Ignore counterfeit luke akehurst blogs this is the genuine article from the chap who whips hackney labour councillors in his spare time. Luke akehurst, secretary of rightwing pressure group labour first, has triggered a. Tick this box if youd like to give luke akehurst for neclabour first permission to keep you up to date with our opinions about developments in luke s campaign, to suggest campaigning activities you may want to be involved in, and to inform you about our events. A very interesting and tongue in cheek analysis of who was standing for the nec elections and what they really may stand for can be found here. Everything is excused under the rubric of terrorism. Its always been stormy, but the referendum has brought the whole thing to crisis point. Open your eyes sermon by william akehurst, luke 24.
Why israel is not an apartheid state the jewish chronicle. Mar 06, 2015 a blog by luke akehurst about politics, elections, and the labour party with subtitles for the hard of left. Mp blasts media for misrepresenting decision to stand down. Another leading force in labour first is luke akehurst who also. Akehurst s comment heavily ratioed, giving an idea of its unpopularity. Rightwing labour first activist and proud enemy of the left luke akehurst has been firmly routed from his position as membership secretary in oxford east clp and replaced by two left wing party activists.
Labours right wing has launched a new plan to rein in jeremy corbyns power despite his growing standing within the party following the. New labour showed the party can be a social movement and an electoral force. All articles on this labour party marxists website reflect solely the opinions of the authors, writing in a personal capacity, unless otherwise stated. The luke akehurst blog the genuine luke akehurst weblog about politics, elections, the labour party and that ghastly hackney place. We believe in israel is a broad coalition of over 19,000 supporters of israel. With luck its members will have received papers in advance. In hewlett packard stands with israel stand with hp against the boycotter s akehurst defend israels use of hewlett packards technology to maintain its police state methods of repression. Arabs and other minorities are full citizens, have equal voting rights, and sit in the knesset. In contrast, the three shadow cabinet members who got tumultuous standing ovations were emily thornberry, jonathan ashworth and angela rayner, all associated with the soft left or centre of the party and all capable of getting 29 mps and meps.
Within the green line, israel is a multiethnic democracy. New labour showed the party can be a social movement and. From warrior to civilian great books foundation, donald h. Luke akehurst, the secretary of labour first, produced an interesting article on what he calls the hard left for his blog. The execrable luke akehurst defends israels occupation. Labours ruling sic national executive committee nec meets on tuesday. The family didnt move far, but there is a distinct migration of the name from sussex to north kent or vice versa. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.
Sep 30, 2016 luke akehurst has been the director of we believe in israel since 2011. Feb 28, 2007 a blog by luke akehurst about politics, elections, and the labour party with subtitles for the hard of left. Some have done the job before but others have power for the first time. Although the current score, time elapsed, video and other data provided on this site is sourced from live feeds provided by third parties, you should be aware that this data may be subject to a time delay andor be inaccurate. Herzogs newest colleague at the center is luke akehurst, until recently a. I dont read the guardian anymore, just as i dont lick around the toilet bowl or engage in dalliances with farm animals on wednesday i made a reluctant exception, after discovering that archblairite sycophant and former arms trade lobbyist luke akehurst had written a pubbore piece about new labour, jeremy corbyn and his vision for the party. Sam gregory explores why labour lost a longstanding sheffield seat. Mar 10, 2008 the luke akehurst blog the genuine luke akehurst weblog about politics, elections, the labour party and that ghastly hackney place. A regular contributor to the labour list blog, luke akehurst wrote on 21 june.
