deputy leader of labor Angela Rayner claimed siro Keer starrerVoting would not be held at the party convention to end the one-member-one-vote election system.
This is despite Labor explicitly confirming that party leaders will make their own reforms to elect future leaders to the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC).
Fire Brigade Union (FBU) general secretary Matt Wreck said it would be “a little too early” for the Labor leader to introduce his party’s reforms at the autumn convention.
Ms. Rainer told BBCThere will be no voting in today’s program this weekend, but it was likely to be discussed.
Meanwhile, the left-wing campaign group Momentum said Labor’s proposals to bring back the Electoral College are “dead”.
According to a spokesman, Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer is said to be “delighted” by the reforms being carried out in the NEC.
Sir Keir appears to have abandoned a plan to shake up how future leaders are chosen by going back to the electoral college system.
A spokesman said: ‘Keer said on Tuesday that it was not a take or leave deal. That is how we have approached him and we are happy with where we have ended up.
It is understood there will be ‘significant changes’ to the leadership rules – including raising the MP’s nomination limit for leadership elections to 25 per cent and waiving registered pro-participation.
Sir Keir Starmer (pictured) Reforms in the way party leaders are elected will not be voted on at this weekend’s Labor convention.
Ms Rainer said: ‘The conference is a time when we discuss the rules. These are the things that the conference does every year.’
But at a meeting scheduled for today, Ms. Rainer said the proposed changes were not on order paper. He continued: ‘My understanding is that the Electoral College is not coming up in the NEC. What you will hear is a lot about how we will heal this country.’
Asked if she supported Sir Keir’s plan, she said: ‘There is no further motion so I cannot say whether I support it or not.’
Mr Wreck, a trade union leader who was part of a meeting of the trade union and Labor Party Liaison Organization (Tullow) this week to discuss the proposals with Sir Keir, told BBC Radio 4’s Today program conference no room for discussion around the election Told. Party leader.
He said: ‘I think the first thing is what do people want from the Labor conference? We are facing jobs crisis, living standards crisis, energy crisis, etc.
‘If Labor is going to win power and take on the Tories, I think people have to see Labor stand up for the working people and that’s what we want, and I’m sure that’s what Labor voters want to hear. are – not a debate about how we elect a leader or choose Labor MPs, and obviously how it will get people thinking about who to vote for.
Labor deputy leader Angela Renner (pictured) told the BBC’s Today program that there would be no vote this weekend, but it is likely to be discussed
‘The conference starts today, so it seems too early in the morning to try to bring in major proposals regarding the formation of the Labor Party.’
Mish Rahman, a member of Labor’s NEC and Momentum’s national coordinating group, said: ‘The central measure of Keir Starmer’s attack on democracy has been a massive failure. The electoral college is dead.
‘Now to ensure that all other regressive rule changes concocted by the leadership share the same fate.
“From the trigger ballot change to moving up the MP nomination threshold, all of this needs to go into the bin. Starmer won’t stop trying to rig democracy, so we can’t stop defending it.
Ms Rainer said she was told that proposals to bring back an electoral college are not on the agenda for the NEC meeting on Saturday.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, she said: ‘We’ve got an NEC meeting later today.
‘I have been told that the NEC mandate sheet does not have an electoral college – I didn’t see it because I got up at 5 am today to talk to all of you in the media.
‘But, you know what, it’s not unusual.’
Asked whether Leader Sir Keir Starmer’s proposals are likely to be voted on at the conference, Ms Rainer said: ‘Some will do, some will not because that is the natural rhythm of the convention’s work.’
Mr Starmer’s first proper conference as Labor leader this weekend is being hit by his unpopular attempt to rewrite internal rules as his deputy Ms Rainer (pictured together) opposes it.
Asked whether there would be a vote on reforms to elect a future leader, he said: ‘I have told you that my understanding is that the electorate is not coming up in the NEC, so it will not happen.’
Elsewhere at the conference, the party will try to show how it can improve the lives of millions, by announcing ‘fair wage agreements’ to guarantee minimum wages and conditions for workers in key sectors, starting with social care. Will make
But on the eve of the first individual annual conference before the pandemic, Sir Keir was still in talks with the union barons to reduce the power of ordinary members to choose future leaders.
He was hoping they would support his plan, paving the way for the loyalist party to keep it in Brighton today.
Sir Keir faced opposition on Wednesday from leading union leaders and left-wing MPs. Insiders said his first attempt to compromise on his plan was a “car accident” and a “beaten-up”.
And he suffered another setback when it emerged that his ambitious deputy Ms. Rainer also opposed the return of the ‘Electoral College’.
This system would eliminate the one-member-one-vote rule, which led to a landslide victory for Jeremy Corbyn, instead giving more weight to lawmakers and unions.
According to The Guardian, Mrs Rainer has questioned the timing of the move as well as the theory behind it. His personal concerns came after Scottish Labor leader Anas Sarwar said: ‘I don’t think it should be our focus.’
Even if Sir Keir gains the support of union leaders, rank-and-file members can sabotage his plans. Labor members of Britain’s biggest union, Unison, said it was “unthinkable” that leaders would change party rules to “eject” members.
Sir Keir also faced dire warnings from his predecessor, Jeremy Corbyn (pictured), who is still suspended from the parliamentary Labor Party over anti-Semitism.
Sir Keir also faced a stern warning from his predecessor. Mr Corbyn, who is still suspended from the parliamentary Labor Party over anti-Semitism, said: ‘We meet at a time of great change and crisis, perhaps greater than at any other time in my 50-plus years of party membership.
‘Signs are that the party leadership wants to try to shut down the debate, sidelining members and trade unions with the end result that Labor moves forward rather than challenging our broken political and economic system.’
Mr Corbyn’s aide Diane Abbott also launched a vociferous attack on Sir Keir. She wrote online: ‘When will it be with Keir Starmer that the undemocratic electoral college through which he is trying to coerce will not only make it easier to block leftist labor leaders, it will make it easier for the Right to dump him Will be done. When will the time come?’
Diane Abbott (pictured) also made a vociferous attack, saying the Electoral College voting system ‘will make it easier for Wright to dump her when the time comes’
He also took aim at the Labor leader’s 35-page essay on his vision for the country, tweeting: ‘While Keir Starmer was campaigning for the Labor leadership, he spoke of the “general of rail, mail, energy and water”. Ownership”, and acted upon it. Corporate tax avoidance. These things are not mentioned in their new pamphlet.
Sir Keir himself called on his party yesterday to ‘focus on the future, not the past’ and provide a ‘credible alternative’ to the Conservative government in the wake of the catastrophic general election defeat under Mr Corbyn’s leadership.
He told London’s Evening Standard: ‘We need to show the country that we are a government that waits with hunger to win.’
Labor leaders will address the conference on Wednesday.
Other shadow frontbenchers will also get an opportunity to set their own priorities.
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