Comments on: Another selection, another ethnic minority MP? The H&WG selection http://www.tmponline.org/2007/05/02/another-selection-another-ethnic-minority-mp-the-hwg-selection-hots-up/ The online political magazine and forum Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:44:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Adrian Glasspole http://www.tmponline.org/2007/05/02/another-selection-another-ethnic-minority-mp-the-hwg-selection-hots-up/#comment-177 Adrian Glasspole Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:07:14 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=42#comment-177 Lynne Featherstone IS an ethnic minority MP. She is Jewish. If being from an ethnic minority is a criterion for being an MP, be happy that Hornsey & Wood Green HAVE an ethnic minority MP. Or do you not count us as an ethnic minority because of our skin tone? Lynne Featherstone IS an ethnic minority MP. She is Jewish. If being from an ethnic minority is a criterion for being an MP, be happy that Hornsey & Wood Green HAVE an ethnic minority MP.
Or do you not count us as an ethnic minority because of our skin tone?

]]> By: Hornsey and Wood Green Watch http://www.tmponline.org/2007/05/02/another-selection-another-ethnic-minority-mp-the-hwg-selection-hots-up/#comment-67 Hornsey and Wood Green Watch Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:43:06 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=42#comment-67 The results including the postal votes reflect that the unions are still a very powerful network within the Labour Party and nothing to do with the other candidates needing a lesson!! The results only continue to confirm that "All women shortlists" only benefit white women as no Black/minority ethnic member of parliament has ever been elected from an "All women shortlist" Nilgun Canver, Jan Etienne and Claudia Webbe should be proud of their powerful presentations, excellent speeches and positive contributions throughout the selection process The results including the postal votes reflect that the unions are still a very powerful network within the Labour Party and nothing to do with the other candidates needing a lesson!!

The results only continue to confirm that “All women shortlists” only benefit white women as no Black/minority ethnic member of parliament has ever been elected from an “All women shortlist”

Nilgun Canver, Jan Etienne and Claudia Webbe should be proud of their powerful presentations, excellent speeches and positive contributions throughout the selection process

]]> By: Matthew http://www.tmponline.org/2007/05/02/another-selection-another-ethnic-minority-mp-the-hwg-selection-hots-up/#comment-62 Matthew Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:16:46 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=42#comment-62 "Understand Jennings did well on the postal votes. " Can you substantiate that at all Lester? I would be interested to know more about the result but at the meeting the Chair only gave the overall result for Jennings and nothing else “Understand Jennings did well on the postal votes. ”
Can you substantiate that at all Lester? I would be interested to know more about the result but at the meeting the Chair only gave the overall result for Jennings and nothing else

]]> By: Lester http://www.tmponline.org/2007/05/02/another-selection-another-ethnic-minority-mp-the-hwg-selection-hots-up/#comment-61 Lester Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:04:26 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=42#comment-61 Understand Jennings did well on the postal votes. A lesson, perhaps, to other candidates! Understand Jennings did well on the postal votes. A lesson, perhaps, to other candidates!

]]> By: Matthew http://www.tmponline.org/2007/05/02/another-selection-another-ethnic-minority-mp-the-hwg-selection-hots-up/#comment-60 Matthew Mon, 18 Jun 2007 09:48:45 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=42#comment-60 Well, yesterday was the all-member hustings and I did think Karen Jennings was the most impressive candidate. She spoke very fluently and made a lot of sense. I think there were 284 votes cast and Karen won on the first round with about 154 votes putting her as first preference. None of this is to say that the other candidates weren't good. People like Jan and Nilgun did well though perhaps not so well in the questions. I liked Claudia Webb talking about imperialism, I wonder how that went down with Benski? Well, yesterday was the all-member hustings and I did think Karen Jennings was the most impressive candidate. She spoke very fluently and made a lot of sense. I think there were 284 votes cast and Karen won on the first round with about 154 votes putting her as first preference.
None of this is to say that the other candidates weren’t good. People like Jan and Nilgun did well though perhaps not so well in the questions. I liked Claudia Webb talking about imperialism, I wonder how that went down with Benski?

