We don’t need that level of micromanagement nobody wants that. Committees are truly excellent way of never achieving anything.
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HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 weeks agoThey are not failing to pick a name. They are making the point that the party will be entirely run by members. So members will choose the name at the first conference in autumn.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
PS Committees archive nothing is actually false statement. Committees are responsible for every regulatory framework you have ever used. And even when you don’t know it. You use them every minute of your life.
They are just slow. And even that can be resolved with. A regulatory framework.
In theory (and it’s still to be agreed to formally).your party will expect members to vote on overall policy at conference each autumn. That vote will happen every autumn. The conference pre election it will form the manifesto. As it dose for every party in the UK. All that is different is who get to vote on what.
MP will be selected by constituency sub parties. As Labour claims to do. Your party will just not allow the leadership of the party to parachute potential support into safe seats. The local party will have full control over candidates.
Once an MP is elected. It works as any other party. That MP vote in parliament based on consultancy needs. The leader is selected by members not MPs (or MPs controling the choice members can make)
The big differences are in the ability for the leadership to protect MP when they fail a constituency party. It won’t exist. Next election that local party can replace them before the election. Preventing Top down control of the parties long term political agenda. Instead replace with democratic control from active membership.
echodot@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
PS Committees archive nothing is actually false statement.
I didn’t say that. We’re not talking about committees of elected individuals we’re talking about committees random people.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Nope we are talking about democratic processes. Membership voting on proposed policies and MPs.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
You don’t want it. You are not everybody. More then 800k people have signed to support the idea of the party.
Charzard4261@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
It’s good to hear they’ve put a soft deadline on it, but I can’t help but think it’s wasted time when they could be building recognition with the average person. I hope I’m worrying over nothing.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Given it’s 4 years till the next election. And nothing can really happen until then.
Added to the way the PLP and leadership took over the labour party ignoring the members wishes. On many issues.
The founders think ensuring the democratic roots and management of this new party is more important then rushing it’s formation.
Charzard4261@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Thank you for taking the time to share your insight, it’s definitely worth doing things right rather than rushed. I guess I’m a bit panicked by how fast things went downhill across the pond, but that’s probably just social media’s American bias shoving it in my face so much.
If this is done properly it could very well be what we need. I’ll hold on to hope.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
Sorry did not expect anyone else to be up. I tend to edit my posts a lot. I am now finished. Sorry if I dramatically changed anything.