This is one of
those blog posts where I ought to remind you that this is a personal blog, on
which I express my own personal opinions.
East Brighton Councillor
Nancy Platts has responded to the announcement from Labour Group Leader Daniel
Yates that he will not be seeking re-election as Group Leader by declaring
her candidacy for the vacancy.
I think that
Nancy is the ideal candidate to lead the Labour Group in Brighton and Hove, and
to lead any negotiations with the Green Group which may now take place following
Thursday’s local election results. I have known Nancy for more than a decade
and know that she is a committed and principled socialist.
Nancy is well
known in the Party and City, having served as Chair of the former City Party
across Brighton and Hove, and having stood for our Party in both Pavilion and
Kemptown in the past decade. Since being elected for East Brighton last year
she has quickly developed a reputation as a hardworking local Councillor.
Nancy is also
well-placed to unite the Party, as a well-known ally and supporter of our Leader,
Jeremy Corbyn who is respected on both the right and left of the Party. Our
unity will be important if we are to have constructive discussions with our
friends and neighbours in the Green group in order to try to establish a solid
majority for a radical local authority.
I would like to
see a process whereby all Labour Party members could express their views about
the leadership of the Labour Group – and I hope that we can develop such a
process for future years. Now, however there is no time to initiate this
process before the Annual Meetings of the Group (on 13 May) and of the Council
(on 22 May).
This year the
decision as to who shall be Labour Group Leader must be made by the 20 members
of the Group. I hope that they will rally behind the radical unity candidate,
Nancy Platts.
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