CLP News 78: Councils Scrapped; NEC Report; SGM 4th Sept; Dawn Butler; Women’s Conference

26 Jul 2021

Ryedale, Scarborough & Hambleton Scrapped. North Yorkshire Unitary Election May 2022 The Government has announced its proposed unitary structure for local government in North Yorkshire. The statement issued by Secretary of State Robert Jenrickon Wednesday is that North Yorkshire County Council will become the single Unitary Authority for the whole…

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CLP News Bulletin 77: AGM, Annual Conference, Women’s Conference, NEC

20 Jun 2021

Successful AGM! The Zoom AGM was quorate. Many thanks to all who logged in. The following Officers were unanimously elected unopposed. • Chair– David Yellen • Vice Chair– Alan Avery • Secretaries– Mick Johnston and Anne Seex • Treasurer– Steve White • Membership Secretary– Ivan Adams • Communications Officer– Mark…

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CLP News 76: AGM , Motion to Give Conference Power to Call Leadership Elections, AGM Guest Speaker: Alison Hume.

02 Jun 2021

AGM Guest Speaker: Alison Hume Alison fought a great campaign for us in the Police Fire and Crime Commissioner election. We are delighted that she is our guest speaker at our AGM on Friday. Her talk ’Beating the trend in North Yorkshire’ will be about the campaign and she will…

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CLP News 75: Voting for Alison Hume for Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner. Useful tips.

29 Apr 2021

Voting for Alison Hume for Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner. Useful tips. The ballot form, whether postal vote or issued at your Polling Station on the day, invites you to vote for a second preference. You don’t have to. Your vote is perfectly valid if you only vote for our…

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CLP News 73: County Elections Off; Alison Hume 1st March; Unitary Options 19th March; Economic Impact of Pandemic.

26 Feb 2021

County Council Elections Off Robert Jenrick announced on Monday that elections for North Yorkshire, Cumbria and Somerset County Councils have been put off to next year because of the proposals for Unitary Re-organisation.  Our twelve selected candidates remain as such and we hope they will be able to resume campaigning…

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CLP News 72: Ask Mr Hollinrake Meeting; Telephone canvassing; Social Media; County Council 17th Feb.

13 Feb 2021

Ask Mr. Hollinrake. Meeting! We are hosting a Zoom meeting with Mr Hollinrake on Friday 19th February at 6.00pm. We have taken this unusual step in response to the large number of people expressing to us their concern at the Government’s handling of Covid -19. It is a public meeting…

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CLP News 71: Alison Hume selected; Planning & Economy policy debates; County Candidates; Stop War on Yemen.

29 Jan 2021

Police Fire and Crime Commissioner: Alison Hume Selected as Candidate.

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CLP News 70: Hustings 8th Jan; County Candidates; Campaign training 11th January

06 Jan 2021

We Need You at PCC Hustings 8th Jan. Unless more of our members come to the Zoom Selection meeting on 8th Januaryour Constituency Party will have no say in who represents us at the election for North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner in May. The selection is the start of…

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CLP News 69: PCC Hustings 8th Jan; Letter to General Secretary; Antisemitism Action Plan; NEC Reports; Message from Santa.

23 Dec 2020

Bumper Christmas Edition! Apologies for the long gap since the last Bulletin. As a result there is quite a lot in this one. PCC Hustings 8th January 2021 Next May, on the same day as the North Yorkshire Council elections, there will be an election for a new North Yorkshire…

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CLP News 68: Corbyn suspension; Antisemitism report; Tory Stalinism; Hambleton Plan; Shadow Cabinet speakers

05 Nov 2020

Don’t Quit! Many members were dismayed by the suspension of Jeremy Corbyn. A small number have notified me that they have resigned; others may be considering resigning. Please do not resign. That is exactly what those opposed to the socialist policies that Jeremy represents want. If you want the Party…

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CLP News 67. NEC Nomination result; Workshop on North Yorkshire Takeover 30th September

