The Purple Book
My response (with fellow NEC member Johanna Baxter) here:
http://www.labourlist.org/nec-members-criticise-purple-book-briefing
posted by Luke Akehurst at 6:34 pm
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
http://www.labourlist.org/nec-members-criticise-purple-book-briefing
About Me
- Name: Luke Akehurst
- Location: Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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.
1 Comments:
Agree with your comments.
Reading your comments I see a difference in your views to those of the Far Right of the party e.g. your views on public service reform and your support for Ed Miliband.
The thing that is frustrating me about the party at present is a void at its heart. You've got the hardline Blairites who still seem to wield considerable power in terms of Progress and seem to be less than supportive of the current leadership. Then in terms of NEC elections you have the Grassroots Alliance who are a fairly motley bunch probably a third of which I would favour and two thirds of which I wouldn't e.g. CLPD members vehmently opposed to electoral reform.
The Blue Labour stuff seems reactionary and worrying.
11:47 pm, April 20, 2011
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