Bulletins - Thirsk & Malton Labour

CLP News #52

COVID-19: Everything’s Changed. In the three weeks since the last Bulletin so much has happened that I imagine like me most of you are reeling. As a 70+ I’m now kind of confined to quarters. Quite a few of you will be in the same situation. Everyone will be feeling…

CLP News #51+: Ballot Problems, Message from Berwick CLP

Ballot Tech. Problems We’ve been getting reports that some members are having problems trying to submit their votes online using smart phones. Not all phones are affected but if you are having problems using yours just close the App and try again on a PC, laptop or tablet. PC’s and…

CLP News #51: Leadership Ballot Forms; Litter Pick 7th March, Rural Housing Issues

The Leadership & NEC Ballots The Labour Party nationally is emailing statements to every member on behalf of the candidates for Leader and Deputy Leader as part of a process agreed with the candidates. There is no equivalent service for NEC candidates. With 30 or more CLP & BAME candidates sending…

CLP News #50

MickJohnston4NEC I’m on the ballot! Many thanks to all who voted for me at our Nomination Meeting and to all the members at Scarborough and Whitby, Harrogate & Knaresborough, Richmond, Selby & Ainsty, Skipton & Ripon, Haltemprice & Howden CLPs who voted for me at their Nomination Meetings. I got…

CLP News #49

Thirsk & Malton CLP Leadership Nominations Meeting Results. This bulletin is my first effort to assist Mick as Secretary. Sixty one members gathered on Saturday morning at Ryedale Community Leisure Centre to decide T&M CLP’s nominations for Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, the two vacant CLP seats on the…

Mick Johnston stands for NEC

Mick Johnston, Secretary of the Thirsk and Malton Constituency Labour Party, is hoping to stand as a candidate in the upcoming NEC* by-election. Subject to receiving nominations from 5 CLPs, Mick wants to ensure that rural CLPs like ours are better represented at national level. Mick’s background is forty years…

CLP News #48

Nominate Mick Johnston for NEC 8th Feb. 12.00. at Norton Leisure Centre. Never mind the Leader and Deputy. Far more important is that Mick (that’s me) is standing for the NEC to try and give a voice within the Party to our Constituency and the many like us, i.e marginalised,…

CLP News #47

Leadership Nominations Special Meeting 8th Feb.2020 11.00 to 14.00 at Norton Leisure Centre DOORS OPEN FOR ELIGIBILITY CHECK & FOOD AT 11.00. NO ADMISSIONS AFTER 12.00. Object. To decide which candidates our Constituency Labour Party (CLP) will nominate. Our nominations will appear on the One Member One Vote ballot form…

CLP News #46

Leadership Nominations Special Meeting 8th Feb.2020 This is an important opportunity for us to contribute to the debate about who would be the best people to rebuild support for our policies and lead us to victory at the next General Election. All eligible Thirsk and Malton Constituency Labour Party members…

CLP News #45

Leadership Nominations Special Meeting 8th Feb.2020 All eligible Thirsk and Malton Constituency Labour Party members are invited to a Special General Meeting to decide which of the candidates we, as a Constituency, will nominate for Leader and Deputy Leader. The meeting is on Saturday 8th February at the Ryedale…

Member bulletin #44

Jeremy Corbyn Statement on the killing of Qasem Soleimani “The US assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani is an extremely serious and dangerous escalation of conflict in the Middle East with global significance. The UK government should urge restraint on the part of both Iran and the US, and stand…

CLP News #43

Many Thanks For All Your Campaigning The General Election result was a heavy blow, both to the Party and to the struggle for social justice. There are many views as to the reasons but there is no avoiding the fact that the main difference between our policies in the 2017…

Election Bulletin 8

Scarborough Campaign: Final Push with Ash Sarkar ‘Join me, Ash Sarkar and lots of other lovely activists as we speak to the good folk of Eastfield ahead of Thursday’s general election. This will be our final chance to listen to people’s concerns and remind folk of the desperate need…

Election Bulletin 7

Public Meeting Thirsk Saturday 7th December Time For Real Change: Inside the Labour Manifesto We are holding a public meeting in Thirsk on Saturday to present and answer questions on our manifesto. As well as our candidate David Yellen we will have a panel of Party members dealing with our…

Election Bulletin 6

Today’s Street Stalls Cancelled The Party has cancelled all campaigning until 2.00pm today, Saturday 30th November, due to the terrorist killings in London. Our three street stalls are therefore cancelled but tonight’s fundraiser is very much on. Three Jeremy Corbyn Events Sunday 1st December York. 10.15. Speech by Jeremy in…

Election Bulletin 5

Fundraiser 30th Nov. David Yellen & Guest Anna Perrett Good Live Music from Coil 7.00 to 11.00 at The Mount Hotel 56 Yorkersgate, Malton, YO17 7AB As you know David is our candidate for Thirsk & Malton and he will be talking about his experience of the campaign. Anna is…

General Election Bulletin 4

Jeremy 1 – 0 Johnson I know I’m biased but I really thought Jeremy Corbyn did very well in the ITV debate with Prime Minister Johnson last night. He made his points well, didn’t ramble and rant like Johnson and answered the questions. Overall he seemed well received by the…

General Election Bulletin 3

We Are Campaigning Just days after formal adoption of our candidate by the NEC we were on the streets of Malton campaigning. The street stall in Market Place was very well received. Our candidate David Yellen is liked by people who stop to talk. His passion comes across clearly…

General Election Bulletin 2

David Yellen, currently Chair of our Constituency, already has a profile in the area, has fronted all our public events for the past few years and has gained respect for his tireless commitment to the campaign against fracking. He is the best possible person around whom to build our General…

2019 General Election Bulletin 1

General Election 12th December Jeremy’s Message of Hope We are now in election mode. In announcing the Shadow Cabinet’s decision yesterday to vote for a General Election our Leader stated on facebook ‘No deal is now off the table so tonight Labour will back a General Election. We’re launching the…

CLP News #42

Annual Conference Report We had success with our resolution on Social Housing. Firstly, Housing came top of the Constituencies’ poll which decides which topics get onto the agenda. A very comprehensive Housing resolution was then produced combining the key points from our resolution and a number of other resolutions. This…