Progress column
My Progress column this week is a response to Jack Straw's call for abolition of the European Parliament:
http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2012/02/22/back-to-the-1970s/
posted by Luke Akehurst at 3:46 pm
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
http://www.progressonline.org.uk/2012/02/22/back-to-the-1970s/
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:
"It represents a kind of chauvinism too often found in the Commons where MPs think that the world revolves around Westminster and that being an MP is the only worthwhile political office to hold..."
A worse problem is so many MPs thinking that holding ministerial office is all that really matters.
Peter Mandelson complained about his career being ended when all that happened was that he was sacked from the cabinet.
As a backbencher, I think that Margaret Hodge has improved a lot lately.
Where would we be without MPs who did not seek government office, people like Syd Silvermann?
3:40 pm, February 23, 2012
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