NEC Voting - 2 comments

My envelope packed with Labour goodies arrived a few days ago, well over a week after other members seemed to have received theirs, and mysteriously slit open from end to end. Any members of the security services at a loose end will, however, have discovered that - unlike Tony Benn who reported on his own surveillance during the 1970s and beyond - my dustbin cannot be driven away in the back of "a fast car", as I use a communal dumpster and only throw away food waste and non-recyclable plastic packaging. It had to be said.

Time to decide who to vote for for the Labour NEC (Constituency section). I'm sure I've mentioned in the past how I used to take this as an opportunity to give the leadership a "bloody nose" by electing the candidates I believed they would least like to see there. I'm not convinced my more sensible votes will make much of a difference, given that we're electing 6 members out of a total of 32, and that Walter Wolfgang has been selected as a candidate in a calculated bid to win over the kind of people who think that renationalisation of the railways and a retreat into pacificism are appropriate discussions for a body that oversees the running of a 21st century party. Still, we'll learn a valuable lesson if Walter is elected, so let the members speak.

Plenty of other Labour bloggers have expressed their views (list courtesy of Antonia, but let me know if you've been missed out): here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here, but I think I'll be going for:

• Louise Baldock
• Lorna Fitzsimons
• Ellie Reeves
• Naz Sarkar
• Bill Thomas
• Peter Wheeler

You can find pen-pics at the other blogs I've linked to, but if I get some time I'll amend this post and add them here.