I’m very fortunate to be in a position to write this post without sounding bitter. I noticed a number of flaws with the NEC election process during the last couple of months of campaigning. Fortunately, as I was successful, I now have the opportunity to voice those concerns. I’ll start with the major issues. The [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Time for reform?
Posted in Internal democracy, Irish Labour Party, Labour, Neil Ward on November 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks
Posted in Irish Labour Party, Labour, Neil Ward on November 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Well, I made it! Elected fourth out of fifteen to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party, and I’m really thrilled (and a touch exhausted!). At risk of being terribly dull and predictable, there are some people I have to thank. Ross Higgins and Keith Martin most of all – they acted as campaign [...]
Finally, Irish Politics enters the 21st Century
Posted in Irish Labour Party, Labour, Online campaigning on November 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’m thrilled. Delighted, and thrilled. Labour have decided to really take a radical step forward in the political use of the interweb in an Irish context. Obviously, there has been some online campaigning going on in Ireland for years, with resources such as Politics.ie allowing debate, Elections Ireland providing all the stats and figures you’ll [...]
Just 10 days left to go….
Posted in Irish Labour Party, Labour, Neil Ward on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So there are now just 10 days left to go, and the NEC contest is fairly heating up. I started this blog 6 weeks ago, not long after I had kicked off my campaign for election to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party. This blog has the privelege of being the first ever [...]
Civil Unions Part IV
Posted in Irish Labour Party, Labour, Labour LGBT, Neil Ward on November 5, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The Civil Unions Bill 2006 is now dead, after the motion to restore the bill to the Order Paper was deleted, and replaced with a series of truisms and half-promises. This happened on Thursday last, but I’ve held off on posting about it over the weekend, as I wanted to consider my views before putting [...]
Labour and SDLP
Posted in Irish Labour Party, Labour, Neil Ward, SDLP on November 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I spent the weekend attending SDLP Conference in the Armagh City Hotel. This was my second full SDLP Conference, and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Attending political conferences as a visitor is a terrific experience – it’s like a proper conference, without any of the responsibility! Rather predictably, given the recent moves by Fianna Fáil, there was [...]
Good news for Labour
Posted in Irish Elections, Irish Labour Party, Labour, Neil Ward on November 2, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
After the depression of the RedC/SBP Poll last weekend, which showed almost complete stagnation across the board, Labour supporters will be a little more cheerful about the TNS-MRBI/Irish Times Poll published today, which shows Labour rising 5% to 15%. Fine Gael rise 4% to 31% in the same poll, with Fianna Fáil taking the big [...]
