Andy Burnham pitches to Labour leadership voters in NI: comprehensive not selective education, gay blood, & candidates

This morning’s Belfast Telegraph publishes a statement from UK Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham. He’s the bookies’ favourite to come second, and clearly the candidate the local Constituency Labour Party members are most comfortable with. 610,000 ballot papers have been issued to party members, registered supporters and affiliate supporters. There are around 500 1,000 members of the Labour Party in NI, but an unknown number of registered or affiliate supporters. Heavily tailored for the NI audience, Burnham’s statement remarks on …

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What Women Want: removing barriers to full participation in politics

Labour Party in Northern Ireland

Labour Party NI are holding a women’s policy conference on 22 March in The Pavilion at Stormont. The all-day event – the same day as the Alliance Party conference – is free to attend and open to non-party members and men. Under the title of What Women Want? the organisers want to discuss “real solutions to barriers to full participation in politics”. In Bronagh Hinds’ chapter of Everyday Life After the Irish Conflict: The Impact of Devolution and Cross-Border Cooperation …

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Labour NI’s AGM and afternoon discussion around education and the economy

Labour Party in Northern Ireland

Labour NI’s AGM and afternoon discussion around education and the economy As previewed at the end of last week, the Labour Party AGM and afternoon ‘conference’ took place in Belfast on Saturday. Red balloons, red pens and the odd red tie brought a dash of colour to the hot room in the Malone Lodge hotel. Labour NI’s main aim at the moment is to gain permission from their London NEC to stand candidates at future elections. A final decision is …

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