A Socialist Abroad: CLP Influence on the Manifesto

Labour's manifesto was one of the stars of the 2017 election. I read over the document to see what signs I could find that Labour International, my CLP, had had on the policy-making process that had led to the manifesto.

I found quite a few places where our ideas had been taken up and reported back through the LI website:

http://www.labourinternational.net/labour_international_influence_on_the_manifesto

Who Am I

I set up this site when I was seeking election to Labour's National Policy Forum. I am now proud to represent Labour International on the Forum.

I have been a member of the Labour Party since 1979. I was very active from the 1980s, including as Constituency Chair, Parliamentary Candidate and delegate to party bodies at District, County and regional level.

In the 1990s, my professional role in local government began to restrict my political activities but gave me the opportunity to work with Labour politicians for example successfully lobbying on the Maastricht Bill in the House of Commons or supporting councillors on the EU Committee of the Regions.

My career has been in economic development firstly at local and regional level and more recently in international development. I began lobbying Brussels for local government and I ended up based here in 1999. Apart from 3 years in Botswana, I’ve been here ever since.

I have a lot of policy development experience and worked with left-leaning think tanks over the years, contributing to conferences and seminars and organising fringe meetings at annual conference.

A Socialist Abroad

CLP Influence on the Manifesto

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