Thursday 13 February 2014

Unite, Indeed

Today's decision of Unite, which is my union, to adopt the recommendations of the Collins Report means that they can expect around 85 per cent of the vote at the forthcoming Special Conference.

But why not allow MPs to whittle down the number of Leadership Candidates to two by means of a ballot, with the top two going out to a One Member, One Vote ballot off all individual members, affiliated members and registered supporters in the country?

Why not allow CLPs to whittle down the number of would-be Parliamentary Candidates to two by means of a ballot, with the top two going out to a One Member, One Vote ballot off all individual members, affiliated members and registered supporters in the constituency?

Why not make registration as a supporter free of charge, forfeitable only upon being or supporting a non-Labour candidate for the House of Commons in Great Britain, including by being a member of a party other than Labour or the Co-op that contested elections to the House of Commons in Great Britain?

And why not have registered supporters elect representatives with the right to speak, but not to vote, at Conference and at NEC meetings, very much like Group Observers in local government?

In each region, each supporter would vote for one candidate, and the top two for the NEC, the top 10 for Conference, would be elected.

That would certainly go some way to balancing the extraordinary South-Eastern domination of this year's list of candidates for the NEC.

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