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.
"We also need to address negatives about Labour on immigration, welfare and fiscal responsibility."
Labour can demonstrate fiscal responsibility by opposing the £100 billion Trident nuclear status symbol. Incidentally, the French are now questioning theirs.
is the trigger ballot for MEPs conducted at CLP level (rather than ward branches), right? How many CLPs does a MEP need to win it? is 50.01% enough or is the threshold higher?
As for "One of the top two incumbent places must be a woman", considering there aren't regions with more than 2 sitting Labour MEPs, it's a bit of a non issue unless there are some defections to Labour in the next year.
Regarding Police Commissioners election, even assuming that the Tories will have a big boost in these particular contests by the fact they are still often seen as the "Law and Order" party other the other considerations you have made, I think just 8 wins for Labour would still be a pretty poor results. It would mean winning less authorities than those carried in 2010 GE vote (and 2012 locals)
"We also need to address negatives about Labour on immigration, welfare and fiscal responsibility."
ReplyDeleteLabour can demonstrate fiscal responsibility by opposing the £100 billion Trident nuclear status symbol. Incidentally, the French are now questioning theirs.
is the trigger ballot for MEPs conducted at CLP level (rather than ward branches), right? How many CLPs does a MEP need to win it? is 50.01% enough or is the threshold higher?
ReplyDeleteAs for "One of the top two incumbent places must be a woman", considering there aren't regions with more than 2 sitting Labour MEPs, it's a bit of a non issue unless there are some defections to Labour in the next year.
Regarding Police Commissioners election, even assuming that the Tories will have a big boost in these particular contests by the fact they are still often seen as the "Law and Order" party other the other considerations you have made, I think just 8 wins for Labour would still be a pretty poor results. It would mean winning less authorities than those carried in 2010 GE vote (and 2012 locals)