https://www.crowdpac.co.uk/campaigns/23/luke-akehurst Luke Akehurst for Labour NEC says Luke Akehurst Luke Akehurst. Standing for election to NEC Luke Akehutst, firmly clutching his begging bowl, wandering around the pages of social media, (and elsewhere no doubt), seeking donations to support his campaign for a place on the Labour party National Executive. This duplicitous individual should have been expelled from the Labour Party months ago, rather than now seeking election to the NEC. Akehurst you will recall, agitated against Jeremy Corbyn during the leadership election ,with smears and distortions, urging members to vote for anyone except Corbyn, and is a typical example of the rotten rump within the Labour Party who, despite all the evidence to the contrary, clings to the delusion that Labour should seek a return to the Blairite policies of the discredited “New Labour” Not that that in itself is justification for expulsion. The actions of Akehurst and his ...
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-left-and-right-at-war-mainstream-internal-pressure-group-hits-out-at-divisive-momentum-a6686946.html Labour left and right at war: Mainstream group hits out at 'divisive' Jeremy Corbyn-backed Momentum campaign Labour First Group secretary Luke Akehurst Labour First, that divisive group led by Luke Akehurst, who agitated against Jeremy Corbyn during the leadership election ,with smears and distortions, urging members to vote for anyone except Corbyn. The same Luke Akehurst who on the 11th July this year stated “We would therefore encourage supporters of Andy, Yvette and Liz to transfer votes to each other at CLP nomination meetings so that as few CLPs as possible make supporting nominations for Jeremy.” The same Labour Firs t Group who boast amongst its supporters people like Chuka Umanna, Tristam Hunt , Liz Kendal and others who snubbed Jeremy Corbyn at the Party Conference by packing their bags and c...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/22/jeremy-corbyn-could-lose-frontbenchers-if-elected-labour-leader Kendall, Umunna and Cooper would not serve in Jeremy Corbyn shadow cabinet The Parliamentary Labour party, (the Labour MP's),is a hotbed of intrigue, self interest and hypocrisy. Only Jeremy Corbyn and it seems 47 other MP's had the consistency and integrity to vote against the recent Conservative Welfare reform and work bill, while the rest cowered behind a mealymouthed amendment and then sat on their hands on the substantive motion, thus ensuring that the bill was passed to the next stage in its progression through Parliament. It is this "rocking the Parliamentary boat", which petrifies the majority of the PLP. For far too long the MP's of the Labour party have pursued policies which they mistakenly consider as being popular with the public, in order to retain their seats. The last general election proved how wrong these misguided ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-set-to-win-labour-leadership-contest-poll-finds-10406172.html Jeremy Corbyn set to win Labour leadership contest, poll finds The media and television, are becoming hysterical in their "Stop Corbyn" campaign of bitterness and acrimony. Perhaps this is a sign of the growing support amongst Labour supporters and the thousands of people who have joined or rejoined the party since Jeremy Corbyn announced his candidacy. More of the same It is not difficult to understand this support when the other three candidate offer the same or broadly similar platforms and more alarmingly, propose the same policies as those of the Conservatives, but with a different colour wrapping paper. The people of this country deserve and demand an alternative political perspective to the current all essentially the same programmes, as those on offer from the present "mainstream" parties in the Westminste...
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/21/labour-disarray-welfare-48-mps-defy-whips 48 Labour MPs defied the party whip to vote against the bill rather than abstain Acting Labour leader Harriet Harman had urged her party MP's to abstain "Sitting on hands" on such an important issue as this, is an insult to all those who turned out to vote and elected these "MP's" last May. At least Jeremy Corbyn and 47 other Labour members had the backbone to oppose a bill which attacks the vulnerable sectors of our society and will increase child poverty. The current Labour leadership in the House of Commons, albeit on a temporary basis, demonstrates all too clearly why ordinary people believe that there is little if any difference between the policies of both Labour and Conservative Parliamentary parties on the majority of the issues affecting this country. The other candidates, Burnham, Cooper and Kendal reveal how th...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/labour-leadership-contest-senior-party-figures-forecast-doom-after-jeremy-corbyn-surge-10395071.html Senior party figures forecast doom after Jeremy Corbyn surge The "Senior party figures" referred to in this article, are the very same people who have driven the Labour party into a rump opposition, where they are likely to remain for the foreseeable future. The reason for their doom and gloom forecast for party fortunes in the event of a Corbyn win are blatantly obvious. The "Senior party figures", predominately from "safe" Labour constituencies, have become too complacent and too comfortable with their positions in the commons, their inflated salaries (soon to increase by another 10%), their bottomless pit of taxpayers money there it seems purely to satisfy their insatiable appetite for the perks of the "expenses claim" scams and the prospect of someone "rocking t...
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jul/15/daily-telegraph-labour-party-jeremy-corbyn Daily Telegraph urges readers to 'doom' Labour by backing Jeremy Corbyn Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn The media, press, television and the "Blairite" sections of the Labour party, are petrified at the increasing momentum of the Jeremy Corbyn for Labour Leader campaign. The Guardian, Telegraph,Independent, Mail and others are queuing to smear, rubbish and discredit the man who is striking a chord with vast sections of the public and withing the wider Labour party. When your enemies are so vitriolic, you are doing it right.
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/13/harriet-harman-struggles-to-hold-labour-together-over-welfare-changes Harriet Harman struggles to hold Labour together over welfare changes Harriot Harman. A "leader" in the wrong party Harriet Harman "struggling to hold the party together on welfare changes urging Labour MPs not to vote against the welfare reform bill" ! Harman has been drifting more to the right for some years and now seems to have finally lost the plot altogether. She is certainly not the same Harriet Harman who I and thousands of other Trade Unionists stood with on the Grunwick picket lines some years ago. It seems that since her election in Peckham (now Camberwell and Peckham) in 1982, she has gone the way of many people, elected to Parliament as Labour MP's who have found Parliamentary life with its associated kudos of office is far more attractive when following the "Party line" and being rewarded with appointmen...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33490959 Labour pressure group urges vote against Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Corbyn Labour First Group secretary Luke Akehurst Luke Akehurst is a typical example of the rotten rump within the Labour Party who, despite all the evidence to the contrary, clings to the delusion that Labour should seek the mythical so called "centre ground" in order to achieve electoral success. The fallacy of this belief is amply demonstrated in the decline in membership of the Labour Party over recent years, and perhaps more importantly, in the way that the electorate have chosen to vote for other parties at elections. It is glaringly obvious, that when the traditional parties, Labour, Conservative and even Liberal Democrats are offering essentially the same policy options but in different wrapping paper, people will vote, if they vote at all, for that party which they consider to be the...