Burnham selection and election for Makerfield is no democratic revival
After disastrous local election results in early May the pressure on Starmer to stand down ratcheted up. Not because he is failing to lead a […]
Burnham blocked by Labour NEC
Andy Burnham, Labour mayor of Greater Manchester, has been blocked from standing for the Gorton and Denton by-election on 26 February. This is widely seen […]
Your Party open-selects its leaders
Your Party, the new UK left party that is currently going through a setting-up process, has put in motion a form of Open Selection for […]
Open selection on the left
Since September 2025 this site has changed orientation. No longer do we focus solely on the UK Labour Party. We now seek to promote Open […]
Closed selection for the time being
Who said this? “The selections for Labour candidates needs (sic) to be more democratic and we should end NEC impositions of candidates. Local Party members […]
Jamie Driscoll denied
One of the latest attacks on local party democracy is the barring of North Tyne mayor Jamie Driscoll from standing on the long list as […]
Corbyn blocked from standing as a Labour candidate
Keir Starmer and his supporters have taken a decisive step forward on their scorched earth path to party unity by blocking Jeremy Corbyn from standing […]
Broxtowe woes
The Broxtowe CLP candidate selection committee resigned and then the whole CLP executive committee resigned on 28 February after a shortlist of parliamentary candidates was […]
CLPD motion on Open Selection
Recently several people who have put themselves forward have been denied a place on either the long or short list of candidates in selection processes […]
Labour block activist from standing for parliament
Maurice Mcleod is a popular Wandsworth Labour councillor who put himself forward to succeed Harriet Harman in the Camberwell and Peckham constituency. Despite backing from […]