For those interested in Labour’s new proscription rules this is the central list of Prohibited Acts …
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Delegates to Conference
The rule on delegate entitlement in Chapter 3 says, C3.I.1.B. Delegates duly appointed by CLPs to the number of one delegate for the first 749 individual members in the constituency or part thereof paying their membership dues as of 31 December in the previous year, and one further delegate for every additional 250 individual members…
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Chairing a debate on a motion
Someone asked how to chair a motion debate in the Labour movement. Here is how I do it. …
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The ECHR and Labour’s rules
Here is a note written by Duncan Shipley Dalton on the ECHR and how it does, and doesn’t apply to the Labour Party. …
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Fair Trial and Labour’s ‘fast track’
A note on Labour’s ‘fast track’ disciplinary process and Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Labour’s disciplinary determination process for complaints that allege prejudice or harassment were changed at Conference 2019. The investigation is conducted by staff, who then present a charge and proposed sanction to a panel/sub committee of the NEC…
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Labour, local government candidates and women
This is a note on Labour selections, specifically around positive action programmes for women. I live in a London borough which elects all its council every four years from multi-member wards using FPTP. Certain by-elections must be selected using all-women short (AWS) lists. Here are my notes …
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Comradely behaviour
A reminder on Labour’s conduct rules in meetings, …
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Labour’s Rule Book
This is my Labour Party Rules Page. It contains links to various Labour Party rules, policies and guidelines. This page has a bitly alias https://bit.ly/labourrules . …
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