29 Sep 2020

A successful ‘first’ for Thirsk & Malton CLP.  On Tuesday 22 September 33 members signed-in on Zoom to the Special General Meeting convened to consider nominations for the nine places for Constituency Party representatives on the National Executive Committee. To go forward to the national ballot a member must be…

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CLP News 66. 14 Proposals for NEC; Oregon in Flames; Unconscionable Government; Betrayal of farming

17 Sep 2020

NEC: 14 Proposals But Far Short of a Quorum. Many of you will be dissatisfied with the managerial failures of our National Executive Committee over recent years. Your chance to make the NEC work is now, by doing all you can to get people elected to the NEC who will…

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CLP News 65: NEC Nominations Meeting; Exams scandal; Eat Out; Radio 4 Prog; Palestine

25 Aug 2020

    Our NEC Nominations: Online Meeting 22nd September. As a Constituency Labour Party we are entitled to nominate our preferred candidates for ten places on the Party’s National Executive Committee and for Party Treasurer. Due to the Covid-19 restrictions on meetings the only way we can decide on nominations is…

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CLP News 64: Member Meeting 16th July; Your Policy propsals; County to be axed; NEC elections; Mr Hollinrakes Q&A.

16 Jul 2020

All Member Zoom Meeting 16th July: Post Covid Economy All members have been invited to take part in an online meeting at 7.00 on Thursday 16th July to discuss a proposition for an economic policy for the post pandemic world. If agreed the proposition will be submitted to the Party’s…

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CLP News 63: Mr. Hollinrake on Covid-19; Quiz 7th July; High Court Action; NEC Elections on

08 Jul 2020

Ask Mr. Hollinrake About Lifting Covid-19 Restrictions. Online 17th July. Our Member of Parliament is holding an Online Q&A Conference to allow us to ask him about the lifting of Covid-19 restrictions. So if there is anything you are unclear about or if you have concerns that you would like…

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CLP News 62. Reading murders; Quiz 23rd June; Be a Councillor; NEC; Covid-19

22 Jun 2020

Reading Terrorist Murders: Not a time for party politics, says Keir “It’s horrific that it happened … and across Reading, across the country there will be communities really upset and worried about this, united in their grief. And all of our thoughts are with those who have lost someone in this.…

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CLP News 61. Black Lives Matter; Track & Trace Petition; 27% Honest Johnson; Last Seminar; USA Elections.

08 Jun 2020

  Last Dr. John Gibbins Seminar: 11th June. Your last chance to join in the ljvely debate for a while as this is the last of the current series. It’s at 2.00pm next Thursday 11th June. Just click this link at five to 2.00. or if using a smartphone ring…

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CLP News 60: Cummings; Three Seminars: Next Quiz.

27 May 2020

Cummings & Johnson Should Both Go  Few will have been persuaded by Mr Cummings’ performance in the ‘Rose Garden’. The exceptionism, self pity, ludicrous eye test story and refusal to admit the blatantly obvious breaking of his own instructions to everyone else all stick in the craw. So many issues are…

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CLP News #59: Raise funds for NHS & Foodbank; Covid stats; The Far Right-Seminar; AGM postponed.

18 May 2020

19th May Quiz For NHS & Foodbank We have a new Quizmaster for our next Quiz on Tuesday 19th May. Steve Plews is taking over, which is great news because it means he won’t be able to be in Rosalie’s team, which gives the rest of us a better chance.…

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CLP News #58: Quiz 12th May; Government Dissarray; Seminars; Online Campaign Training; Co-op Party.

18 May 2020

Zoom Quiz For NHS & Foodbank: 7.00pm 12th May Do our Quiz on Tuesday 12th May. It’s a bit of entertainment and a way of raising funds for NHS staff and the local Foodbank. Its on Zoom so just Click this link at 7.00 on the 12th May. Hope to see you there.…

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CLP News #57: Covid Stats; History of LP 30th April; NEC; Members Entertain; Quiz.

30 Apr 2020

Full Covid-19 Death Stats Out The Government is now including deaths outside hospitals in their published figures. Although they are still not up to date it looks like getting on for 10,000 deaths have been cumulatively excluded bringing the true total deaths to date to around 30,000. This death rate…

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