Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Labour Party conference 2007

Every evening this week I have come home there is at least 2 or 3 letters or large documents in the post from the Party or UNISON Labour Link about the conference next week. This is my first Labour Party conference. Things are also a bit hectic at work, so I have a massive pile of reading to work my way thorough somehow before Saturday evening. Not very green but I suppose it is necessary.

I am one of the two (elected) UNISON Labour Link (APF) delegates from Greater London region. The other delegate from London is UNISON NEC member, Louise Couling, who is an old hand at these things. London NEC member Irene Stacey will also be there.

The accommodation is booked (and confirmed thankfully), but there is a mass of invites, passes, security warnings and tickets to all sort of different meetings and fringes.

I will try and blog on the conference every day.

Should be interesting.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear John

Hopeful you can ensure a lively debate in your delegation about the proposed Rule changes and by the power of persuasion get UNISON to overturn its leadership recommendation and Vote NO to every one of them.

That is the only way of sending a clear message to Gordon Brown about the future of the Labour Party. It is OUR Party not his.

John Gray said...

Hi Peter
I am all in favour of a "lively debate", no doubt the delegation meeting on sunday will be interesting!

Anonymous said...

Dear John

What has any GS got to lose by exposing the arm-twisting over agency workers, highlighting the housing issue as the best test of the Leadership's intentions and calling for remittance of the Rule changes for an open review of party renewal? All the donkey work has been done by the LabOUR Commission.

If Brown was so confident what he was doing is right, why hasn't he published the submissions to his own consultation!!!!!

http://www.labourcommission.org.uk

John Gray said...

Good points Peter,we will see what happens.