]]> By: AK http://www.tmponline.org/2007/05/02/another-selection-another-ethnic-minority-mp-the-hwg-selection-hots-up/#comment-59 AK Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:52:10 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=42#comment-59 I found Catherine West pretty unimpressive when I spoke to her, and I undretsand her GC speech was utterly appalling - "read out her own name" was one description. A lot of talk about Labour values and not much substance. Catherine West has wanted our seat for ages and she's got precious little to say. If she wasn't good enough for Islington South to select as their MP when she was Labour Group leader there why should we accept their castoff as our PPC? She's putting stuff round saying she's backed by Lord Chris Smith - precious lot of good that did her in Islington South & Finsbury. Jan Etienne and Nilgun have been good and better on policy but from what I can gather from talking to others the candidate who is now set to do very well indeed is Karen Jennings. Haven't spoken to her but she left a couple of messages on my home phone. Pavement politics does count, but it's not enough. Hornsey & Wood Green is not Birmingham Hodge Hill, and Labour controls the council in Haringey so she can't run a simple "kick-em-out" campaign like the overrated 2006 Islington Labour approach. I found Catherine West pretty unimpressive when I spoke to her, and I undretsand her GC speech was utterly appalling - “read out her own name” was one description. A lot of talk about Labour values and not much substance.

Catherine West has wanted our seat for ages and she’s got precious little to say. If she wasn’t good enough for Islington South to select as their MP when she was Labour Group leader there why should we accept their castoff as our PPC? She’s putting stuff round saying she’s backed by Lord Chris Smith - precious lot of good that did her in Islington South & Finsbury.

Jan Etienne and Nilgun have been good and better on policy but from what I can gather from talking to others the candidate who is now set to do very well indeed is Karen Jennings. Haven’t spoken to her but she left a couple of messages on my home phone.

Pavement politics does count, but it’s not enough. Hornsey & Wood Green is not Birmingham Hodge Hill, and Labour controls the council in Haringey so she can’t run a simple “kick-em-out” campaign like the overrated 2006 Islington Labour approach.

]]> By: Benski http://www.tmponline.org/2007/05/02/another-selection-another-ethnic-minority-mp-the-hwg-selection-hots-up/#comment-53 Benski Sat, 09 Jun 2007 13:46:46 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=42#comment-53 I suspect that Karen Jennings has pretty heavy weight government objectors too given her professional stance! Catherine is hardly policy-lite as anyone who has spoken to her can confirm. Pavement politics counts as the Lib Dems can also confirm. They've bugger to them except for that and getting the anti-Labour vote in H&WG. I suspect that Karen Jennings has pretty heavy weight government objectors too given her professional stance! Catherine is hardly policy-lite as anyone who has spoken to her can confirm. Pavement politics counts as the Lib Dems can also confirm. They’ve bugger to them except for that and getting the anti-Labour vote in H&WG.

]]> By: AK http://www.tmponline.org/2007/05/02/another-selection-another-ethnic-minority-mp-the-hwg-selection-hots-up/#comment-41 AK Tue, 29 May 2007 00:40:59 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=42#comment-41 Catherine West is a policy-lite pavement politician. Not difficult to beat the Liberal Democrats at their own game when they're in power, bit harder when their not and Labour still runs stuff locally. Apparently she lost the selection for Islington South to Emily Thornberry, so she can't be that great a politician. Don't know enough about Karen Jennings but she seems to have some pretty heavyweight government backers so I don't think that objection holds water. Nilgun Canver looks good. Catherine West is a policy-lite pavement politician. Not difficult to beat the Liberal Democrats at their own game when they’re in power, bit harder when their not and Labour still runs stuff locally. Apparently she lost the selection for Islington South to Emily Thornberry, so she can’t be that great a politician.

Don’t know enough about Karen Jennings but she seems to have some pretty heavyweight government backers so I don’t think that objection holds water. Nilgun Canver looks good.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.tmponline.org/2007/05/02/another-selection-another-ethnic-minority-mp-the-hwg-selection-hots-up/#comment-39 Matthew Thu, 24 May 2007 10:14:34 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=42#comment-39 Given that Tony Blair has celebrated the election victories of Sarkozy and Aznar and is now supporting Aherne in Ireland I would hardly say that he is "one of us" either. Given that Tony Blair has celebrated the election victories of Sarkozy and Aznar and is now supporting Aherne in Ireland I would hardly say that he is “one of us” either.

]]> By: Benski http://www.tmponline.org/2007/05/02/another-selection-another-ethnic-minority-mp-the-hwg-selection-hots-up/#comment-38 Benski Tue, 22 May 2007 18:43:41 +0000 http://www.tmponline.org/?p=42#comment-38 Catherine West gets my vote. Local candidate (Islington North) and knows her stuff. Can trounce the Lib Dems as she's done in Islington. Not so sure that Karen Jennings is really one of us. I know that as a UNISON bod she has work to do, but some of her anti-government stuff is pretty hard core and don't we get enough of that from the tories? Catherine West gets my vote. Local candidate (Islington North) and knows her stuff. Can trounce the Lib Dems as she’s done in Islington. Not so sure that Karen Jennings is really one of us. I know that as a UNISON bod she has work to do, but some of her anti-government stuff is pretty hard core and don’t we get enough of that from the tories?

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