#Lab25 will get to debate rejoining the EU

At the General Committee of Lewisham North last night we agreed to send a motion calling for the abolition of the two child benefit cap,

Labour Conference 2019 — CC DFL 2019 BY-SA

… and also proposed a reference back of the NPF report. I initially proposed the words in a blog article posted last week, or on Medium. This article repeats some of the text of the reference back and also includes my notes for my moving speech, and right of reply, as it was opposed by both those who think that being outside the EU is a good thing, and those who fear Farage and think the time is wrong.

The crux of the reference back text is,

Conference calls on the NPF to look beyond the ’24 manifesto commitments with respect to the EU relationship and to press for faster re-alignment with the EU single market within this parliament and to examine the possibility of rejoining the European Union being a manifesto promise for the next general election.

Here are my notes, in moving the proposal,

The NPF report talks of much progress but draws little conclusions. It makes much of the UK-EU summit in May, which itself was inconclusive. No agreements were made. Not even on the softest of targets, Defence.

This reference back calls for the NPF to consider looking beyond the ’24 manifesto commitments with respect to…