Tony Benn urges "No" vote for Gordon's plan
grimupnorth Thu Sep 20, 2007 at 03:35:38 PM GMT 
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I would urge any delegates wondering why the move by Gordon Brown to stop voting on contemporary resolutions at Party Conference is such a bad idea to read today's piece by Tony Benn on Guardian Comment Is Free. Here's an extract......
"In short, party members will only have one campaigning function - to get councillors and a government elected with policies which they have played no part whatsoever in formulating. If this divorce happens, policy campaigning will revert to those outside the party and parliament. This would be a tragedy, but it would indicate clearly that the New Labour leadership's attitude to the party and the movement is not only that they don't want certain policies passed but also that they don't want any decisions reached they do not control
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