I had need to write to a friend who has resigned from the Labour Party, this is what I wrote back.
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Labour’s 2019 campaign
Considering Labour’s IT led me to this at the Common Knowledge Coop. I was considering ISC2’s Vendor Management policies and how Labour measures up to good practice. Their report on the 2019 General Election Campaign looks at strategy, organisation and digital campaigning. I have not finished the reading yet, but it’s compelling stuff. Here are…
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On Labour’s NEC
The Labour Party NEC doesn’t report on its business to the members. It leaves it to the individual members. Things are quite exciting at the moment and for various reasons it’s wise to read more than one. Here are my notes,
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Labour Party, a Glossary
The perennial question asked by new Labour members, or old hacks pretending to be concerned, is about jargon. Here is a guide, I took it from Cheltenham Labour’s site, but that itself is informed by the Labour Party’s own page on jargon. This page below/overleaf explains some of the most commonly used Labour Party terms…
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Labour’s NEC Elections 2020
I decided to ‘mirror’ the nomination statements for the Div III NEC elections in 2020. There is nothing overleaf.
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Open Labour? What’s it doing?
Open Labour won one seat in Labour’s NEC CLPs division elections in 2020. They clearly have an attraction to many members and MPs but their record of actions makes me question how left they are. Here are my notes.
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Labour’s all women short lists
I am too interested in too much. Here are my notes.
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Labour’s trade union affiliates
A note on the LP trade union affiliates, a table and chart, dated DEC 2020 …
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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’s Money
I feel the need to document my findings on Labour’s finances. I have written about it here and on my blog. In 2020, the LP did not publish their 2019 annual report to the members and so I had to get it from the Electoral Commission. At the time of first writing, this is an…
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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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EHRC Report on the Labour Party
The EHRC have issued their report on antisemitism in the Labour Party, here is a mirror of their report and a .docx version …
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Why Labour lost,
and what is to be done Nearly a year later, the debate amongst Corbyn’s coalition truly starts, here are some links which I need to read in detail. It’s about time, …
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Comradely behaviour
A reminder on Labour’s conduct rules in meetings, …
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