Blairite MP raising funds for ‘independent’ re-election campaign
Bristol North West MP Darren Jones is a literal, self-defined Blairite. He has said that the politician he admires most in history is the former Labour PM now reviled by […]
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Phillips leaves Yardley AGM early as left takes all contested positions
Centrist MP Jess Phillips was reportedly a lot less than happy as Birmingham Yardely CLP (constituency Labour party) held its annual general meeting (AGM) to elect its officers for the […]
Smith’s response to CLP no-confidence vote as sour as Ryan’s – and as telling
Comment Penistone and Stocksbridge MP Angela Smith last night suffered defeat in a no-confidence vote by her local CLP (constituency Labour party, by a margin of 27 votes to 20. […]
Excl: Labour HQ preparing fast-track selections plan for new snap general election
When Theresa May called her fateful ‘snap general election’ in April last year, Labour members were robbed of the opportunity to change their MP or candidate that the party’s rules […]
Wavertree members: ‘Lansman offered to mediate to persuade us to keep Luciana’
Liverpool Wavertree MP Luciana Berger was again involved in controversy recently when the right-wing press claimed that she was in danger from Labour members had to be accompanied by a […]
Right’s latest attack on Williamson is a naked attempt to divide the movement
Comment Derby North MP Chris Williamson and this blog stand on opposite sides of the ‘open selection’ debate. Williamson has pressed vocally for open selection – a policy of automatically having […]
The definitive guide to selecting an MP under Labour’s new (2018) rules
Labour’s annual conference last week in Liverpool passed new rules for the process of selecting an MP when there is already a sitting candidate. While the final, detailed NEC (National […]
Exclusive: Unite has already endorsed first affirmative-ballot selection candidate
The dust has barely settled on the decision of Labour conference delegates to approve a new, easier process for Labour members to have a selection process and elect a new […]
Breaking: Labour reduces ‘quorum’ level to just 5% for all CLP/branch meetings
The idea of a ‘quorum’ – the minimum required level of attendance required at a Labour meeting for it to make valid decisions and resolutions – might seem the dullest, […]
Ten successes already in the bag at #Lab18
For all the uproar around a couple of specific issues, Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, which still has two days to run, has already seen a number of successes for […]