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.
My columns from last week:
posted by Luke Akehurst at 10:23 pm
Labour MP for North Durham since 2024. 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. Dad. Unite and GMB union member. All views expressed in a personal capacity. The rest will become evident from reading the blog.
1 Comments:
"It also means we may lose deterrent capabilities – I don’t just mean our strategic nuclear deterrent (sic)."
I am not at all sure that this ever existed in the first place.
When Galtieri invaded the Falkland Islands he did not worry about Britain having nuclear weapons.
Luke has always been extremely gracious in posting comments like this one. However, he has never addressed the points raised.
4:24 pm, February 25, 2013
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