In a move brokered by Amicus Unite Deputy General Secretary Tony Dubbins, the Grassroots Alliance has agreed to back Mike Griffiths for General Secretary, having secured the withdrawal of "wildcard" left-wing NEC candidate John Wiseman, the Labour candidate in Westmoreland & Lonsdale.

Wiseman has used the pages of Labourhome.org to present a platform that a number of left-wingers have found attractive, and which is known to have caused concern among Grassroots Alliance figures, who are not presenting "celebrity" candidate Walter Wolfgang for a further two-year bid - and who fear a split in the left-wing vote.

While John Wiseman should be proud to have secured from the Grassroots Alliance an undertaking to be more democratic in two years time (at the next NEC election) a further concession the left-wing slate has made is a promise to support Amicus Official Mike Griffiths' application for General Secretary of the Labour Party.

The Grassroots Alliance may well save a seat on the NEC through this deal - and I certainly hold no brief against Griffiths - but is this really the best way to recruit a General Secretary for the party in difficult times?

John Wiseman's announcement can be read here.

Dear All

Can I encourage you to support the following candidates for the Amicus Unite NEC elections. Please click below.  These are important elections and will have an indirect effect on the future direction on our influence on the Labour party

http://www.unitenecelections.com/candidate_profiles.htm



John Wiseman

campaigntv.org update from gez.sagar@campaigntv.org


Campaigntv got its first nasty attack today.  The BNP have spotted our video about how they were wiped out in the West Midlands at the May elections.  Looks like we touched a nazi nerve.

Committed2Equality (c2e), the leading UK employment diversity consultancy, Unite, the largest union in the UK, and TMP, the online political magazine, will be hosting a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference on Monday 24 September from 5.30-7pm in the Franklyn Suite, Connaught Hotel, in Bournemouth.

The event – “Bridging the gap: narrowing the employment divide” – will explore the practical and pragmatic steps the Labour Government needs to take to ensure fair employment and improve the employment and work opportunities for disadvantaged groups.