I received the detail of the election results of the recent London AGM today and although I would have liked to keep quite about it I have been tempted to make a comment.
The figures show a significant shift in support of the current administration with Gloria, Conroy and John Gray increasing the number of votes they received from previous years. My best friend John Gray, for example, has increased his majority from 4 (in 2006 when we stood against each other) to 34. The same trend shows with the number of votes received by Gloria and Conroy. That is, of course a significant shift? I wonder why that happened?
Surely this must be the end of the ultra left? Why don't you just say that? :-)
ReplyDeleteGraham
The forces of light have done it again. Victory to those who believe in real TU values I say!
ReplyDeleteMary
Well congratulations to the winners lets all work together now?
ReplyDeleteWish people would stop slagging of those delegetes who had to go back to work, because of shortages on the wards
ReplyDeleteIts simply not productive
Dear Anon 17.56
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment and I agree with you. People have reasons for either being able to do something or not and no one should be critical or unproductive.
Thanks
Nick
Are people really slagging off those who had to go back to short staffed wards? Surely the core issue is that -bearing in mind there was a major project within the region about mapping and increasing facility time( what happened to that?) -our regional support for members to attend regional council should be part and parcel of the development plan for the region so we can ensure max participation. A lot of peeps attending took annual leave -in health (and elsewhere)-which is why so many of us were in the pub after the health agm. Would we not like region -offocials and officers -to now be seen to assist in trying to enure that Regional council meetings are supported by facility time so we can really participate as opposed to just turning up because we are told to so we can vote?Am I being daft to hope that?
ReplyDeleteDear Anon at 18.58
ReplyDeleteI think the point has now been made clearly that there are those of us, activists in front line jobs, that make their duty a priority and they don't have as much time as others to attend and participate in numerous meetings that are sometimes used for point scoring. I think that those who criticise people who have to go back to work and help others should be send to a hospital ward one afternoon to see how busy our members there are.
Nick
ReplyDeleteYou appear to be more critical of those of us in the UL and some of your comments are therefore not balanced. You do not, for example, mention the fact that John (the SWP John) has got more votes in the Regional Committee election than any of the others? Why is that?
Vera
Hello Vera (Surely not Duckworth?)
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments. I reported the result of the AGM election and concentrated on the 3 top positions. I know John has come top in the regional comm elections and that is perhaps because he is well known and respected even by those who are not on the left in other words this supports my theory that the 20% of floating or in my opinion independent thinkiers (I include myself in that category) are also convinced by what they know people standing for elections have done. Despite the fact that I disagree politically with the SWP approach I find that some of their activists (including John) are genuine people who fight for what they believe. This, in my opinion explains why the floating vote supported people like John. It could also have something to do with the fact that he looks like Richard Gere? Ah maybe not...
The lesson is those who ignore the independent thinkers in the region will lose out.
Hope that Jack is ok by the way?
Nick Venedi
Anon 18.58
ReplyDeleteWhat you do not understand my daft friend is that in health branches (and many local government branches) we have difficulty getting enough paid facility time for representation and consultation never mind activities such as recruitment and branch administration. The chances of getting time off to attend some union regional debating society is nonexistent and simply not a priority.
Vera
I imagine SWP John McLoughlin only got the most results because UL do not understand PR.
Terry
Dear Anon at 14.46
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment. I was agreeing with the notion that since people can't get time off to attend meetings they should not be criticised?
Thanks for your comment anyway
Nick