I've juste mentioned the absurd list of panelists invited to the Labour Policy Review meeting on tax, but if anything the meeting on household debt is worse:
Monday 13 May
How should we deal with household indebtedness? 4.30-6pm Committee room 6
Speakers. Chris Pond (Chairman, Equity Release Council), Mark Lyonette (Chief Executive Association of British Credit Unions), representative from Wonga Chair. Chris Leslie MP (Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury)
If you would like to attend please email onenationregister@gmail.com with subject header DEBT
Labour Policy Review organised with Labour Finance and Industry Group and Labour in the City
Wonga?
WHAT?
I wonder what Stella Creasey will have to say.
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The last line is the intriguing bit, Richard: ‘Labour Policy Review organised with Labour Finance and Industry Group and Labour in the City’ (the same applies to the tax event)
It’s not clear from this whether the whole policy review is organised by these groups or just these events. If it’s the latter then I’d assume this is the neo-liberal wing of the Labour Party trying to get in early and influence the policy review. In which case we should be looking out for similar events run by other sections of the LP. And I’d assume that if you’ve been in touch with Cruddas he’ll eventually point that out.
However, if it’s the former then it signals a very worrying and depressing development. For it shows exactly what the ‘one nation’ is that Miliband’s Labour intends to protect and promote: the City and all that goes with it.
Let’s wait and hear what Cruddas has to say (it’ll probabaly begin, ‘I tentatively suggest…’, if it’s anything like his recent appearance on Newsnight).
Labour is hopeless: give it up. 🙁
It’s pretty worrying that anyone from Labour would give those creeps any kind of a platform whatsoever. Even if they’re not going to heed their advice, by inviting them they’re normalising a business model that should be illegal. Frankly, if I worked in the personal finance industry I’d be insulted that those glorified loan sharks are thought to be legitimate representatives of it.
I have had emails inviting me to various meetings in March for the policy review. They were all from “PROGRESS” – the “party within a party” as Michael Meacher has called it. Here is the link that was sent to my email ddress. The link has a request to join the Progress party, which I find alarming. If militant did this, I am sure trouble would ensue. Progress have their own fees, training, candidates etc.
The Labour Party have their policy forums around the country – I attended one at the Arbury Centre in Cambridge last month. No where was there a mention of “Progress” at this event. I remember voting for the national executive committee last year. The labour party sent about roughly 20 named candidates. Progress emailed me inviting me to vote for a choice of 6 or 8. All their candidates, of course.
Sorry this is the link http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=cf0f64b88f39057a798d4daa7&id=4f76899e3f&e=bd5b222605
Will the real Labour Party please stand up and be counted!
Perhaps that’s the answer form the “Real Labour Party”…. split the existing Labour party and get rid of the “bought” neo-liberal creeps, who are simply Tory-lite!