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.
Ed Miliband said today:
posted by Luke Akehurst at 11:59 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.
5 Comments:
I support him as well, but support for AV does not get me that excited. Should come out for STV. But then again he does have an election to win!
4:59 pm, July 02, 2010
And only AV is in the referendum question.
5:14 pm, July 02, 2010
True but he's not just campaigning for this September and next May. From his meeting with the socialist societies the other night he does convince me he is looking a little further on. I just think it is a shame in 2010 that not one of the candidates feels confident enough to openly support PR. Don't blame him though.
6:10 pm, July 02, 2010
I used to be a fan of PR but after this mess of a government I'm not too sure about it. Both the Tories and the lib dems are not really honouring their election promises.
As for AV I don't even understand how it works so I won't be voting for that.
I can honestly see the labour getting completely stitched over this. In particular reducing the number of MPs. Labour could end up being in opposition for good.
11:57 pm, July 02, 2010
40% cuts on the way, and so is a shit storm. This is going to trigger a national strike. The Tories seem he'll bent on sacking over a million people and not even having the balls to pay them off.
Surely this isn't legal.
11:16 pm, July 04, 2010
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