Why labour conference was good and bad luke akehurst. In fact, nuclear weapons, their existence and retention by all. Boycotting israel is wrong is a timely short book on the bds phenomenon by australian academics philip mendes and nick dyrenfurth it combines the force of a rigorously argued polemic with the authority of a properly footnoted academic paper, and in just 205 pages manages to provide a historic overview of the changing relationship between zionism, israel and the western left. Electronic intifada reporter says he wont go along with political show trial. Akehurst landscape service commercial landscape management. Veteran activist and former uk labour party national executive committee member luke akehurst offers an indepth look at the groups, procedures and key players who will help determine the labour partys stance towards israel in light of jeremy corbyns victory. Veteran activist and former uk labour party national executive committee member luke akehurst offers an indepth look at the groups, procedures and key players who will help determine the labour party. A regular contributor to the labour list blog, luke akehurst wrote on 21 june 2016. Luke akehurst thinks labour needs to take the side of national security in the debate around trident renewal.
Luke akehurst is director of we believe in israel and a stalwart of labour first. However, luke, like most proponents of nuclear weapons, is not on the side of national security. On one hand, it is thoroughly reactionary in attempting to push down the. Born in sussex, england in 1828, charles moved with his family to the united states when he was just ten years old. At this point in its annual meeting cycle there should be a report on conference 2012 arrangements and recommendations on possible changes to the stitchup handbook aka as the labour party rule book. As its long standing contributor jeremy corbyn says, the morning star is the most. Describing itself as labours biggest independent grassroots enetwork, the sites content includes news, commentary, interviews, campaign information, analysis and opinion from various contributors and sources across the labour and trade union movement. If you are an akehurst or have akehurst family connections, we invite you to join the world family of akehurster s. Being appointed director of bicoms we believe in israel department was a dream job for luke akehurst. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Aug 23, 2011 david cronin lobby watch 23 august 2011. Luke akehurst, the now infamous chairman of labour first, a troublesome.
At the last local election on 6 may 2010, luke akehurst, sally mulready, and guy nicholson, all labour party candidates, were returned. The dominance of the nec by momentum is unbalanced, unrepresentative of the diversity of views among labour members, and bad for party unity. Israel is on its third general election in under a year, as embattled rightwing prime minister benjamin netanyahu. Luke akehurst view that it is the responsibility of staff to give the left a good kicking, is probably the same reasons why 100,000 members walked away, new labour is all but gone, labour is out of power and ed miliband died on radio 2 today. As jeremy corbyns party lays down its plan for government, luke akehurst of we believe in israel drills down to find out what it means for support for the jewish state. In 2001, chatham ward had a total population of 10,722. Luke akehurst and graham snell more than 4,000 councillors were voted in at last months elections. Surely everyone has to stand and fight their ground.
Fathom what does the corbyn revolution mean for the uk. Under lockdown and looking to fill spare time by reading books about the labour party. Luke akehurst is a candidate for labours national executive committee. From warrior to civilian was created for talking service, the great books foundations initiative to develop reading and discussion programs for. As weve said before, bottomup renewal starts with a topdown clean up. Luciana berger, who is now standing for the liberal democrats in the seat. This is down to the hard graft of local activists and the widespread support. Join facebook to connect with john akehurst and others you may know. Hi im l uke a ke hurst, an d i m stan di n g as a labou r fi rst can di date f or labou rs nati on al ex ecu ti v e c ommi ttee. Luke akehurst luke akehurst has been a labour activist since 1988. Labours right wing draws up new plan to undermine jeremy corbyn. What is the next career move for a promoter of the arms industry.
