Wednesday 18 November 2015

The Lanchester Forum

We are the Founder Members of the Lanchester Forum, which has been set up in order to offer supportive criticism and critical support of the Leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, and of the Deputy Leadership of Tom Watson. A multiauthor website will be set up in the near future. Beginning in 2016, at least three events will be held per year, one at Durham, one at the Labour Party Conference, and one at the Palace of Westminster. 

David Lindsay (Convenor), Lanchester, County Durham; @davidaslindsay
Roger Godsiff MP, Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hall Green; @RogerGodsiff
Professor Bryan Gould, Member of Parliament for Southampton Test, 1974-1979; Member of Parliament for Dagenham, 1983-1994; Shadow Cabinet Member, 1986-1994; Labour Leadership Candidate, 1992
David Drew, Member of Parliament for Stroud, 1997-2010; @DavidEDrew 
Kerry Pollard, Member of Parliament for St Albans, 1997-2005; @KerryPollard_ 
Tom Bailey, London; @TomBaileyBlog 
Paul Bicknell, West Midlands; @TallBiggles 
Dr Luke Blaxill, Research Fellow, Hertford College, Oxford
Ronan Dodds, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne
James Doran, Darlington; @doran_j 
Daniel Downes, Buckinghamshire; @DanDownes 
James Draper, Lanchester, County Durham 
Paul Embery, Regional Secretary, Fire Brigades Union (London); @PaulEmbery 
Tom Fowdy, Sunderland; St Aidan’s College, Durham; Hong Kong University; @Tom_Fowdy 
Councillor Mark Fryer, Workington; @MarkFryer61 
Dr Chris Horner, London; @spitfirepilot1 
Hani Latif, Hertford; Trevelyan College, Durham; @kinghani 
Paul Leake, Durham; Unison; @paulleake 
John Mooney, Lurgan, County Armagh; @FitzjamesHorse 
Joe Plumb, Pity Me, County Durham; Iquitos, Peru 
Dr Martin Prior, http://martinse.livejournal.com/ 
John Paul Reid, London; @JohnPReid 
James Rogerson, Victoria, Australia; @jfgrogerson 
Daniel Singleton, London; @DSingleton_ 
Andy Walton, Bow; @waltonandy

6 comments:

  1. As you put it on Facebook, "James Draper (on this, his first day as a voter)". From him to Bryan Gould, you unite them all. Sir, we salute you.

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    1. Oh, it's not about me.

      The age range here is quite something, I do have to say that.

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  2. I'm also a political person who runs a blog and has wrote for Prime Politics and the Opinion Panel. I may not be a big supporter of either Jeremy or Tom but I live near Lanchester and may provide a different viewpoint. May I be able to go to such a thing? Ask James about me. He trusts me to talk about politics.

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    1. Oh, it'll all be quite open when it gets going.

      Yes, I know who you are.

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    2. I do read Prime Politics as well as write for it.

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