Articles with tag “Labour Party”
Labour’s Energy Plans: Technically Questionable, Politically Vacuous
During last year’s conference, the Labour Party made headlines with its seemingly bold promises on energy and climate change. These included a massive build-out of wind turbines, solar panels, and a housing retrofit programme. We were promised that these pledges would be elaborated on in a report to be ...
Oxford & District Labour Party AMM May 2018
An all members meeting which reflected on the local elections and included a discussion on Part III of the party’s democracy review. There was also a parliamentary report and the SWC branch’s motion on including trans-women in all-women shortlists.
Oxford & District Labour Party AGM 2018
Our annual general meeting for 2018, featuring reports from various officers, nominations for national party positions, elections of branch officers (by acclamation) and Conference delegates, reports from the Labour groups in city and county council, a parliamentary report, and a few motions.
Oxford & District Labour Party AMM February 2018
An all members meeting with a presentation on Brexit. This was followed by a motion on Brexit, along with motions on various other issues (including a somewhat contentious one on Haringey). There was also a parliamentary report.
Oxford & District Labour Party AMM October 2017
Our post-conference all members meeting, featuring reports from the county council Labour group, the city council Labour group, a parliamentary report, and a report on Conference by Cherry (one of the delegates).
Oxford & District Labour Party AMM September 2017
Our pre-conference all members meeting, featuring a parliamentary report, a delegate votes on conference arrangement committees, a vote on various conference motions, and a motion on hate crimes.
On Climate Change, Ashton Beats Corbyn
Following on from the success of Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders in the UK and US, Niki Ashton has been presenting herself as the left-wing candidate in the current NDP leadership race. Recently she published a commitment to “environmental justice” which stacks up very well against Corbyn’s disappointing commitments on energy and climate change.
Labour Policy Responses: Environment, Energy and Transport
The NPF document rightly identifies climate change as one of the greatest challenges of the century. However, beyond this, it has little to say. It refers to the Paris Agreement of 2015, but does not acknowledge that the stated goal of keeping warming below 2°C, or even 1.5°C, is not going to be achieved with the emissions commitment which were made. Nor is the magnitude of the challenge of keeping temperatures below those limits recognised. It seems inconceivable that it could be done without state-directed economic planning on a scale previously unseen in the West during peacetime.