Sep 14, 2017 all articles on this labour party marxists website reflect solely the opinions of the authors, writing in a personal capacity, unless otherwise stated. Luke akehurst has been the director of we believe in israel since 2011. Luke akehurst, secretary of the centreleft group labour first, said. Akehurst is a labour party activist of blairite sympathies whose failure to keep up with new times in the labour party has married his dismay at corbyns popularity with an orwellian anticommunism. Theresa mays majority, would water down mr corbyns influence on the. A blog by luke akehurst about politics, elections, and the labour party with subtitles for the hard of left. This page is for labour party members who are backing luke akehurst for election to labours national executive committee luke akehurst is standing as a labour first candidate for labours national executive committee. How israeli spies are flooding facebook and twitter. Luke, who has just stood down after 12 years as a labour councillor in hackney, spent 11 years as a lobbyist for a pr company and worked with weber shandwick, largely for the defence industry, as well as for property companies and local authorities. Labour rightwingers tweet re corbynsupporting councillors triggers outrage luke akehurst, secretary of rightwing pressure group labour first, has triggered a horrified reaction from labour supporters by tweeting that a letter signed by hundreds of labour councillors provides a useful list for future reference. My blueprint for how moderates can seize the labour. This was already the pattern downticket in the leadership election where, on the same. A former arms salesman akehurst sent out an email at the weekend asking people to send an identikit letter to mps defending israels gunning down and murder of 27 unarmed palestinians and the wounding of over one thousand more in gaza during the last week. Jane stockton and dan iley williamson who is also a councillor and the secretary of the oxford momentum branch with a healthy majority.
Over the past few days, i have been writing about how the britain israel communications and research center bicom has indicted war criminal michael herzog on its staff. It combines the force of a rigorously argued polemic with the authority of a properly footnoted academic paper, and in just 205 pages manages to provide a historic. Luke akehurst, director of we believe in israel, the campaign wing of bicom, former member of labours international executive committee, spoke at ruislip synagogue on 26th april. Akehursts chilling list exposes stalinist double standard the. Six and a half hours later i emerged from labours 39 victoria street hq feeling euphoric and more optimistic about labours fightback than at any point since the election that never was in 2007. Luke akehurst removed from local labour party executive by. He was labour students national secretary 19951996, parliamentary candidate for aldershot in 2001 and castle point in 2005, a hackney councillor 20022014, and an nec member 20102012. Why labour conference was good and bad luke akehurst the. Cllr susan press labour left briefing there are some of us who will fight, and fight, and fight again, to save the party we love.
Boycotting israel is wrong is a timely short book on the bds phenomenon by australian academics philip mendes and nick dyrenfurth. Why i just quit the labour party the electronic intifada. Please also be aware that other betfair customers may have access to data that is faster andor more accurate than the data shown on the betfair site. Pr, arms industry and supporter of israel, warts and all before becoming labour councillor for hackney, luke akehurst spent 11 years as a lobbyist for a pr company, worked with weber shandwick, largely for the defence industry, for. Akehursts comment heavily ratioed, giving an idea of its unpopularity. Akehurst uses only the most climate friendly plant selections and materials on the market as well as the latest water management systems to offer you landscaping solutions that are not only beautiful but lower energy costs and provide the healthiest environment. The century and a half long history of the akehurst company began with the dreams of one young man, charles a. Aug 03, 2016 new labour showed the party can be a social movement and an electoral force luke akehurst.
Idly watching the abcs idea of news one evening and hearing for the thousandth time how mans greed and indifference. The ward returns three councillors to hackney london borough council, with an election every four years. Pr, arms industry and supporter of israel, warts and all before becoming labour councillor for hackney, luke akehurst spent 11 years as a lobbyist for a pr company, worked with weber shandwick, largely for the defence industry, for property companies and local authorities. Arms industry promoter latest recruit for uk israel lobby. Clp nominations will be decided at local meetings up and down the country, which all members in a clp are entitled to. In fact, nuclear weapons, their existence and retention by all the great powers and some not so great is. I will try to think of it as my little red book,bit like the catechism that ch mao.
Someone needs to write a book that sets out what it means to be a. The zionist shitlord on the left is luke akehurst of proisraelpronuclear lobbyists labour first and the zionist shitlord on the right is comedian marlon solomon. Conference revealed the contradictions at the heart of momentum. New labour showed the party can be a social movement and an. We hear that some comrades are suggesting that luke akehurst. There are two competing visions of the labour party. Akehurst until recently worked for the british israel committees we believe in israel department. Menahem briskman, who chaired the meeting, welcomed the audience, some of whom were so keen that they arrived very early in order to hear luke akehurst speak.
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