HOW DO WE get a government that's different time? It's very simple: you elect the cabinet the shadow cabinet by the electoral college. That's the only way you have different government.
Michael Foot's book, Another Heart Another Pulse, spells out the alternative so clearly. He says the Labour Party is like the Holy Roman Empire. has two heads: the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor.
that is what's wrong with the Labour Party. It is that you can go lo can elect an executive you like, you can pass resolutions get two-thirds majority, you call gel them into manifesto but iney will be implemented by ministers who themselves there by and not by the oid davs. leader was elected only the leader is elected by MPs. the electoral college. it's good enough to elect the leader and the deputy leader by the electoral college, then it's good enough elect the shadow cabinet by the electoral college.
Until that is done you have no guarantee that you're not simply pushing a bit of string can push as hard as you like at one end, but it doesn't move at the other. about having accountability at the top of the party, at the top of the government, direct to the grass roots. no major change in the political complexion of the executive this year.
MP Robin Cook's attempt to climb the dizzy heights, under the guise of left credentials, met with the success it deserved he missed by over 150,000 votes. If he stands next year, delegates should ensure that his vote is even Black Sections Yes!
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