‘Moderate’ Bex Bailey is to apply by Friday for the position of Labour Party General Secretary, according to Labour sources.
In 2016, Ms Bailey – a former Young Labour representative on Labour’s NEC (National Executive Committee) – attacked plans to give the NEC more control over Labour policy and staff appointments.
There is therefore a certain irony in her decision to apply for an appointment that will be decided by the NEC – especially as she first mentioned her intention to apply in a tweet using the #InspiredByLansman hashtag. Lansman had floated the NEC plans to which Ms Bailey objected so strongly.
Ms Bailey attempted to win election to the NEC as a ‘CLP’ representative in 2016 on the Labour First/Progress ‘slate’, alongside Johanna Baxter, Luke Akehurst and others.
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Being under 30yrs old Bex Bailey would have to be a truly exceptional person to have gained enough experience and maturity to be GenSec of the largest political party in Europe
Just another neo-liberal who hasn’t realised their time has been and gone…
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NEXT !
The following is a link to an article on Left Futures entitled:
‘Young Labour chiefs Simon Darvill and Bex Bailey vote against their own pledges’
http://www.leftfutures.org/2013/06/young-labour-chiefs-simon-darvill-and-bex-bailey-vote-against-their-own-committments/
So you promise one thing so as to get elected, then do the opposite once you ARE elected. She is obviously politician material…….. for the Tory Party that is!
I doubt that moving from Labour First to a Progress General Secretary would be a positive change. It would be like exchanging Tom Watson for Peter Mandelson … and I’m pretty sure that that is exactly what it would be like.
Friday has come, and nearly gone, Still no sign of Bex’s application. Has she changed her mind?