Statement on the leaked GLU report from Kensington CLP Executive
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Richard Kuper
JVL Introduction
Kensington CLP Executive has taken a brave stand, making public a firm statement about the leaked Labour Report.
Welcoming the investigation into the report, they demand the establishment of a transparent process to investigate the conduct alleged in the leaked document. They also demand that the terms of reference for such an investigation and the appointment of the investigation leader and team also be transparent.
Only this route, they affirm, will restore faith among Labour members in the culture and practices of our party.
This article was originally published by kensingtonlabour.com on Mon 27 Apr 2020. Read the original here.
Statement on the leaked GLU report from Kensington CLP Executive
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Members of the party involved should be suspended subject to investigation
All source material should be secured for posterity
The party has to address the issue of vexatious claims of anti semitism and act accordingly
Party members who were forced out should be reinstated
Party democracy needs to be strengthened, affiliate with JVL and disaffiliate with JLM, any individual or group who have actively worked against the former leader, party, members and supporters should be thrown out
Never again
Good approach and if this approach is rejected it will clearly show the lack of desire for true change. Hope it’s accepted, but if it isn’t we need to campaign for bigger more immediate change. Over to you Keir!
Well done Kensington. I fully agree with your comments, sentiments and suggestions. It is a scandal that little has been covered by the media and how unimportantly it is being treated. It is momentous and has a direct relevance to the current coronavirus pandemic. A Labour Government under Jeremy Corbyn would have dealt with the NHS very differently.
Management accountability must be DOWNWARDS as well as upwards. The NEC cannot exercise the continual, detailed supervision over senior and middle ranking employed staff, which is vital in view of the appalling practices revealed in the Report on the GLU. Loose talk of the need for ‘professionalism’ (which usually means cringing before the capitalist media and the capitalist class in general) serves to drive the party further and further from democratic practices as well as socialist policies. Where junior staff are lacking in those technical specialisms which are genuinely needed to serve the party effectively, they should be given training which enables them to replace their superiors on a rotating basis; that is the vital path to permanently removing the traitorous clique which has been exposed in the Report on the GLU. Recognised trade unions must be approached to further this policy of reform, and to combat sectionalist support for the current managerialist structures.
Good report from Kensington. Yes, the investigation needs to be transparent if the majority of members are ever to have faith in the Party again. This is the test for Starmer. Completely agree with Doug above about what actions should be taken. The final outcome should be made completely public.
You took the words out of my mouth. As an ordinary member I feel I was betrayed and my membership fees misspent. Although I have not been personally in the Grenfell Tower before or after the fire, the fact that it happened in one of the richest urban areas in the world is totally unacceptable and so is the present lack of recognition or action to repair.