Labourlist column
My labourlist column today is about Labour's lost 5 million voters:
http://labourlist.org/2012/06/loose-talk-about-being-more-leftwing-is-it-justified/
posted by Luke Akehurst at 4:08 pm
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
http://labourlist.org/2012/06/loose-talk-about-being-more-leftwing-is-it-justified/
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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.
1 Comments:
Luke makes some good points.
However, he should recognise that winning elections is not simply about policies.
The Republican Party is a very clear example of how it is possible to win elections despite most people opposing your policies.
There are other factors at work.
Take Ed Miliband as an example. Now, there is somebody who is generally very competent and that helps a great deal. That distinguishes him very clearly from Kinnock.
The way that a candidate looks and speaks is very important too. That is why I have, in the past, pointed out that Miliband needed to address his 'cartoon' mouth.
Well, he has. So that's not a problem now.
If he has not done so already, Luke needs to read Drew Westen's book "The Political Brain"
1:01 pm, June 28, 2012
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