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.
Just the one by-election last night:
posted by Luke Akehurst at 7:52 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:
I love this 'swing to conservative' stuff. Only under such an absurd system -first-past-the-post, would a party who actually DROPPED percentage share be described in such a way. When are we going to get rid of this rotten system?
8:46 pm, June 12, 2009
Neil Harding:
Maybe when Labour get round to reading their 1997 Election Manifesto LOL
I can just picture the scene in Downing Street - "Oh blimey! Look guys, I've just cast a glance over our previous manifesto and you'll never believe this, but, we were supposed to have brought in a fairer voting system under PR by now"
"OMG! How did we miss that?"
"Dunno, Spect its 'cos we is such a bunch of lying Bar Stewards"
all fall about laughing, until they realise what's going to happen to them at the GE - then all fall about crying.
9:30 pm, June 12, 2009
They are imbeciles in Stockport
10:54 pm, June 12, 2009
"They are imbeciles in Stockport!
"Swing of 2.6% from LD to Con since 2008."
Quite !
GW
1:23 pm, June 13, 2009
On a more important note this council seat is in the Cheadle Constituency which once upon a time was one of the Conservative Party's strong holds in the North West.
Judging by the current activity or should that be lack of by Cheadle Tories they will probably not regain their seat this time.
3:14 pm, June 13, 2009
During 1979-1997 had we had PR the Tories would never have had such a majority!
During the reign of the Tories many Labour MP's were campaigning for PR!
Why has Labour failed the electorate in bringing in PR?
12:44 am, June 14, 2009
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