The two leading factions have announced their recommendations for how CLP delegates should vote in the #lab23 conference priorities ballot. Only 12 motion topics are debated, six of which are the result of a ballot of the CLP delegates.
The left are recommending that the following topics are voted on for debate, Housing, Schools, Reform of Universal Credit, Health funding and structure, Free school meals, and, Asylum and Immigration. Labour to win recommend , An NHS fit for the future, Ukraine, Energy, Violence against Women and Girls, Defence, Ethics and Integrity in politics. On their tweet, they say, “These topics do not clash with ones already chosen by unions and are topics that best display party unity without unfunded spending commitments.” So they propose to debate only free policy without obtaining a mandate from the party on the ‘golden rules’; I am willing to bet that the defence motions call for unfunded expenditure increases.
I say, paraphrasing a comrade to get it within Twitter’s character limit, ‘At #lab23, ask your CLP delegates to support “NHS services and funding” as one of their 6 priorities. The topic “an NHS fit for the future” is pro-market do * not* to choose that one. The motions have been split to try to ensure that we do not debate this vital issue i.e. that of public ownership and lobbying.”
