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Many members of Young Labour will recently have received an email from the Chair of the Young Labour National Committee with a “let’s talk” questionnaire and contact details for many of the committee. Included as a ‘P.S.’ was a recommendation to vote for a slate of candidates in the NEC elections.
Supporters of ‘Young Labour Democracy’ feel this raises some important questions, the most pressing of which is whether as an official body of the party, Young Labour should be supporting candidates in internal elections. Whilst the recommendations were qualified as a ‘personal opinion’ there seems to have been no discussion amongst either the National or Executive Committees of Young Labour as to whether such support should be included in an official mailing, let alone if there was a consensus as to who to support. Where is the opportunity for other members, or the Committee as a whole to share their ‘personal opinion’ to large numbers of young members?
As the distribution list included many more than personal contacts of the YL Chair, who provided our addresses - Labour General Secretary Peter Watt has been told that the membership database wasn’t used, so what was?
In any case, shouldn’t YL have been encouraging a high turnout from young members in the NEC poll to represent our diverse political opinions, rather than a vote for specific candidates? A call for a high turnout in this highly contested election would put Young Labour in a strong position to work with whichever candidates are elected to the CLP section of the NEC, whereas now it is at least possible (if not almost a certainty) that the ruling body of our Party will have members whose presence has been actively opposed by Young Labour – something which is hardly an incentive for them to work with or help YL in the future.
This seems like the perfect example of why we need a proper system of accountability within Young Labour, with the Chair and other officers being accountable to the membership.
Supporters of ‘Young Labour Democracy’ feel this raises some important questions, the most pressing of which is whether as an official body of the party, Young Labour should be supporting candidates in internal elections. Whilst the recommendations were qualified as a ‘personal opinion’ there seems to have been no discussion amongst either the National or Executive Committees of Young Labour as to whether such support should be included in an official mailing, let alone if there was a consensus as to who to support. Where is the opportunity for other members, or the Committee as a whole to share their ‘personal opinion’ to large numbers of young members?
As the distribution list included many more than personal contacts of the YL Chair, who provided our addresses - Labour General Secretary Peter Watt has been told that the membership database wasn’t used, so what was?
In any case, shouldn’t YL have been encouraging a high turnout from young members in the NEC poll to represent our diverse political opinions, rather than a vote for specific candidates? A call for a high turnout in this highly contested election would put Young Labour in a strong position to work with whichever candidates are elected to the CLP section of the NEC, whereas now it is at least possible (if not almost a certainty) that the ruling body of our Party will have members whose presence has been actively opposed by Young Labour – something which is hardly an incentive for them to work with or help YL in the future.
This seems like the perfect example of why we need a proper system of accountability within Young Labour, with the Chair and other officers being accountable to the membership.
Yes, it would be good to know where the email addresses came from. The chair of Young Labour national committee (YLNC) isn't a personal friend of mine - that's obviously not to say we wouldn't get on well if we met.
I think, more than anything else, this sort of behaviour shows a basic lack of respect. I suppose that's what you'd expect from a body as unaccountable to the people it purports to represents as the YLNC.
Posted by
David Floyd |
2/8/06 11:51 AM
Ben, how do we get our CLP to support this. If you let me do, I'll do my best to make sure mine does, ta
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Anonymous |
14/8/06 4:35 AM
I've just been introduced to your blog, and I would like to thank you for what you are trying to do. I fought within Labour Students and Young Labour for many years to get them to change, but was treated despicably by the leadership, accused of treachery, etc. Both organisations are a hindrance to the meaningful involvement of young people in the Labour Party - the NEC election is just the latest example of this.
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16/8/06 9:03 AM
Further to my previous comment, I should give you some history. I am a former Chair of Sheffield University Labour Club. A few years ago, Sheffield tried to get a debate started throughout Labour Students about how LS and YL could be reformed. We were harrassed by the leadership, and they attempted to discredit the campaign. We ended up supporting an anti-clique candidate at that year's LS elections, but since nobody who wants real political engagement bothers to go to LS events, the establishment candidate won. That's when my colleagues and I gave up on trying to change LS and YL from within (we were also getting a bit too old). I and a few others have tried ever since to raise the issues within the Party more generally, to little avail.
To this day, Sheffield University Labour Club has a reputation as a troublemaker. The current Chair, a friend of mine, was warned (in jest of course) that he better not behave like the last lot. And the saddest part of this story is that our politics were never radical. We rarely opposed the government, we just wanted the youth organisation of Party to do what it's supposed to do, which is give young people a chance to have a say and be involved meaningfully.
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Craig Berry |
16/8/06 9:13 AM
I received the email and after 11 years membership with the party that was the first email -or any communication- from Young Labour I have ever had & I joined at 16).
I find it incredibly irritating that within their emial they claimed to be 'organsing lots of events'. I ahven't heard of one single event that have organised...ever! i find the arrogance of such people disgusting.
As a few peeps know i actually *have* been organising events and forums for young members - with out the support of a two bit opperation which talks loud and does sweet naff all.
I have no idea who any of the execs of YL are and as a final point, I sent them an email back psoing certain questions and as yet - how many months down the line? - have still had no response.
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