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One member, how many votes?

  • Michael Crick
  • 27 Jun 07, 12:47 PM

brownvote203.jpgGordon Brown pledged at the to introduce one-member-one-vote in the party's policy making procedures - the same method, he said, as used to elect the party leadership.

Er, some problem with that surely?

The leadership isn't really elected by one-member-one-vote. All Labour MPs had at least two votes - one as an MP, and one as an ordinary party member - and many of them had other votes as members of affiliated trades unions and socialist societies. Indeed one deputy leadership contender admitted to me that they had eight votes last week - as an MP, a party member, a meber of two unions, and four affiliated societies.

I'd be fascinated to know if anybody could boast of even more votes than that.

Comments  Post your comment

  • 1.
  • At 06:00 PM on 27 Jun 2007,
  • Michel PARENT wrote:

True to tradition, he held high with grace the indomitable flame of the British spirit

  • 2.
  • At 07:55 PM on 27 Jun 2007,
  • Maurice - Northumberland wrote:

You didn't expect to hear the Truth of their voting system did you?
Michael - you DO know better than that - these are Socialists after all.

  • 3.
  • At 08:44 PM on 27 Jun 2007,
  • A Warmington wrote:

Some are definetly more equal than others!

  • 4.
  • At 06:48 PM on 28 Jun 2007,
  • KL wrote:

Trying to comment on the Fraternal Millibods Out-wonked Shocker, but Mr Crick seems to have become unlinked.

Now there is a postman helping to run the show, surely a feww thousand postal votes will appear/disappear/multiply - delete as applicable.

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