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.
There was only one by-election yesterday:
posted by Luke Akehurst at 8:41 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.
3 Comments:
Oliver's Battery & Badgers' Farm Ward? Really?
1:12 pm, January 28, 2011
Total votes cast down by over 1000, Labour votes up by 36 (more than labour received in 2008!).
1:11 pm, January 29, 2011
Luke, diversifying for the moment, take a look at 'One End of Kent' to see what is going on between the local Labour councillors as a prelude to the May local elections. You couldn't invent this kind of insanity which seems to stem from petty local in-house rivalries.
8:26 pm, January 29, 2011
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