NEC Report
My NEC report on conference is now online at Labourlist:
http://www.labourlist.org/annual-conference---nec-report
posted by Luke Akehurst at 9:46 am
Monday, October 03, 2011
http://www.labourlist.org/annual-conference---nec-report
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- 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.
3 Comments:
"We really need to start showing some respect for all our former leaders, particularly if they are ones who won three general elections"
It is true that Labour won three elections under Blair's leadership.
However, that is not the same as saying that Labour could not have won under someone else's leadership. Even Kinnock would have really had his work cut out to lose the 1997 election!
11:15 am, October 03, 2011
Hell, Foot would have found it hard to lose *that* one :))
12:42 am, October 04, 2011
I think that that third election victory needs to be put into context. Labour's share of the vote was below 1979 when it lost decisively.
Labour's vote tally was just 9.55 million. By contrast, in the disastrous defeat of 1987, Labour managed to poll 10 million votes.
So it is important to bear these facts in mind when assessing Blair's electoral success.
9:59 am, October 04, 2011
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