Report of The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy Annual General Meeting By a member of the CLPD The Campaign for Labour Party Democracy Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday 20th February and attended by about 60 people. A large majority were older Labour Party activists but there were a few younger faces. The mood was good as they were celebrating some victories at last October’s Labour Party Conference. The most important of these was the introduction of elections for the National Policy Forum. This was carried with the support of the trade unions in the teeth of massive opposition and pressure from the Party leadership. These elections are likely to favour the left who more and more are winning the individual ballot elections to the Party’s National Executive Committee. In the elections for the current Labour Party NEC, of the six seats reserved for constituency representatives the left won four of them with 60% or more of the ballots returned. Also the number of CLPD model motions submitted to last Autumn’s conference was the most for about 25 years. The CLPD
has about 250 activists which has remained steady over the years
despite the massive fall in overall party membership caused by
disillusionment with the Labour Government’s policies. There is a
general mood of optimism in the organisation that the dark days of the
left inside the party are coming to an end and that after the election
there will be an opportunity to rebuild. |
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