Sentences with phrase «party reform»

It comes as the union announced it was to cut its affiliation funds in the wake of the row over party reforms.

Indeed, can't I equally argue that Neal Lawson risks narrowing his coalition of support for electoral reform by suggesting that the existence of a national campaign on PR means postponing or vetoing any consideration of party reform issues on their merits (where he seems to argue that the principle would be one he would support, were it not for this context)?

He added that the handling of Ray Collins» report on party reform showed our ability to keep focused on the real enemy, and I hope that this can be maintained through 2014, when the special conference will give the media reasons to keep running anti-union and anti-Labour stories.

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Lord Andrew Adonis, former SDP councillor, turned Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, former speechwriter to Paddy Ashdown and latterly a New Labour Minister has told The Observer that he is right behind Ed Miliband's «party reform plans».

Also on the NYC Indy Party reform to - do list: Initiative and referendum, term limits for legislators, letting voters change their enrollment after a one - month waiting period, nonpartisan administration of the Board of Elections, nonpartisan redistricting and campaign finance reform.

I'm afraid the whole party reform thing — as Tony Blair freely admits in A Journey — didn't really move forward much after 1997, so there's a lot to do.

The process of party reform presents Corbyn with a dilemma.

National Executive Committee, 4 February 2014 This meeting was called to agree the proposals for party reform which will go to the special conference on 1 March.

Sources close to the acting leader stress that it was drawn up by the 2014 Collins Review into party reform and agreed at a special conference last year.

Rival Democratic candidate Jo Anne Simon — a longtime Brooklyn Heights district leader and party reform advocate seen as the heir apparent to Ms. Millman — attacked Mr. Sikora's position as a registered lobbyist and ripped Mr. Lander for endorsing him.

Lansman, a veteran campaigner who backs party reforms including mandatory reselection, said Labour should be working in tandem with community activists on a range of social issues.

Tony Blair's successor as Sedgefield MP, Phil Wilson, has lamented that we were elected on 1 May 1997 and serious attempts at party reform stopped on 2 May.

David Miliband, another leadership hopeful, will also be speaking to the BBC to outline his proposed party reforms.»

So, I'm glad that Alan and colleagues like Margaret Hodge have put party reform on the agenda again.

It is now the Democratic Party reform philosophy based on and driven by advocates for private - sector reforms.

On primaries, I think this exchange highlights that we need to root this debate in a wider argument for party reform - and how thay might lead to primaries and / or other reforms.

25th February 2016, Conservative Home: How Trump (and Corbyn) could kill off the democratic reform of the Party

«I joined Labour because of the announcement today on party reform.

Sunder, I agree with you that the party reform elements of the speech were the strongest and I don't really have any concern with them - liked the PASOK references.

2009/10 she held a Marie Curie Fellowship at the University of Leiden (Netherlands) to work on indirect state funding of political parties and completed a project with Anika Gauja (University of Sydney) on «Party Reform and Party - State Relations in Australia and the UK» funded by the Australian Academy of the Social Sciences.

-RRB-, a borough - wide effort to elect over 1,000 Brooklynites to the Kings County Democratic Committee to support the party reform effort.

8 - 11th February 2016, Conservative Home: Ideas for Party Reform 1) Elect the Chairman of the Board Ideas for Party Reform 2) Ring - fence spending for the longer - term Ideas for Party Reform 3) Party conference: lower - costs, more debate Ideas for Party Reform 4) Reforming candidate selection

In a letter, Compass, the left - of - centre pressure group, together with Cruddas and other Labour activists, said: «It would be a hugely missed opportunity if the party reforms instigated fell short of the mark in making Labour more democratic.»

The party reform group met in December, and affiliated supporters are now available to local parties on membersnet.

The so - called debate on Ed Miliband's proposals for party reform are at an end, it seems.

On 1 March 2014, at a special conference the party reformed internal Labour election procedures, including replacing the electoral college system for selecting new leaders with a «one member, one vote» system following the recommendation of a review by former general - secretary Ray Collins.

Labour leader Ed Miliband dismisses the criticisms of Unite general secretary Len McCluskey over his approach to party reforms and spending cuts:

De Piero is joining forces with her fellow frontbencher and Labour deputy chair Jon Ashworth to embark on a tour of English seaside resorts to sign up a new generation of registered Labour supporters under Miliband's party reforms.

... It's been accentuated again that when we embark on one - party reform of a major program, we're going to have issues questioning its legitimacy going forward.»

Corbyn won the leadership by mobilising mass backing among an increased party membership (encouraged by internal party reforms).

In a few minutes time, Ed Miliband is to introduce to Labour MPs Liam Byrne, who will oversee policy review, and report to the National Policy Forum, and the Party Reform Taskforce under Peter Hain who will report to National Executive by next summer in time for rule changes at next year's party conference.

but the real flaw was introduced when the party reformed its procedures after the chaos of an apparent selection - rigging attempt in Falkirk.

Party reform is a familiar expedient for Labour leaders in opposition.

Jon will oversee «party reform» which will encourage all those who wish to see the trade union collective voice undiminished within the party.

The above timetable ties in with the timetable for choosing London's mayoral candidate, agreed by the party reform implementation group and the organisation committee after consultation with the regional board.

But he will acknowledge that his party reforms could mean as few as one in ten union members who currently contribute to Labour coffers will do so in future.»

«Britain's union leaders branded Ed Miliband a «schoolboy» yesterday — and warned the Labour leader he was «living in cloud cuckoo land» if he thought his party reforms would succeed.

Sure, there have been outriders floating radical ideas about policy and party reform, yet despite the fears among MPs that there would be a period of blood - letting following Owen Smith's emphatic defeat in the second leadership election last summer, there has been no abuse of the party's internal processes by Corbyn, evidenced by the failure of his supporters to secure berths in the pre-election carve - up of safe seats.

As Alan Johnson sparks off a debate on Labour party democracy, how might the party reform itself?

Astorino renamed the party the Reform Party this year to broaden its appeal.