Articles by Danny Speight
CLPD Proposed Rule Change
Suggested Change to the Labour Party Rule Book The Labour Party should decide which Labour MPs can seek re-selection – not the PLP The Labour […]
Unite Union Branch Passes Open Selection Motion
Hackney and Islington Unite Community branch believes that the current Labour Party selection process is undemocratic and divisive: it is responsible for damaged morale of […]
Policy Motion on Open Selection for LP Conference 2022 (Updated)
Any CLP or union branch looking for a motion on Open Selection is welcome to use this one. Those who wish to stand for election […]
Momentum Long List Rule Change 2022
Supporting Argument The rulebook does not currently specify which unit of the Labour Party is responsible forlonglisting. Historically longlisting has always been done by local […]
Jamie Driscoll Talks Open Selection
Jamie Driscoll, Labour elected mayor of North of Tyne, came out fully supporting Open Selection in his reply to Paul Mason. Here’s an excerpt from […]
The NEC Launches a New Attack on Local Members
The Labour Party leadership, using the NEC, reduced the power of local party members to choose their own candidates even further. At a meeting of […]
LRC AGM motion on Open Selection
One the 5th. February 2022 the Labour Representation Committee AGM overwhelmingly carried the following motion supporting the Open Selection 2022 Campaign. We believe that the […]
What are the arguments against Open Selection?
This is a hard question to answer because the arguments are so few. It seems to me that it boils down to just two. I […]