the day Comrades: Intellectual property needs a minimum of a hat tip.
11:53 am, September 04, 2007
Blair I believe did spend several years of his early life in Australia so maybe he retains a fondness for the country, hes certainly fond of at least one Australian (although I belive one who now has US citizenship).
If only Rudd had a different first name... Its not right to have a Kevin as a Prime Ministerputb
10:39 am, September 05, 2007
Lets hope that the incoming Labour government get rid of the draconian right wing Industrial Relation laws that Howard brought in and not betray workers like Blair did, by keeping these anti TU laws in place.
12:57 pm, September 08, 2007
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